Naruto: From Capturing the Main Clan to Becoming the Mastermind

Chapter 41 If it weren't for this, I wouldn't be satisfied.

Hiashi Hyuga glanced at them silently, then turned his gaze outside and closed his eyes.

The atmosphere felt a bit strange, and the clan members present exchanged puzzled glances.

At that moment, a strong smell of blood reached their noses, and their expressions changed, their gazes turning towards the doorway.

Hiashi Hyuga sighed, "I didn't expect it to be you first, Miyuki."

At the conference room door, a figure paused in his action of opening the door, but quickly regained his composure and gently pushed the door open.

"Hyuga Miyuki, what do you want to do?!"

Through the opened door, the Third Elder saw two guards lying in pools of blood in the distance. He stood up and roared, "Are you trying to betray the clan? Your parents fought gloriously for the main family and died. Do you want them to be disgraced in the afterlife?"

Hinata Miyuki's cold face revealed obvious anger. Before the members of the main clan could react, she appeared behind the Third Elder with unexpected speed and punched him directly in the heart with anger.

The only one capable of stopping it, Hiashi Hyuga, simply watched this scene unfold without taking any action.

The old man's body, and his battle instincts, which had deteriorated from years of inactivity, prevented him from putting up any effective resistance. His chest was pierced through, leaving him completely exposed, and he swayed and fell to the ground.

bang...

"..."

The silence lasted for a few seconds. The elders of the clan narrowed their eyes and instantly dodged Shen Xue, watching her warily.

"Glory? Is the so-called glory that even after they die, I, their daughter, will still not be treated well?"

Hinata Miyuki gave a sarcastic smile.

"I don't want this kind of glory!"

"Since things have come to this, there's nothing more to say. Has the caged bird, stripped of its punitive function, made you forget your place in the world?"

The Second Elder raised his hands and sneered, "Then remember this with your life: you will forever be in a cage..."

The technique to activate the Caged Bird Seal had already been used, but Hyuga Miyuki remained standing there, causing the Second Elder to stop speaking and freeze in place.

"Caged bird doesn't work? How is that possible?"

"Tsunade dispelled it for you?! Did that old bastard Hiruzen Sarutobi really want to wipe us out?"

Several elders looked at the Split Technique placed in front of Hiashi and felt a chill rush to their minds.

How many people have been freed from their cages? What are they doing now?

Only the Grand Elder looked at Rizu, seemingly understanding something, his tone incredibly complex, "You expected this all along, Clan Chief?"

"I don't want to understand, but looking at you all, I know this day would come sooner or later."

Seeing the indecisive and panicked elders of the main clan, Hiashi felt a pang of sorrow, but upon seeing the corpse of the Third Elder, he felt a strange sense of relief.

He looked at Hinata Miyuki, "You weren't the only one who came. There were quite a few guards on the way to the conference room. It's impossible that they all betrayed you. You couldn't have broken in so quickly by yourself."

"Chief, you are wise."

A calm voice and a flurry of footsteps came at the same time.

Several Hyuga ninjas, led by Hyuga Yuuki, entered the conference room as if no one else was there.

……

The Fourth Hokage and Hyuga Yu, among others, used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach the front lines. Minato spoke with them for a while, first sending Rin to the medical unit before taking them to the command post.

There, a serious-looking man was waiting for them.

"Clan Chief Fugaku, where are Orochimaru-senpai and Jiraiya-sensei?"

The current head of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Fugaku.

"Lord Orochimaru is currently investigating the forces led by the two Jinchuriki, while Lord Jiraiya is waiting for you in the command room, Fourth Hokage."

Looking at the Hokage cloak behind Minato Namikaze, Fugaku Uchiha revealed a sincere smile.

Hyuga Yu watched Uchiha Fugaku's performance with a calm expression.

This generation has too many people who were born at the wrong time.

The Fourth Hokage was like this, and so was Fugaku Uchiha.

Did the Second Hokage really not give the Uchiha clan a chance to integrate into the village?

The Uchiha are a ninja clan of Konoha, an integral part of Konoha's heritage. He could not possibly want such a ninja clan to be destroyed, as that would signify the decline of Konoha.

The security force did offend some people, but the root cause of this situation lies in the nature of the Uchiha clan.

At least in the early stages, Obito did not show any signs of being disliked by the villagers or his contemporaries.

The Second Hokage hoped that more members of the Uchiha clan, like Kagami, would genuinely integrate into the village. If not, the police force would be a limitation preventing the Uchiha from becoming Hokage and advancing to higher levels.

Losing popular support... those four words are usually enough.

