"Still not convinced? If this isn't coasting on your ancestors' achievements, what is? I really don't know where your pride comes from."
Su Ye shook his head and spoke disdainfully again.
Unlike the Uchiha Clan's arrogant, domineering disposition, the Hyuga Clan's pride never showed openly. It seemed etched into their bones instead.
It manifested in their disregard, their contemptuous looks, and the cold indifference with which they kept others at arm's length.
So Hoshizuki Hyuga's behavior was no isolated case. Most of this clan treated outsiders that way.
It was simply more direct and extreme in Hoshizuki Hyuga.
"What insolent brat dares act so brazenly in our Hyuga Clan, passing judgment on us?"
A furious shout rang out.
A dozen or so ninja appeared on the scene.
Every one of them radiated an imposing pressure, and all had aged faces and were advanced in years.
They were members of the Hyuga Clan's Main Family from successive generations, most of whom had retired behind the scenes as clan elders.
Yet now, they had all appeared at once.
Leading them was a dignified middle-aged man who, upon closer inspection, bore some resemblance to Hyuga Hiashi.
He was the Hyuga Clan's current clan leader, Hiashi Hyuga!
Beside him stood a young man about Hyuga Hiashi's age, whose appearance was practically identical to his.
Without a close look, anyone unfamiliar with them would have been unable to tell them apart.
He was, of course, Hyuga Hiashi's younger brother, Hizashi Hyuga!
"Brother..."
Seeing Hyuga Hiashi looking utterly lost, as though everything he believed had been shattered,
Hizashi Hyuga couldn't bear it and involuntarily murmured.
"Father."
Seeing the familiar clan elders and his father suddenly arrive,
Hyuga Hiashi visibly froze, then lowered his head, unable to conceal his dejection.
He was the Hyuga Clan's Young Clan