The land of the Hyuga clan.

As a wealthy family with great glory in the past, it now seems to be caught in a crisis of lack of trust between the clan family and the branch families.

This is also natural. As outsiders, ninjas may not know what kind of crisis has occurred within the Hyuga clan, but as the leaders of the Hyuga clan, they undoubtedly understand what kind of chaos has occurred within their own families.

So much so that for several months after the war started, they were still hesitating whether to send ninjas to the front lines to assist in the battle.

However, the fact that the 'caged bird' was cracked was not only a challenge to the rules and bottom lines of their clan that had been established for thousands of years, but also destroyed the peace within their clan.

If this continues, the village may still be prejudiced against the Hyuga clan.

The Uchiha clan sent more people to the battlefield this time than in the last ninja war. Even the ninjas who were dissatisfied with the Uchiha clan had to keep their mouths shut, unable to control the Uchiha clan on this matter.

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After all, even the new clan leader, Uchiha Fugaku, went to the battlefield in person and fought bloody battles with his colleagues in Konoha.

Hinata, who belongs to the same wealthy ninja clan as Uchiha, did not dare to send ninjas to the front line because of a crisis of trust... But now, this matter seems to be settled soon.

In the family meeting room, the current person in power has become the eldest son of the previous generation of outstanding patriarchs of the younger generation - Hinata Hizu.

He was sitting at the top of the chair, with the elders of the clan on his left and the elders of the separate clan on his right. The two factions were clearly differentiated.

"Now that the family can no longer bear any losses, Hyuga Ayane assists Iwagakure as a defected ninja. This is revenge for our Hyuga clan."

An elder of the clan said.

Losing the control of the caged bird means that the other party has completely flown beyond the 'birdcage', and the rules of the Hyuga clan can no longer restrain the other party's body and mind.

"Lord Hokage hopes that we can send a certain amount of manpower."

"How is it possible to send out manpower at this time? People inside are panicking, so can't they refuse?"

"Of course it doesn't matter, Hokage-sama, but if you continue to be indifferent, there will inevitably be some rumors in the village... Don't forget, the Konoha White Fang incident just happened 'yesterday'."

When these words were spoken, both the clan elders and the branch elders became awe-inspiring and fell silent.

Maybe the Hokage-sama is unwilling to do that, but as the leader of the Darkness of Konoha, Danzo Shimura may not take some extreme measures.

The Hyuga clan is different from the Uchiha clan. If they leave a bad impression on those senior officials, it will be difficult for them to gain a foothold in the village, and the reputation they have accumulated in the past will be burned.

After that defection incident, there were even more Anbu patrolling around the Hyuga clan.

This is a danger signal that has never been seen before.

The high-level officials' loyalty to the Hyuga clan... began to have doubts and suspicions.

Of course, the matter is not so serious. After all, Hinata is different from the Uchiha. There is no conflict with the Senju clan, and the relationship is harmonious enough. At this time, nothing can go wrong again.

The number of Anbu patrols suddenly increased, probably more to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

In a sense, it is also a good thing for the Hyuga clan.

"Without the trust of Lord Hokage, the Hyuga clan will be in difficulty in the future."

"Yes, Elder Danzo is a difficult person to talk to."

"The Roots are not targeting the Uchiha clan for a day or two. If you are on the Roots' list, life will be difficult in the future."

He finally managed to gain his current position in the huge Konoha Village, and the clan's territory also occupies one of the best areas in Konoha, instead of being squeezed out of the center like the Uchiha clan.

Even if the Uchiha clan is squeezed out of the center, they still have a powerful police force and the most elite ninja force in Konoha, which cannot be ignored.

However, the Hyuga clan does not have these advantages. Once they lose the trust and support of the Hokage and other senior officials, their right to speak in Konoha will be zero.

In addition, on the night of the defection incident, a lot of combat power was lost. An elder of the clan was killed. Many powerful jounin either defected or were killed by traitors. As well as a series of subsequent effects, some branch clans that did not leave seemed to have behaved differently.

This thought has caused the power of the Hyuga clan to shrink sharply.

"Since we can't send ninjas from the separate families, how about sending ninjas from the clan to the battlefield?"

