After leaving the Main Family's old estate, Zou Hyuga could not tell what he was feeling.
He knew perfectly well that Hyuga Yu was on his last legs. Their earlier jokes had merely lightened the sorrowful mood.
Nothing mattered more to the Main Family than the Byakugan, yet Hyuga Yu had given his to Zou. Perhaps this was another way of saying farewell.
Rumble...
Deafening explosions rang out in the distance. It was the battle between the ninja and the tailed beast.
Upon realizing that a tailed beast had appeared in the village, the ninja in the Clan Grounds sprang into action. First, they evacuated the clan's elderly and children. Then, led by the brothers Hiashi and Hizashi, the clan's jonin rushed toward the Nine-Tails Fox.
Hiashi and Hizashi were probably better suited to becoming the Hyuga's protectors than I was.
As Zou walked along the streets of the Clan Grounds, quite a few clan ninja asked him where Hyuga Yu was.
To them, protecting the Main Family was the sacred duty of Branch Family ninja, yet their responsibilities were not matched by corresponding rights.
Zou shook his head, indicating that he did not know where Hyuga Yu had gone, and followed the clan ninja out of the Clan Grounds. With the Pure Byakugan in his waist pouch, he did not know whether he should live up to his uncle's expectations.
Meanwhile, Hyuga Yu, who had remained deep inside the Main Family's old estate, sped through the Clan Grounds with the blank scroll, returning to Zou Hyuga's home. He had unfinished business to attend to.
Although he had not died immediately as Zou Hyuga had expected, he truly had little time left. He would not last until dawn.
That time had been enough for him to see Zou Hyuga's resolve