"Clan Head, it seems you've forgotten what the Hyuga Clan has relied on to stay out of things all this time."
As Hizashi spoke, he looked at his elder brother's forehead. There, his brother had one thing that he himself did not.
If...
The thought had barely surfaced before Hizashi snuffed it out himself. It had always been for the Hyuga.
Hiashi hadn't noticed his younger brother's struggle. He continued, "The night before last, for certain reasons, I had no choice but to stand behind the Fourth."
Hizashi paused. "You've already made your choice?"
Hiashi nodded. "After Danzo's death, Konoha will enter a period under the Fourth's rule. The Third is old. He's always been a weak and kind old man, hoping to keep everything as it is..."
He had just been about to say more when the movement of someone approaching from outside caught his attention through his activated Byakugan, and he fell silent.
After a while, there was a knock at the door.
"Knock, knock. Clan Head."
"Come in."
Tokuma, from the Branch Family, entered with his head lowered. He held a letter in his hands and respectfully presented it to Hiashi.
"Clan Head, Uchiha Yun asked me to deliver this visit request to you. He and Shisui Uchiha will be visiting the clan tomorrow."
Hiashi reached out and took it, his expression growing more solemn. Then he looked at Tokuma and asked, "You and Uchiha Yun were in the same class, right?"
Tokuma paused, then nodded. In truth, if Shisui Uchiha's name hadn't been on the letter, he would never have delivered it to the Main Branch clan head.
An Uchiha still studying at the Ninja Academy wanted to pay a visit to the Hyuga clan head? What kind of joke was that?
"Tokuma, is there anything