Naruto: From Capturing the Main Clan to Becoming the Mastermind

Chapter 11 The Main Family's Response (Part 2)

This caged bird incident has confirmed that all families are now separated; waiting won't change anything, and neither will patience.

Since the main family and Konoha never treated them as comrades, their resentment and even resistance were only to be expected.

"Don't provoke the branch family any further. I've already discussed it with the Hokage, and we'll make sure the branch family calms down."

As he spoke, the Hyuga clan leader handed them a scroll of ninjutsu techniques.

After reading it, the Second Elder's expression changed.

"Clan Chief, did the Fourth Elder die in vain? And this technique..."

The clan chief shook his head, his eyes cold.

"It's just a temporary compromise. Even if we find the murderer who killed the Fourth Elder, we can't kill him for now."

As the day for depicting the new caged bird draws near, the anger over the separation continues to build. If no one rebels, it will only be a helpless rage; but with someone taking the lead, there's no guarantee that someone won't act irrationally.

For the branch family, the ninjas who operate in the shadows are heroes who dare to rebel; killing them would ignite the powder keg that is the branch family.

The war has reached a critical stage. If the Hyuga branch family is forced to rebel, not only will they become a laughing stock for the other villages, but the Cloud Village, which has already ceased hostilities, may launch another attack.

Just like the start of the Third Shinobi World War.

Using the loss of the Third Kazekage as a pretext, the Raikage expressed his willingness to generously accept the Sand Village and allow the Raikage to concurrently serve as the Sand Village's Kage, and launched a surprise attack on the Sand Village.

If it weren't for the Fourth Kazekage's actions, it would have been questionable whether the Land of Wind could have continued to exist after that attack.

If the Fourth Raikage is as shameless as his father, the war with Kumogakure will come again.

Seemingly sensing everyone's resentment, the Hyuga clan leader let out a cold snort.

"Don't even think about purging and splitting up; that's no different from weakening our own power."

"In the future, the individual abilities of the main family members also need to be improved. In the end, the Fourth Elder's death was ultimately due to his lack of caution."

The patriarch set the tone for the meeting with these two sentences and discussed the depiction of the new caged bird with the lamenting elders.

The meeting ended the next morning. The Hyuga clan leader walked alone to his home, where two Hyuga ninjas were waiting for him.

Hiashi Hyuga.

Hinata and day difference.

His two sons, however, faced different fates.

"Chief." *2

As the two brothers bowed, the Hyuga clan head nodded. "From now on, Hizashi will be in charge of managing the branch family. Don't let me down."

"Yes!" Facing his father, Hizashi bowed his head deeply.

Seeing this, the Hyuga clan leader looked indifferently at Hiashi, "Hiashi, I don't need to remind you what you're going to say today, do I?"

As usual, the morning sun shone through the window, and Rizu felt enveloped by his father's shadow, causing him to lower his eyes involuntarily.

"I see."

……

The Hyuga clan has a large territory.

Centered on the area where the main family resides, the buildings scattered around it are the residences of the branch families.

The differences in region and altitude show the distinction between the main family and the branch family.

Moreover, the graves of branch family ninjas and main family ninjas are not located together.

Because the Byakugan of the main family does not disappear immediately after death but only slowly rots, the main family cemetery is located in the core of the Hyuga clan's territory to prevent people from stealing the Byakugan from corpses.

The burial grounds for the branch families are located on the edge of the clan's territory.

Hinata Miyuki stood before her parents' gravestones and bowed to them.

I'm sorry, Dad and Mom.

Even if my hands are stained with the blood of my people, I don't want them to keep kneeling.

"Oh, it's Miyuki. Are you here to see your parents too?"

As Hyuga Miyuki was feeling melancholy, a voice came along with footsteps.

She turned her head and gave a soft "hmm".

"Yu Jun, it's been a long time."

She and her kinsmen had carried out missions together on the Mist Hidden Battlefield, so they were fairly familiar with each other.

In her mind, the other party was one of the few special Jonin in the branch family on the battlefield of Kirigakure, with considerable strength and exceptional hard work.

Most importantly, he is not biased towards the Hyuga main family!

Hinata Miyuki clasped her hands over her abdomen, quietly watching Hinata Yu place the flowers she had brought in front of the two tombstones.

Hands clasped together, in prayer.

After Hyuga Yu finished doing all this, Hyuga Miyuki asked softly:

"Is Yu-kun also worried about today's ceremony of depicting the caged bird?"

"Yes, I'm a little worried about what my tribe has been doing lately."

"Are you worried that someone might not be able to resist making a move today and kill the main family?"

Hyuga Miyuki didn't mince words and asked directly in a low voice.

Now, all the Hyuga ninjas are aware of the current situation.

"No," Hyuga Yu glanced at her, his tone calm, "I'm worried about the Hokage's decision."

Hinata Miyuki breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned.

Indeed, it's too quiet.

Even if the culprit hasn't been found, the Hokage and his advisors shouldn't be so quiet.

In recent days, more and more members of the branch family have been unable to resist taking action. Even though the higher-ups have blocked the news, some rumors have begun to circulate on the streets, but the higher-ups seem to be ignoring them.

They simply increased nighttime patrols and deployed more covert agents to investigate, thus reducing casualties.

Although it did cause her trouble, it was only because she didn't want to lay a hand on her companions yet.

Previously, she had also killed members who were close to the main family.

Even after her Byakugan evolved and she vaguely sensed that the Caged Bird Seal was no longer effective against her, she was already considering turning her attention to the main family.

Therefore, Hyuga Miyuki inevitably felt uneasy about the strange attitude of the higher-ups.

"It should be fine, we'll have to redraw the caged bird from scratch."

Hyuga Miyuki touched the cursed seal on her forehead, which was hidden by her headband, and said softly, "The Hokage may just want us to reach a consensus internally."

Yu saw confidence and determination in Hinata Miyuki's eyes, and his brow twitched as he guessed what she was thinking.

He wanted to kill all the main family members and then defect?

Because he has enough strength and believes he won't be affected by being a caged bird, he wants to solve the problem by force?

That's exactly how Naruto operates...

Sasori of the Red Sand, a puppeteer, ambushed the Third Kazekage when he was weak, turning him into a human puppet. After growing up, he became arrogant and reckless, single-handedly destroying a country and challenging his own grandmother.

Nagato was able to endure humiliation and hardship, gather the Six Paths of Pain, and then launch a revenge attack on Hanzo. In the end, he single-handedly attacked Konoha.

Konan was able to secretly collect hundreds of millions of explosive tags to keep Obito in check, without being discovered by Zetsu and Zetsu. However, when dealing with Obito, she never considered cooperating with Naruto, with whom she had reconciled.

Throughout the ninja world, most people can survive when they lack strength, but once they feel they have enough, they all start courting death, attempting to solve all problems with force.

Where does this confidence come from?

Shaking his head inwardly, Hinata Yu added the girl in front of him to the ranks of Nagato and the others as a negative example.

Teacher Dai could kill his body with his Eight Gates technique; he simply couldn't be as confident as the aforementioned individuals.

"Miyuki, haven't you been paying attention to what's going on in the village lately? His legend is everywhere."

Under Miyuki Hinata's questioning gaze, Yu Hinata looked up at the blue sky.

"The sun of Konoha has returned."

(End of this chapter)