A war that might have broken out never happened.
After the Hyuga Clan abolished the system dividing the Main Branch and Branch Family, Neji became a candidate to be the next clan head.
Before, the Caged Bird Seal had existed.
Members of the Branch Family had no right to even aspire to the position of clan head.
But now, the Caged Bird Seal had been removed.
Neji was the most talented of his generation, the strongest as well, and currently the strongest member of the Hyuga Clan.
No one could challenge him as a candidate for clan head.
Not even Hinata or Hanabi, the clan head's daughters.
They would have to become stronger and more talented than Neji to have a chance.
But even Hanabi, who was more talented than Hinata, hadn't reached the level of a genius, let alone the level of a once-in-a-generation talent like Neji.
Before, because the Caged Bird Seal and the system dividing the Main Branch and Branch Family were in place, the clan head had to choose one of the two girls.
But now, neither restriction remained.
Neji had also been the one to remove the Caged Bird Seal from the Branch Family and break the system dividing the Main Branch and Branch Family.
At least among the Hyuga Clan, where most members belonged to the Branch Family, the only reason Neji hadn't already become clan head was that he was too young.
It was also because of Neji that the members of the Main Branch had survived.
Otherwise, the Branch Family members, oppressed and enslaved for over a thousand years, would have slaughtered the Main Branch.
The only reason Hyuga Hiashi was still clan head was Neji.
Only Neji, with his immense prestige and strength, could keep the Branch Family members who wanted