Step Down, Have You Never Considered Sacrificing Yourself?

Step Down, Have You Never Considered Sacrificing Yourself?

With the Hyuga Clan, who had been friends with them for generations, coming to their aid, the Kaguya Ninja fought desperately to escape their clan grounds. Only twenty-three surviving Kaguya Ninja remained, every one of them wounded and forced to support each other as they walked.

The Hyuga Ninja had not expected that the Kaguya Clan, whose strength was far from weak, would not even have the ability to resist. Faced with the Uchiha Clan ninjas' vengeful onslaught, very few Kaguya Ninja survived.

After seeing the Kaguya Ninja out of the Land of Fire, Hyuga Tennin said, "Father, the decision you made last time was wrong. It will bring trouble upon the clan. The catastrophe that destroyed the Kaguya Clan today may befall our Hyuga Clan tomorrow."

"The moment I made that decision, I already regretted it, but it was too late. Tennin, when I am gone, the clan will depend on you to lead it. Your talent is extraordinary. Even my understanding of the Gentle Fist cannot compare to yours."

"Father, step down as clan head. Only then can I lead the clan onward and make it prosperous."

"I am your father!"

Hyuga Tennin said expressionlessly, "For the sake of the clan, even Father should be prepared to make sacrifices. As the clan head, have you never considered sacrificing yourself for the clan?"

He pressed forward step by step!

He moved closer to his father one step at a time, as though he were looking at an enemy. His icy eyes held not the slightest trace of warmth.

Father?

Such a word held little emotion within the Hyuga Clan. If he had not displayed sufficient talent, or if something had gone wrong with the timing of his birth, Hyuga Tennin dared say that he would not be part of the Main Family now. He would instead be a pitiful Hyuga Branch Family ninja without even freedom.

"Shut up! Tennin, I can sacrifice myself for the clan, but absolutely not in this way..."

"Father, take a good look into the eyes of our clansmen. Have you not realized it yet? Because of your wrong decision, you will bring ruin upon the clan. No one in the clan will continue protecting you. Moreover, the clan elders have jointly removed you from your position as clan head. I will take over as the new head of the Hyuga Clan."

"What nonsense are you spouting?! Take Tennin down for me! I order you as the clan head of the Main Family!"

"I say, Father, the way you look right now is truly pathetic. Fine, you are no longer the clan head, so do not say things like ordering the clan's ninjas around."

Yet among the countless ninja clans scattered throughout the Ninja World like stars, only the Hyuga Clan maintained such an exceptionally strict Main Family and Branch Family system, effectively protecting their Kekkei Genkai from the prying eyes of outside ninja clans.

Anyone born into the Hyuga Main Family would be protected by the Branch Family, and could freely command Branch Family ninjas with their Main Family status.

Not a single nearby Hyuga Branch Family ninja obeyed the order. Instead, every one of them faced Hyuga Tennin and dropped to one knee.

Hyuga Tennin looked at his father, then turned away indifferently.

"Take Father with us. We are returning to the clan."

The Kaguya clan grounds.

Uchiha Tajima coldly watched the flames devour the buildings ahead and said, "That leaves the Sarutobi Clan and the Hyuga Clan, correct?"

Uchiha Kuwajima said silently, "Clan Head, although we did not suffer many losses in this battle and gained quite a bit of supplies, it would be best for us to recuperate for a while and not go to war with other clans again. Otherwise, we will draw the hostility and resentment of even more ninja clans."

Indeed.

Although they had won and suffered no great losses, some of the clansmen who had participated in the assault on the Kaguya Clan had still been injured to varying degrees.

If they continued forcing war upon other ninja clans, those clans that had long been hostile toward the Uchiha Clan would certainly not continue standing idly by. When the Uchiha Clan attacked other ninja clans, they would surely attack the Uchiha Clan just as the Kaguya Ninja had attacked the Uchiha clan grounds.

"Fine, I understand."

Uchiha Tajima replied indifferently, then shifted his gaze elsewhere. There lay the supplies allotted to the Hagoromo Clan ninjas, roughly forty percent of all the supplies found in the Kaguya clan grounds.

"We hired the Hagoromo Clan in the form of a mission to fight the Senju Clan alongside us. Originally, once the mission was complete, I planned to eliminate the Hagoromo Clan along with them."

"Yet by paying an additional ten percent of the supplies, we got to see the Hagoromo Clan fight with their lives on the line. Now, it seems we should consider sincerely forming an alliance with the Hagoromo Clan."

Even without the Hagoromo Clan's aid, the Uchiha Clan had possessed enough strength to utterly destroy the Kaguya Clan.

The Uchiha Clan did not fear casualties or battle, but the price of exterminating the Kaguya Clan would have been too great and would have weakened the Uchiha Clan for some time. Now, they had merely paid an additional ten percent of the supplies in exchange for the Hagoromo Clan sincerely joining hands with the Uchiha Clan against the Kaguya Clan. In Uchiha Tajima's view, it had been a very correct decision.

After all, these supplies had never belonged to the Uchiha Clan. They were the Kaguya Clan's accumulated reserves from many years, which meant that not only had the Uchiha Clan paid no price at all, they had also obtained sixty percent of the Kaguya Clan's savings from over the years.

"When it comes to viewing things and analyzing problems, Madara Uchiha is not as perceptive as Jobu. And in terms of ninja talent, Jobu is not much inferior to Madara Uchiha either. Perhaps..."

Uchiha Tajima's eyes flickered repeatedly as certain thoughts arose in his heart, though no one knew of them.

A great clan like the Uchiha Clan never lacked those willing to sacrifice themselves for the clan. What they truly needed was someone capable of leading the clan onward.

It was simply too early to be considering certain matters now.

Neither Uchiha Madara nor Uchiha Jobu had finished growing yet. Neither could immediately become someone who led the clan.

Uchiha Tajima murmured, "At least until Madara Uchiha has grown up, I must continue sheltering them from the wind and rain. By the time Madara Uchiha can inherit my position, Jobu and Izuna should also be able to stand on their own."

Uchiha Tajima could sense that the next era would surely be one where heroes rose together and countless powerhouses stepped onto the stage. The Uchiha Clan would certainly stand in the most dazzling position in the Ninja World. Both Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Jobu possessed the talent to become strong.