From Hyuga Hiashi's perspective, when Bai Ye said those words, all he could think was that this was a little too insane!
Wait, what?!
He opened with, "Let's overthrow Kirigakure's regime"?!
"Are you planning to go to war with Kirigakure?!"
If it had been a minor skirmish, Hyuga Hiashi could have understood Bai Ye wanting to make an example of Kirigakure.
After all, Kumogakure was stirring restlessly, looking ready to start a war.
Making Kirigakure their target would naturally have been an excellent choice.
But if the goal was to overthrow its regime...
Then this wouldn't be some minor skirmish. They would really be heading straight into war.
If he actually did that...
Never mind anything else, Kumogakure would definitely jump into the fight immediately.
If Kumogakure had to fight alone, it might hesitate. But if Kirigakure and Konoha went to war, there would be benefits to reap and someone else to share the pressure. There was no way Kumogakure would stay out of it.
So, regarding Bai Ye's proposal to overthrow Kirigakure's regime...
Hyuga Hiashi felt it might be a little too reckless.
Even though following Bai Ye had made him considerably bolder, he was nowhere near as bold as Bai Ye.
"It shouldn't come to war. Over all these years of the blood mist policy, plenty of Kirigakure's own ninja have been victims. I'm planning to win those ninja over and end the blood mist policy together.
"By then, not only will we have overthrown Kirigakure's regime, we may even have opportunities to infiltrate the village afterward.
"I won't be taking on Kirigakure alone. That might settle things once and for all, but it wouldn't maximize our gains.
"I want to unify the entire Shinobi World. I can't just brutally wipe out a village, or why would any