Chapter 51: Fighting to the Very Last Moment, He Committed Suicide and Returned to Heaven!
With a cautious shout, a Byakugan-eyed middle-aged man walked out from inside.
"Father!"
The little girl, who had been running around the streets outside, saw the man come out and immediately ran over, then looked at Bai Mo, the stranger, with a puzzled expression.
Alright.
Her parent was inside, guarding the child with Byakugan active.
Seeing Bai Mo stare at someone else's daughter and say, "Why is no one here?" in a manner that suggested he was about to kidnap a child, it was normal for the other party to react this way.
But this made Bai Mo even more unable to understand how the Hyūga Clan's young mistress could have been bullied and called a Byakugan monster.
This felt more difficult than a neighbor trying to sneak into the Hyūga Clan's bed, wardrobe, or windowsill for an adventure.
As for this Byakugan little girl, Bai Mo naturally recognized her at first glance.
—Classic recognition by hairstyle.
"You're a ninja from another village who came for the Chūnin Exams, aren't you? This is the Hyūga Clan's compound, and you are not welcome here."
Hyūga Hiashi stared at Bai Mo with his Byakugan and directly ordered him to leave.
"So unfriendly?"
"Hyūga Clan Head, don't be in a hurry. I'll leave after I ask you a question."
Bai Mo said with a smile.
"...Speak."
Although Hyūga Hiashi's tone was not good, he really didn't dare to act rashly.
Bai Mo wasn't wearing any forehead protector, so he didn't know which ninja village Bai Mo was from.
It would be troublesome if things escalated, repeating the incident of his brother Hizashi's death.
"If you see someone outside the village possessing Byakugan, what would you do?"
"We would reclaim the Byakugan and defend the honor of the Hyūga Clan."
Hyūga Hiashi answered without the slightest hesitation.
It's just unknown if he could truly follow through on his words, and how much sincerity there was.
"What if they were born with it?"
Bai Mo asked again.
"Born with it? Then we would engrave the Caged Bird Seal on them and have them join our Hyūga Branch Family. Our Hyūga Clan is not an unreasonable family."
Hyūga Hiashi thought for a moment and gave his reply.
"Alright, I understand. Farewell."
After getting his answer, Bai Mo left as promised.
Hyūga Hiashi breathed a slight sigh of relief, but Bai Mo's gaze before leaving made him feel a subtle unease.
—
Bai Mo returned to Konan's residence.
The two questions Bai Mo asked Hyūga Hiashi earlier were to see if the Hyūga Clan's Main Family and Branch Family system had improved.
After all, in the Boruto era, the Main and Branch Family system seemed to have been abolished, and Hyūga Hiashi was quite amiable.
But now, it clearly hadn't.
According to Hyūga Hiashi's words, even if Ōtsutsuki Kaguya came to the Hyūga Clan, she would at least be asked to close her Rinne Sharingan, get a Caged Bird Seal, and then leave.
Since that's the case, and they're already here, they might as well absorb some power as planned.
This would prevent the Hyūga Clan from proclaiming "Hyūga is Konoha's strongest clan" from the beginning all the way to the Boruto era, only for their most eye-catching achievement to be the strongest young ninja, Hyūga Neji, successfully becoming both Cupid and a scapegoat, blocking a flying projectile with his body.
Bai Mo and Konan discussed for a while inside the house.
Little Karin voluntarily activated her Kagura Mind's Eye to scout the surroundings, preventing anyone from eavesdropping.
"Are you asking us to kidnap children? Aren't you afraid Karin will hear this, feel she misjudged you, and run away in fear?"
After the discussion ended, Konan asked with a hint of teasing in her voice.
"Ah? No, no."
Karin, who was mentioned, paused for a moment and quickly shook her head and waved her hands.
"What are you saying? We are helping gifted children escape the patriarchal native families and incidentally stimulating them to change, otherwise such things will continue to happen..."
"How noble."
"..."
After all that, it was essentially the "reward" for saving the Third Hokage.
