Chapter 765: Chapter – 758 Kuroto’s Indifference
"You… what… what are you trying to do?!" asked Elder Aoyama as an ominous premonition appeared in his heart when he saw Kuroto's smirk, he feared that Hyuga Kuroto wanted to rebel, and if that were to happen he may not be able to fight back. But upon thinking of the Caged Bird Cursed Seal implanted in Kuroto's forehead, the fear in his heart subsided and anger surged.
'How dare Hyuga Kuroto–a member of the branch family dare to be so disrespectful to us?' with such a thought, Elder Aoyama raised his hands in order to activate the Cage Bird Cursed Seal.
Whoosh!
However, before he could weave even the first-hand sign, he felt Hyuga Kuroto appearing in front of him with a ghostly speed that he couldn't keep up with and slammed his gut.
Bang!
"You!?" This was all Elder Aoyama could exclaim before he collapsed on the ground, as if lifeless. Of course, he was neither dead nor unconscious, Kuroto made sure that Elder Aoyama remained conscious so that he witnessed everything.
"What are you doing?!"
"How dare you?!"
The other two elders exclaimed and wanted to activate the Cage Bird Cursed seal, however, before they could, Kuroto stretched his hands, grabbed both of them by their necks, and yanked them into each other.
Bang!
While crushing the head of Elder Aoyama with his right foot, and holding Elder Fukiage and Elder Sada by their necks, Kuroto looked at the Patriarch of the Hyuga Clan, and asked in a deep voice, "Do you have something to say Hiashi-sama?"
Hearing Kuroto's question, Hiashi–who was about to subconsciously activate the Cage Bird Cursed Mark to restrain Kuroto–lowered his hands silently. His intuition told him that if he tried to activate the Cage Bird Cursed Mark, an unpredictable disaster would befall the main family of the Hyuga Clan. As a result, he remained silent and didn't dare to stop Kuroto from doing what he was doing.
Seeing Hiashi's silence, Kuroto mocked, "As I thought… you really don't have the courage to go through with it… Always staying under the protection of the branch family, you have lost all your edge."
Even in the canon, when faced with the Village's decision to surrender the person who killed Kumo's representative in order to quell Kumo's anger because Konoha didn't want to continue the war, Hiashi didn't have enough courage to stay rigid and accepted the village's decision that led to the unneeded sacrifice of his younger brother Hizashi.
Later, when it came to Hinata's marriage after she married Naruto, Hiashi broke the centuries-old tradition and didn't implant the Caged Bird Cursed Seal on Hinata, and Hinata's daughter Himawari.
While still stepping on the head of Elder Aoyama, Kuroto said to Hiashi in an indifferent tone, "For the people who have any opinion in regards to my disciple's actions… I am going to be straight with you… I see nothing wrong with what he did… his decision may not have been the best, and it may not have been well thought out… however, I am proud of his decision… because he had the courage to face an enemy whose mere presence is more than enough to cower the likes of you! And if you care so much about the life of Hinata… then why even send her to the Ninja Academy? The very meaning of sending her to the Ninja Academy means she isn't going to be part of the main family in the future, she is going to be part of the branch family, isn't that right? So why care about whether Neji protected her or not?"
"I–…!" Hiashi seemed to want to say something, however, he found that no words came to his mouth.
Kuroto snorted at Hiashi's silence, and continued, "I know that the main family of the Hyuga Clan only want some obedient and submissive dogs who don't have their own thought process so that they can be controlled easily. I agree that this system may have worked in the past, however, it won't work in this era, because times are changing. I don't care what are the opinions of you old folks, but my opinion is different, and I believe that under the leadership of arrogant fools like you, the proud Hyuga Clan has become nothing more than hollow, and doesn't even have enough power to protect itself."
Hearing Kuroto's words, Elder Fukiage who was held by Kuroto tried to argue, "That has nothing to do–…!" but his words came to a stop as Kuroto tightened his grip around Elder Fukiage's neck.
"I don't remember giving you permission to speak, so stay quiet!" said Kuroto in a cold tone, and threw Elder Fukiage aside.