An elder from a separate family suggested.

His words immediately aroused hostility and dissatisfaction among the elders of the clan.

"This is too risky. What should we do if the clan ninja has an accident on the battlefield?"

"But with the current situation of the Separation Family, there are too few Separation Ninjas who can be trusted."

The branch elder sighed helplessly.

"Even if this is the case, we cannot allow people from the Zong family to take risks there. What if Baiyan appears? It is your separate responsibility to protect the Zong family, right?"

The clan elder glared over coldly.

"But now it's not just a problem within the family. Now the battlefield is in urgent need of Byakugan's help. The branch ninjas lack trust and the clan ninjas are unable to participate in the war... It will be too late to talk about this until rumors start to spread in the village."

"Humph, isn't it the fault of the people in your family? You can also let the ninjas go to the front line, but the families of the ninjas who go to the battlefield must be closely monitored 24 hours a day, and they are not allowed to step out of the house. That's it.

Once the caged bird is released, there is no risk of them defecting."

"you--"

The face of the branch elder showed anger.

"Your split family is not worthy of trust now. This is for the continuation of the family. The family will also remember their achievements."

The clan elder sat there calmly and said this.

Faced with meaningless quarrels between the elders of the clan family and the branch families, Rizu had become accustomed to such things by sitting in the chief position.

In the past few months, we have argued about this kind of thing eighty times if not a hundred times.

However, this was the first time that Rizu had seen even the clan elders who were usually calm and calm become so irritable and panicked.

In his past impression, the tempers of the clan elders were not so impatient.

It seems that the serious problems faced by the clan have begun to cause chaos.

"You come in."

Rizu spoke there, and his calm voice stopped the boring quarrel in the conference room.

The door of the conference room opened, and a young man who looked similar to Rizu walked in. He nodded slightly to the elders, and finally looked straight at Rizu directly in front of him.

"Hyuga Hizashi requested to fight."

Kneeling down on one knee, Hizashi spoke calmly in the center of the conference room, without any fear of war.

This is just for the sake of the future of the clan, or perhaps to protect something... In short, these are things that Hizashi needs to defend even at the cost of his life.

"Hizashi, you..."

The elders of the separation family stared at Hizashi, thinking that he should not appear at this moment.

"I'm sorry, elder, I can't sit back and watch the clan have conflicts over such boring things. Since we bear this name and are members of the Konoha ninjas, war is our destination."

"But……"

"It doesn't matter." Hizashi's plain voice sounded. He stood up from the main seat, looked at the elder who was hesitant to speak, and said, "I will go to the battlefield with Hizashi."

"What!?"

Rizu's words not only shocked the elders of the branch family, but also the elders of the clan clan were shocked.

Only Hizashi was not surprised. Hizashi made this decision as he expected.

"Master Nizu, this is not allowed. How can you put yourself in danger?"

"But if the family is like this, will there be enough personnel to go to the battlefield?"

Rizu asked the clan elders this way.

"this……"

"All the elders are so old. You can just enjoy your old age here. Leave the fighting to us young people. After all, I am also a jounin of Konoha."

Rizu said this.

The clan elders looked away and coughed.

"Yes, yes, since Mr. Rizu said so, then we old bones should sit behind and stabilize the family. We will also make arrangements for the security matters for Mr. Rizu."

fighting?

For the clan elders, that was a long time ago.

Was it twenty or thirty years ago?

Although he is not to the point of not daring to kill, his fighting skills and mentality have long been a lot rusty.

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"Does the Hyuga clan leader also want to go to the battlefield in person? It's really troublesome."

In the plain area on the Hokage Rock, Danzo gathered six squads of root teams, a total of twenty-four people.

The roots gathered here have mobilized almost half of the combatants in the roots.

After learning that the head of the Hyuga clan, Hinata Hizashi, was also going to the battlefield, Danzo couldn't help but bite his fingers, feeling that the matter was difficult.

His original intention was to have the Hyuga clan send ninjas from the branch who they trusted enough to support the battlefield, rather than members of the clan.

As for how to make the ninjas of the separate families trust each other, in Danzo's opinion, there are many methods, and there is no need to send people from the clan to the battlefield.
To be continued...