Neji felt as if he was a traitor to the Hyuga clan. But as soon as he thought about it, he realized that the real traitors were those who insisted on the division between the branch family and the main family.
Because of the tradition of the Hyuga clan, coupled with the notorious Caged Bird Seal, it has always weakened the strength of the clan.
As a member of the Hyuga branch family, Neji is all too clear about how many branch family members view the main family.
He is even clearer that the Hyuga clan, which looks like a solid bucket from the outside, has long been split in half internally.
If this contradiction continues...
The Hyuga clan will sooner or later decline.
In this situation, who is the real traitor of the Hyuga clan?
Is it him, Hyuga Neji, who hopes that the Hyuga clan will get better and better?
Or is it those elders who insist on the division between the main family and the branch family?
Neji thinks the traitor is the latter.
Neji was stunned!
He finally understood why Hinata, who was the young lady of the main family, chose to give up this extremely superior status and joined the Whitebeard Pirates to become a pirate.
Perhaps it's because Hinata saw the true face of the Hyuga clan earlier than he did and knew how to get the Hyuga clan on the right track.
He also understood that the reason why his fate has fallen to this point, and his father became the scapegoat for Hyuga Hiashi, the head of the main family... actually has little to do with Hinata.
After all, Hinata was just a three-year-old girl at that time.
There's no reason to put this blame on her.
The real reason for getting oneself caught in the vortex of destiny .. is the stubborn elders who maintain the decaying tradition, the Kumogakure people who kidnapped Hinata and wanted to seize the Byakugan bloodline, the high-level people of Konohagakure Village who compromised and eventually sent his father to his death, and the twisted and extremely distorted ninja world!
The fog that blocked him all dissipated.
Neji suddenly saw a clear view in front of him.
He understood.
He was stunned.
He saw clearly.
As for the matter of conspiring with outsiders to assassinate 'Hyuga Taisou'... Neji also began to accept it with peace of mind.
Because Hyuga Taisou is the leader of the decayed and stubborn faction within the Hyuga clan.
Neji clearly remembers... the Caged Bird on his forehead was engraved by Hyuga Taisou when he was four years old.
The mark of the Caged Bird Seal on his forehead.
It bears the mark of this Hyuga elder!
Even Hinata, who has such a personality, can make up her mind to follow the path of the Whitebeard Pirates, so is he, Hyuga Neji, inferior to this once young lady in determination?
"Thank you... Uzumaki Naruto." Neji rubbed his face, Naruto's punch just now still hurt him: "Your punch woke me up."
"Huh?" Naruto was still immersed in the joy of Kisame joining, Neji's words caught him off guard.
He scratched his head and grinned: "Those bad guys want to engrave the Caged Bird Seal on Hinata. You are Hinata's cousin, I am Hinata's family, we should all protect our own family. When our family is about to be hurt, we absolutely can't remain depressed!"
"So, when I saw you looking so depressed just now, I couldn't help but want to give you a punch..." Naruto was a bit embarrassed.
Because he used quite a lot of force in that punch.
He was also a bit amazed at Neji's sturdy face.
After all, this punch, if it were to hit an ordinary person...
It could easily knock out half of the person's teeth!
"Protect... family?"
Neji looked at Hinata.
To let him completely let go of his prejudice against Hinata, it's not that easy, after all, he has lost a father.
The psychological shadow of childhood is not so easy to be eliminated.
But at least, when Neji looked at Hinata.
He no longer carries that kind of hatred.
Nor does he have that kind of alienation and disgust.
"Good! Let's discuss how to deal with the villain who wants to harm Hinata!" Naruto said with a fist and palm strike: "Shikamaru, you are the smartest, do you have any ideas?"
Shikamaru: "....."
"Alright!" Shikamaru sighed, his brain running at high speed: "Hyuga elder arranged for Neji to carve the Caged Bird seal on Hinata, we can use the 'utilization relationship' between him and Neji to let him lower his guard a little."
"But today is not a good day. That old fox must be able to see that Neji is very conflicted about this matter. If Neji goes back and tells him today that he has already carved the Caged Bird seal on Hinata, he will definitely not believe it."
