Make Way, Haven't You Considered Sacrificing Yourself?

Make way, haven't you considered sacrificing yourself?

With the Hyuga Clan, who had been friends with them for generations, coming to their aid, the Kaguya ninja had fought desperately to escape their clan grounds. Only twenty-three surviving Kaguya ninja remained, every one of them wounded and able to keep walking only by supporting one another.

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 ninja's vengeance, unleashed like a flood, few Kaguya ninja had survived.

After escorting 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 disaster that wiped out the Kaguya Clan today may befall our Hyuga Clan tomorrow."

"When 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, relinquish the position of clan head. Only then can I lead the clan toward prosperity."

"I am your father!"

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

He pressed forward step by step!

He approached his father one step at a time, looking at him as though he were an enemy, his icy eyes devoid of the slightest warmth.

Father?

In the Hyuga Clan, that word held little affection. 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 like this..."

"Father, take a good look into the eyes of the clan members. Haven't you noticed? Because of the wrong decision you made, you will bring a catastrophic disaster upon the clan. No one in the clan will continue protecting you. Furthermore, 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 talking about?! Seize Tennin! I order you as the clan head of the Main Family!"

"I say, Father, you truly look pathetic like this. Enough. You are no longer the clan head, so do not speak as though you can command the clan's ninja."

Yet among the countless ninja clans scattered across the ninja world like stars, only the Hyuga Clan had a Main Family and Branch Family system so strict that it could effectively protect its Kekkei Genkai from the prying eyes of outsiders.

As long as one was born into the Hyuga Main Family, one would be protected by the Branch Family and could freely command Branch Family ninja in the name of the Main Family.

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

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

"Take my father with us. We return to the clan."

The Kaguya clan grounds.

Uchiha Tajima gazed coldly at the buildings being consumed by flames and said, "Sarutobi Clan and Hyuga Clan are the only ones left, correct?"

Uchiha Kuwajima said silently, "Clan Head, although we suffered few losses in this battle and gained considerable supplies, it would be best to rest and recuperate for a while rather than wage war against other clans again. Otherwise, we will draw the hostility of even more ninja clans."

Indeed.

Though they had won and suffered no great losses, some of the clan members who had participated in the attack on the Kaguya Clan had still been injured to varying degrees.

If they forcibly continued waging war against other ninja clans, those clans that had long been enemies of the Uchiha Clan would certainly not continue standing by. When the Uchiha Clan attacked another ninja clan, they would surely strike the Uchiha Clan just as the Kaguya ninja had attacked the Uchiha clan grounds.

"Very well, I understand."

Uchiha Tajima spoke indifferently, then looked elsewhere. There lay the supplies allotted to the Hagoromo Clan ninja, roughly forty percent of all the supplies found in the Kaguya clan grounds.

"We commissioned the Hagoromo Clan to fight the Senju Clan alongside us in the form of a mission. Originally, I intended to deal with the Hagoromo Clan as well once the mission was completed."

"By paying an additional ten percent of the supplies, we got to see the Hagoromo Clan fight desperately. It now seems we should consider sincerely forming an alliance with the Hagoromo Clan."

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

The Uchiha Clan did not fear casualties or battle, but the cost of eliminating the Kaguya Clan would have been too great and would have weakened the Uchiha Clan for some time. Now, merely paying an additional ten percent of the supplies had earned the Hagoromo Clan's sincere cooperation in dealing with the Kaguya Clan. In Uchiha Tajima's view, it had been a very correct decision.

After all, these supplies had not originally belonged to the Uchiha Clan. They had been accumulated by the Kaguya Clan over many years. In other words, not only had the Uchiha Clan paid no price at all, it had also gained sixty percent of the supplies the Kaguya Clan had accumulated over many years.

"Madara is not as perceptive as Shangwu when it comes to seeing things and analyzing problems. And in terms of ninja talent, Shangwu is not much inferior to Madara either. Perhaps..."

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

A great clan like the Uchiha Clan would never lack people willing to sacrifice themselves for the clan. What it truly needed was someone capable of leading the clan onward.

It was simply too early to be thinking about some matters.

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

Uchiha Tajima murmured, "At the very least, before Madara grows up, I must shield them from the wind and rain. By the time Madara can inherit my position, Shangwu and Izuna should also be able to stand on their own."

Uchiha Tajima could sense that the next era would surely see heroes rise together, with countless powerhouses taking the stage one after another. The Uchiha Clan would certainly stand in the most dazzling position in the ninja world. Both Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Shangwu possessed the talent to become powerful figures.