The Hyuga Clan had been keeping a low profile for the past two years.
This clan claimed to be the number one clan in Konoha, but regardless of whether it was strength or reputation, this clan was completely suppressed by the Uchiha Clan.
In the past few years, the Hyuga Clan had still been very confident. As the number one clan of Konoha, they had confidently competed with the Uchiha Clan. This wasn't a problem in itself.
However, after the Third Ninja World War, this healthy competition situation changed.
Kazue and Fugaku, just these two owners of Mangekyou Sharingan alone had already put the Hyuga Clan in a completely passive state.
This was under the premise that they did not know that Shisui had also opened Mangekyou Sharingan. Otherwise, they would only be even more helpless.
Especially with the recent changes in the past two years, from the Third Ninja World War to the Kyuubi Rampage, the Uchiha Clan had displayed the strength and responsibility of the number one clan, and the geniuses in the clan were endless.
But on the side of Hyuga... it was still lifeless. One or two were as steady as an old dog, and now they were countless times more stable than an old dog.
There was nothing they could do.
Not to mention, the Hyuga Clan has a very general relationship with the village's hero and the Root Leader Shiranui Yuuji.
"Clan Head, the Uchiha Clan is becoming more and more arrogant; they publicly challenge our clan on the streets!!"
A young Hyuga clansman ran over angrily.
Hyuga Hiashi did not even raise his head. Instead, he sat very calmly on the tatami and poured himself a cup of tea.
"Clan Head!" The youth could not help but shout again.
Hiashi picked up the teacup, sniffed the tea, and took a sip.
"So, Hoheto, what are you going to do? Do you want to mobilize the strength of the clan to fight with the Uchiha Clan?" Hyuga Hiashi was neither fast nor slow.
Hyuga Hoheto's expression froze, and his angry face immediately withered, "No, Clan Head, although we are competing with the Uchiha Clan, we are still companions no matter what. I'm just a little angry."
Hoheto's chest was filled with a sense of oppression.
In the past, Hyuga and Uchiha were definitely on par. Even if they were slightly lacking, they would not have any fear.
But now... when did the Uchiha Clan look disdainfully at their Hyuga Clan?
"A momentary conflict of will is never the key to determining the fate of the Uchiha Clan. The strength of the Uchiha Clan has grown, and we should congratulate them... Competition should also be fair, and there is no need to put hatred and jealousy over the concept of companionship. "
Every subtle action of Hyuga Hiashi was filled with elegance and ease, giving people a feeling of "nobility".
In fact, the entire Hyuga clan was filled with this indescribable elegance. Every clan member had been taught strict education since childhood, and etiquette education was of the utmost importance.
The entire Hyuga Clan was oppressive and orderly. It was the clan that had preserved the most complete inheritance since ancient times, even more complete.
It was so orderly that it was hard to breathe.
Under the silent pressure, beads of sweat appeared on Hoheto's forehead.
After a long time, Hiashi said indifferently, "You may leave. If you have time to struggle over this kind of struggle, why don't you practice more Jūken(Gentle Fist) and increase your Byakugan's eye power... Although you are a branch family, Byakugan has great potential. Don't disappoint your own eyes."
"... Yes, Clan Head."
Hoheto was silent for a long time. He secretly gritted his teeth, but on the surface, he respectfully withdrew.
After he left, Hiashi calmly drank up the tea in the cup. Even the floating tea leaves were evenly distributed at the bottom of the cup after the tea was drunk.
Hiashi slowly got up, turned around, opened a secret room, and walked in.
Along the way, after passing through a long underground tunnel, Hiashi came to the deepest part. This place contained all the secrets of the entire Hyuga Clan since its founding.
"Byakugan, Byakugan..."
Hiashi took out a huge and ancient scroll which was sealed in succession. When he was at the last layer of the seal, he hesitated for a moment and used a seal similar to the Caged Bird Curse Seal to lift the last seal.
He opened the scroll.
The contents were revealed.
A simple picture appeared, and the surroundings were covered in all sorts of words.
"Since Rinnegan is real, then Sage of the Six Path might not be a myth, but the Sage that appeared before... this actually says that Sage of the Six Path has a brother... "
Hiashi looked at the contents of the picture with some hesitation.
In the middle of the scene, there were two figures standing tall.
One was the owner of Rinnegan, Sage of the Six Path, and the other was the owner of Byakugan. There was no specific name left behind.
