Moreover, Kirigakure had more manpower than Konoha. Although they could not breach Konoha's main camp, they held every advantage.
Only with the recent death of the Third Mizukage had the situation reversed.
The Third Mizukage's death dealt a blow to Kirigakure's morale, while Konoha's soared instead.
With Kirigakure left leaderless, Konoha launched a counterattack.
The Mist Ninja, who had already occupied part of Konoha's territory, had now all retreated to the Land of Water.
At the time, Fugaku and Hiashi lacked the strength to push the counterattack further and feared an ambush by Kirigakure, so they had not pursued them.
And so the situation had dragged on until now.
"It's not that we don't want to attack Kirigakure. It's just that the Mist Ninja are far too cunning. A member of our Hyuga Clan's Main Family pursued them, only to be ambushed and killed by Kirigakure's forces. They even gouged out his Byakugan."
As Hyuga Hiashi reached this point, anger showed on his face.
"A member of the Hyuga Clan's Main Family? Your... father?" Uchiha Yin's expression turned somewhat strange.
The Hyuga Clan was one of Konoha's ancient noble clans. Its ancestor was Kaguya Otsutsuki's daughter, and its members were also direct descendants of Hamura Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths' younger brother, who had remained on Earth.
The clan's inherited kekkei genkai was the Byakugan. They also possessed the Gentle Fist, one of Konoha's most formidable taijutsu styles, and proclaimed that "the Hyuga are Konoha's strongest."
To protect their kekkei genkai, the Hyuga Clan was divided into the Main Family and the Branch Family. The Main Family inherited the Byakugan from generation to generation. To ensure that the Byakugan never fell into outside hands, the Branch Family had to protect the Main Family at the cost of their lives,