Otsutsuki Toneri stood on the surface of the moon, silently gazing at the planet 380,000 kilometers away.
As he watched the chaotic, bustling Ninja World, the longer he looked, the more he felt...
Disgusted.
"Human history ends here."
His figure faded away, vanishing from the moon.
Hyuga Clan compound.
Ever since Tsunade had issued her ban, the atmosphere within the Hyuga Clan had grown strange.
The branch family and the main family had once had a clearly defined hierarchy—who stood and who knelt was obvious at a glance.
After this twisted system had been enforced for so many years, it had long become a "custom," a "rule," branded into the hearts of the Hyuga Clan.
Whether they benefited from it or suffered under it, everyone had grown accustomed to obeying it through the inertia of time.
Once those rules disappeared, they instead felt uneasy and lost.
That was "institutionalization."
The current Hyuga Clan was like a speeding carriage that had suddenly come to a halt. The driver and passengers had all been flung out, left dazed and battered, their heads split open and bleeding.
The first to hit the ground hard was the Hyuga Clan's patriarch, Hyuga Hiashi.
In the past, Hyuga Hiashi had deeply loathed the system between the main and branch families.
Because his own brother, Hizashi Hyuga, had been a branch family member and had ultimately met his death.
Back then, Hyuga Hiashi had hated the main and branch family system immensely.
But...
People changed.
As one of the vested interests led by Hyuga Hiashi, after enjoying the benefits of the system, he had begun defending this rotten institution.
Other families might divide siblings into the main and branch families.
But Hyuga Hiashi had actually used the lame excuse that "Hinata is too weak and a