What Hyuga Yu had failed to foresee was that the Branch Family's little rebellion would be crushed by the Main Family before it could even begin.
The same Code had given the Branch Family hope, yet the Main Family saw only the possibility of rebellion. Those with guilty consciences would only intensify their oppression of their victims when they felt threatened.
The Branch Family was already on edge, but the Main Family was even more vigilant and afraid. Surveillance was everywhere, like an inescapable net. They wished they could keep every member of the Branch Family under watch twenty-four hours a day, without leaving a single gap.
The Byakugan could see into the distance and perceive the finest details, making any attempt to hide a secret futile.
For members of the Main Family, who treasured their lives and rarely exposed themselves to danger, their most frequently used and best-practiced skill was watching the Branch Family's every move with those eyes.
Under such close surveillance, every Branch Family member involved in the rebellion was rooted out, one by one. Hyuga Yu was naturally no exception.
"There certainly are a lot of you."
As their gazes fell on the Branch Family members kneeling on the ground, their faces full of humiliation, contempt appeared on the faces of Hyuga Toki and the Main Family elder leading the group.
They were merely caged birds kept by the Main Family, yet they actually wanted to fly free. They truly did not know their place.
"Bring everyone from the Branch Family here! Let them see what happens to traitors!"
A vicious glint appeared on the elder's face. He wanted to make an example of these people, using their deaths to put the Branch Family's increasingly disobedient slaves in their place. But Hyuga Toki shook his head.