Betraying a Benefactor?

So Hyuga Hiashi explained the whole story in great detail.

Hyuga Hiashi recounted everything, from the kidnapping of his daughter Hinata by the ninjas of Kumogakure, to his pursuit, to the later appearance of Yun Yan who rescued his daughter and killed the Kumogakure.

However, there is one detail that Hyuga Hiashi did not mention, and that is Yun Yan's true identity.

When discussing this part, Hyuga Hiashi simply stated that the young man possessed incredibly powerful Wind Release, which allowed him to instantly kill Kumogakure ninja and save his daughter Hinata. He added that he did not know the young man or his identity.

As for Hyuga Hiashi Hiruzen Sarutobi telling him that this person was Uchiha Yunyan did not mention this.

The reason he didn't say anything was because Hyuga Hiashi knew the character of his elders. If they knew that the person who helped them was from the Uchiha Clan, who knows what kind of trouble they would cause.

Moreover, Hyuga Hiashi had a premonition that Yun Yan's identity was not simple and that its level of secrecy might be even higher than these matters, so it wouldn't be good to tell his own elders rashly.

Another reason is a sense of guilt towards Yun Yan.

He was the one who saved his daughter Hinata, and he should be extremely grateful to him. However, he was forced by circumstances to hand him over to the Lord Hokage, which made the Lord Hokage aware of the matter.

Fortunately, the Lord Hokage seemed unable to do anything about this person, and after instructing himself not to spread the word, he took no further action.

He had to betray this person to the Lord Hokage, which was a last resort, but now he still had to keep it a secret from these elders.

Therefore, when explaining this detail at the clan meeting, Hyuga Hiashi did not elaborate, only mentioning a mysterious young man skilled in Wind Release.

After hearing the whole story, the first person to get angry was not the elder, but Hizashi Hyuga, who was sitting next to Hyuga Hiashi. Hizashi Hyuga said angrily:

"Outrageous! The Kumogakure delegation is going too far!"

It was clearly someone from their delegation who Byakugan our clan's territory and infiltrated our clan's Hinata to kidnap Hinata, yet they preemptively accused us and shifted the blame to Konoha!

Faced with such a situation, killing the Kumogakure ninja in a fit of rage is entirely reasonable. Our Hyūga Clan is already being quite lenient by not pursuing the Kumogakure delegation's responsibility; how dare the Kumogakure delegation use this opportunity to cause trouble!?

Hizashi Hyuga was filled with righteous indignation; he was truly enraged by the rudeness of the Kumogakure delegation.

Compared to Hizashi Hyuga's anger, these elders appeared more composed... or perhaps more submissive?

One of the elders gripped his cane, pondered for a long time, and finally looked at Hyuga Hiashi, asking with concern:

"You didn't kill those Kumogakure ninjas, which is probably the only thing that's advantageous for our Hyūga Clan right now."

But ultimately, Hiashi, this matter is indeed inextricably linked to you. What should our Hyūga Clan do? We can't escape this situation."

Another elder nodded in agreement:

"Yes, Hiashi, our Hyūga Clan cannot get involved in this mess. We must extricate ourselves from this trouble and find a way to resolve this matter."

The two elders spoke rather tactfully, as if testing the waters, but Hyuga clan, with his more direct temperament, expressed his long-cherished wish directly:

Isn't this problem quite easy to solve?

Ultimately, it wasn't Hiashi who killed the Kumogakure ninja. All we need to do is find the person who actually killed the Kumogakure ninja, put him out there, and let the Konoha and Kumogakure delegations handle it themselves, right?

The elders had been waiting for this very sentence. What did they care about the deluge after they died? As long as they could handle this matter, they could simply hand over someone to prevent the Hyūga Clan from being implicated. They didn't care about anything else.

Moreover, the person who killed the Kumogakure ninja was not a member of their Hyūga Clan, so they cared even less.

