"What's going on?"
In the backyard, Hizashi Hyuga was watching a child train when his expression shifted to astonishment. He frowned and looked toward the entrance.
Byakugan activated!
He saw several people standing at the entrance. Faintly, he could even hear someone calling his name. Who had come looking for him? And why had they entered his home without permission?
The child training also seemed to hear the commotion at the entrance. He wiped the sweat from his forehead. His little face bore a trace of stubbornness, and a headband covered his forehead.
The child was Hizashi Hyuga's son, Neji Hyuga.
"Father, did someone come?" Neji Hyuga blinked, looking at his father with confusion and puzzlement in his eyes.
"Come on, let's go take a look!" Hizashi Hyuga rubbed Neji's little head and led him toward the front courtyard. At that moment, however, neither father nor son sensed the danger.
They walked along chatting and laughing, a loving father and filial son.
But—
When they reached the front courtyard, they saw several elders standing there aggressively. A woman was lying on the ground nearby, her cheek swollen and traces of blood at the corner of her mouth.
"Mother! Mother, are you all right?" Seeing this, Neji hurried over and helped the woman up, his face full of anxiety. {I checked, and Neji's mother never appeared. She either died in battle or of illness, but I lean toward her dying of grief after Hizashi Hyuga's death!}
As he spoke, Neji Hyuga glared furiously at the Hyuga Clan elders who had barged in, flames practically burning in his eyes.
If Neji had been strong enough, he would have wanted to kill everyone who had bullied his mother!
"Elders, what is the meaning of this?" Seeing his wife injured, Hizashi Hyuga frowned. Though