The Hyuga Clan's reception room.
"I never expected so many geniuses to emerge among the Uchiha in this generation. Both Shisui and Yun are astonishing."
Hiashi's polite words carried a hint of envy.
Shisui responded with a few polite remarks, then said, "The Hyuga's Byakugan has always been a mainstay of the Investigation Squad, and your clan has no shortage of geniuses either. Yun and I came to visit today mainly to learn where the Hyuga stand."
Here it comes.
Hiashi paused slightly and asked calmly, "Where do we stand on what?"
Shisui Uchiha smiled. "The fact that you, Clan Head Hiashi, are the one meeting with us today already makes your position clear."
At that moment, Yun, who had been idly turning his cup in his hands, said, "There's no need to beat around the bush. For years, certain policies of the Second Hokage have kept the Uchiha on the outskirts of Konoha's clan circle."
"The Sharingan's strength makes us stand apart, but it also makes us easy targets. Clan Head Hiashi must have seen the Uchiha's power that night, and Shisui has always been by Lord Fourth's side."
"So... since the Hyuga have already chosen a side, are you willing to accept the Uchiha? Or, to put it another way, will the Hyuga support the Uchiha's efforts to reintegrate into Konoha?"
The blunt question seemed to leave Hiashi at a loss.
The Uchiha problem wasn't merely a matter between clans. Ever since the battle between Madara Uchiha and Lord First at the Valley of the End, the Third and the Advisors who inherited the Second's will had been deeply wary of the Uchiha.
It had been that way for decades.
And then there was the Military Police Force, that enormous pitfall. Only a clan as proud as the