All of You, Shut Your Mouths

The lights in the Hyuga Clan Compound were dizzyingly bright.

Every clan member's face was tense.

Teams of people ran back and forth.

Some had sweat soaking the backs of their necks and felt unsteady on their feet.

Their bodies trembled as well.

Something terrible had happened!

Everyone knew the Hyuga Clan had always guarded the Byakugan strictly. Otherwise, they would never have devised something as vicious as the Caged Bird Seal.

But what had happened tonight?

Nine pairs of Byakugan were gone, and nine members of the Main Family had lost their lives.

From here on out, life in the clan would probably be steeped in blood.

Those Main Family elders would never let this go.

The Branch Family would have to keep their heads down even lower.

One little mistake, and those bloodthirsty elders would take their lives.

There was nothing they could do.

That was just how the Hyuga Clan worked.

If a Branch Family member or two died, the Main Family could barely be bothered to look up.

In their eyes, Branch Family members were no different from worn-out kunai.

If they died, they died.

It sounded cruel, but it was the truth.

The Main Family was different, though.

Most of them were useless, but they had been born into the Main Family, and that alone meant even one death was a catastrophe.

The Branch Family could only swallow their anger.

Talk back?

They didn't even dare let hatred show on their faces.

The Cursed Seal around their necks kept them leashed.

A single thought from someone in the Main Family could kill them on the spot.

The Front Courtyard of the Clan Head's residence.

Nine Main Family corpses lay in a row, dumped right on the ground.

"Clan Head, we must get to the bottom