"Father."
Hyuga Tatsu gazed at the Hyuga clan head, his voice steeped in bottomless exhaustion.
At the sight of his youngest son's face, the clan head froze.
At twenty, he should have been in the prime of his life.
But Hyuga Tatsu looked gravely ill, as if a heavy twilight gloom clung to him.
The weariness in his eyes and the decline etched across his brow were even more pronounced than those of the man past fifty.
"Tatsu, what—what happened to you?"
The Hyuga clan head asked in alarm.
Hyuga Tatsu coughed softly a couple of times, then slowly explained, "The Giant Tenseigan has a serious flaw. Every time it's used, it needs a huge supply of Byakugan chakra. Even when it isn't being used, it still drains the Byakugan chakra of our clan members. If the war continues, our Hyuga clan will be the first to bleed dry."
Drain chakra?
The Hyuga clan head was struck as if by lightning. All color drained from his face, leaving only despair.
He had thought the Giant Tenseigan's supreme power would be the foundation that let their clan dominate the Shinobi World. Who could have imagined that instead of leading the family to supremacy, it would push them to the brink?
Then what had Tatsu's sacrifice been for?!
The family could have paid the enormous compensation and made peace with the Senju and Uchiha!
Tears welled up against his will. The Hyuga clan head said in a trembling voice, "Tatsu, we're stopping the war. Let's go home."
After the war subsided, Hyuga Tatsu devoted himself to researching Sealing Jutsu, trying to seal the Giant Tenseigan.
However, his results were limited.
The Hyuga clan excelled at the Gentle Fist, but they weren't well versed in Sealing Jutsu.
Even Hyuga Tatsu, a genius, struggled