Uchiha Fugaku fled in a sorry state, looking exactly like Mikoto when she had forced him to hand over his share of the grain and sent him running.
"Big brother."
"Big brother, wake up!"
Seeing his big brother so badly shaken that he could not escape his own inner demons, Hizashi Hyuga was heartsick. If his strength had not been lacking, his big brother would not have obsessed over these Tenseigan day after day.
"How could I have lost?" Hyuga Hiashi was immersed in his own world, unable to pull himself out. He could accept losing, but he could not accept losing so easily.
The Tenseigan he had obtained through such painstaking effort had been knocked to the ground by Hashirama with such ease.
This was already far more than a mere blow.
"Big brother, you only just obtained the Tenseigan and aren't familiar with its power yet. Losing isn't frightening."
"Besides, so what if Hashirama is strong? Against the Empire, he's no more than a mantis trying to stop a chariot. You're the Empire's Minister of Internal Affairs. With a single word from you, even a powerhouse like Hashirama would have to obey."
"That's right." Hyuga Hiashi suddenly grabbed his younger brother's hand, and his eyes instantly refocused.
"You're right. I'm the Empire's Minister of Internal Affairs. So what if my strength is formidable? The Empire still wiped out every last one of them."
"Big brother, it's wonderful that you're all right." Seeing his big brother finally return to normal, Hizashi Hyuga let out a heavy sigh of relief.
If this continued, he was truly afraid his big brother would be unable to accept reality for a time, choose to escape from it, and eventually lose his mind.
There had been too many shinobi on the battlefield who had