Third Elder's forward momentum came to an abrupt end.
The stern look on his face completely froze, turning into extreme pain and confusion.
He lowered his head and looked in disbelief at the black handle of the knife on his abdomen and the blood that quickly dripped down the knife onto the floor.
Hiashi's eyes remained calm, as if he had just done a trivial thing.
He didn't give Third Elder any chance to react or scream.
Draw the knife.
A stream of warm blood rained out, splashing on the smooth floor and the nearby tea set.
Poke again.
It was still the same part, but the wound was cruelly enlarged and torn.
Smoke again.
Poke again.
Clean, neat, and extremely cold.
There is no angry roar, no unnecessary torture, only the most efficient and unquestionable end.
When Great Sun Calamity Cutter was pulled out of Third Elder's belly for the third time, the last sparkle in Elder's eyes, which was usually aloof and bossy, had been completely extinguished.
He made an unexplained "ho ho" sound in his throat, and then, his heavy body collapsed to the ground softly like a bag of rags, and the blood quickly gathered under him into a pool of dazzling scarlet.
From rising up to attack, to falling to the ground dead, it only took a few breaths.
Inside Tea Room, there was deathly silence.
The only sound left was the "ta... ta..." sound of blood dripping from the blade, and the "gurgling" sound of the other four Elder's teeth chattering crazily.
Hiashi shook off the blood beads on the knife, slowly raised his eyes, and once again fell on the remaining four faces that were as pale as paper and filled with despair.
Great Sun Calamity Cutter's blade seemed even colder against the blood.
"Hiashi! Hiashi!"
"Hiashi, I am your uncle. Do you really not remember the past?"
Seeing Third Elder turn into a corpse in the blink of an eye, Sixth Elder's last bit of courage to resist was completely shattered.
He rolled and crawled, and fell to his knees with a plop on the edge of a pool of blood, with tears streaming down his face. He was no longer as aloof as usual, only the humblest begging for mercy remained.
"I... I am your uncle! I have watched you grow up!"
Sixth Elder's voice was hoarse and cracked, with a cry in it.
"I also took care of you, but you... do you really not remember it at all?
We are all members of the Main Family. Just because of this blood relationship, please spare me... please spare me this time!"
"All kinds of things in the past..."
Hiashi looked away from Sixth Elder and lowered his eyes slightly, as if he was really touched by these four words and fell into some kind of long-lasting memory.
With the Great Sun Calamity Cutter in his hand, the blood droplets on the tip of the knife slowly condensed, and finally fell to the floor with a "click", the sound was so clear that it made your heart tremble.
The floodgates of memory suddenly opened, and time flowed back to the night that changed his life.
In the picture, the young Hyuga Hiashi still has edges and blood in his eyebrows that have not been smoothed out by time.
He stood in the Council Chamber of Ancestral Shrine, facing six Elder, his chest heaving violently with anger.
"I was the one who killed Kumogakure's messenger!"
The voice of young Hiashi was resolute, with unquestionable anger and pride.
"He broke into our Hyuga Clan at night with evil intentions. He even wanted to take away my daughter Hinata! As the patriarch and father, why can't I attack him?"
His question echoed in the empty Council Chamber.
At that time, Hizashi was standing a little behind him, silent, his pure white eyes lowered, unable to see his emotions clearly.
"Confused! Absolutely confused!"
Second Elder, who was still alive at the time and was known for being old-fashioned and strict, slammed the table and yelled, his voice old but full of unquestionable authority.
"Kumogakure Since they dared to send envoys to sneak in late at night and asked you to 'give an explanation' by name, it shows that they don't care who did it!
What they are targeting is our Hyuga Clan Byakugan. If you kill their people and they don't take away Byakugan, they can take the opportunity to postpone the peace talks. Konoha can't afford to delay!"
Second Elder's turbid but sharp gaze swept across the young Hiashi, and finally fell on Hizashi, his tone was as cold as iron:
"Hizashi, he looks exactly like you. This is God's will and his 'value' as Branch Family."
Young Hiashi was shocked and looked at Second Elder with disbelief in his eyes.
Second Elder ignored his gaze and continued to pronounce the verdict in that cold voice, "At that time, all we have to do is declare to the outside world that Hizashi 'privately' killed the Kumogakure messenger.
In order to appease Kumogakure's anger and protect the "overall situation" between Konoha and Hyuga, all we have to do is hand him over to die.
He was originally Branch Family, and he was born to exist for the benefit of the Main Family and Hyuga Clan.
Now, it is time for him to fulfill this obligation."
"No!"
Young Hiashi's eyes are about to burst, so he must refute.
"Wangyou, where is your tutor? Who allowed you to yell in front of your elders?"
Sixth Elder shouted angrily.
"Third Shinobi World War is over. Fourth Hokage died three years ago because of the seal Nine-Tails. Konoha cannot withstand the war.
Do you want Hyuga to become the sinner of the village?"
"Brother."
A calm voice interrupted him.
It's Hizashi.
He raised his head, with a strange, calm smile that was almost relief on his face.
He walked up to Hiashi and blocked his angry gaze towards Elder.
"That's it."
Hizashi said softly, as if discussing a trivial matter that had nothing to do with him.
Later...Hizashi still died.
He didn't die on the battlefield, but died in Hyuga's Uchiha Homeland, and died in Hiashi--his twin brother's arms.
The memory picture finally freezes.
Hizashi, who was dying, looked pale and was breathing weakly.
He looked at Hiashi, whose face was full of tears and speechless in pain. He raised his hand with difficulty, as if he wanted to wipe away the tears on his brother's face, but in the end he was unable to lower it.
His lips moved, and he used his last strength to say intermittently:
"Brother... don't cry..."
"I... I didn't die because...Branch Family's status as the head of the family... to fulfill Branch Family's obligations..."
His pure white eyes reflected Hiashi's grief-stricken face. There was no resentment in it, only a clear tenderness and determination.
"... As a younger brother... I am willing... to die for my brother."
After the words fell, the hand that tried to lift finally fell down feebly.
Hizashi's eyes are closed forever.
The Caged Bird Seal mark on his forehead finally disappeared with his life more than twenty years after it was engraved on Hizashi's head.
"Hizashi..."
In reality, Hiashi's lowered eyes suddenly raised.
There is no longer a trance of memories, but huge waves surging into the sky.
It is the regret that has been buried for many years, the deep hatred towards these "past" manipulators in front of me, and the violent murderous intention that has finally been vented!
He stared intently at Sixth Elder, who was kneeling on the ground and still begging for mercy with "all the things from the past". His voice became hoarse and distorted due to extreme emotional suppression:
"Old beast, do you still have the nerve to talk about the past?"
Great Sun Calamity Cutter, the wind and thunder with revenge and the last whisper of the deceased brother turned into a cold light that tore through the night and hypocrisy, and chopped it down without hesitation!