Hyuga Clan.
In the backyard of Hyuga Hizashi's mansion.
Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Hizashi were kneeling on the wooden promenade. There was a small tea table between the two with a few cups of tea on it.
"Neji didn't go to school today?" Hyuga Hiashi asked.
Hyuga Hizashi looked sideways at the end of the corridor, where a small head was looking at him sneakily.
"Neji, come and greet uncle." Hyuga Hizashi said.
"Yes."
Neji trotted forward and respectfully saluted, and answered Hiashi's doubts, "Uncle, I'm sick and unwell, so I took a day off from school."
Hiashi nodded slightly, his eyes swept over the headdress on Neji's forehead, and said, "Pay attention to rest."
"Yes."
Neji glanced at his father and saw him nodding, then turned and left, but there was a bit of … unwillingness in his eyes.
He touched the headdress that covered the Caged Bird engraving on his forehead, thinking of his uncle's two daughters, and his heart was inexplicably a little happy!
There was only one person in each generation of the Main Family, and he didn't know what choice his uncle would make.
…
On the wooden promenade, the two brothers drank several cups of tea, and the younger brother Hizashi asked, "Big brother, this time you came to see me, it's not as simple as drinking tea, right?"
Hiashi put down the teacup, looked at his little brother with a serious face, and asked, "Hizashi, what do you think of the Caged Bird?"
Hizashi's heart thumped, but his face remained unchanged, and said, "The Caged Bird is the curse seal that guards the Hyuga Clan's Kekkei Genkai."
That's it?
That's it?
Hiashi was a little dissatisfied, you have to explain the meaning of the Caged Bird's existence and the consequences of its disappearance!
You clearly have a problem with the Caged Bird!
Hiashi's heart became more and more irritable.
His brother should be trustworthy!
But he's a branch family!
Hyuga Hiashi remembered what Cold Wind said. If this matter is not handled well, the relationship and friendship between the main family and the branch family will become very tense.
Hiashi hesitated once again.
"Big brother, do you have something on your mind?"
Hyuga Hizashi looked directly into his brother's eyes and said, "And it has something to do with the Caged Bird, right?"
Hyuga Hiashi said, "Hizashi, you are still as sharp as when you were a child."
Hyuga Hizashi said solemnly, "Patriarch, please speak."
This time, he called him Lord Patriarch because this matter involved the Caged Bird, the main family, and the branch family. Even though he and Hiashi were close brothers, they still had to be separated!
Hyuga Hiashi chose his words carefully and said, "According to reliable information, there are ninjas in the Branch Family colluding with outsiders in an attempt to unlock the Caged Bird."
Hyuga Hizashi didn't show any surprise. Although the Caged Bird protected the Hyuga Clan's Kekkei Genkai from leaking, it also made the Branch Family enslaved by the Main Family for a long time. Occasionally, there would be some rebels, which is nothing to be surprised about.
"Patriarch, do you have any conclusive evidence?" Hyuga Hizashi asked.
Hyuga Hiashi said, "Someone from the branch family has invaded the Root Headquarters."
"Gen?"
Hizashi was taken aback, "Advisor Danzō's Root?"
Hyuga Hiashi nodded.
Hyuga Hizashi immediately began to imagine, "To be able to convince the Branch Family's ninjas, and to show the ability to unlock the Caged Bird, coupled with the hostility towards Root … Could it be Yondaime Naruto?!"
Not long ago, Yondaime Naruto invited the Hyuga Clan to help find Root's secret research base in the village!
And Yondaime Naruto is the Kage of Wood Leaf. If he promises to unlock the Caged Bird, it will definitely be an irresistible temptation for the Branch Family's ninjas!
Even if!
Even if the unlock fails, Yondaime Naruto can forcibly interfere with the Hyuga Clan's system and make the Caged Bird disappear from the Hyuga Clan!
Is it really Yondaime?
Hyuga Hizashi stared at Hyuga Hiashi closely, and there was an inexplicable expectation in his eyes.
Hyuga Hiashi shook his head, "Once the Caged Bird is cracked, the enemy's ninja village is bound to hunt our Byakugan. Once the Byakugan is leaked, it will be the greatest threat to Wood Leaf. How can Yondaime do such a thing?"
Not Yondaime?
That's too disappointing!
Hyuga Hizashi was a little unwilling, but thinking about it carefully, it's true.
If the Byakugan is leaked, in the next war, Wood Leaf's layout will be seen by the enemy, and the biggest loss will be Wood Leaf!
With Yondaime Naruto's shrewdness, it's impossible for him to not see this.
