Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 401 Hiashi Hyuga

Located in the central area of ​​Konoha Village.

The Hyuga clan's ancestral home, a grand and imposing residence.

Training room.

Hiashi Hyuga, holding a wooden staff, faced the young girl with a stern expression: "Stand up..."

"Father..." Hinata's eyes welled up with tears.

Hiashi Hyuga snapped at him, "What's with those tears?"

Hinata bit her lip, trying to stop her pathetic tears from flowing.

Hiashi Hyuga's expression remained calm, but deep disappointment was evident in his eyes.

One reason is that my daughter is not ambitious enough.

On the other hand, he had even sacrificed his own younger brother for this daughter, and this is how he ended up.

Although this daughter is only six years old, her talent can actually be seen very early on.

The two sons of the former head of the Uchiha clan. The eldest son needs no introduction, he is a genius among geniuses. In peacetime, he graduated from the Ninja Academy at the age of seven. What does that mean?

Even the second son was a top student, ranking first in his class as soon as he entered school.

Putting that aside, his deceased brother's son, Hyuga Neji, was also a genius whose talent was obvious to the naked eye.

In comparison, his daughter's grades were not only not among the top in her class, but only average, which made him, as her father, very unhappy.

If she were from an ordinary family, it wouldn't matter, but she was born into the Hyuga clan, and more importantly, she is from the main branch of the Hyuga clan.

She originally wanted to have a son to inherit the family line, but instead she had a daughter. She is still too young to show any talent, but even if she is talented, she is a woman and is at a disadvantage from the start.

Then look at Fugaku, both of his sons are geniuses, and the success rate is frighteningly high.

Hiashi Hyuga was incredibly resentful; he got angry just looking at Hinata.

"Um?"

Hiashi Hyuga suddenly sensed someone outside the door.

"What's wrong, Father?"

Hinata noticed the bulging veins at the corner of her father's eye, a sign that he was activating his Byakugan, and couldn't help but wonder.

Hiashi Hyuga said coldly, "Come out, you sneaky thing."

After a while, the person hiding behind them appeared leisurely. Upon seeing the person's face, they were taken aback. The person was tall and slender, with white hair and blue eyes, and a handsome face. He was none other than the current Uchiha clan leader, Uchiha Aokiji.

"It's you..."

Aokiji smiled slightly: "As expected of the head of the Hyuga clan, your reaction is truly sharp."

Hiashi Hyuga did not respond, but examined Aokiji's body with a solemn expression. The chakra contained in this body was terrifying; it was the kind of tailed beast-level chakra that had only been seen in the Fourth Raikage.

Aokiji glanced at the adorable little girl and grinned, "Your daughter?"

Hiashi Hyuga nodded, wondering what Aokiji was up to.

Across from him, with a poker face, Aokiji teased, "I never would have guessed that someone as serious as you could have such an adorable daughter."

"You came uninvited, you can't just say all this nonsense, can you?" Hiashi Hyuga said irritably. "Also, you've really changed a lot."

In his memory, when he first met him, he was still a kid, but in such a short time, he had become a young man, which surprised him greatly.

Aokiji waved his hand casually and said, "It's nothing serious."

"..."

Hiashi Hyuga said to his daughter Hinata, "Continue your training."

Hinata nodded obediently.

Hiashi Hyuga said to Aokiji, "Come with me."

It's easy to talk to smart people. Aokiji and Hiashi Hyuga entered a room, and the two sat facing each other.

Hiashi Hyuga asked, "What do you want with me?"

Aokiji got straight to the point: "Nothing special, I just hope you can support me when I become Hokage."

Hiashi Hyuga paused, then looked at him with a "you're kidding" expression: "This isn't something that's nothing special."

Aokiji seemed to sense what the other person was thinking and replied with a smile, "I'm not joking."

"The Hokage reshuffle hasn't even started yet, isn't it a bit too early for you to talk about this kind of thing now?"

Hiashi Hyuga let out a sigh of relief. "And if you want to become Hokage, you should do it through the proper channels, not in secret..."

After saying that, he glanced at the other person, his expression speaking volumes.

After all, the other party is the head of a clan, a figure of equal status to him, and it would be bad for both sides to say things outright.

"Are you kidding me?" Aokiji chuckled, his expression turning cold, and blood-red patterns appeared in his eyes. "How could someone from the Uchiha clan become Hokage through normal channels?"

This is……

Mangekyou Sharingan!

This was the first time Hiashi Hyuga had ever seen Sharingan like this.

This is like someone who has never eaten pork, or even seen a pig run, but has at least heard of it.

Given what he said earlier about not being able to follow normal channels, it's clear that he certainly won't adopt any gentle methods.

"Calm down."

Hiashi Hyuga tried his best to persuade him.

"I'm calm, but my heart is cold, okay?" Aokiji said with a self-deprecating laugh, his expression solemn. "You must know how the village has treated the Uchiha differently all these years, right?"

Hiashi Hyuga nodded in silence, and after a long while said, "Why are you telling me this kind of thing?"

Aokiji said earnestly, "I need support..."

Hiashi Hyuga realized that the Byakugan had great strategic significance, so it was normal for the other side to consider their clan as a target for recruitment.

Aokiji refuted Hiashi Hyuga's guess: "Don't get me wrong, I don't want the military support of your Hyuga clan."

Hiashi Hyuga frowned.

"What I need is a 'first mover,' even just verbal support. As long as you support me, everyone will gradually support our Uchiha clan in the future."

Hiashi Hyuga frowned even deeper, and righteously refused, "I'm sorry, you'd better find someone else. I won't agree to anything you say, not even verbal support. And... I can pretend I didn't hear what you said today."

He must be out of his mind to join the Uchiha coup; otherwise, he could lose his head.

Even if the opponent possesses those legendary eyes and tailed beast-level chakra, making his strength unfathomable, he still cannot overpower the Hyuga clan.

Hyuga Hiashi refused to accept the offer outright, which didn't surprise Aokiji. In fact, he thought it was already quite kind of them to listen to him for so long.

Aokiji chuckled, "Don't be so quick to refuse."

Hiashi Hyuga's expression was unfriendly, as if he was about to kick him out: "What else do you want to say?"

Aokiji slowly spoke: "Back then, didn't you think it was too much of a coincidence that Kumogakure could so easily bypass the guards and find your daughter so precisely?"

Hiashi Hyuga's face darkened: "What exactly are you trying to say?"

Aokiji said meaningfully, "I just feel that someone might have betrayed the information."

Hiashi Hyuga asked, "Who?"

Aokiji said in a deep voice, "The higher-ups."

Hiashi Hyuga's dilated pupils revealed astonishment, but he quickly made his stance clear, firmly denying it: "Impossible."

"Don't rush to deny it," Aokiji sneered. "You can listen to my analysis first."

Hiashi Hyuga snorted coldly, looking eager to hear more; he wanted to see how Aokiji would explain.

Aokiji slowly began, "To be honest, I always thought our Uchiha clan was already arrogant enough in the eyes of outsiders. I didn't expect your Hyuga clan to be even more arrogant than me. The entire village, including the Uchiha clan, went. Your Hyuga clan is quite unconventional. You didn't even go because it was the birthday of the main family's daughter. In your eyes, is the main family's daughter's birthday more important, or is the peace of the village more important? Do you even care about the village?"

"...Of course, the village is more important."

"Oh, really? But to me, it seems like you're putting your family above the village."

"Stop trying to sow discord. I believe the Hokage will understand us."

"Hmm, I understand. So you're told to die, hand over the Hyuga clan, and give up your corpse?" Aokiji said sarcastically. "That's really understandable."

(End of this chapter)