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Izanami turned around, hearing the sound of doors opening. In front of her was a young girl about Itachi's age with long black hair and white eyes. She had a graceful temperament that was different from other Hyugas, who had frozen faces. On her face, there was a star-like birthmark on her right cheek.
"Excuse me, I brought the sweets you…" The girl's words stopped mid-sentence as she saw Izanami. Her body began to tremble as her eyes began to become moist.
" Hinami, " tears also fell down Izanami's face as she instantly recognized this person. This is the person she was waiting for. The only person who could ever be called her best friend and soulmate.
" Izanami, " the girl named Hinami barely managed to speak these words while barely controlling her sobs.
Seeing her like this, Izanami wanted to run towards and hug her like she always did. But just as she was about to do that, her observation Haki activated automatically.
In that split second, Izanami glimpsed the future.
In the future, exactly ten seconds from now, she would sense a great malice coming towards Hinami. And the direction it was coming from is from where those elders are gathered.
Seeing this future, Izanami narrowed her eyes as her mind began to work in overdrive. As someone who had lived for who knows how long, she knew that just going and massacring those elders in anger would not solve the problem. One needs to search for the root of the problem before acting.
Why would the elders suddenly have such a strong malice towards Hinami?. Logically speaking, if the elders really saw everything, like her hugging Hinami and crying, shouldn't they be very happy that they have someone of significant importance to me? Isn't there a situation where my stupid daughter managed to make the prince of the great kingdom fall in love with her?
So instead of malice, their first thoughts must be how to use this connection to their advantage. And even if there was someone who objected to this, they should still not have this much hatred, since this is really beneficial for their clan.
Although these elders are arrogant, even Izanami had to admit that they would not do things that go against the clan. This is their tradition that both protected them and bound them.
So this brings us back to the question of why these guys would show such hostility to Hinami, who was, in a way, making a huge contribution to the clan.
It didn't take too long for Izanami to know the answer. Just from one glance at Hinami, she noticed how Hinami had her forehead covered with a cloth. Although ninjas may wear headbands to look cool ,but in the Hyuga, the only reason why one would wear a headband is because they want to hide the darkness of the clan.
That is the Caged Bird seal that is inscribed on every branch family member. Although the Hyuga clan says that this seal is for the safety of the Byakugan, anyone with two brain cells could realize that this is bullshit. After all, if they really want to protect their clan's Kekkei Genkai, then shouldn't the main family also be branded with the caged bird seal?
The real reason for this seal is to control the branch family members. In the Hyuga family, everyone who is a branch family member has the duty of protecting the main family members with their lives. So, since ancient times, the branch members were only treated as servants or, much worse, slaves.
Even when the Hyuga clan moved to Konoha, their treatment towards the branch family members had not changed much. But logically speaking, how could the branch family members actually be this obedient? Why didn't they try to rebel when they clearly have more combat experience than any main family members?
Well, the reason for all this is very simple. They cannot even think of rebelling. The caged bird seal's main function is not to protect the Byakugan but to act as a restriction that would make them feel unimaginable pain wherever a main family member wants.
This is the method the main family uses to keep the branch family members under their control. No matter how powerful the branch family members, even if he was a jonin, a genin main family member could defeat him without any problem with a wave of his hand.
It is due to this that the Hyuga main family asserted their dominance over the clan.
Wait, dominance, could it be that ….
Izanami, who was thinking of this problem, suddenly had an idea why the elders would have such an intense reaction to Hinami getting more influence. With Hinami's personality, it is very possible that her guess is correct.
But no matter what, let's deal with those guys first. Their constant peeping has already reached her tolerance level.
Thinking of this, Izanami turned towards the direction from which she sensed the gazes were coming from. She then used her observation Haki to lock onto those elders. Then she activated her Conqueror's Haki.
For a brief moment, Izanami's eyes turned red, and lightning flashed through her eyes. A sudden pressure came out of her body. But strangely enough, apart from the unlucky elders who were now passing out, no one felt it.
Not even Hinami, who was in front of Izanami, felt it. No, to be exact, she didn't feel the overbearing pressure Izanami released, but she felt the use of Conqueror's Haki. After all, she was Izanami's best friend and also the person who created the moon breathing technique.
So of course, she knew about Conqueror's Haki. As a matter of fact, she is a Conqueror's Haki user herself.
She was just curious why Izanami would suddenly use haki and attack someone in the Hyuga clan.
"Sigh, Hina, you are as troublesome as always. " Izanami complained as she stopped using her Haki.
Hinami just tilted her head and didn't answer. But as a smart person who managed to tame Izanami, she could still come up with a few guesses.
"So tell me, why are you still keeping that caged bird seal on yourself? With your sealing abilities, I'm sure you could have released it immediately. " Izanami asked as she took a seat.
With all the stuff that happened earlier, Izanami unfortunately managed to come out from her emotional situation and now could act casually.
Hinami, a bit disappointed at not being able to hug Izanami, pouted as she sat beside her like it was the most natural thing to do.
Seeing her pout, Izanami, who was about to start a serious conversation, threw everything in her mind away and began to coax Hinami like a simp.
After a while of simping, Hinami's mood improved as she smiled happily.
Izanami, who had her head placed on Hinami's lap, smirked inwardly. Humph, under her supreme techniques, no one could be mad at her.
"So tell me, Hinami, why are you not rebelling?" Izanami asked again as she looked at Hinami.
Hinami let out a tired sigh as she began speaking, "Well, it all started when I was …"
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