"Moreover, so many Jonin know that Neji was the first to be attacked by the Akatsuki. The Hyuga clan will definitely know this news soon, then he will believe even less that Neji has done it today."
"Fortunately, we also need some time to formulate a plan, one plan is definitely not enough, we have to formulate multiple plans. And, we also need to win over more trustworthy people."
Shikamaru feels like he is a dog-headed military master now.
He actually has a feeling of "this feeling is quite good".
After all, the mighty Hoshigaki Kisame of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure Village is listening to his proposal on the side.
Shikamaru is getting the hang of it.
Once he starts analyzing.
His mouth never stops.
...
Time passes.
In the blink of an eye, it's afternoon.
"Itachi-kun, where have you been just now?" On a street in Konohagakure, Uchiha Izumi, with long hair down to her waist, held a women's watch, she pointed to the hour and minute hands on the watch: "Don't you have a sense of time? You're more than half an hour late!"
"Sorry." Itachi's expression was as cold and expressionless as ever, he told a little lie: "You should also know about the disturbance in the village just now, as an Anbu ninja, I had to go and see what happened."
"Hmph! I'll forgive you reluctantly this time, if there's a next time, I won't care about you!"
Uchiha Izumi stuck out her tongue.
Then, she opened her mouth to Itachi, who was a bit taller than her: "You squat down a bit!"
"Okay." Itachi did as he was told.
Uchiha Izumi reached out and pinched above Itachi's eye sockets, then made a gesture and asked Itachi: "It seems to be recovering quite well! Itachi-kun, how many is this gesture?"
"Five." Itachi said.
"What about this one?" Uchiha Izumi changed her gesture.
"Two" Itachi replied.
Uchiha Izumi suddenly clenched her pink fist: "Then how many is this?"
"Zero"
Itachi breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that the Sharingan is very compatible after eye surgery, I haven't felt any discomfort recently. Thank you Izumi, I am very grateful that you helped me with that eye surgery."
"Big idiot!" Uchiha Izumi's pretty face suddenly turned black.
Itachi pretended not to understand.
"By the way, Itachi-kun." Uchiha Izumi said with a complicated expression: "The family head called us for a clan meeting last night, but... I didn't see you at the clan meeting."
Itachi's reaction was very sparse. "They didn't invite me."
This is actually normal, he is clearly a faction of Konohagakure, not a faction of the Uchiha clan.
The Uchiha clan has recently held several clan meetings.
Itachi has only attended once.
That time he had a big quarrel with several elders at the clan meeting, and he has not been invited since then.
Itachi took a deep breath.
He asked: "Are they still sticking to their own views?"
"...Yes!" Uchiha Izumi replied in a low voice: "The elders in the family, their opinions on Konohagakure are getting bigger and bigger. They even said a lot of shocking things... I feel that this is not good."
Actually, some people in the Uchiha clan are not very sensitive to the conflict between the village and the Uchiha.
They are not those extreme Uchihas.
Nor do they stand on the side of Konohagakure's high-level.
Uchiha Izumi is such a person, she doesn't think too much, nor dares to think too much. She just simply feels that the current "voices" of the Uchiha clan are very subtle.
There is a sense of impending storm.
It makes her a little scared.
Always feel that something is going to happen.
Itachi is not surprised by this, no one knows the Uchiha radicals better than him: "This is the capacity of the Uchiha clan!"
He looked at Izumi who was close at hand.
A bit hesitant to speak.
Struggling in his heart.
"Izumi....."
"Ah?" Uchiha Izumi's watery eyes lit up a bit: "Itachi-kun, you... do you have something to say?"
"....Nothing." Itachi's inner struggle gradually dissipated: "Just want to remind you to be careful recently, the village may be a bit uneasy these days."
Itachi paused and reminded: "You'd better also practice your Sharingan well, this is the greatest treasure of the Uchiha clan. I remember... the last time you used Sharingan, because you were not proficient and didn't know how to turn it off, you fainted directly."
Uchiha Izumi was a bit embarrassed to defend her embarrassing past: "after all, I only have half of the Uchiha clan's blood!"
"You'd better practice more... don't faint in battle. In this way... maybe you will have some self-protection." Itachi hinted, but didn't say too much.
He didn't stay long with Uchiha Izumi.
He disappeared in an instant.
