Simulation Rises Again: Rotation

[Life Simulator initializing...]

[Year 54 of the Konoha calendar.]

[Under the strict requirements of my father, Hiashi, I continue my arduous training. My progress over this year has been significant, and Father is increasingly satisfied with my performance. I attempt to inquire about the situation at the border and Kumogakure, but I am never able to obtain any useful information.]

[Year 55 of the Konoha calendar.]

[News of sporadic conflicts arrives from the border. Kumogakure, refusing to show weakness, has also massed troops at the border. It is said they have had small-scale skirmishes with the forces of Lady Tsunade, but the overall situation remains within a controllable range.]

[At the end of the year, the first group of Branch House members stationed at the border returns to the clan grounds, while the second group departs one after another after the new year. This news does not cause much of a stir within the Hyuga clan; Father merely glances at the casualty statistics before setting them aside.]

[The next day, Father takes me to visit Uncle Hizashi, who has just returned to the village. During our brief time together, I vaguely perceive that some kind of change has occurred in Uncle Hizashi; his gaze when looking at Neji and at me has become increasingly complex.]

[Year 56 of the Konoha calendar.]

[Father tells me that I am about to have a younger sister or brother. At the same time, I will enter the Ninja Academy to study next year.]

[At the end of the year, the second group of border-stationed clansmen returns, and the third group is about to depart. Unexpectedly, Uncle Hizashi, who was not on the list, takes the initiative to propose to Father that he go to the border. Father refuses, a dispute erupts between them, and they eventually part on bad terms.]

[I notice that more and more clansmen are changing, and a sense of unease rises in my heart. I have a vague feeling that something major is about to happen.]

[Now, I have two options.]

[1. Go find Kiyonari and investigate privately.]

[2. Inform Father and conduct a public, thorough investigation.]

[3. Go find Neji and ask him directly.]

[I decide to find Neji and ask him to take me to see Uncle Hizashi so I can ask him directly.]

[Neji is surprised by my sudden visit but does not refuse. I see Uncle Hizashi; he looks the same as always, as if nothing had happened, but I can clearly feel the lingering exhaustion shrouded in his brow.]

[I summon my courage and ask him: What happened at the border? Why is he so obsessed with returning to the border, even to the point of having a huge argument with Father?]

[He looks at me, silent for a long time. Many complex emotions flash through those eyes: deep exhaustion, suppressed anger, and helplessness... In the end, they all turn into a long, heavy sigh.]

["A bird that has experienced free flight will never again be accustomed to life in a cage."]

[He is unwilling to say more, leaving only these words behind.]

[Year 57 of the Konoha calendar.]

[My younger sister is born, and Father names her Hanabi. I also enter the Ninja Academy this year. Happily, Kiyonari and I are placed in the same class.]

[At the end of the year, the third group of Branch House members stationed at the border returns. This time, the Main Branch finally notices the obvious changes in the Branch House members. They begin to investigate and even directly question the Third Hokage, demanding to know what happened at the border.]

[At the same time, the Branch House members are no longer as respectful to the Main Branch as they used to be. For the first time, they openly express their dissatisfaction and voice their doubts about the Main Branch.]

[The Main Branch Elders are furious. The Main Branch determines the continuation of the Hyuga clan, and the Branch House protects the Main Branch—this is the order the Hyuga have inherited for hundreds of years. This move by the Branch House is undoubtedly a challenge to this order.]

[Father falls into an unprecedented dilemma. As the clan head and an older brother, he understands the anger of the Branch House, but he also bears the heavy responsibility of maintaining the stability and heritage of the clan. He regrets discovering the situation too late, and for a moment, he does not know how to choose in order to quell this turmoil.]

[The fuse that completely ignites this conflict is the secret technique the Hyuga clan prides itself on—the Gentle Fist Technique: Rotation.]

[The Branch House strongly demands the lifting of restrictions on learning Rotation, allowing Branch House members to master this Main Branch specialty. As expected, this proposal is flatly rejected by the Main Branch.]

[However, the anger of the Branch House will no longer remain silent. Rotation is touted as the absolute defense of the Hyuga clan, yet it is held by a group of Main Branch members who never go to the battlefield and only use it to show off their status and flaunt their superiority!]

["We are also members of the Hyuga clan! We also have the Byakugan! Why must we suffer such discriminatory treatment?" The questioning voices of the Branch House members echo throughout the entire clan grounds.]

[Faced with the unprecedentedly tough attitude of the Branch House, the Main Branch also splits. Some advocate using the punishment function of the Caged Bird seal to make the Branch House realize their "place." Others begin to waver, thinking that perhaps they could partially lift the restrictions on Rotation.]

[I have no way of knowing the specific confrontations and compromises that occurred during this period. But the final result is that Father, under immense pressure, lifts the ban on the Branch House learning Rotation.]

[The protests of the Branch House members temporarily subside. But I know in my heart that this is merely the calm before the storm.]

[One day, their anger will erupt again, and when that happens, without the "Main Branch specialty" as a buffer, what will occur?]

[This simulation ends here.]

[Evaluation: What killed the future of the Hyuga clan?]