As Uchiha Yao's words fell, an eerie silence descended over the entire conference room.
Break the old system and establish a new order.
This world needed only one Konoha.
How arrogant! How overbearing!
He intended to annex the entire Shinobi World with the strength of a single village!
Everyone present was an elite of Konoha. They understood all too well what this meant.
It meant Konoha would become the enemy of the entire Shinobi World!
This was an unprecedented gamble, with Konoha's entire fate as the stake.
Amid that suffocating silence.
"Click."
A soft sound rang out as a chair was pushed back.
Hyuga Hiashi, head of the Hyuga Clan, slowly rose to his feet.
Everyone's gaze instantly focused on Hyuga Hiashi.
As Konoha's oldest Great Clan, second in status only to the Uchiha, the Hyuga Clan's stance was crucial.
Hyuga Hiashi's face was as stern and still as ever.
He gave Uchiha Yao a deep bow.
"Since the era of the First Hokage, the Hyuga Clan has served as Konoha's Shield, protecting the village through generations without ever wavering."
"We once naively believed that tolerance and compromise could buy peace."
"But reality proved that would only feed the wolves' greed."
"Hokage-sama's words are truly deafening."
"Rather than passively endure blow after blow in this endless cycle of hatred, we might as well end it with our own hands!"
"For the Hyuga Clan's future, for Konoha's future, so that our descendants no longer have to live beneath the shadow of war!"
"I, Hyuga Hiashi, on behalf of the Hyuga Clan, fully support Hokage-sama's decision!"
"From this moment on, the Hyuga Clan is willing to become the sharpest spear in Hokage-sama's hand and sweep aside every obstacle for you!"
"The entire Hyuga Clan stands ready for your command, even unto death!"