'Could this person... be the true ancestor of Hyuga Clan?'
'To be able to be on par with the Sage of the Six Path, did Byakugan also hide a power that could rival Rinnegan?'
Hiashi was not sure.
"I only hope that it is true. Whether there is hope or not is the most important thing." Hiashi stared at it for a while and sighed deeply.
Hyuga Clan seemed to have completely lost the confidence to compete for first place and was suppressed by Uchiha Clan.
As the Clan Head, he was the one who was the most anxious.
...
After Hoheto walked out of the Clan Head's house, he hesitated for a moment before turning around to look for the branch Clan Head, Hyuga Hizashi.
At this time, Hizashi was training Neji.
Neji's young figure was sweating profusely as he sparred with Hizashi.
Hoheto glanced at Neji, his eyes filled with admiration and regret. No matter how talented Neji was, he was destined to be branded with the Caged Bird Cursed Seal. It was truly a pity.
"Neji, that's it for today. You performed very well. In two days, I will bring you to see young miss. You have to use your life to protect her. This is your destiny."
Hizashi spoke with a solemn expression.
"Yes, father." Neji gasped for breath and bowed respectfully. His etiquette was impeccable and made people praise him.
Hizashi looked at the young figure of Neji who had left, and his expression was complicated.
Thinking carefully, it was really unfair. The main house was born to be in charge of the life and death of the branch house...
"Young Master Neji's talent is truly astonishing. In a few years, he will become a genius that will attract everyone's attention," Hoheto said respectfully.
"I hope so... Hoheto, is there anything?" Hizashi said indifferently.
"Hizashi-sama, it's like this..."
"A conflict with the Uchiha Clan? Right now, our Hyuga Clan is indeed no match for them." Hizashi sighed, "With power level, my brother and I are no match for Fugaku and Kazue. In the new generation, you were suppressed by Shisui, and Itachi also displayed great talent..."
No matter how one looked at it, the Hyuga Clan was already far behind Uchiha Clan.
On the side of the Hyuga Clan, there was no need to talk about the Clan Head and Branch Clan Head.
Hoheto and Tokuma, these fifteen to sixteen-year-old youngsters, were not worth mentioning when compared to Kazue and Shisui.
It was simply an unsolvable problem.
"We are both Dojutsu Bloodline Limit users. Is the strength of our clan so much weaker than Uchiha's? They have Mangekyo Sharingan, and we only have Byakugan?" Hoheto clenched his fists, his face full of unwillingness.
Hizashi was silent for a moment, then nodded helplessly.
It seemed like that was indeed the case.
Above Sharingan was Mangekyo, who also had three powerful dojutsu.
What did Byakugan have? When Byakugan developed to the limit, it is still Byakugan.
Moreover, only the main house could develop Byakugan to the limit. The branch house members who were branded with the Caged Bird Cursed Seal would never be able to have a complete Byakugan in this lifetime. Their eyes would become incomplete.
This kind of thing...
Hoheto was filled with unwillingness.
He was silent for a long time. He bowed respectfully to Hizashi and turned to leave.
Hizashi looked at his back and was speechless.
Didn't he know what the Hoheto wanted? It was nothing more than the past. Even in the face of Uchiha, the Hyuga clansmen could hold their heads high.
Unfortunately, they were destined to not be able to do it.
"Hyuga Clan, our family history is no less than Uchiha Clan, but why do we not have stronger eyes?" Hizashi was also confused.
Subconsciously, he looked in a certain direction. It was Hiashi's residence.
As the Clan Head, Hiashi held all the secrets of the family for thousands of years. Was he also helpless about the current situation?
Was Hyuga Clan really born inferior to Uchiha Clan in terms of bloodline potential?
"Brother, what exactly are you trying to do? Are you really resigned to your fate by not doing anything?" Hizashi said in a low voice.
That night.
Hoheto, who had paid a visit to the Clan Head of the main house and the Clan Head of the branch house, returned empty-handed and walked on the street with an angry face.
On both sides of the street were the residences of the Hyuga Clan. The position of their clan in Konohagakure's place could be said to be quite superior.
Not far away was the bustling commercial street.
But so what? Strength brings all of this, without strength, everything is just clouds of the past.
"Hateful Yatsushiro, hateful Uchiha!!" Hoheto gritted his teeth.
Yatsushiro was one of the team captains in the Konoha Military Police Force. The way he looked at him during the day was one that had never been seen before.
