Obtaining the Snake Cursed Seal, Amenotokotachi Captures a New World

Lately, Father hasn't even been practicing his beloved Gentle Fist Technique, his face perpetually clouded with gloom.

"It will pass in a little while."

Hyuga Hinazuki held Hinata in her arms, offering comfort.

Cloud Village had been relentlessly pressuring Konoha lately, and the situation between the two villages was incredibly sensitive.

"Then... when will Hinata be able to go outside?"

Little Hinata lifted her pale, delicate face to look at her mother.

She wasn't allowed to go out at all now, which meant she couldn't see Naruto.

"Soon, very soon..."

Hyuga Hinazuki could only hold Hinata tighter.

What could a woman without power like her possibly decide?

The elders of the Hyuga Clan's main branch were currently plotting to hand over Hizashi to Cloud Village in place of Hiashi as a gesture of appeasement, a move hinted at by the higher-ups in Konoha.

Konoha did not want war.

Therefore, the Hyuga had to set an example.

If what Cloud Village wanted wasn't Hiashi's corpse, but Hinata's...

Hinata... might be pushed out as well.

What would Hiashi's stance be if that happened?

Hyuga Hinazuki stopped herself from thinking about it; she was terrified of arriving at a conclusion she couldn't bear to accept.

"Come, go on in."

Uchiha Fugaku pushed Itachi's back, and Itachi reached out toward the tightly shut sliding paper door.

On the other side of the pristine door, it was deathly quiet.

"Father, don't you think Mother and... Uchiha Shimizu have been getting a bit too close?"

Fugaku found his son's remark amusing.

It was nothing more than him asking Mikoto to win Qingshui over, and Mikoto was simply carrying out his instructions.

Otherwise, who knew what kind of reckless things a wild, unbridled horse like Qingshui might do if left unchecked?

"Itachi, you don't understand the