Fireworks Beneath the Moon, Calling Him Ancestor / Hiashi Hyūga's Reaction

We've known each other for so many years, so there's nothing wrong with the boss saying that.

Soon, the food was on the table, and the owner quickly left so as not to disturb the group of the Uchiha Clan drinking and bragging.

The drinks were distributed, and everyone raised their glasses together.

"The first toast is to my old friend," said Uchiha Shingen.

Everyone raised their hands to clink glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

"The second cup is for old friends."

The Uchiha Clan hasn't had a smooth journey all these years; there have been setbacks, but they've all been handled well.

At the same time, the Police Force's authority has been expanded, and it is no longer confined to the village. As a result, Uchiha Clan will also be sacrificed, and the same applies to allies.

Uchiha Tekka and Uchiha Inabi have lost their comrades more than once.

Uchiha Tekka still remembered the Inuzuka Clan ninja who used to guard the gate with him; he too had sacrificed himself.

In the third round of toasts, everyone paid tribute to their comrades who sacrificed their lives in this war.

The battle in Leaf Village was easy, but people still died.

No matter how many strong ninjas there are, the village still needs to send a large number of grassroots ninjas to the battlefield.

The advance of large armies will compress the enemy's operational space, allowing the strong to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy in one fell swoop.

Leaf Village suffered casualties on all three fronts, but the numbers were far fewer than before, and none of them shook the structure of its ninja community.

After the three rounds of toasts, everyone officially moved on to the entertainment segment.

Unsurprisingly, Uchiha Tekka was the one who lost the most miserably.

However, this is a case of Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai.

Despite his fun, Uchiha Tekka didn't forget the request Hyuga Hiashi Hyuga Hiashi of him.

So, taking advantage of the good atmosphere, he spoke to Uchiha Shingen.

"Brother Shingen, Hiashi came to my house yesterday."

"Hyuga Hiashi?" Uchiha Shingen stopped holding his cup. "Why did he come to see you? Did he want you to go back to the Police Force?"

"No, it's about his daughter. He said his daughter has mental problems now."

Uchiha Shingen took a sip of his drink. In his memory, Hinata Hyuga and Hyuga Hanabi, the two sisters, were always in good spirits in their original timeline, to say the least.

In this timeline, Hyuga Hiashi still only has these two daughters.

"Hinata?" Uchiha Shingen asked. "Putting aside any potential problems, I'm not a doctor, and this kind of thing shouldn't be brought to Leaf Hospital."

"It's his youngest daughter, Hyuga Hanabi. He's been to the hospital, but it didn't help." Uchiha Tekka shrugged. "Even Lady Tsunade examined her, and could only deduce that it was a mental issue. Hiashi- sama turned to finding a ninja skilled in Yin Release to treat his daughter."

"Hyuga Hanabi." Uchiha Shingen didn't have a strong impression of Hyuga Hanabi; in the original timeline, she was just a background character. "What's wrong? It can't be that she's under Genjutsu."

"Brother Shingen, you're absolutely right. Now that you mention it, I also think his daughter might be under some kind of Genjutsu. She says that sometimes in the dead of night, she suddenly runs out to the yard to look at the moon, but when we ask her the next day, she has no recollection of it."

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Hanabi Under the Moon, Opening the Mouth to Call Him Ancestor

Listening to what Uchiha Tekka said, Uchiha Shingen felt...

It all seems like sleepwalking.

However, sleepwalking at Hyuga Hanabi's age is not considered a mental illness.

However, it's normal for fathers not to see it that way.

"Then why did he come looking for me? I'm not medical-nin..." Uchiha Shingen was speechless.

medical-nin —it sounds like doctors, but that's not really the case.

Although the medical-nin" includes the word "medical," this profession does not focus on mental treatment; rather, it focuses on physical healing.

To put it bluntly, treating physical injuries is my primary job.

For treating mental health issues, especially psychological ones, doctors who treat ordinary people are much more reliable.

"Lord Hiashi said he has searched everyone he could, including all the members of the Yamanaka Clan."

"I see..." Uchiha Shingen nodded. "When did Hyuga Hanabi start having this problem?"

"Back when we were fighting."

"What did the people he contacted say?"

"Our medical department and the doctors we've found outside all say his daughter is perfectly normal." Uchiha Tekka gave a thumbs up. "She eats well, sleeps well, and is growing up very healthily."

"Won't I get beaten up for this?" Uchiha Shingen blurted out instinctively, then realized what he meant.

This assessment was probably made up by Uchiha Tekka himself.

He should have asked if Uchiha Tekka had been beaten.

"How could that be? That's just too unreasonable," Uchiha Tekka said. "However, the Yamanaka Clan seems to think there's something going on in her head, but they can't figure it out. They were the ones who suggested that Hiashi ask you for help."

"Our Yin Release isn't for saving lives," Uchiha Shingen thought to himself, "These Yamanaka Clan really don't have brains."

I'm not afraid of offending people by making random recommendations.

The Uchiha Clan's Yin Release is undoubtedly the best in the Ninja World, but this best Ninja World is aimed at killing others.

Hyuga Hiashi couldn't have been unaware of this, yet he still did it; it seems he truly had no other choice.

"Alright then..." Uchiha Shingen with a slight headache, "I'll take a look. By the way, isn't the clan head also a Mangekyo Sharingan user like Shisui? Has he looked into it yet?"

It seems not.

"This is really reckless..."