Bang!
Elder Fukiage crashed into the wooden wall of the hall with a loud bang and collapsed on the ground, it seemed several bones in his body were broken.
Still conscious, Elder Fukiage again tried to use this opportunity to activate the Caged Bird Cursed Seal, however, he was horrified to find out that he couldn't even mold his chakra, 'My chakra?' and this wasn't the end as the very next moment, a sudden pain appeared in Elder Fukiage's heart that caused the old man to wail in pain.
Kuroto smirked looking at Elder Fukiage's state.
At this time, Hiashi took a deep breath to calm the fear in his heart, and asked Kuroto, "Kuroto-kun… are you… trying to destroy the Hyuga Clan?"
Kuroto shook his head, and explained with a smile, "Don't be foolish Patriarch-sama… why would I do something so foolish? All I am doing is just giving a warning to the main family to stay within their limits… otherwise…"
Elder Sada… who was still held by Kuroto spoke, "If… if something were to happen to the main family... the Hyuga Clan will disappear as well! The branch family is nothing without the main family!"
Kuroto looked at Elder Sada and stated, "That's your misconception because the way I see it, it's the other way around. Even if something unfortunate were to happen to the main family, the branch family would continue to exist… in fact, the Hyuga Clan would prosper more in that scenario… however, if the branch family were to disappear, the main family would be destroyed as well… because there would be no one to protect you fools… And to be honest, the way things are going… I would be very willing to see that happen… What do you say Patriarch-sama… would you want me to try and verify my conjecture… whether the branch family can really survive and prosper in this Shinobi World after the sudden and unexpected disappearance of the main family?"
Hearing Kuroto's gentle but cruel words, the hearts of everyone in the meeting hall were frozen… especially the elders and patriarch from the main family, they were horrified. Even Hiashi didn't expect Kuroto to be so indifferent toward the clan.
And what's more surprising is that no one from the branch family stepped forward to stop Kuroto!
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Chapter 766: Chapter – 759 Fear?
At this time, Elder Fukiage tried to prop himself and roared fiercely, "What on earth are all of you doing? Neutralize him, Hyuga Kuroto is rebelling against the Hyuga Clan, he must be punished immediately!"
However, there was no movement, the only response he got was silence from all the branch members who completely disregarded his order, and looking closely, he noted joy and relief in the eyes of many as if they were happy to see whatever Kuroto does.
"You all?!" Seeing everyone's reaction, Elder Fukiage was taken aback.
For the first time in his life Fukiage realized that if not for the fear of Cage Bird Cursed Seal, none of the members of the branch family would follow the orders of the main family, such resentment has accumulated in their hearts.
At the same time, the seed of fear sprouted in his heart, 'What would happen if the entire branch family really initiated a coup d'état?'
If what Fukiage feared really happened, then even if the Cage Bird Cursed Seal could control the life and death of the branch family members, it would be useless, and the main family wouldn't have any power to resist the branch family!
Perhaps Hiashi also realized the seriousness of the matter, and finally said, "Kuroto-kun… I think it would be best to stop here… This matter, if it continues to escalate, would cause irreparable damage to the entire Hyuga Clan… which is something I believe both of us don't want to see… right?"
Kuroto snorted, "As you wish Patriarch-sama…" then removed his foot from the top of Elder Aoyama's head, and said, "I just wanted to let some old men know that they aren't invulnerable… so it would be best that they stay within their limits, and try not to step out because if they try to annoy me, then I won't stay in my limit, and that would be very bad for the 'entire' Hyuga Clan…"
The three elders were ashamed and angry when they heard Kuroto's words, if eyes could kill, they would have already killed Kuroto countless times.
Not caring about their murderous intention, Kuroto turned around and walked towards the exit of the hall, "Unlike some worthless old men who have nothing better to do in their life, there are a lot of things I have to take care of, so I will be leaving."
As Kuroto left the hall, Elder Aoyama finally got up and hysterically shouted, "Hyuga Kuroto… don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you have the protection of Hokage, that protection can be taken away in a moment!"
