Zhu Tian: Starting from the Stand User

Chapter 553 Resistance
Lu Chen stood on the roof of the Hyuga clan and looked at the tense situation below. Minato comforted the blind head of the main family and his intact brother from the branch family with a helpless look on his face.

For a bird in a cage, the cage is actually a form of protection. At least this curse did protect them in the past few days. Although for the people of the branch family, they did not want this kind of protection.

In fact, many people from the branch family also lost their eyes when the Otsutsuki clan attacked, but after their eyes were forcibly taken away, their Byakugan were destroyed by the birds in the cage. That's why the Otsutsuki clan attacked Konoha so quickly. After all, there were not many people in the main family.

The main reason why the conflict is becoming increasingly intense today is that the wife of Hyuga Hizashi, a branch of the Hyuga clan, gave birth to a child yesterday.

This child is the only one who is not from the main family but is not sealed as a caged bird, and his eyes are no different from those of the main family.

His birth was undoubtedly the spark that ignited this powder keg. The elders of the Zong family came up with a cruel method to restore his sight. The eyes of those newborns could be used to restore their own sight. Just four or five newborns would be enough to restore all the members of the Zong family to normal.

However, the people of the branch family have also realized that this is their only chance to completely break free from the shackles of the curse. The family system of the bird in the cage can no longer be maintained. If they can't solve it this time, they are willing to use blood to completely defeat this system.

Therefore, the Hyuga clan was in a tense situation at this time.

Minato was in the middle, trying to comfort the two members of the Hyuga clan: "Everyone, don't be impulsive. We will definitely be able to find a proper way to resolve the current problem. I have already sent the Anbu to investigate the intelligence of the enemy who attacked Konoha before."

Although there are no clues yet, as Hokage he is at least actively solving the problem.

Hizashi was actually forced into this position. On one hand, there were his brothers and father, and on the other, there was his son. He had no way of making the final decision.

Lu Chen looked at the Hyuga clan members who had lost their eyes and suffered considerable injuries. Most of them were able to survive thanks to Konoha's comprehensive medical system. The timely assistance sent by Minato also gave them the possibility of survival.

The Hokage's words must be obeyed, so Hizashi stated the common conditions of all branch families: "In the future, there will be no distinction between the main family and the branch family. The caged bird on us cannot be removed. But our children cannot be caged birds anymore!"

The curse of the caged bird could not be lifted by those present, otherwise the people who split up the family would definitely have added this condition.

An old elder angrily refused, saying, "That's impossible! The caged bird is a form of protection for you. It's because of the caged bird's protection that you didn't lose your eyes this time. All of this is for the sake of family heritage!"

It is obvious that he should be the head of the previous generation.

The branch family member, suffering like a caged bird, spoke with resentment: "Since it is to protect you, why don't you give yourself this protection as well!"

"Humph!"

The number of members of the main family is too small, with only one in each generation, so this person is actually Hiashi's father. For him, this system cannot be changed, so even his son needs to be sealed.

As the Caged Bird Curse was activated, nearly all of the branch families fell to their knees in pain. Having lost the White Eyes, the main family still had the means to control the branch families. This power was enough to kill them directly.

Doing this in front of the Hokage was a disgrace to his reputation, so Minato immediately stopped the seal from being cast. He went up and held the caster's hand.

"Please calm down now."

With Minato's intervention, the people of the branch family recovered. Although the branch family was angry before, the two sides had not yet reached the point of breaking out into armed conflict. Now that they had decisively taken action, the branch family present were very unhappy.

Killing a few blind Taijutsu ninjas is a simple matter.

Some even drew their kunai. The branch families, with their more dispersed bloodlines, no longer had close ties to the main family. Therefore, they didn't have the same entangled mentality as Hizashi. As long as they killed Hiashi and his son, no one would be able to restrain them. This was the moment when the lower classes would overthrow their superiors.

The system that maintains the Hyuga clan is actually extremely weak.

Seeing that a conflict was about to break out, Minato immediately shouted, "I will resolve the current conflict for all of you. Anyone who takes the initiative will be arrested and imprisoned in the prison of the Security Department."

A large number of Anbu wearing animal masks appeared, and once a conflict broke out they would take action to subdue those who attempted to fight.

For Minato, now is the time to solve the Hyuga clan's troubles. The only problem is that he cannot lose too much of Konoha's confidence.

Itachi Uchiha saw the chaos that the Hyuga Clan, known as his own clan, was in, and he began to think about the situation of his own clan. At least the Uchiha Clan did not have this kind of conflict within the clan.

Itachi began to think about the village and family, and was confused about the current situation of the Hyuga clan. Is this system really what the village wants?

Lu Chen sat on the rooftop, watching, his mind musing. If it was for Konoha's benefit, then the system of main and branch families was actually beneficial. Carrying a branch family on a mission with a caged bird wouldn't mean encountering anyone trying to steal its eyes. Only in this way could Konoha unscrupulously send the Hyuga clan into battle.

The strategic value of their clan's eyes is very strong, and if too many are lost, it will affect Konoha's interests.

The Uchiha clan relies on their powerful strength to prevent others from taking their eyes, but even so, some eyes are still lost.

And only one White Eye has ever been lost, that's the value of a caged bird.

As long as the main family does not go to the battlefield, the power of the Byakugan will not be lost. As for the situation in which Konoha was attacked by such an enemy before, no one had ever thought of it. After all, the power of the first Hokage, Hashirama, was unmatched.

Rizu said calmly to all the branch family members: "I can promise you that no one will be forced to be caged in the future."

As the current patriarch, his words carried enough power. As to whether it was a delaying tactic, no one knew.

Instead, his father angrily said, "No! The system of the main family and branch families was passed down from our ancestors. No one can abolish it."

It is difficult for the closed-minded Hyuga clan to change the system they have always adhered to.

As he said this he tightened his grip on Minato's hand, the system of main and branch families was beneficial to the Hokage.

(End of this chapter)