"But besides Yondaime, who else can it be?" Hyuga Hizashi asked.
"Orochi Maru." Hyuga Hiashi said.
"Orochi Maru?" Hyuga Hizashi was startled, "Didn't this person defect?"
Hyuga Hiashi said, "Orochi Maru defected from the village because he was betrayed by Danzō, so he has enough reason to come back for revenge! And his reputation as a Sannin can convince the Branch Family's ninjas, coupled with his ambition … it's definitely him! "
"Orochi Maru …"
Hyuga Hizashi was speechless for a while.
From Yondaime Naruto to Orochi Maru, the gap is a bit big.
"Patriarch, how do you plan to deal with this matter?" Hyuga Hizashi asked.
"I plan to …"
Hyuga Hiashi's eyes were solemn, and he said coldly, "I plan to send the Branch Family to hunt down Orochi Maru."
"Huh?"
Hyuga Hizashi was stunned, knowing that the Branch Family's ninjas colluded with Orochi Maru, but he still sent them to hunt down Orochi Maru, what does this mean?
Hyuga Hiashi didn't explain why and continued, "Orochi Maru is very dangerous, ordinary clansmen will only die, so this operation will be handed over to the Branch Family's elite Jonin."
Hyuga Hizashi was shocked, because … he is also an elite Jonin!
Hyuga Hiashi looked deeply at his younger brother, and said, "Hizashi, you are in charge of this operation!"
Hyuga Hizashi was expressionless, at this time, his mood was very complicated. It's not wrong to say that his brother suspects him, because he also sent him, but it's also not wrong to say that he doesn't suspect him, because he is the captain of this operation.
After a long struggle, Hizashi nodded, "I understand, but … where is Orochi Maru?"
"I don't know."
Hyuga Hiashi shook his head without a bottom line, "Orochi Maru's whereabouts, you can check it yourself."
"…" Hizashi suddenly didn't want to talk.
The two brothers tacitly stopped talking. After drinking a few more cups of tea, Hyuga Hiashi got up and said goodbye.
Hizashi sat on the wooden promenade for a long time, then got up and began to clean up the tea table.
"Father, what can I do for you?" Neji Hyuga immediately ran over when he learned that Hiashi had left.
Hizashi smiled and said, "It's about a mission. Well, Neji, you are not well yet, go and rest."
"Is the mission dangerous?" Neji asked nervously.
Hizashi smiled but didn't say anything.
Neji knew his father's temper, and when he didn't say anything, he immediately changed the topic, "Father, when sister Hanabi was three years old, will she also have the Caged Bird engraved on her forehead like me?"
Neji was engraved with the Caged Bird when he was three years old. At that time, he didn't know what the Caged Bird meant. It wasn't until he gradually grew up that he understood the horror of this spell. Naturally, he couldn't help but blame his uncle in the Main Family!
"Neji, this is not a question you should ask!"
Hizashi's face changed slightly, and there was even a trace of coldness in his eyes, "It's not the branch family's turn to interfere in the Main Family's affairs! Remember, don't mention this in the future, especially in front of your uncle! "
"I know."
Neji nodded, but in his heart, he thought that when Hanabi's third birthday, he must mention this in front of many clansmen, and then … hmph!
…
After leaving the Hyuga Hizashi Clan, Hiashi visited the two Branch Elders one after another. Because he was going to defeat them one by one, Hiashi easily gained their support. Three days later, a 13-member Byakugan Squad quietly left Konoha.
Thirteen people were insignificant compared to the thousands of ninjas in the Wood Leaf, but for some ambitious people, it was shocking news.
When Danzō received this information, the loose skin on his face was wrinkled like an old bark, ugly and lifeless.
Hiashi sent them away from the Wood Leaf at this time to track down Orochi Maru and find out the people who colluded with Orochi Maru in the process of the operation. It was killing two birds with one stone.
However, Hiashi was too arrogant!
Elite Jonin?
In the eyes of a ninja at Orochimaru's level, they are nothing more than strong ants.
In other words, except for the few who fell into the arms of Orochi Maru, the rest of them only had a dead end!
And when the news of the death of these elite Jonins came back, how would Hiashi explain it to the Branch Family?
I'm looking forward to it!
Hahaha!
…
Namikaze Minato also received the news that the Hyuga Branch Family elites had left the village. He was a little concerned, so he asked Miki Genma to ask about it. As a result, the information he got back was that they were going to train.
Po Shui Mun knew that Hiashi didn't want to say, so he didn't ask anymore.
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