Naruto: The Primal Hyuga Pierces the Shinobi World.

Hinata Shin's tough stance silenced the entire conference room. After a moment, the one who reacted the most was not the Third Hokage or Danzo, but the most impatient Mitokado Homura.

The consultant slammed his hand on the coffee table, stood up abruptly with a furious expression, pointed at Hyuga Shin, and demanded angrily:

"Hyuga Shin! What do you mean by that?!"

"Are you going to make the whole village pay the price for your Hyuga clan's impulsiveness?!"

"The village has finally escaped the quagmire of war. Are you going to drag it back into war for the sake of you, Hyuga?"

"You're selfish!"

Mitokado Homura confronted and berated him with an air of righteous indignation, his words devoid of any of the respect he once showed Hyuga Shin. To say such things in this setting was tantamount to Mitokado Homura breaking ties with the Hyuga clan.

The sudden outbreak of Mitokaku inflammation was also unexpected by everyone.

Those present were all high-ranking officials of Konoha. Even the young Shinichi Hyuga was destined to become one of Konoha's high-ranking officials in the future. Everyone was a "respectable" person. No matter how much they had conflicts, they had to maintain appearances, right?

However, Mitokado Enoki seems to have always considered himself an "advisor," completely forgetting his own identity and the identity of the person standing on the opposite side of him at this moment.

"selfishness?!"

"Mitokado Homura, get yourself to the bottom of who you're talking to!?"

"Since the founding of Konoha, we Hyuga have been an important part of this village."

"Over the past fifty years, do you know how many Hyuga clan ninjas have sacrificed their lives to protect this village?"

"In what capacity and on what stand are you, Mitokado Homura, questioning me?! Questioning the Hinata clan?"

"What, you're trembling with fear now just because the Cloud Ninja intimidated you?"

"That Fourth Raikage dared to wage war against Konoha for some so-called damned mission. Does Konoha lack the courage to fight the Cloud Ninja to protect our comrades?!"

"Or do you think that the Hyuga clan is less valuable to Konoha than those Cloud Ninja envoys are to the Cloud Ninja?!"

"Or perhaps you think that the strong warriors of Konoha are all useless incompetents, no match for the Cloud Ninja?"

Mitokado Homura's words were harsh, so Hyuga Shin naturally wouldn't say anything nice either. Not only did he bring up the Hyuga clan's "Konoha seniority," but Hyuga Shin also subtly insulted the Third Hokage and others in the process.

Qualifications...

This kind of thing is truly useless when it's useless, and truly useful when it is useful.

In the entire Hidden Leaf Village, besides the Senju and Uchiha clans, who else has the seniority of the Hyuga clan?

Speaking of contributing to the village, the importance of the Hyuga clan's Byakugan to the village over the years is self-evident. Otherwise, why would the Cloud Ninja have to pay such a high price to seize it?

Not to mention the past, even now there are many Hyuga ninjas fighting on the front lines for the village. Even the current head of the Hyuga clan is on the front lines. Who can question whether the Hyuga clan has selfish motives?

Since Shinichi Hyuga had already said all that, Homura Mitokado was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to respond.

His ability to become an advisor was due to seniority, his status as a comrade-in-arms of the third generation, and his position as one of the second generation's many disciples. Now that Hinata Shin is ranked by seniority, he really has no advantage whatsoever.

"You're... just making excuses!"

"You old codger, you're so selfish! You've put the interests of your Hyuga clan above the interests of the village!"

"If we truly want what's best for the village, we must eliminate every possibility that could trigger war!"

"Why not do something that could be solved by the death of a few members of the tribe?!"

"Would it suit your taste to drag all the ninja clans of Konoha down with you?"

Although Mitokado was so angry he couldn't speak, he had political allies in this matter.

When Xiaochun, who was turning over to his room, saw that his old comrade-in-arms was at a disadvantage, he also spoke up to help him.

At this point, both the Third Hokage and Danzo had fallen silent.

Hiruzen Sarutobi seemed to be wavering, and he could clearly sense that Minato Namikaze was determined this time and would not be manipulated by him.

After a moment's thought, Hiruzen Sarutobi chose to remain silent.

Danzo also sensed Hyuga Shin's strength and didn't foolishly break ties with him.

Unlike Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, who have now become complete "office workers," Danzo, who possessed Root, had a deep understanding of the Hyuga clan's power.

Shinichi Hyuga took a tough stance on this matter, and they really didn't have any good solutions.

Should we forcefully kill the Hyuga clan members to quell the Cloud Ninja's anger?

That's not impossible, provided he can withstand the Hyuga clan's wrath. To be honest, Danzo wasn't really that confident in facing a clan with such a bloodline limit, and more importantly, the Fourth Hokage was on their side.

This is where the influence of family power becomes apparent.

If the center of today's storm of public opinion were not Hyuga, but some commoner ninja or a ninja from a small clan, even if there were dissenting voices, the most likely outcome would be that the village's higher-ups would simply sell them out to appease the enemy's anger.

Just like Pakura, the "hero" of Sunagakure back then.

No matter how powerful an individual is, once you're dead, you're dead, and no one will bring up past grievances for you.

However, the Hyuga clan is different. The Hyuga clan has a long history in the ninja world and not only has a strong influence in Konoha, but also has friendly ninja clans throughout the entire ninja world.

If Hyuga is really pushed too far, the consequences will be beyond what Danzo can bear now.

Danzo only dared to make some minor moves against the Hyuga clan; he wasn't that stupid to confront them head-on.

"Koharu, I think you've lost your mind!"

"What do you mean by dragging the entire Konoha ninja clan down with you?!"

"If the village cannot guarantee the survival and safety of our Hyuga clan, why should we, the Hyuga, be rooted in Konoha?!"

"I'm making this clear today: the Hyuga clan will never hand over their members!"

"If the Cloud Ninja have the guts, come and take it themselves!"

Shinichi Hyuga did not restrain his temper when facing Koharu Utatane.

Only after he said these words did Shinichi slowly raise his head, glance at his great-grandfather, and look at him with some surprise in his eyes.

In his memory, the Hyuga clan didn't seem to be that assertive in this matter...

Why is Hyuga Shin so different from the Hyuga clan elder he remembers?

However... what Shinichi Hinata said was true, and Shinichi agreed with it.

It's understandable that Konoha fears war, but... would the Cloud Ninja crave war?

These spineless cowards of Konoha only want to take the easy path and don't want to take any risks. But can peace in the ninja world be achieved by simply giving in?!

Do you think that the ninja world would be at peace just because Hashirama Senju banged his head on the ground?

No, you first have to become Hashirama Senju...

Ultimately, only the powerful have the right to speak.

"I think the Hyuga clan should have some say in this."

Shinichi Hyuga spoke bluntly, and after saying that, he didn't intend to say anything more. He took Shinichi's hand, ignored the fury of Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane behind him, and left the office.

In the office, Minato leaned back in his chair, relaxed, completely unconcerned about Hinata Shin's departure.

After Shin Hyuga made his statement, this "encirclement and suppression" of the Hyuga family could no longer continue, unless it really escalated to the point of physical violence.

But Minato won't let that happen!

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