The most eye-catching among them was the Hyuga Clan. Every one of them had pure white eyes, called Byakugan. It was the mark of their clan, the strongest Kekkei Genkai clan in Konoha aside from the Uchiha.
The clan's members were born with the Byakugan already awakened, possessing strategic-level abilities like extreme long-range vision and x-ray sight. In Arashi's view, it was a Kekkei Genkai no weaker than the Sharingan.
Nearby, a fat member of the Akimichi Clan was murmuring something with a strategist from the Nara Clan. Beside them stood a very quiet-looking girl from the Yamanaka Clan.
This was Konoha's Ino-Shika-Cho Formation. Their clan secret techniques interlocked with one another, and they were always inseparable.
People from the Aburame Clan had come as well, dressed in high-collared clothes that hid their faces. Every member of their clan was an expert at handling insects.
The people of the Inuzuka Clan, meanwhile, had all brought ninja hounds. Each hound was held quietly in their arms.
These clans were like branches on the great tree that was Konoha, each occupying its own place, cooperating with one another while secretly competing as well.
And near the main seats at the very front of the courtyard sat several people whose status was clearly the highest.
The white-haired old man with a pipe in his mouth was naturally the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Seated beside him were two people just as old, one Mitokado Homura and the other Utatane Koharu. Counting Danzo, who was not present, they made up the entirety of Konoha's elder council.
The three spoke in low voices, glancing from time to time in the direction where Fugaku was about to appear.
Arashi's gaze chilled slightly.
The marriage of the Uchiha clan head was, on Konoha's political map, a matter neither