Leaving Uchiha Izumi alone.
"Itachi-kun... he has been weird lately" Uchiha Izumi twirled a strand of her long hair, the end of her long hair spinning at her fingertips, she muttered to herself: "And, Itachi-kun this big idiot! My obvious hint... he didn't even notice! Damn, damn, damn! He should be single for a lifetime!"
Uchiha Izumi got more and more angry, even treating the air next to her as an imaginary enemy, imagining Uchiha Itachi was still by her side.
She waved her little pink fist, puffed up her cheeks, and muttered: "Maybe I should give him a couple of punches!"
".....eh?!!"
Uchiha Izumi suddenly widened her eyes, she noticed that her fist seemed to accidentally hit a passerby.
The action froze instantly.
Cold sweat overflowed from her forehead.
"Sorry! I'm sorry!" Uchiha Izumi quickly turned around and immediately bowed at ninety degrees. As a result, the bowing action was too fast, a long hair accidentally swung forward, she noticed that her hair seemed to swing to the other party.
"Ah! Sorry... sorry! Sorry! Sorry!" Uchiha Izumi was almost crying in a hurry.
She kept apologizing.
Uchiha Izumi didn't know how many times she had said sorry, then, she carefully raised her head to look forward.
But she suddenly found that there was no one in front of her.
There is only a strange pillar that appeared at some point.
The pillar seems to be wrapped in some kind of cloth.
"What is this?" Uchiha Izumi looked up curiously, as her gaze kept moving up, her breathing became slower and slower, until her breathing was almost stagnant.
"eh?!" "Whi....White...."
She couldn't suppress the shock in her heart.
She exclaimed on the spot.
"Whitebeard!!!"
.......
The appearance of Whitebeard here was simply to stroll around Konohagakure, wanting to see if there were any homeless children in this broken village worth taking in as his own, becoming his son under Whitebeard Pirates.
At the same time, Whitebeard also wanted to find a chef for the Whitebeard Pirates. Otherwise, if every banquet consisted of just meat and alcohol, it would become too monotonous!
Whitebeard remembered that the most outstanding chef on the Moby Dick was Thatch.
Unfortunately...
Due to Teach's ambitions, Thatch ultimately met his end at the hands of Blackbeard Teach.
It was this reason that prompted Ace to volunteer to pursue Blackbeard. In the end, he was defeated by Blackbeard, captured alive, and sent to Marine Headquarters, Marineford.
This event triggered the Summit War.
This was also the origin of Whitebeard's time travel.
The memories flooding into Whitebeard's mind cast a shadow over his face, and his demeanor became extremely formidable. After all, these memories were not pleasant.
Until Whitebeard noticed a young Uchiha suddenly punching his boot.
Then... Whitebeard realized that this young one was surprisingly polite.
Quickly apologizing after accidentally hitting himself.
Apologizing again when his hair inadvertently touched Whitebeard, uttering the three words "I'm sorry" countless times, almost bordering on a teary tone.
Subsequently, Whitebeard locked eyes with the young Uchiha.
Sure enough...
She noticed Whitebeard
"Kid..." Whitebeard, towering like an iron tower with Murakumogiri in hand, was undoubtedly the most terrifying figure in the eyes of everyone in Konohagakure.
No doubt about it!
"Gulp..." Uchiha Izumi was frantically swallowing saliva. She was so nervous that saliva glands kept secreting saliva on her forehead, back, palms, crotch, and other areas.
Especially when Whitebeard spoke, Izumi became extremely nervous. Her Sharingan involuntarily activated, a manifestation of uncontrollable bodily instincts.
(In "Itachi Shinden," it's a single tomoe, but in the TV adaptation, it was changed to three tomoe, using the former setting)
However, even with the Sharingan activated, the tension in her heart couldn't be relieved. She was drenched in cold sweat.
And due to the rapid consumption of chakra, her nervousness intensified.
'This is bad... This is bad! Why did I run into this man?'
'Am I... going to be killed by him?'
'I heard from people in the clan that this man is very terrifying!'
'It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over...'
Izumi screamed in her mind.
But she dared not move.
At this moment, Whitebeard's voice rang out, "Are you okay?!"
The completely unexpected three words left Izumi dumbfounded on the spot.
