The Sacrifice of Hizashi Hyuga

At this moment, little Hinata, waiting outside, still had no idea.

This wonderful time was about to end completely.

The scene shifted.

Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga sat respectively in the corners of the training room.

Both of them looked at the spar between Hinata and Neji with completely solemn expressions.

Yet after only a short while, little Hinata was defeated.

Hizashi Hyuga looked at such a cowardly little Hinata.

With talent still so poor, he turned his head and looked again at his own son's outstanding talent.

At this moment, Hizashi Hyuga could no longer endure it.

With eyes full of killing intent, he directly activated his Byakugan, wanting to kill the little Hinata before him with a single strike.

Hyuga Hiashi perceived the killing intent in his younger brother's eyes.

He quickly stood up, came to little Hinata's side, and formed hand seals with one hand.

Hyuga Hiashi chanted an incantation in his mouth.

Ahead, Hizashi Hyuga hugged his head in agony and rolled on the ground.

Hearing his father's miserable screams, little Neji was filled with panic on his face.

He quickly came before Hizashi Hyuga.

With eyes full of anxiety, he watched his father in agony, hugging his head and rolling on the ground.

At this moment, little Neji was utterly puzzled: what was wrong with Father?

Then the white cloth on Hizashi Hyuga's forehead fell off, revealing the Hyuga Branch Family's Caged Bird Seal.

That cross-shaped pattern was imprinted on his forehead.

Then Neji anxiously turned his head only to see his eldest uncle forming hand seals with one hand and chanting some kind of incantation in his mouth.

At this moment, little Neji also understood everything in an instant.

Hyuga Hiashi looked at Hizashi Hyuga, who had now passed out.

Only then did he slowly stop the Caged Bird Seal.

Looking at his father, who had passed out due to the pain, little Neji glared at Hyuga Hiashi with a face full of killing intent.

Then he recalled all those scenes when he himself was branded with the Caged Bird.

At this moment, little Neji's eyes were filled with hatred.

Just as little Hinata was about to walk over to see Hizashi Hyuga, she was stopped by Hyuga Hiashi right in front of her.

Little Hinata looked at Neji, who now seemed like a stranger, her eyes full of confusion.

Hyuga Hiashi directly pulled Hinata away.

Only Neji and Hizashi remained in the room.

At this moment, little Neji lost his past innocence and smile.

His gaze turned cold and self-deprecating as he laughed and said, "I really am stupid enough. So this is what Father called destiny."

"Haha, this is my destiny."

"I will not protect anyone in the Hyuga. One day, I will walk out of the Caged Bird."

"When that time comes, I will annihilate the entire Hyuga."

Neji Hyuga's frantic laughter echoed: "Hyuga Hiashi, you just wait for me."

"One day, I will kill every single one of you."

Neji erupted with powerful chakra, and at this moment, Hizashi Hyuga also woke up.

Looking at the unfamiliar son before him, Hizashi Hyuga hugged Neji and wept bitterly as he said, "Neji, this is the fate of being a Hyuga Branch Family member. We were born to protect the bloodline of the Main Family."

At this moment, Neji's face was covered in tears as he said firmly, "Father, one day I will avenge you."

"When that time comes, I will make the Hyuga completely perish."

"The Main Family is high and mighty. Since we in the Branch Family cannot break this Caged Bird, then I will break it completely."

"Even if they want me to die right now, then I deserve to die. It is my skills that are inferior, and I have no complaints."

"But I will never protect anyone from the Main Family, including that incompetent, trash young miss of the Main Family."

Hizashi Hyuga looked at such an unfamiliar son and hastily rebuked him angrily, "Stop it, Neji. No matter when it is, you must guard the bloodline of the Hyuga Main Family."

"This is our destiny."

Neji looked at his father with a face full of incomprehension and asked unwillingly, "Why?"

Hizashi Hyuga's firm voice came: "Because we all flow with the blood of the Hyuga."

"Promise me, Neji, you must guard the blood of the Hyuga well."