In the eyes of Elder Aoyama, the only reason Hyuga Kuroto dared to jump around so much in front of them is that he is part of the Hokage Faction, and Sarutobi Hiruzen seems to favor him. But if that protection is taken away, then Kuroto would be nothing more than a Jonin!
Hearing Elder Aoyama's shout, Kuroto stopped and shook his head with a sigh, "Sigh."
What Elder Aoyama doesn't know is that the only reason Kuroto dares to do whatever he wants is that he has the power to do so… not only personal strength but even political strength and influence.
Elder Aoyama roared, "Branch family exists to protect the clan… this is tradition… and the way Hyuga Clan exists!"
"Only the weak ones need protection… the strong ones don't, they are the ones who provide protection," said Kuroto indifferently, then disappeared from the hall.
Looking at Kuroto's disappearing back, the three elders looked at each other and saw similar emotions reflecting in each other's eyes.
A trace of fear was clearly visible in all of their eyes, not afraid of Kuroto's strength, but of Kuroto's reaction.
Even after he humiliated them in front of so many members of the branch family, there was no trace of a sense of accomplishment or triumph on Kuroto's face, it was as if whatever happened was nothing surprising.
What's more troubling is the indifference Kuroto showed towards them the entire time!
Angry, the three elders looked at Hiashi and questioned, "Hiashi… why didn't you activate the Cursed seal to punish that ungrateful bastard!"
"Sigh… I don't know." Said Hiashi, and added, "Just forget it!"
"Forget it?!" Elder Aoyama raised his voice, and spoke angrily, "How do you expect me to forget all of this? The majesty of the main family has been trampled by someone from the branch family! Am I supposed to sit back and do nothing?!"
"So… what do you expect me to do now? Punish him the same way it was done with the last one. Ever thought of Sandaime-sama's response? Not just Hokage-sama, there are a lot of people in the village who wouldn't let the matter slide… And have you thought of what other clans and villagers will think of us? If he is touched, then the entire Hyuga Clan will be affected… and I don't want that…!" after saying these words, Hiashi got up and left.
Hiashi didn't worry too much about the elders. He had known them for too long, and he could see that they really don't have the courage to do anything against Kuruto, thinking of this, Hiashi thought of himself, and chuckled, "Who am I kidding… let alone them, even I don't seem to have the determination to do anything to him… Maybe Kuroto-kun is correct… the people of the main family really don't have enough courage."
With such thoughts, Hiashi noted his elder daughter Hinata training in the courtyard of the mansion. Looking at his daughter, Hiashi couldn't help but think of his daughter's performance in the assessment.
Despite being less than ten years old, Hinata had the courage to pounce at a member of the Akatsuki Organization without any trace of hesitation while being fully aware of their threat, and couldn't help but think, 'It seems my judgment about our daughter was incorrect… Hinata is not weak or mediocre… when fighting for the people she cares about… Hinata shows no signs of hesitation. I might need to reconsider my decision.'
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A few days later, Konoha Ninja Academy
Seeing Naruto being the center of all attention, Sasuke felt strange and left out.
Normally it would be him surrounded by people. At that time, Sasuke didn't like all that attention and felt annoyed, but now he feels a little uncomfortable.
At this time, Neji approached Sasuke, and asked, "What are doing here all alone?"
Sasuke folded his hands over his chest, and said, "I am tired of hearing Naruto's bragging."
Neji said, "He does deserve this honor."
Sasuke said with a pout, "But much of what he is speaking didn't even happen!"
Neji chuckled, "I guess that's true, but we should let him be."
Sasuke shook his head, "Whatever…"
At this time, Neji asked, "Want to have a duel…?"
Sasuke shook his head, "Not today." Then got up to leave.
Surprised at Sasuke not accepting the challenge, and seeing him go home, Neji asked, "You are going back home so early? Are you going to skip today's training?"
While walking towards the gate of the Ninja Academy, Sasuke said, "Yeah… I won't be training today… I have to go somewhere… I am going to go to the Nekoshou domain to choose a summon. See you later Neji…"
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