Sudden.
"Let Neji stay. It's not safe to take him to the main family."
"Since you don't want us to go, you shouldn't go to waste time hoping to split up the family."
Neji is the Hokage's disciple and the first person to officially unlock the bird from the cage, so the people of the branch family naturally don't want anything to happen.
A more sinister approach would also be to consider that if something goes wrong during the day trip, there is still a backup plan in their hands.
Hizashi ignored such remarks. The person he trusted the most was the Hokage.
When I came out into the outside world, I felt a little confused as the silence around me became increasingly severe.
It takes a lot of courage to split the family, but if he doesn't do so, Neji is doomed to die in various accidents.
"Ningji, we are not wrong to yearn for freedom."
After saying that, he untied the child's bandage and walked towards the Zong family.
I didn't meet anyone on the road, and it seemed particularly deserted under the moonlight.
The Anbu did a really good job of isolating the team. It should have been done by Nabekage Shikaku himself.
Was this a foreboding of conflict?
The gate opened before they even got close, and the Hyuga elders came out surrounded by Hiashi.
"Hinata Hizashi! Are you planning a rebellion?!"
"Look at that little brat!!"
"The seal of the caged bird is gone! What about the branch family!?"
Someone immediately activated the curse, but there was no fluctuation.
The evil force that could tame a person's dignity had no effect.
"The caged bird...is no longer effective."
The elders were horrified. What should they do?
Hiashi didn't care about the clowns' performance at all and took out a scroll and handed it to Hiashi.
"It's not a rebellion, it's just taking back what we deserve."
Hiashi...I understood everything when I saw Neji's forehead. Lord Hokage is really powerful.
He opened the scroll and looked at it for a long time and was silent for a long time, then handed it to the old men around him.
"How can this be!!!"
"Whimsical!"
"Do the people of the branch family understand our painstaking efforts? We have no choice but to do this in order to maintain the survival of the Hyuga family for thousands of years..."
"The bird in the cage actually...has wolfish ambitions!!"
The old men beat their feet and stamped their chests, wishing they could immediately ask their ancestor Tianren to return from the Pure Land and restore order.
Many elders now understood that this was a matter of life and death for the Hyuga clan or for them, and they were just waiting for the clan leader's decision.
Ri Zu was very confused. He once naively thought how nice it would be if there was no bird in a cage. But after being the patriarch for a few years, he thought it was a good thing that there was a bird in a cage.
Now the multiple choice question is back in his hands, his choice is...
"Let's talk inside. It's embarrassing for Hinata to stay outside."
Hinata's respectable words also made the elders feel a little relieved. It can be seen that the clan leader still cares about the main family.
Hiashi was a little dazed when he came to the familiar meeting room. He came here because he accidentally killed the leader of the Kumogakure envoys...
Under the cruel gazes of the elders, Hinata Hiashi slowly spoke.
"Will the people of the Zong family be held accountable?"
"Not without violating Konoha's laws."
"Will the branch family change its name?"
"No, continue to carry on the name of Hyuga."
"Are you going to be the patriarch?"
"Brother, you should do it. I'm not good at this."
The two of them had already decided their choice through the question and answer.
"In that case, I agree to this agreement in the name of the head of the Hyuga family."
When Rizu said this, he was so relaxed, as if he was saying that he would just drink a bowl of red bean soup in the evening, and he didn't take the family split seriously at all.
The elders were shocked. Why did the patriarch betray them?
The essence of our Hyuga clan lies in the main family. Even if we risk everything to disagree, what can we do?
"Elders, the spiritual confinement of the caged bird has been opened since the Fifth Hokage took office."
"The constraints on the body were also broken today. Neji has stood there and announced that the era of the main family has passed."
"We have no choice. Isn't it better to keep our dignity?"
The outcome of this matter was already determined. The resources and strength to break the caged bird were not something that Risha could accomplish, nor were they something that the branch family could do. Even the main family and the branch family together could not do it.
The curse left by the ancestors left no room for maneuver both technically and psychologically, so standing behind this matter was an invincible behemoth.
If Hizashi wasn't sure of a complete victory, he wouldn't have come here alone with Neji. This kind of confidence cannot be faked.
He could even think of why Hiashi didn't bring that group of people from the branch family here. This was to protect himself and the innocent people of the main family.
Although it is painful, resistance is the stupidest choice.
In the words of the Hokage's secretary, the wheel of history rolls forward, and no one can stop the tide.
The branching of the main family and the bird in the cage are now a thing of the past.
After these years of being influenced and learning the new will of fire, Rizu found that he was not so resistant when making decisions.
The clan leader may change his mind, but the elders whose bones have been rotten will not think so.
They just thought that the clan leader had gone crazy again like he did a few years ago, and this time his madness was particularly serious.
Let’s change the clan leader after we suppress the rebellion of the split family.
So they looked at each other and stood up, their murderous intent not concealed at all.
