Splitting the Family Is Like Being a Dog

Unrivaled arrogance!

Unwavering defiance!

"You—how dare you be so insolent! I will report this to the Hokage, and your Hyuga Clan will be finished!"

Gekko Hayate's expression turned ghastly.

He had not expected Hyuga Kagami to be so stubborn and unyielding; at this moment, it felt as if he, Gekko Hayate, were the one in the wrong!

"Hyuga Wa, is this how your Hyuga Clan conducts itself?"

His voice was hoarse as he threatened, "If this is the attitude of the Hyuga Clan, then I will certainly report this matter to the Hokage!"

"You should know what the consequences will be!"

Before Gekko Hayate could finish his sentence, he was interrupted.

"Enough!"

Hyuga Wa stared coldly at Gekko Hayate, stepping closer with every word: "You just said... that members of the Hyuga Branch Family are nothing but trash under the Caged Bird Seal?"

"That they are merely pawns in the hands of the Main Family, is that it?!"

Veins bulged at the corners of his eyes; he was beyond furious!

The Hyuga Clan was divided into the Main Family and the Branch Family. The members of the Branch Family were branded with the 'Caged Bird Seal,' a scar and a source of agony in the hearts of every one of them!

Yet now, Gekko Hayate had ripped that wound wide open.

Exposing a festering, unhealable sore!

Gekko Hayate froze, momentarily stunned. The development of events... seemed quite different from what he had imagined.

"There is no need for you to report to the Hokage. By sowing discord between the Hyuga Main Family and the Branch Family, this is a matter that we, the Hyuga Clan, will report to the Hokage ourselves. We expect the Gekko Clan to provide us with a reasonable explanation!"

Hyuga Wa's White Eyes were icy: "Kagami's actions today were entirely justified!"

"Our Hyuga Clan does not believe Kagami is at fault!"

His eyes were filled with coldness and killing intent!

The entire Konoha knew that the Hyuga Branch Family was branded with the Caged Bird Seal and that they answered to the Hyuga Main Family!

Yet, on the surface, the Hyuga Main Family and the Branch Family were considered equals!

Gekko Hayate's words were now actively undermining the balance and relationship between the Hyuga Branch Family and the Main Family!

"Let's go!"

Hyuga Wa turned and left with several Branch Family members, ignoring Gekko Hayate entirely.

"What... what is going on here?"

Gekko Hayate was bewildered.

The situation seemed to have spiraled out of control.

A chill ran through his heart, and he couldn't help but panic!

"I wasn't trying to sow discord between the Hyuga Main Family and the Branch Family!"

Gekko Hayate shouted, but Hyuga Wa couldn't be bothered to look back.

How could things turn out like this?

He was clearly the victim, the one who had been beaten until his face was bruised and swollen; how did it end up... that he was the one in the wrong?

"Hyuga Kagami! This is all your fault!"

Gekko Hayate gritted his teeth, glaring fiercely at Hyuga Kagami: "I am not wrong, I did nothing wrong! You were the one who struck first!"

Hyuga Kagami slightly raised his hand.

Gekko Hayate's expression shifted, and he scrambled away in a pathetic retreat.

"With such a spineless display, you dare to pick a fight with me? What a joke!"

Hyuga Kagami couldn't be bothered to pay Gekko Hayate any more mind and turned to leave.

However, this time, he actually owed Gekko Hayate a debt of gratitude.

Signing in at the Hyuga Clan's secret chamber was naturally no simple task; only the clan head knew of the chamber and only the clan head could enter it, so... Hyuga Hiashi, it would be better if you were taken down a peg!

"Besides, I don't like having someone bossing me around!"

The sign-in was secondary.

The key issue was ensuring no one could order him around.

"Kagami-kun..."

Watching Hyuga Kagami's straight back as he walked away, Uzuki Yugao's beautiful eyes trembled slightly.

What kind of man was this, exactly?

He remained completely unmoved by her beauty, yet dealt with the provocative Gekko Hayate with thunderous force, never backing down!

"This... this is what a real man should be!"

Standing nearby, Gekko Hayate watched Uzuki Yugao's expression, his eyes turning red with hatred!

"Yugao! That Hyuga Kagami is nothing but a barbaric, unreasonable piece of trash!"

He roared, "Besides, he is a member of the Hyuga Branch Family, branded with the Caged Bird Seal. With just one command from the Hyuga Main Family, he has to bow his head and obey. Do you really want to be with a man like that?"

"A man like him isn't worthy of you at all!"

His eyes were bloodshot.

It was clear that he and Uzuki Yugao were childhood sweethearts, and their relationship had been so close before, but everything had changed since Hyuga Kagami appeared!

He could not tolerate it!

Uzuki Yugao turned back, her beautiful eyes filled with disappointment: "He isn't worthy, but you are? Besides... Kagami-kun doesn't seem to have any intention of getting close to me..."

She turned away, leaving behind a cold, graceful silhouette.

She didn't quite understand.

Why could Gekko Hayate, with whom she had been so close since childhood, say such shameless things?

"Yugao..."

Gekko Hayate's face turned pale, and he let his outstretched arm drop powerlessly; that graceful silhouette felt like something he could never catch up to again.

His expression twisted, and he gritted his teeth: "Hyuga Kagami, this is all your fault!"

On the other side.

The Hyuga Clan compound.

Hyuga Kagami followed Hyuga Wa to the ancestral hall, which was Hyuga Hiashi's favorite place to stay.

Usually, reports were made here as well.

"Lord Patriarch, I have something to report!"

Hyuga Wa looked indignant, his face grim as he recounted the incident with Gekko Hayate, his breathing rapid and his emotions running high.

"Although Hyuga Kagami beat up Gekko Hayate, I believe Kagami-kun's actions were completely justified!"

"Even though our Hyuga Clan has always been benevolent and kind to others, we are certainly not people who can be bullied by just anyone!"

Members of the Hyuga Branch Family were branded with the Caged Bird Seal.

They already harbored pain in their hearts, and Gekko Hayate's words were merely adding insult to injury!

Adding fuel to the fire!

Hyuga Kagami studied Hyuga Hiashi. He did not yet look like the middle-aged man of the future; he currently resembled a man in his prime, around thirty years old!

Those White Eyes carried a sharp, scrutinizing gaze!

And an air of aloof arrogance!

This was the Main Family of the Hyuga Clan!

He raised his head, his White Eyes fixed on Hyuga Kagami: "By laying hands on a fellow villager, Hyuga Kagami, you have broken the rules of the Hyuga Clan!"