"Now may be the best opportunity!"
"Konoha is facing powerful enemies on two sides at once. On one side is the overwhelmingly strong Sunagakure, and on the other is the equally powerful Kumogakure. Konoha's strength is already far from what it once was."
"Under these circumstances, this is the Hyuga clan's best chance."
"To flee Konoha—just like the Uchiha clan."
"But…"
Hyuga Hiashi's face showed worry.
"The Hyuga clan still has many problems."
"The problem between the main family and the branch family."
"The greed outsiders have for the Byakugan."
"And the Hyuga clan's strength, compared to the Uchiha clan, is actually still weaker by quite a bit."
"What a pity that Father publicly declared a break with the Kaguya clan back then in order to express his loyalty to Konoha. Otherwise, we could still seek aid from the Kaguya clan now."
"Main family… branch family…"
…
…
[Points: 3266!]
"Not bad!"
Rasa looked at the number of points on the system panel and revealed a smile.
"Danzo truly delivered this gift at the perfect time."
"Not only did he send over the deaths of more than a dozen Konoha shinobi, he also greatly increased my points."
The Fourth Raikage's interview had generated a great deal of discussion around the rumor involving Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Hyuga clan, providing Rasa with nearly four thousand points all at once.
Added to what he had before, it had reached over five thousand.
Rasa had carried out one thirty-pull, bringing the total back down to just over two thousand.
And now, because Danzo's matter had made the headline, everyone was discussing it intensely.
The main discussion was about Danzo, but because the Hyuga clan was also being mentioned frequently, they were also being discussed.
Those discussions provided Rasa with points.
"The Hyuga clan really is miserable."
"Hiruzen Sarutobi used them and betrayed them. In order to suppress them, he did not hesitate to cooperate with outsiders."
"Danzo also did not treat them like human beings and abandoned them casually."
"Their status in Konoha is far too low. They are practically treated like pigs and dogs!"
"No, the Inuzuka clan's ninja dogs probably have a higher status than them."
"More accurately, it is the Hyuga branch family. The Hyuga main family still lives quite well."
"That is true. But those main family members rely precisely on exploiting the branch family. Toward outsiders, they do not dare offend anyone. The moment they turn around, they vent their anger on the branch family."
"Others bully the weak and fear the strong. They bully the branch family and fear everyone else."
On the front line, Sunagakure shinobi continuously mocked the members of the Hyuga branch family.
Some Hyuga branch shinobi could no longer endure it and charged over furiously.
But in a situation where Konoha's army was not at an advantage, they could not gain any benefits from Sunagakure's shinobi either.
A mouthful of rage blocked up inside them.
In the end, it needed to be vented somewhere.
One Hyuga branch family shinobi decided he would endure no longer.
"Damn the main family!"
"Damn the Hokage!"
"Damn Danzo!"
"They all deserve to die!"
"It's all because of this Caged Bird. If not for this thing binding us, I would want to kill them all right now!"
A Hyuga branch member had been enraged to the point of losing reason.
"We may not be able to kill the Hyuga main family, but does that mean we cannot kill anyone else?"
"That Hiruzen Sarutobi humiliated us this way. After using Hizashi-senpai's value, he not only refused to fulfill his promise, he even schemed to kill Hizashi-senpai."
"That is too much!"
"I want to avenge Hizashi-senpai!"
A figure stood at a high place, looking down at the Hyuga shinobi below, eyes narrowing slightly.
Very soon—
Those Hyuga shinobi somehow obtained an opportunity.
An opportunity where Sarutobi Asuma was alone.
One Hyuga shinobi looked ahead and quickly lowered his voice.
"Look, what did I find? A lone Sarutobi Asuma!"
"Hiruzen Sarutobi harmed Hizashi-senpai. We take revenge on Sarutobi Asuma. That is reasonable, isn't it?"
"Exactly!"
"And there is no one around. If we kill him, no one else will know. Smash his brain into mush, and the Yamanaka clan's secret techniques won't be able to read any information from him either."
The humiliation from the Hyuga main family.
The targeting from Konoha's upper echelon.
The tragedy of Hyuga Hizashi.
The insults from Sunagakure's shinobi.
Many different emotions tangled together, making these Hyuga shinobi extremely furious.
Now that they saw an opportunity where Sarutobi Asuma was alone, they could no longer restrain the impulse in their hearts.
It was as if they had completely ignored the consequences if they failed.
"Go!"
The moment the order fell, several Hyuga shinobi rushed out directly.
Bang!
A fist blasted forward fiercely.
Asuma suddenly sensed danger and turned around, his pupils shrinking. He wanted to dodge, but it was already too late.
The Hyuga shinobi's fist landed heavily on Asuma's body.
Asuma's figure was sent flying backward.
But the other Hyuga shinobi had already taken their positions ahead of time.
One against many—Asuma was no match at all.
These Hyuga shinobi were not weak. All of them were adult shinobi. Even if they were at an overwhelming disadvantage when facing the Hyuga main family—easily dealt with by the other side's single thought—
Asuma could not do that.
"What are you trying to do?"
"Are you trying to rebel?"
"I am the Hokage's son!"
"Have you Hyuga gone mad?"
But the more he mentioned the word Hokage, the angrier those Hyuga shinobi became.
"The one we want to kill is the Hokage's son!"
"Why should your father and those people treat us Hyuga branch family members like this?"
"Look at what he did to Hizashi-senpai!"
"He used Hizashi-senpai to betray Jiraiya. After Hizashi-senpai completed the mission, not only did he refuse to fulfill his promise, he even wanted to kill Hizashi-senpai and hide that secret forever."
"What qualification does someone like that have to be Hokage?"
"Someone like that deserves death ten thousand times over!"
Asuma's expression darkened. Only then did he realize that he had actually been implicated by Hiruzen Sarutobi.
This made Asuma feel somewhat unhappy.
As the Hokage's son, Asuma felt that the treatment he had received had always been unfair.
Asuma believed Hiruzen Sarutobi had treated Shinnosuke far better than him.
Whenever there were benefits, none of them were his. Shinnosuke took them all.
Now, when it came time to be implicated, these people did not go attack Shinnosuke. Instead, they came to attack him.
Too much.
Too unfair!
"If you resent my father, you shouldn't be attacking me!"
"As his son, I did not receive any real benefits. I am only the one who was not valued. Even if you kill me, he will not be that sad. You will only bring trouble upon yourselves."
"The person you should attack is my eldest brother, Shinnosuke."
"I have always been treated unfairly."
"I carried the pressure of being the Hokage's son, but I never received the privileges of being the Hokage's son."
"Everything I have achieved today has relied entirely on my own hard work."
"You say you were targeted. In truth, I am also a victim of being targeted."
"I am the same as you!"
Join my Patreon to read public release chapters and get 1 chapter ahead for free. Paid members can read more advanced chapters.
Continue reading here
patreon.com/Inkveil_