Little Neji raised his head in agony and said, "I promise you, Father. I will keep getting stronger, and then I'll protect the blood of the Hyuga clansmen well."

Tears slid from the corners of little Neji's eyes as he said with resentment, "But I will never protect the Main Family young miss."

Hizashi Hyuga hugged Neji and said nothing at all.

The video shifted.

Little Hinata asked her father in puzzlement.

"Father, was it you who did something?"

Hyuga Hiashi's stern voice came: "That's right."

Hinata found it hard to believe.

Yet...

Hinata recalled again all those scenes of getting along with Neji for the first time.

That gentle and smiling older brother had completely changed over this period of time because of the last incident.

At this moment, Hinata's tears slipped down as she questioned in bewilderment, "Father, why did you do this?"

Hyuga Hiashi said helplessly, "Because my younger brother—your big brother Neji's father—wanted to kill you."

"As your father, I could only make a move. As for Neji, if he wants to hate me, let him hate me."

"When Neji grows up, if he hates me because of today's matter, he can take my life at any time."

At this moment, Hinata was completely stunned in place.

Hyuga Hiashi slowly walked out alone.

Hiashi came into this quiet room and said with exhaustion, "I owe you all of this, Hizashi. I am sorry, Hizashi."

"It is my incompetence as an older brother!"

This was also the second time Hyuga Hiashi had shed tears since taking over as the clan head.

At this moment, Hyuga Hiashi recalled all the scenes of that night with a heart full of guilt.

The two of them sat quietly like this in the room late at night.

It was also then that Hiashi spoke.

"The Third Hokage gave me his answer. He said that the village today cannot withstand warfare."

The Third Hokage did not want to miss this hard-earned peace.

Hizashi Hyuga said angrily, "What do you mean by peace? What do you mean by not wanting to miss it?"

"It was clearly the ninja of Kumogakure who wanted to capture Hinata-daisama's Byakugan."

"Brother, you only made a move because you had no other choice."

"Yet who doesn't know now that Kumogakure was deliberately provoking trouble?"

"They did it just to obtain the Byakugan."

The more agitated he spoke, the more angrily Hizashi Hyuga stood up: "For what reason did we join Konoha?"

"Are we supposed to let the Hyuga suffer this humiliation just because of another nation's provocation?"

Looking at his unmoving older brother, Hizashi Hyuga became thoroughly angry: "Does a Third Hokage like this even deserve it?"

"At worst, I will lead the clansmen to attack Kumogakure."

Hyuga Hiashi said helplessly, "Then have you ever thought about what will happen to the Hyuga clansmen?"

"If all of us sacrifice ourselves, what will happen to your son and my daughter, and the children in the clan?"

At this moment, Hizashi Hyuga also fell completely silent.

From the quiet room suddenly came Hyuga Hiashi's firm words: "I have decided. Hizashi, after my death, I entrust my daughter to you."

Hizashi Hyuga looked at his dead-serious older brother and began to smile.

Looking at the younger brother who was suddenly smiling before him, Hyuga Hiashi was filled with puzzlement.

Hizashi Hyuga looked at Hiashi with a resolute gaze and said, "Don't forget, Brother, what Father once said to us."

"As the head of the Hyuga, protecting you is something destined since the day I was born."

"I used to hate you very much, but at this moment, I don't hate you anymore."

"Because it seems I have also begun to understand your situation, Brother."

At this moment, Hizashi Hyuga's voice also became sonorous and powerful as he said, "Even if someone has to die, it can only be me!"

Hyuga Hiashi directly interrupted him with an angry shout, "No! This matter has nothing to do with you."

"I am firmly against you doing this. I only ask you one thing: help me take good care of my daughter after I die."

"After I die, bring my corpse to the Third Hokage."

"He will hand my corpse over to the enemy nation."

"In this way, the Third Hokage can also give them an answer."

Having finished his last words, Hyuga Hiashi prepared to stand up and take his own life.

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