Under the bright moonlight, young Neji raised his head, trying to see through the face under the mask.
Unknowingly, the time has reached late at night. In the Hyuga Main Family hinterland, as the current Hyuga Clan leader, he is also the protagonist of this birthday celebration.
After a busy day, Hyuga Hiashi felt faintly tired.
'Hizashi and Neji did not show up, and indeed they still have a hostile attitude towards the Main Family. The conflict between the Branch Family and Main Family has reached an irreconcilable situation, and in the end they can only rely on Caged Bird.'
Immersed in sentimentality and hesitation, Hiashi was about to return, but the premonition honed over time on the battlefield made blue veins pop up in his eyes.
"Byakugan!"
Late at night, when everything was supposed to be silent and everyone was sleeping, a sneaky shadow swept out from the hinterland of Hyuga.
Its direction is exactly the bedroom of his daughter, Hinata Hyuga.
'There is actually a thief spying on Byakugan...'
Hyuga Hiashi had a cold face and secretly abducted Main Family's eldest daughter. This was provoking Hyuga's bottom line. No matter who the visitor was, they must pay for it with their lives.
Not far ahead, the leader of the Cloud Hidden envoys, whose face was covered, was secretly happy. Hyuga Clan had been comfortable for too long and did not even have the most basic vigilance.
This time I can capture the bloodline of the Hyuga Main Family and get Byakugan. Even if I temporarily break up with Konoha, it is worth it.
'Anbu of Konoha is a waste. No wonder there are rebel ninjas like Orochimaru. Take this opportunity to escape directly from Konoha. As long as you can return to Land of Lightning, you will be considered successful.'
In the excitement, the leader of the Cloud Hidden envoy group revealed a flaw, and this flaw was infinitely magnified by the sudden figure in front of him.
'Hyuga Hiashi!'
"Thieves, die!"
In a hurry, just as he was about to wave the kunai in his hand, Hyuga Hiashi's figure was already close to him. Gentle Fist Art palmed his life center pulse and fell to the ground.
On the other side, the three Konoha Anbu who were confronting the figure and trying to capture them alive shrank their pupils, and the figure that kept delaying time in front of them turned into thunder and lightning and disappeared.
"Damn it, it's just a little bit..."
"Lightning Style·Shadow Clone. No, hurry up and inform the Third Generation, what exactly do these guys from Cloud Hidden want to do?"
The leader, Team Leader Anbu, had a pale face. They were actually being fooled around by a Shadow Clone. It was a shame that he had made a wrong judgment and should have cut off Shadow Clone's arm earlier.
At this time, in the Hyuga Clan hinterland, the Hyuga tribesmen who had received the warning hurried over.
When the Branch Family people saw the unconscious Miss Hinata and the thief lying on the ground, they felt even worse in their hearts.
The thief not only sneaked into the hinterland of the Hyuga Main Family, but also secretly kidnapped the eldest lady. If the patriarch hadn't taken action, I'm afraid Hyuga Clan's Byakugan would really have fallen into the hands of others.
"Master Hiashi, what happened?"
"What a disgusting thief, how dare you secretly sneak into the important place of the clan, I want to see who he is!"
Hyuga Clan Elder rushed over, roughly deduced the specific situation after just one glance, and angrily opened the black scarf covering his face.
"This!?"
"It turns out to be the envoy leader of Cloud Hidden!"
The Hyuga Clan members on the side realized the seriousness of the matter. Hyuga Hiashi also immediately stood up from the ground and approached the corpse of the Cloud Hidden messenger leader, with an ugly expression on his face.
"No wonder, no wonder he felt proud for a moment after realizing it was me, and fell into the trap."
A moment later, Sarutobi Hiruzen led a group of Anbu over and looked at the dead Cloud Hidden leader with Gentle Fist in his body. His old face was wrinkled and his expression was gloomy.
The next morning, everyone in the Cloud Hidden envoy group carefully examined the cause of the leader's death, and took the lead in attacking the Konoha side.
The envoy group began to exert pressure on the Konoha side on the grounds that Konoha did not want to reach peace with Cloud Hidden and brutally killed the envoy in Konoha.
Third Hokage and the two Hokage Advisor have been in the political arena for a long time, and they directly pointed out that the Cloud Hidden side is called peace, but it is actually Kekkei Genkai for the Hyuga Clan.
The meeting ended up in disarray. Before leaving, the Cloud Hidden side even clamored for Konoha to be prepared for war.
Hokage office building, conference room.
"After the Konoha Jonin vote, most of the Jonin still do not want to start a war rashly, and a small number of them expressed their willingness to start a war..."
Mitokado Homura read through the opinions of many Jonin and gave a specific answer. Utatane Koharu had already expected it and sighed quietly.
"Well, the more rare and valuable Kekkei Genkai is, the more people want to get it. If the strategic significance and investigation capabilities of Byakugan fall outside the village, the consequences will be disastrous."
Now that things have reached this stage, and it concerns Hyuga Clan, the whole problem cannot be left to the village. Hyuga Clan must take responsibility. This is what Utatane Koharu means.
"That's enough. The Cloud Hidden side also has excellent think tanks. They don't care if they can get Byakugan. They just want to take advantage of Minato's death to start a war."
Sarutobi Hiruzen turned around and left. Seeing his attitude, I'm afraid Konoha's three-year peace will disappear again at this moment.
"What a sinister plot, so we can only prepare for war with all our strength..."
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The door to the conference room was slowly opened, and the ninja from the Hyuga Clan lowered his head and said respectfully.
"Third generation sir, the head of the family and the clan elder would like to invite you to come to the clan. The clan elder knows the village's troubles. He has a way to avoid this dispute and war."
As soon as the words came out, Sarutobi Hiruzen was very surprised. Could it be that Hyuga Clan's clan leader really had a way to avoid fighting and avoid this situation that might become the trigger for Fourth Shinobi World War?
Late at night, with the candlelight swaying slightly, Hyuga Main Family gathered together, most of them looking bad.
"I deeply apologize for the trouble this time has caused."
Hiashi bowed his head and apologized, Sarutobi Hiruzen waved his hand, this time Cloud Hidden came for the war, it was the same with or without Hyuga Clan.
"Needless to say, no matter what, we have to hand over the bodies of our companions to quell the war. Konoha has not fallen to this level yet."
The tone was solemn, and after some words, many Hyuga Clan were even more convinced by Third Hokage.
"No need to go to such trouble, Master Third Hokage, since Cloud Hidden wants it, just give it to them."
Hyuga Clan Elder came in a hurry, Hiashi raised his head and looked at the figure behind the clan elder, with an unknown premonition rising in his heart.
"What are you here for?"
"Okay, Hiashi, Hyuga Branch Family's destiny is to protect Byakugan. Even if you follow the rules and show Konoha's attitude to Cloud Hidden, you must not show any cowardice!"
"Hizashi will die on your behalf. This also shows Konoha's attitude and gives Cloud Hidden a reasonable answer."
Hyuga Clan Elder's tone was serious, and after the brief confusion in Hizashi Hyuga's eyes, it finally turned into relief.
'In the end, I can't be free and can only choose my own way of death. I'm sorry, Neji, I can't see you grow up.'
"Father! Bastard, what are you going to force my father to do?!"