Fugaku Uchiha was not assertive enough, and his attitude toward the coup and Itachi was ambiguous. However, considering that he had been on good terms with the Fourth Hokage before he gained power, his initial direction was correct.

Unfortunately, the fourth generation died.

As for Hyuga Hiashi... he was also born at the wrong time.

"I see."

Minato returned Fugaku Uchiha's smile, then turned to the others and said, "Yu, you and I are going to the conference room. Kushina, you show Kakashi and the others around here."

……

Seeing the determination in Hyuga Yuuki's eyes, Hyuga Hiashi sighed and said:

"What you've done today means you can no longer stay in Konoha."

"We're not welcome here anyway; I'm here to get the Split Technique."

With his hands and face smeared with the guard's blood, Hyuga Yuuki said coldly, "Please be sensible and hand it over, or perhaps your death won't be so painful."

"I see... You haven't completely freed the caged bird yet?"

The elder frowned deeply, activated his Byakugan, and saw that behind the headbands of ten branch family members, including Hyuga Miyuki and Hyuga Yuuki, the Caged Bird Seal was still there.

However, it seems that Hyuga Yuuki and the others' caged birds have been sealed, with a complex sealing incantation at the location of the curse mark.

But Hyuga Miyuki... seems different.

"Still not solved?"

The elders, who were originally about to rebuke these traitors, were taken aback, then overjoyed. The second elder said directly to Rizu, "Clan Chief, destroy it quickly! We can't let these traitors untie the caged bird!"

Even as he spoke, he moved closer to Hiashi, intending to destroy it himself while staying in a safer place.

As the current clan head, Hiashi Hyuga's strength is no less than that of the elite Jonin. These traitorous branch family members lack the main family's secret techniques and are not strong enough to defeat Hiashi.

Add in these old guys, and these people aren't enough to kill them!

As the Second Elder reached out menacingly to grab the Split Technique, Hiashi suddenly stood up and struck, swiftly landing a palm strike on his head, instantly spurting blood and extinguishing his life force.

Blood stained Hiashi's kimono. He coldly watched as the second young master lay on the ground like a corpse, then knelt down again.

The sudden turn of events left the elders of the main family and the members of the branch family staring at him in disbelief.

Only the Grand Elder sighed deeply, knelt down again, and closed his eyes.

"Take it."

Hiashi Hyuga picked up the scroll and tossed it to Yuuki Hyuga, then took out another scroll from his pocket and handed it to him.

"You probably have quite a few people you want to take away. If you release the Caged Bird Seal, they will be watched by the ninja world, and you are not strong enough to protect yourselves. In that case, you need this cursed seal."

"That's a technique I had the third generation improve upon, a method the main family uses to protect the Byakugan. You can decide for yourselves whether or not to use it."

The price paid for letting the wicked penetrate deep into the roots is this, a price paid by three generations.

It possesses all the functions of a caged bird, except that its life and death cannot be controlled by others!

Perhaps... this is what a caged bird should truly be like.

"The special order given to me by the Third Hokage is also included, which will allow you to leave Konoha safely."

He was one of the Third Hokage's backup plans. The special order was his trump card, giving him the authority to mobilize the Hyuga ninjas to act freely in times of emergency and to resist Danzo.

Unfortunately, from the very beginning, Hiashi never intended to protect the main family. His pale-faced departure from the Sarutobi clan was also a show for the Third Hokage.

If he could get rid of some people through Danzo, he could then implement reforms, but since it involves splitting up the family... so be it.

After saying that, Rizu closed his eyes, just like the Grand Elder, leaving the other elders looking at them in a panic.

Looking at the two scrolls with a complicated expression, Hyuga Yuuki said in a low voice, "When someone said that someone would survive today, I thought it was an oversight on our part, but it turns out they were referring to you."

He glanced at Hyuga Miyuki again, and under her equally complex gaze, said coldly:

"After today, only you and your wife will remain in the Hyuga main family..."

"..."

The elder's eyes snapped open. "Is it really necessary to do this?"

"If we don't do this, we... will not be satisfied!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the previously quiet branch family members behind Hyuga Yuuki revealed bloodthirsty smiles, their eyes filled with madness as they rushed towards the main family elders.

Screams and maniacal laughter echoed in the cramped conference room, carrying far and wide, yet no living person heard them.

Only Hyuga Meigoku witnessed it from afar, his heart filled with a mixture of sorrow, astonishment, and many other emotions, his expression incredibly complex.

In the future, there will be no more Hyuga main family... the main family is now just a name.

(End of this chapter)