"You are no longer fit to be the head of the Hyuga clan. We will hold you accountable after we kill this brat."
Rizu stood in front of the elders with a look of pity in his eyes.
"You have really lost your pride and your IQ."
"If you don't do it, you still have a chance to survive."
This final exhortation was of no use, and the elders even began to mobilize their own followers to surround the place.
"Hyuga Neji died in the internal strife of the Hyuga branch family. This is our explanation to the Hokage."
"The Godaime can't kill all the Hyuga family. Konoha needs the Byakugan. This is the confidence of the thousand-year-old ninja clan."
The elders who had gone crazy could not accept the outcome of losing everything, not to mention that the scroll required the handing over of the guilty for trial.
They...what are the chances of being hung on that shelf?
When the situation was about to break out, several figures walked in calmly from outside.
"I'm sorry, I don't accept your explanation."
The leader, Kakashi Hatake, was a little helpless. He had given both sides so many opportunities to resolve the conflict peacefully, but armed conflict still occurred.
You can stop the branch family, but you can’t stop the main family.
Why are these trash always unwilling to go into the trash can by themselves? Every person here is Konoha’s precious property, bastards.
The internal losses made the Hokage very sad.
The Hokage's secretary was already directing the final steps.
"Kaka...Hokage-sama, Shisui, Itachi. Use illusion to solve the problem and try to keep the noise to a minimum."
"Shikaku, please take someone to check the information and data. You can handle it in your own way."
The familiar isolation barrier appeared again in the old house of the Hyuga family, and after a moment, the moonlight once again fell on this ancient mansion.
In the Hokage Building before dawn.
"Well, Konoha's last little problem has been solved."
"Hinata's Byakugan has also been freed."
"Then it's time to let the people on the other side of the continent know our new plan."
“Is the Apollo program really that bad?”
Chapter 21: The Water Kingdom is Great Again
The land of water.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was handling a huge amount of official business in the Mizukage's office, while Yagura was standing numbly by the side acting as a secretary.
Piles of information and documents filled the desk, and the walls were covered with maps.
At first glance, it looks somewhat similar to Noah's office.
The old Hokage stretched his body after processing the planning approval for the new shipping terminal.
"It's really much more tiring than what I experienced back then, but the Eastern Ocean Treaty Organization has also embarked on the path set by the other party."
"This world has been forcibly guided in a new direction. It's really... terrifying to see everyone being manipulated in the palm of their hands."
"Right, Yagura."
Yagura didn't answer, as he was very competent as a puppet and mascot.
The only thing that could relieve Sarutobi Hiruzen's boredom during his day-to-day work was this old friend who stood silently by his side.
It’s much more comforting than Danzo, at least nothing bad will happen.
In fact, the name of the Fourth Mizukage is already well-known in the outside world. Words that are complimenting ninjas such as wise, experienced, insidious, vicious, etc. are all gathered on him.
Even the leader of the Moon Organization, Sarutobi Hiruzen, has stated many times in public that there is Noa in the Rain Country and Yagura in the Water Country.
I'm not saying this to brag about myself, it's just that the reforms in the Hidden Mist Village have been very successful.
It started later than Konoha, but the reform effect was better than Konoha. This is the New Kirigakure.
Hiruzen's incarnation as the Fourth Mizukage Yagura made drastic changes to the village's blood mist policy and directly announced its cancellation.
He also launched armed strikes against those ninja clans who stubbornly resisted and refused to accept leadership, and with the assassination expert Obito in his hands, he easily suppressed countless rebellions.
The armed forces left over from the Third Mizukage and the Yuanshi era, as well as some hidden spies, were completely wiped out.
If we say that Konoha was carrying out reforms on the original basis and resolving internal conflicts.
Then Kirigakure simply overturned the original framework and rebuilt a new structure.
When it comes to the depth of revolution, the Hidden Mist Village is the most thorough among the five, as evidenced by the large number of rebels who were secretly executed.
Sarutobi Hiruzen is absolutely decisive in this regard, and even seems to be going too far.
The largest cleanup operation before the blood mist ended was a massive one, with countless casualties.
Now the whole village is really united as one, and no one will question Yagura's orders when carrying out any mission in the Water Country.
Especially the new generation, who regard the Fourth Generation of Mizuki as the soul figure of the revival of Kirigakure.
The newly promoted Mei Terumi and Kisame Hoshigaki became his right-hand men, managing the village in an orderly manner.
At the same time, he also captured the resurrected Three-Tails last year and sealed it in his own body to become the new Jinchūriki.
Isofusa didn't expect that the Mizukage would change his style and actually use the five-attribute escape technique to knock it down directly.
Then he used a smooth combo of forbidden techniques, and the two tailed beasts of the Mist returned to their positions.
With the blessing of the Jinchūriki's chakra and the support of the vitality of White Zetsu's body provided by Black Zetsu, Sarutobi Hiruzen maintained his peak combat power.
