'I'm sorry my son… because I… just because I, your father was born a minute too late… now you have to suffer the same curse.' Hizashi thought in his mind, his hands clenching into fists at his side as he realised, there was no negotiating with his brother who was hard set on the traditional ways of the Hyuga Clan.
Even now, years after the Clan elders had all died, Hiashi was still maintaing the system, he hadn't done anything to change it, having grown to accept it as part of the clan, an intrinsic part that couldn't be removed.
'The tension in the clan is growing larger by the year, the branch family… I don't know how long I can stop them… but I don't even know if I wish to stop them anymore.' Hizashi thought in his mind as the talks changed course to the missions and dealings aswell as finances of the Clan.
The matter appeared closed to Hiashi, however… what neither twin brother knew was that the storm approaching was already on the horizon, it wasn't a matter of if it would happen anymore, It was a simple matter of how long until it did.
The day and night passed, early in the morning of the next day, Ayame Hyuga had already taken a mission to the land of tea and had already left the village hidden in the leaves.
Using the body flicker jutsu to head to the location as quickly as she could whilst at the same time maintaining a speed that wouldn't drain her reserves, in the case of any ambush, Ninja had to always be prepared for enemy attacks, even if no war was ongoing at the moment, the tensions were always high and as a member of the Hyuga clan, the possibility of enemy attacks was higher simply based on that fact.
Thought not many tried to attack Hyuga memebers to steal their eyes because the entire world knew of the seal that would destroy their eyes upon death, there were still some that tried their luck at possibly encountering a main branch member.
Meanwhile inside the Hidden Rain Village, at his designated room at the Akatsuki Main Base, Kazuo's real body was resting when he felt a change in one of his paper sheets that he had given to Saori.
Closing his eyes, he quickly sensed the link and followed it and noticed the rate of movement had increased, the paper had already left the hidden leaf village.
'It seems my first test subject is already coming, This is good, very good, by removing the cursed seal, I gain access to a large amount of byakugan, all thats left to do is to find the gateway to the moon and steal the scrolls and techniques of the ootsutsuki clan up there. Making a Tenseigan… soon enough, thought the process will likely take a long time, but I have to be prepared, If i want Saori to unlock it, I'll have to start reserach on both biology aswell as more advanced medical techniques, master them, then continue with experimentation, grab the techniques in the moon aswell as defeat toneri and the Ootsutsuki clan up there who might still be alive at this point in time. All of this, with the hopes that I can have a valuable pawn for the organisation before the start of the 4th great ninja world war.' Kazuo thought as he slowly lifted himself up from his bed and walked to stand before the mirror.
The changes that had occurred to him with the increase in Charisma truly were significant, his skin felt smooth, his features were all perfect almost down to the last detail.
'It kind of reminds me of a saying back in my old world.' Kazuo thought to himself as he released a chuckle as the saying appeared in his mind.
'An angel makes himself hideous… whilst a devil makes himself look beautiful to invite innocents.' Kazuo thought before turning around and shaking his head as he walked back towards his bed, preparing to enter meditation once more.
'Nah, me? A devil? Not possible, im the most generous, kind, merciful and honest man in the entire world.' That was Kazuo's last thought before he sat down in a meditative pose on his bed and closed his eyes.
At the same time, inside the main hall of the Akatsuki base, Yahiko, Konan and Nagato, the original Akatsuki team was gathered together.
"The rate of death of Rain ninja has fallen down quite a lot as the years of peace after the third shinobi war have grown, and the new generation has started to reach elite chunnin and some even jonin levels." Yahiko said to Nagato as he read off a report.
"That's good, they won't be of much use against the other villages, and I don't plan on using them however its still better than nothing." Nagato replied, his voice raspy as usual, the years had started to show an even bigger drain on his body, the rinnegan that he possessed was a constant chakra drain that he could only counteract because of his Uzumaki lineage and even then it was stretched thin.
Nagato wasn't born as a royal Uzumaki or someone with a clear and pure bloodline, he still had one of the largest chakra reserves for an Uzumaki however it didn't compare to the likes of Kushina Uzumaki or even Naruto Uzumaki who were direct descendants of the royalty of the clan.
"What about the aftermath of the problem that Kazuo caused." Konan spoke up.
"It's mostly been cleared, the villages are on high alert though it seems most of the attention went to him as a single ninja rather than the Akatsuki as a whole. Though if thats entirely the case is yet to be seen." Yahiko replied as he shook his head.
"I sent him with you thinking it would cause less of a mess…" Nagato muttered.
Yahiko expression turned into an awkward grin as he lifted his hands.
"You expect me to be able to hold that guy back? Me?" Yahiko said with a higher pitched voice.
"Right…" Both Konan and Nagato muttered at the same time as they looked at their childhood friend realising their mistake.
This dumbass certainly wasn't fit for that job.
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