Mixed in the Hokage cultivation road

Chapter 2: The Decaying Hyuga

The very center of the Hyuga clan's territory is the residence of the Hyuga clan leader. From the outside, it looks like a wealthy family, but the inside is plain and ordinary, with just a few ordinary two-story buildings. In the courtyard there is a fish pond of dozens of square meters and a training ground of hundreds of square meters.

Hinata Hiko is not very qualified as the head of the Hyuga clan of this generation. Compared with his father and grandfather, it can be said that each generation is worse than the previous one.

The sealing technique that was meant to protect the tribe's eyes was turned into a caged bird of class distinction and punishment by three generations of them.

The entire Hyuga region became lifeless, with clear distinctions between superiors and subordinates. The Hyuga region, which was united during the Warring States Period, gradually declined after the deaths of those strong men during the village founding era.

There were basically no new generation of powerful warriors with any reputation during World War I and World War II.

In the living room, the father and his two sons sat opposite each other. This was the time when Hinata Hiko passed on his thoughts on ruling and training experience to his two sons once a week.

But this time there was a dispute.

"Why does father have to distinguish between the main family and the branch family? How am I worse than my eldest brother!" Hinata Hizashi expressed his dissatisfaction to Hinata Hiko with an angry face.

As Rizu's twin brother, he was branded as a member of a separate family just because he was born a few seconds later.

Even though he is the son of the clan leader, in order to win the support of the people and to allow these vested interests to gain a higher status, Risha is destined to be sacrificed.

"Pa! As a branch family, you shouldn't question the decision of the clan leader! As my son, you must not question the rules of the clan!" A crisp slap hit Hiashi's face. Hinata Hiko looked at his son expressionlessly, and there was no trace of warmth between father and son.

Hinata Hiashi, who was kneeling next to Hizashi, watched all this calmly without saying a word.

Hizashi's eyes were red and tears were welling up in his white eye sockets. His hands were stretched straight and his fists were clenched tightly on his knees. His face was full of unwillingness and humiliation.

"I hope this is the first and last time. If you make such disrespectful remarks again, I don't mind letting your elder brother punish you!" Hinata Hiko said coldly to Hizashi.

"What about Grandpa Zhen? He was originally a branch family, so why wasn't he carved as a caged bird!" Hinata Hizashi suppressed his anger and asked a soul-searching question with a hoarse throat.

"How dare you! Where did you hear this rumor? Who asked you to question me? Speak!" Hinata Yan's face was serious. He immediately formed a seal with his right hand and the bird in the cage started moving.

"Ah~" The pain felt like it was drilling into the bone marrow, making Hinata Hiashi wail continuously!
In an instant, he could no longer maintain the kneeling posture and fell to the wooden floor, his body bent like a shrimp.

Seeing his brother suffer, a ripple appeared on Rizu's face, as if he felt sorry for him, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Because he knew that once he opened his mouth to beg for mercy, Hizashi might suffer again and it would most likely be him who did it.

After the punishment, Hinata Hiko put away the seal and looked at his second son coldly without a trace of mercy.

"No matter what complaints you have, the mission you are carrying has been determined. Assist your elder brother well. This is your destiny! The will of the clan cannot be disobeyed!" The maintenance of the clan's rules in Hinata Hiko's words cannot be questioned!

After saying that, he flicked his sleeves, stood up and left.

Then Rizu also got up and left without any extra comfort, because he knew that whatever he said now would be an invisible irony to his younger brother.

After a few minutes, Hizashi recovered from the aftereffects of being a caged bird. Looking at the empty hall, tears rolled down his eyes, and he returned to his room in a daze.

The next day, a piece of gossip spread throughout the Hyuga branch.

"Shota, have you heard? Master Hizashi was punished by the clan leader. It seems that it was because he expressed his dissatisfaction with the main family's branch family system." The middle-aged Hyuga who were watching the game at the training ground of the two main families were talking about the news that was spreading like wildfire among the branch families.

The two of them were fighting hard in the training ground. They were about thirteen or fourteen years old, and there were marks on their foreheads.

