Granted.
The Hyuga Clan had also publicly proclaimed itself "Konoha's strongest shinobi clan."
But that was after the Senju Clan had withdrawn and the Uchiha Clan had perished.
When the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan were still around.
No matter how anyone looked at it, the Hyuga Clan had no claim to being "Konoha's strongest shinobi clan"!
The moment these members of the Hyuga Main Family heard that the Fifth Hokage would personally resolve the Hyuga Clan's internal problems, every last one of them shrank back like quails in winter.
"F-Fifth Hokage..."
"How, how could he..."
"Interfere in the Hyuga Clan's in-internal affairs?"
The members of the Hyuga Main Family stood stunned for a long while before stammering out a complete sentence between them.
Watching the Main Family's reaction, the members of the Hyuga Branch Family could not help grinning.
Main Family, we preferred that arrogant, defiant look you had just now.
Why don't you bring it back?
Arrogant at first and deferential afterward-what a laughable sight!
Hizashi Hyuga sneered and answered them directly.
"The Main Family brutalizing the Branch Family isn't merely an internal clan matter. It's a village matter too!"
Hyuga Hiashi opened his mouth, wanting to offer some defense.
But before the older brother could get the words out.
Hizashi Hyuga shot back with a single sentence.
"Don't tell me your Main Family doesn't consider itself part of the village?!"
Hizashi Hyuga hit the mark in one shot.
Not a single member of the Hyuga Main Family dared answer that lethal question head-on.
Although, in the eyes of some members of the Hyuga Main Family, the village truly did not amount to much.
The Hyuga Main Family did not even treat Branch Family members as human beings, so why would they think anything of the village?