"Huh?" Izumi didn't expect that this terrifying man would actually say these three words.
He was asking if she was okay!
This, this, this.....
This... seemed a bit different from the Whitebeard that the people in the clan often talked about!
Where's the cruelty?
Where's the bloodlust?
Where's the pirate who speaks like a bandit?
Whitebeard's brow gradually furrowed, "Hey! Little brat from Konohagakure, is this how you show no manners?"
"Ah! Yes, I'm sorry! I accidentally lost focus!" Izumi immediately reacted.
She quickly raised her peach-like buttocks and bowed again to Whitebeard.
Another ninety-degree angle.
"Gurararararara..." Whitebeard couldn't help raising his eyebrows, "You, little brat, are different from the Uchiha brats I've seen, including my foolish son!"
On the back of Uchiha Izumi's clothes is the clan emblem of the Uchiha clan, which Whitebeard would recognize unless he was blind.
He was right in what he said, whether it was Uchiha Itachi or Uchiha Sasuke that Whitebeard had met...
Or those Uchihas like Gan, Wen, and Cui.
Or his stupid son, Uchiha Shisui.
These brats all have a strange kind of arrogance to some extent.
Even if they do something wrong and apologize politely, their apologies are generally very composed, as if the act of apologizing is merely a formality.
Or, they simply don't apologize at all.
This shows the arrogance that Whitebeard dislikes.
However, the Uchiha brat in front of him is different from the others.
Her apologies are extremely humble.
"Uchiha brat, what's your name?"
Whitebeard grinned.
"Izumi, U... Uchiha Izumi." Uchiha Izumi's subconscious told her that getting involved with a man like Whitebeard would be troublesome, but she dared not answer Whitebeard.
"Gurararararara!" Whitebeard laughed out loud: "Uchiha Izumi, would you like to be my daughter?!"
"Huh? Huh? What?" Uchiha Izumi's brain crashed.
"Wait, wait! Wait a minute!"
Uchiha Izumi was so scared that she started to stutter.
"Wh... Whitebeard... sama."
She hurriedly said: "You... you... I... you want to take me as your daughter? This... this is really... I..."
Uchiha Izumi was completely incoherent.
She was completely dumbfounded!
"Gurararararara!" Whitebeard was amused by her panic, but he could also see the thoughts in the little devil's heart, he could see it without using Observation Haki: "It seems that you little don't want to be my daughter!"
"Sorry, sorry! Sorry!"
Uchiha Izumi was so scared that she was about to cry.
"Little brat, tell me, who has the best cooking skills in this broken village?" Whitebeard's question didn't allow Uchiha Izumi not to answer.
"... the best.....Cooking?"
Uchiha Izumi tried to recall, she counted on her fingers, not daring to lie: "The boss of Ichiraku Ramen, Itachi's mother Mikoto-san, the boss lady of the Akimichi clan's barbecue shop... and... and..."
Uchiha Izumi was a bit embarrassed, she scratched her head with a shy smile: "I... I can actually cook too."
And her index fingers poked each other.
"I've been studying cooking seriously every day in order to make a super luxurious feast for Itachi. My mother once said that to capture a man's heart, you have to first...? No no no... I... I actually can't cook."
Uchiha Izumi suddenly realized that Whitebeard asked that question, could it be that he wanted to find a cook?
She took a deep breath.
She wished she could give herself a big slap in the face.
"Whitebeard-sama! That... this..."
Uchiha Izumi tried to defend herself, but at this moment, she felt dizzy. Her hands and feet were all feeling a sense of fatigue.
"Not good..."
Uchiha Izumi's face suddenly changed: "I forgot to turn off the Sharingan, even though Itachi just reminded me..."
Keeping the Sharingan activated for more than a minute.
For her, it's undoubtedly draining her completely.
"Bad, bad..."
Suddenly, everything went black before Uchiha Izumi's eyes, and her whole body felt as if it had been drained of all its strength, just like when she had low blood sugar.
The chakra consumption of caused her Sharingan to close passively.
Her eyes rolled up slightly.
Her body uncontrollably fell forward.
Thud.....
Her face hit the ground in front of Whitebeard.
Her nose was bleeding.
She passed out.
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