Shimizu: Who else would want a used item like you but me?

He knew it clearly in his heart.

The Hyuga were not the Uchiha.

They lacked the leverage to negotiate terms with the village.

Power.

At this moment, Hiashi Hyuga desperately craved power.

He had once found a fragmented record in the ancient texts of the Hyuga Clan.

The Uchiha Clan had produced an incomparably powerful ninja named Uchiha Shimizu.

Perhaps the name Qingshui was chosen to commemorate that powerhouse, just as Fugaku Uchiha had named his son Sasuke Uchiha.

Inheriting the name of Hiruzen Sarutobi's father, Sasuke Sarutobi.

That powerhouse had looked down upon the masses, completely disregarding the opinions of other ninjas.

If not for the fact that all the ninjas in the world had besieged that powerhouse, the final outcome would have remained unknown.

If he possessed such power, why would he fear the frame-ups and schemes of the Cloud Village?

And why would he need to care about the pressure from Konoha's high-ranking officials?

Night fell.

Hiashi Hyuga returned home and informed Hinazuki Hyuga of the matter.

He was very fond of Hinata; she was his daughter, after all.

However, Hinata's aptitude was truly too poor, failing to even match the talent of the branch family members.

In the Hyuga Clan, almost everyone could awaken the Byakugan once they underwent training.

The only ones unable to awaken the Byakugan were those who had mixed blood in the past.

Such individuals were never acknowledged by the Hyuga Clan.

Yet Hinata had not awakened the Byakugan; her eyes remained pitch black.

She had not awakened her eyes, yet she was of the main house.

Neji, a genius of the branch family, was nonetheless a member of the branch family.

This had even caused psychological imbalance in his own brother, Hizashi Hyuga.

"We will have another daughter."

Hizashi Hyuga's