Everything was because of the appearance of Mangekyou Sharingan.
Hoheto's heart was filled with dense anger. He turned around and walked toward the clan's training ground, and began to train Jūken(Gentle Fist).
Bang bang bang!
One punch after another, seemingly light and harmless fists continuously slapped on a wooden pillar in front of him.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it... how could something like Jūken(Gentle Fist) be able to deal with Susanoo?"
The more Hoheto slapped, the more unwilling he became.
When he imagined the scene of using Jūken(Gentle Fist) to pat Susanoo, he felt a chill run down his spine.
How stupid was it to use this method?
But in their clan, only Jūken(Gentle Fist) could cooperate with Byakugan.
"Who ?"
Suddenly, Hoheto turned around and stared at the forest.
In the darkness, there were two figures, one big and one small.
"Father, is this our kin? This guy's eyes seem to be very good. The purity is acceptable..."
"No, Toneri, this pair of eyes can't. This is the eyes that have been sealed."
"Sealed? Even father can't crack it?"
"Maybe Tenseigan can break it by force, but there is no need for that. A mere Byakugan of this level is not worthy of us doing this."
The two figures were conversing.
"You are not Hyuga clansman, nor are you Konoha ninjas! Tell me your identities!"
Byakugan!
Hoheto opened up Byakugan's vision, and the figures of these two strangers came into view. But their strange chakra made Hoheto's heart jump.
"Very strange chakra, it seems to be slightly different from everyone I've seen..." Hoheto's brain worked quickly.
These two guys seemed to know Byakugan very well, and they also know Caged Bird Cursed Seal... But what was Tenseigan?
"Hmph, pretending to be a god, Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven!"
Snapped!
Hoheto slapped out and a distance of dozens of meters was suddenly bombarded.
However, this attack of Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven was defended by an invisible barrier the moment it hit the two people.
"Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven, it really is a power that cooperates with Byakugan, but it is a bit weak, which restrains Byakugan's performance."
Toneri's father slowly walked out of the shadow, stood under the moonlight, and looked at Hoheto.
"Who the hell are you?" Hoheto looked at the two people who had no eyes and looked strange.
They had gray hair and jade-like accessories on their clothes. They looked familiar... He remembered that the pictures of Sage of the Six Path in some stories were like this.
"My distant relative, I can feel the resentment in your heart... Do you want to pursue greater power? Do you want to further unearth the potential of your pair of Byakugan?"
Toneri's father laughed in a low voice.
Originally, he had only been secretly searching for the pure Byakugan.
It seemed that the daughter of the main house clan head was already three years old. He had originally planned to observe her, but he did not expect that there would be an unexpected surprise.
Hyuga Hoheto, a person from a branch house, might become a pawn that could be placed into the Hyuga Clan.
"We are not natives of Ninja World, but we are indeed relatives by bloodline. We have the same blood flowing from our bodies." Toneri's father pointed to his eyes, "Originally, I should also have a pair of Byakugan."
Hoheto looked at the two people in front of him in bewilderment. He should have sent a warning to the clan at the first moment and summoned people to deal with these two fellows.
But somehow, Hoheto suppressed the restlessness in his heart and looked at the two people with a gloomy face.
"Distant relatives? Heh, so what if it's true? Uzumaki and Senju are also distant relatives, but they all died." Hoheto said coldly.
"No, it's not the same. We all have the same eyes, and I have what you need."
Toneri's father tried to tempt him, "Don't you want to know if Byakugan can become stronger? If Sage of the Six Path's descendants have Mangekyou Sharingan, then our ancestor - Sage of the Six Path's younger brother, Otsutsuki Hamura, has nothing left for us?"
Hoheto was bombarded by this top-secret information, and the amount of information was a little big.
The Uchiha clan... is Sage of the Six Path's descendant? Is Sharingan related to Rinnegan?
The ancestor of the Hyuga Clan was Sage of the Six Path's younger brother, and his name was Otsutsuki Hamura?
Hoheto's heart was pounding.
Toneri's father extended his hand to him, "I'm a few hundred years older than you. It's not too much to call you young man... Young man, I will tell you Byakugan's secret. That is the power to rival Rinnegan."
At the same time, just as Toneri's father was bewitching the Hoheto.
In Root Secret Base.
Iroha slowly closed his right eye.
"They really did appear. Those two guys... I have to report to Yuuji-sama as soon as possible."