Uchiha Shingen really didn't know what to say.

There's a Mangekyo Sharingan right there in the village, and it's been guarding the house all along, yet Hyuga Hiashi doesn't even bother to go look for it.

Why are you directly targeting him? Doesn't that just make things awkward for everyone?

He turned to look at his friend.

There were only five people at the drinking party: three lecherous guys and Uchiha Shisui.

This is all the old friends I used to hang out with at izakayas back then. Although Shisui was scared away by the older sister after going once, it still counts as going once. It's good that everyone is still here.

"Shisui, let's go together then."

"Okay." Uchiha Shisui nodded. He had no objections; it was always good to be able to help.

Even if I can't help, it's still a token of my appreciation, isn't it?

"Let's bring the clan leader along too." Uchiha Shingen thought that since they were going to go, they might as well make sure everyone was there. "We understand Hiashi Hiashi's feelings. Since we're already going, let's do our best."

"Yes," Uchiha Shisui nodded. "I heard that Hiashi dotes on his daughter."

That's because you didn't see him training his daughter.

Uchiha Shingen smiled without saying a word.

Hyuga Hiashi was a firm believer in the saying "spare the rod and spoil the child," and he was extremely strict with his children.

Realizing that Hinata Hyuga's personality was not suitable for her as a successor, he adopted an attitude of "I don't have such a daughter" and became doubly strict with his younger daughter. However, he selectively forgot the rule that Hinata Hyuga should actually become a member of the branch family under these circumstances and continued to be raised according to the traditions of the Main Family.

In the original timeline, he felt guilty for the rest of his life because his younger brother had died in his place, and he made Neji Hyuga doubly, even though he knew that Neji Hyuga resented the Main Family, he pretended not to notice.

It's safe to say that Hyuga Clan is no easy task.

This was just a minor incident, and soon everyone was back to drinking and boasting about their bravery on the battlefield.

The only downside to this part is that Uchiha Shingen cannot speak.

Once he started talking, the others couldn't keep up the hype.

Everyone's bragging, and you're the only one telling the truth; it's really ruining the atmosphere.

They ate and drank until late into the night, and a slightly tipsy Uchiha Shingen and his old friends finally left the izakaya together, arm in arm, and went home.

After all, they're all from the same neighborhood.

However, while Uchiha Shingen was only slightly tipsy, the others were not so "slightly" drunk.

Uchiha Tekka had the lowest alcohol tolerance, but drank the most, Uchiha Shingen had to support him.

Drunk, Uchiha Tekka couldn't stop talking. He kept babbling on and on, and then he started howling, tears streaming down his face.

He lamented the loss of his comrades who had not lived to see this day, to witness Hidden Leaf Village once again reign supreme in the Ninja World, a time when clans and villages were indistinguishable.

Although everyone here poured him drinks, no one laughed at him at that moment.

We've paid a heavy price to get to where we are today.

Only now can the Uchiha Clan say that they have found their place in this era of the National Village, and have firmly established themselves in that place.

Before Uchiha Shingen and his generation pass away, Leaf Village will likely have few opportunities to fight again.

In the sky, the bright moon moved slowly through the clouds, casting a cool yet gentle light.

In the gentle breeze, the group helped each other as they Earth Flow, enjoying the pleasant time and occasionally letting out hearty laughter.

The commercial street is bustling.

The entire Hidden Leaf Village was bustling with activity.

There was only one place, and it wasn't very lively.

The Hyuga Clan's ancestral home.

At this moment, the clan chief, Hyuga Hiashi, had a furrowed brow.

Tonight, as usual, as the moonlight shone through the clouds, his daughter Hyuga Hanabi, seemed like a different person.

It was as if it had been possessed by something.

She is now standing barefoot in the courtyard of the Hiashi residence, gazing up at the moon.

At this moment, she was even more serene and aloof than the moonlight.

Hyuga Hanabi's hair is fading from its original color, turning from jet black to silver-white.

This started happening recently while I was sleepwalking.

The first time I "sleptwalked" was two weeks ago.

At that time, Leaf Village had already dispatched troops, leaving the village relatively empty, and all the medical-nin had been mobilized.

Like the Uchiha Clan, the Hyuga Clan ninjas went to fight in the north, leaving few behind in the clan's territory.

But on that Hyuga Hiashi dragged his tired body home from the Police Force as usual, he found that his youngest daughter was nowhere to be found.

He searched for a long time, and eventually found Hyuga Hanabi at the former Valley of the End.

Those quack doctors actually had the nerve to tell him it was sleepwalking.

Did you sleepwalk to the Valley of the End?

When Hyuga Hiashi found Hyuga Hanabi, she was already lying under a tree, fast asleep.

Later, she stopped sleepwalking out the window and started wandering around the clan's territory.

Without saying a word, he stared straight at people with his Byakugan.

That was terrifying.

But today, it seems like they're going to change tactics again.

Because she actually spoke.

"I... am the Progenitor of Chakra..." Perhaps because the arena was too quiet, Hyuga Hanabi's voice, though not loud, was clearly audible. "To destroy my land is truly courting death..."

Not only Hyuga Hiashi, but all the other Hyuga Clan ninjas present also opened their mouths in astonishment.

Where did you learn such embarrassing lines?

Chapter Twenty-Nine Hyuga Hiashi's Reaction

When Uchiha Shingen opened his eyes, it was still dark outside.

It was pitch black outside the window.