Looking at this group of selfish elders, Hyuga Hiashi remained expressionless and asked:

"The elders hope that I will find the person who killed the ninja from the Kumogakure delegation, hand him over, and give Konoha an explanation, which will also appease the anger of the Hidden Kumogakure delegation."

Is that right?

Upon hearing Hyuga Hiashi's question and realizing that he understood their meaning, the elders nodded in satisfaction, indicating that this was indeed the case.

A hint of resentment flashed across Hyuga Hiashi's face as he directly questioned, even accusing, the man:

"But elders, you must understand one thing: he saved my daughter Hinata. If he hadn't killed that Kumogakure ninja in time, my daughter might have lost her life! This man has done me and our Hyūga Clan a great favor! A tremendous favor!"

When the topic came up, the elders scratched their heads and looked around nervously, clearly unwilling to face the issue.

Hyuga Hiashi didn't say much, just sat there coldly staring at the elders one by one, hoping they would give him a straight answer.

Some people's skin gets thicker with age, at least it doesn't get thinner. Seeing their clan leader's eyes fixed on them, they had no way to escape or delay, and eventually some elders gave up and acted recklessly.

The elder spread his hands, looking utterly helpless yet shameless, and said:

"Hiashi, no matter what, the interests of the family should always come first."

As we just mentioned, under no circumstances should our clan, our Hyūga Clan, get involved in this mess, so... we can only apologize to that person."

So all we can do is apologize to that person? Such ingratitude is utterly shameless!

Before Hyuga Hiashi express his true feelings, another elder began to earnestly and persistently offer advice:

"I know you, clan leader, are kind-hearted and deeply grateful to this benefactor, but some things in this world are just so helpless. For the sake of our Hyūga Clan, we can only apologize to this benefactor."

"That's right, that's right. The only way we can find this so-called benefactor is to ask him to confront the conflict between the Kumogakure delegation and the Konoha High Command."

"Yes, after all, no matter what, he killed the people from the Kumogakure delegation. That's a fact, an unchangeable fact."

"Yes, this time our Hyūga Clan has let him down, but clan leader, you can't get hurt, so we have no choice but to ask the real murderer to come forward."

Watching the elders chatter away, Hyuga Hiashi exhausted. He realized that his values were completely incompatible with theirs, and he didn't want to continue working with them.

However, this is not something that can be avoided simply by not wanting to work together. Most of the power and affairs of the family are in the hands of myself and these elders, so I still have to discuss this matter with them.

Hyuga Hiashi understood that it was impossible to change the elders' ungrateful attitude. Fortunately, he hadn't revealed Uchiha Yunyan's identity from the beginning. He sighed deeply, showing utter helplessness.

"Alas... Elders, you all..."

"Well, there are some things I won't say, but as for who this person who saved my daughter Hinata is, I really don't know. I've never seen him in Konoha before."

These words made the elders somewhat anxious, and one of them immediately expressed his concern:

"How could this be? How could you not recognize this perfectly normal person? I've never seen him in Konoha before?"

"That's right. From what you've said, that person's strength is extraordinary, and they're especially skilled in using Wind Release. Someone like that shouldn't be unknown in Konoha."

"Clan leader, would you like to describe this person's characteristics? We can search the entire village of Konoha; we're sure to find him."

"Yes, after we find him, we'll arrest him... uh, I mean, we'll invite him over and ask him to step in and resolve the problem."

"That's right. Once we find this person, everything will be solved. Whether it's the trouble with the Kumogakure delegation, the trouble with the Konoha High Command, or the villagers' opinions, he can resolve them all."

"Hmm, this way it's none of our Hyūga Clan's business, isn't that great and convenient?"

Hyuga Hiashi glanced coldly at one of the elders. Wasn't it he who almost blurted out his true thoughts, almost suggesting they capture the person?

Hmm, so shameless, I'll remember you.

Thinking this, Hyuga Hiashi shook his head helplessly and cruelly began to tell the elders the relevant facts.