Bai Mo had already made it very clear to everyone why Hiruzen Sarutobi needed to stay alive.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's survival would allow him to continuously compromise with them.
Even Itachi knew about this.
Disregarding the various reasons Bai Mo gave, the outcome was "good"; if the Third could live and continue to look after Sasuke, without Itachi having to go back and scare Danzō, then it was good.
As for the plan Bai Mo and Konan discussed?
The next day, at the Hyūga Clan compound.
The Forest of Death exam lasted for several days.
The one-on-one duels that the Daimyō and wealthy merchants wanted to see would only begin a few days later.
The Genin's parents, relatives, and friends also couldn't watch the battles, so they could only think about those participating in the Chūnin Exams.
"Father, can my sister pass the Chūnin Exams?"
Little Hanabi had just finished her morning training and couldn't help but think of her sister Hinata, asking her father Hiashi.
"Pass? It would be good if she could uphold the honor of our Hyūga Clan."
Whenever Hinata was mentioned, Hyūga Hiashi would have an expression of disappointment, wishing she were stronger. He then looked at his younger daughter, "Hanabi, instead of worrying about whether she can pass, you should focus more on your training, and don't disappoint me like her."
"Yes, Father!"
Hanabi straightened her body.
"Also, don't go out these days. There are too many foreign ninjas, and countless people covet our Hyūga Clan's Byakugan. It's very dangerous, just like that person yesterday."
Hiashi reminded and warned Hanabi before leaving the backyard.
"Understood."
Hanabi nodded in agreement, then continued her training in the backyard alone, with a maid watching over her.
Crack.
Hanabi struck a tree with her palm, and the trunk snapped in response.
"Hoo~"
Due to the exertion of training, Hanabi's cheeks were flushed. She let out a breath and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
"Damaging the environment is not good."
Suddenly, a white head wearing a forehead protector emerged from the broken tree trunk.
"Ah!"
Hanabi was startled and instinctively slapped it.
"Ah—"
White Zetsu screamed, flew backward, fell to the ground, and lost all signs of life.
"Huh?"
Hanabi looked down at her palm in astonishment.
When did she become so powerful?
"You went too far! Give me back my second brother's life!"
Another White Zetsu emerged from underground, rushing forward with a mournful expression.
"It's an outsider, just like Father said!"
Hanabi noticed the forehead protector on White Zetsu's head. Although she didn't recognize which village it belonged to, it definitely wasn't Konoha's.
Hanabi calmed down, assumed the Gentle Fist stance, and prepared to face the enemy.
Smack.
White Zetsu was snapped in half by a palm strike, making a "ga" sound as its two halves fell to the ground, unresponsive.
"No—he promised me he'd marry me after this mission. No—"
Another White Zetsu cried out, emerging and rushing towards the broken White Zetsu in front of Hanabi.
"Huh?"
Hanabi was confused by White Zetsu's words and instinctively slapped it.
The third White Zetsu, who had just pounced on White Zetsu's corpse, flew backward and splattered against the wall.
"Kill me."
Yet another White Zetsu emerged, this time not attacking, but directly kneeling before little Hanabi.
Hanabi hesitated.
At this moment, a palm strike came from behind her, directly pulverizing White Zetsu number four.
Hanabi turned to look, and it was her father, Hyūga Hiashi, who was still in the Eight Trigrams Empty Palm stance.
"Father, this..."
"Hanabi, step back, leave it to me!"
Hyūga Hiashi stepped forward, shielding Hanabi behind him.
"No—it hurts, it hurts so much..."
Another White Zetsu emerged.
Smack.
"Everyone, charge together! Fight to the last moment, and then commit suicide to ascend to heaven!"
Smack.
"Death is not scary; death is a cool summer night..."
Smack.
Hyūga Hiashi went from being wary at first to being casual and confused later on.
One palm strike for each, plus the three Hanabi dealt with, a total of seven White Zetsu met their tragic end here.
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