"So what if you know? And you don't even think about who spread this kind of thing. Hayato, you should think more deeply about it." Shota responded with his arms folded across his chest and an expressionless face.

"Didn't it come from a member of our branch family who works as a servant in the clan leader's mansion? Is there any deeper meaning?" Hayato has a simple mind and doesn't like to think much. The main family likes people like him.

"Do you think that without the clan leader's signal, the branch family members would dare to release such news?" "The purpose is to intimidate the branch family. Don't you see that everyone in the branch family is very angry? Even these two little guys are affected." Shota glanced at Hayato and was a little envious of this somewhat stupid fellow clan member.

Sometimes being too smart can be painful.

"Yeah, it's quite painful for a caged bird to attack." Hayato is still so stubborn.

"Father, is our fate of separation destined?" The two boys who had finished fighting came over hand in hand, and one of them asked Shota.

"Sawano, you are still young and don't need to think about such far-reaching issues. What you should do is work hard to become stronger." Shota put his hand on Sawano's head and said comforting words. Apart from this, he had no better way to enlighten him.

"But are we going to be trampled under the feet of the main family for the rest of our lives? We are going to be punished just for a few words! Brother Hizashi is such a hard-working and gentle person!" Sawano expressed his dissatisfaction in his words.

"Uncle Shota, is there still a future for our separate family?" another young man also asked.

"Sawano, Naoto, you are the future of the branch family. Being careful with words and actions is an essential skill for the branch family. I hope you can control your emotions and not let the shadow of the bird in the cage affect your mind." Shota was also speechless and could only give comfort.

"Yeah, Naoto, don't be swayed by your emotions, just try to be yourself." Hayato also advised his son.

Although the two children listened to their father's teachings, their faces were still full of resistance and dissatisfaction.

"Okay, let's end the fight today. The situation has been getting more and more tense recently. Don't think about those trivial things. Improving your strength is the most important thing. Let's go home." Then he and Hayato caught the two little guys and left.

The wind stirred up by the main family will cause a turbulent wave in the branch family, but it will eventually become a stagnant pool of water, without any vitality.

In a quiet room in the clan leader's mansion, Hinata Hiko and his father, the former clan leader Hinata Soki, sat opposite each other, discussing the series of disturbances caused by the punishment of Hiashi.

"After the news got out, did the branch family have any extreme reaction?" Hinata Soki was very concerned about this, after all, it was the result of so many years of hard work.

He was almost sixty years old, and his body didn't look much younger than Hinata, who was in her eighties.

When the chakra system reaches a certain age, the aging rate will accelerate rapidly!
"No, everything is within expectations. Under the threat of the bird in the cage, no branch family dares to disrespect the main family. At most, they complain in private." Hinata Yan had anticipated these things.

"What does father think of Hinata Makoto?"

"He's not that simple. Do you have any idea?"

"I think he is an unstable factor for the clan, and he is old and frail." Hinata Hiko said calmly.

"It's not worth it. Uzumaki Mito is dead. He won't have many years left. Just wait patiently for him to die."

"But his existence will inevitably affect Hizashi. How can we trust Hizashi to assist Hiashi as the head of the branch family in the future?"

"You should know that your grandfather and I have tried, but he hides it too well! Even someone as smart as the Nidaime Senju Tobirama said he couldn't see through him."

"Let's put his affairs aside for now. The Sand Village has troops stationed at the border. What did the major families say about that kid Sarutobi Hiruzen?" Hyuga Soki was more concerned about something else.

"There is a high probability that a war is about to start. The mobilization order has been confirmed to be issued tomorrow. The Hyuga Division will set off in advance as a reconnaissance team, in seven days."

"Are there any movements from other ninja villages?"

"The Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Mist Villages are making frequent moves, and all seem to be showing signs of joining the war. I'm afraid that once the war starts, Konoha will be attacked from all sides." Hinata Hiko's tone expressed his concern about the war, because the war situation could escalate at any time.

"If the main family is needed to go to the battlefield, please arrange for the branch family's guards to protect the Byakugan and prevent it from leaking out. Go and arrange it." Hinata Soki instructed.

"Okay." Hinata Hiko responded, then stood up and left the quiet room.

(End of this chapter)