Hyuga Neji stopped his boxing movements, turned to look at the man beside the courtyard door, and said respectfully: "Father."
Menma hid his aura in the dark, narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the man.
"Tonight's protagonist, I hope you are not a piece of rotten wood, otherwise I will be very disappointed."
Hyuga Hizashi, the Jonin of Konoha Village, the leader of the Hyuga clan branch, and the father of the twelve little strong Hyuga Neci.
Hizashi was only born fifteen minutes later than the head of the clan, Hinata Hizatsu, but it was in these short fifteen minutes that he became a branch of the family, was engraved with the [Caged Bird] curse seal, and became a "caged bird" under the control of the clan.
The clan family can control and destroy the brain nerves of branch family members through the [Caged Bird] curse seal, thereby controlling the branch family.
This seal has the ability to seal the white eyes, and can completely destroy the subject's eyeballs and brain after the subject's eyes are removed or dies, and cannot be lifted until the death of the branch family member.
During the chaotic war period, this was the Hyuga clan's greatest reliance on not having their bloodline boundaries stolen.
However, during the stable peace period, it became the source of conflicts between the clan and branch families within Hyuga.
Hizashi touched Ningji's head tenderly and showed a gentle smile of relief: "Ningji, you are already very proficient in the Thirty-two Bagua Palms. After a while, I can teach you more advanced soft fist techniques."
Neji shook his head: "I feel like I still have a lot to do."
He clenched his fists, with a look of unwillingness on his face.
Seeing Neji like this, Hizashi couldn't help but fall silent and sighed inwardly.
In the end, he still failed to protect Neji's purity.
A few days ago, he took Neji to watch the training of his brother Hizu and his daughter Hinata.
But looking at Hinata who was full of loopholes and weak in her moves, all kinds of dark thoughts came to Hizashi's mind.
"With Neji's talent, he can clearly become the strongest in the Hinata, but because of his status as a branch of the family, he will be a caged bird. He will completely lose his freedom and live in the shadow of the clan for the rest of his life..."
"But the daughter of the clan, who has no talent at all, can sit back and enjoy the success, enjoy Neci's protection as a matter of course, and boss Ningji around..."
For a moment, there was a trace of murderous intent in his eyes when he looked at Hinata.
"Hizashi."
Hizu knocked Hinata away with one hand, looked at Hizashi with extremely cold eyes, and said: "As a Hyuga ninja, you can't control your emotions and show murderous intent towards the daughter of the clan. It seems that you I have forgotten my duty to separate the families.”
"no!!"
Without waiting for Hizashi to say anything, Hizashi decisively made a seal.
In front of everyone present, Hizashi rolled to the ground and covered his head, wailing in pain.
"Father……"
Neji watched this scene from beginning to end.
This was the first time he saw the ugliness of the Hyuga clan, and the first time he understood what the separation meant to the clan.
From then on, Neji became even more taciturn, and the look he looked at Hinata was no longer one of brotherly doting, but hatred and hatred like an enemy.
Even on Hinata's third birthday, he hid in the courtyard and practiced Rouquan.
… It’s more of a vent than a practice.
Hizashi suppressed the gloom in his heart, smiled and touched Neji's head: "You have done a good job. When you enter the school, you will definitely become the top student."
"However, don't say such words in front of people from the clan."
When he said this, Hizashi suddenly felt sick and disgusted.
It's not that I hate others, but I hate myself.
As a father, he can't even protect his child's future, or even give him a carefree childhood.
Too incompetent...
"I understand, Father."
Neji is very precocious. Since the last incident, he has vaguely understood the difference between the branch family and the main family.
"With your talent, you will definitely become a better ninja than me in the future."
Hizashi knew very well that Neji's talent was far above his own.
His highest achievement in this life is to be a jounin, and Neji will definitely become an elite jounin.
It's a pity that the ninjas of the Separate Family who have been engraved with the curse seal will have a blind spot directly behind the first thoracic vertebra with their 360° viewing angle, and they are not qualified to learn advanced soft fist techniques such as Kaiten, which completely limits the upper limit of their strength.
Hizashi believed that Neji could learn to recover on his own, which was his trust in his son's talent.
but……
"I hope that when he grows up, he won't hate the family and torture himself like me." Hizashi sighed secretly in his heart.
Just when Hizashi was about to leave, a soft humming came from nowhere.
Congmu, Congmu~
かごの中の鸟は~
いついつ出やる~
夜明けの晩に~
Crane and turtle no すべつた~
Who is behind the front?
This ballad sounded very sad, and the sound came very strangely, as if it was coming from all directions and it was impossible to distinguish the source.
"Who is it? Can you sneak in without all the guards?"
Hizashi put on a soft fist stance and stood in front of Neji. The blood vessels on both sides of his face were protruding and opened his Byakugan.
Then I saw a black shadow flashing from the corner, jumping over the wall of the courtyard and escaping outside.
Hizashi hesitated for a moment and told Neci: "Ningci, go and tell the clan that someone has sneaked into the Hyuga clan and tell them to be careful."
After saying that, Hizashi moved and immediately chased after him.
And at the same time.
"In view of the fact that Konoha Village welcomes the declaration of the aforementioned intention by Kumo Hidden Village; Konoha Village and Kumo Hidden Village have decided to conclude a peace treaty, appoint the following plenipotentiary representatives and after they indicate their plenipotentiary letters of appointment, agree to the following terms..."
The Kumogakure mission and the Third Hokage and other high-level Konoha officials concluded a peace treaty.
The head of the mission took the initiative to extend his hand and said: "Long live peace."
The third generation also stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Long live peace."
The two looked at each other, held hands, and both wore the same formulaic smile.
The two let go of their hands, and the head of the envoy suddenly asked: "When we first entered the village, we saw that the Hyuga clan in your village seemed to be celebrating something. We were very curious for a while. Can you tell me?"
"..."
What does this guy want to do?
Sarutobi couldn't help but frown, but he regained his smile in an instant.
"Hahaha, today is a good day. Not only Konoha and Kumogakure have concluded a peace treaty, but the Hyuga clan is also celebrating the clan daughter's third birthday."
"oh?"
The smile on the person in charge's face did not change, and he climbed up the pole: "I heard that the Hyuga clan has a very rich history. I believe the birthday celebration of the daughter of the clan is also very exciting. Can we watch it?"
The third generation exchanged glances with Koharu and Mito Kaden who were sleeping beside him.
...There is absolutely no reason to refuse.
Later, the Third Hokage and other high-level officials of Konoha accompanied the Kumogakure delegation to attend Hyuga Hinata's birthday party.
For a time, it can be said that it gave enough face to the Hyuga clan.
