After Akira and Neji left.
Hyuga Hiashi was still reeling in shock. "Elder Mirror, hurry up and let me out!"
His white robe was now filthy beyond recognition, leaving him with no dignity to speak of.
"Humph!"
Hyuga Mirror snorted coldly, glanced back at him, and hurried toward the Hyuga Clan's Ancestral Hall.
"Reflect on yourself properly first. As for Uchiha Akira, the Main Family must reach a conclusion today!"
Half an hour later.
All the Main Family elders had gathered in the Ancestral Hall. However, their faces still bore faint displeasure and confusion. Given their status, they had long ceased needing to concern themselves with the Hyuga Clan's affairs. Their very existence was an honor to the Hyuga Clan.
"Mirror, what happened? What could possibly be urgent enough to call us here?"
An elder voiced his doubts.
Hyuga Mirror took a deep breath and immediately recounted everything that had happened today in full detail. The elders' expressions changed drastically!
"So, we must now decide one thing."
His stern gaze swept across the elders one by one.
"Do we continue as before, staying out of everything to preserve the Hyuga Clan's dignity and prestige, or do we take the initiative to involve ourselves and establish ties with Uchiha Akira?"
"Just as... Hyuga Tianren once agreed to the First Hokage!"
Every elder present was a figure of great importance.
They had weathered countless dangers and brushes with death in the Ninja World, yet even now, they could not stop their breathing from quickening.
They understood all too well what this meant.
The former meant they would need to do nothing. Even if the Uchiha Clan ultimately rose to power, the Hyuga Clan would still remain a pillar of Konoha. At most, the Uchiha Clan would simply dislike them.
The latter.
Meant