The Hyuga clan that started in Konoha

"There are 12 people in total. I understand. Next, those who agree to severely punish Hinata Chima and Hinata Kiyoka, please raise your hands."

"Swish"

Including Hyuga Hiashi, a dozen other members of the main family raised their hands.

However, I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but there were also 12 people who supported severe punishment, and the two sides ended up with a tie.

Apart from the clan leader Hyuga Ryusuke who had stated in advance that he would not express his opinion, the only one at the scene who had not indicated which faction he supported was Cang Si, who was still dozing with his eyes closed.

At this moment, after Cang Si entered the conference hall at the beginning, the fifty or sixty people present all turned their eyes to him.

"Ahem, Third Elder, you are the only one who has not expressed your opinion yet. You can raise your hands to vote on which faction you support?" The Second Elder who was standing next to Cang Si coughed twice and could not help but call out to Cang Si.

"Well, that's really troublesome. You all know that I usually don't join discussions about things like meetings." Cang Si opened his eyes, scratched his cheek and said helplessly.

"Third Elder, we are now in a stalemate and you have to make the final vote. I hope you will agree with me and execute these two branch family members who failed to guard the house effectively!" The Fifth Elder immediately took over the conversation and persuaded Cang Si.

"Third Elder!" Hinata Hizashi couldn't help but shouted pleadingly.

Even Hyuga Hiashi cast a pleading look at Souji, hoping that Souji could help.

"Although I understand your feelings, I still want to say that I abstained from voting. There should be no rule that prohibits abstention from voting, right?" Cang Si spread his hands and said.

“This…” The fifth elder uttered one word and didn’t know what to say next.

However, Cang Si's abstention made the people of the severe punishment faction breathe a sigh of relief. After all, if there was a tie, the clan leader might consider the idea of ​​splitting up the family.

A tie means that the severe punishment faction has the upper hand!

"No, since the third elder chose to abstain, now it is 12 votes to 12 votes. Taking into account the demands of all the branch families, I now declare that Hinata Chima and Hinata Kiyokana will not be executed. Instead, they will be severely punished!" Clan leader Hinata Ryusuke announced the final result.

"Great!"

"Chima, Kiyoka, you can survive now!"

"Hahaha, this is the best outcome."

At that moment, all the jonin of the Hyuga clan's branch families, as well as the strict-punishing members of the Hyuga main family, showed expressions of joy.

The remaining members of the clan who supported the execution faction all showed expressions of unwillingness, especially the fifth elder.

"Wait, I object!"

However, in this atmosphere, a voice suddenly rang out, drowning out everyone's cheers.

The person who made this voice was Cang Si, who had already given up!

Chapter 289 Not guilty!

"Wait, Third Elder, haven't you already abstained from voting? Why are you standing up to oppose now that the result has been announced?" At this point, Hinata Hizashi became anxious.

Not only him, but other jonin from the branch families also had anxious looks on their faces.

"Yes, Cang, Third Elder, are you dissatisfied with the result and want to execute Hinata Chima and Hinata Kiyokana?" Hinata Hiashi originally wanted to call Cang Si's name, but suddenly felt that this occasion was inappropriate, so he immediately changed his words.

He also didn't understand. Cang Si, who used to not care about anything and abstained from voting at the beginning, was now against severe punishment and supported the decision to execute him.

"Hahaha, Third Elder, you're good to oppose it. Such a useless member of the branch family should be executed directly to serve as a warning to others!" The Fifth Elder, who originally had red eyes, laughed heartily at this moment.

Cang Si's move of first giving up and then opposing the severe punishment faction really confused everyone present.

"Oh? Third Elder, are you now ready to support the execution of Hinata Chima and Hinata Kiyokana?" Finally, it was Hinata Ryusuke, the clan leader, who spoke.

After hearing what the clan leader Hyuga Ryusuke said, all the branch family jonin stood up excitedly.

Even Hinata Chima and Hinata Kiyokana, who had originally relaxed their bodies and thought they could escape death, tensed up again.

After going around in circles, they still couldn't escape death. The ups and downs of life made the couple lying on the ground look at each other with bitter expressions.

Their emotions were like riding a roller coaster. From the very beginning, when they knew that the heir of the Fifth Elder, whom they had protected, had died, they thought they were doomed.

Unexpectedly, after the young patriarch spoke, they saw a glimmer of hope to survive again.

At that moment, they were truly grateful to the young clan leader Hinata Hiashi from the bottom of their hearts, and swore that if they could survive, the couple would definitely repay the young clan leader well.

However, just as this hope was rising, it was immediately thrown into hell again.

The third elder, who had always been indifferent to everything about the Hyuga clan, would actually refuse to support them to live today when it came to the issue of life and death of the couple.

This made them feel extremely desperate.

To them, it seemed like God didn't want them and their spouse to survive.

"Clan leader, how can this be? The third elder has clearly abstained, how can his opposition be effective now?" A senior ninja from a branch family was anxious, and even the words he spoke sounded quite aggressive!

This was only because he knew that he was bound by the caged bird curse, otherwise, he would have wanted to rush up and fight Cang Si to the death.

Because, for those who have branched out from the Hyuga clan, they feel grief for the loss of the rabbit!

If the main family executes Hinata Chima and Hinata Kiyokana today, they can execute them without hesitation another day!

This is the unfair fate of the Hyuga clan, but they know that this fate is unfair, but they cannot resist.

I can only beg for the clan's magnanimity!

"Hehe, the Third Elder just abstained from voting, but he didn't say he didn't object!" The Fifth Elder sneered after glancing at the branch family's Jonin who had spoken.

"You?" The branch family jonin was furious and was about to explode, but was quickly stopped by another branch family jonin nearby.

"What? You're just a branch family, and you still want to resist? Huh?" Seeing this scene, the fifth elder was already ready to activate the caged bird mark of the branch family's jonin at any time.

"I'm sorry, Fifth Elder, he was just anxious at the moment. I hope you won't take it to heart." The branch family's jonin who held his companion said respectfully.

"Humph"

With a heavy snort, the Fifth Elder didn't want to really lose his temper as there were so many people watching.

But he had already made up his mind that if he found the opportunity in the future, he would definitely teach a lesson to the branch family's jonin who had dared to talk back to him just now.

He wanted to let the other party know who was the master of the Hyuga clan, and that the existence of the branch family was only to serve the main family!

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"Stop arguing, Third Elder, we support severely punishing the two of them instead of executing them because of the strength of the village and the family. Can you tell us why you oppose this?" The Second Elder asked patiently.

In fact, those members of the main family who opposed the execution of Hinata Chima and Hinata Kiyokana were considering the overall situation.

This is definitely different from the strong desire of those who want to save the couple during the division of the family.

One was considering the family and the village, and the other was simply wanting the couple to survive. It was that simple.

If executing the couple Hinata Chima and Hinata Kiyokana could bring greater benefits to the Hyuga clan, they would choose to defect without hesitation.

Therefore, their emotions were not as excited as those of the branch family's senior ninjas. They were just simply curious about why Cang Si would stand up and oppose.

"Ah, I just simply oppose the passing of this resolution." Cang Si said with a relaxed smile. ..

This directly blocked the second elder from speaking.

"Third elder, do you support the execution of Hinata Chima and Hinata Kiyokana?" The clan leader Hinata Ryusuke also came forward to ask.

"Master clan leader, please don't accuse me. I have never said this. I just said that I am simply opposed to severe punishment of Hinata Chima and Hinata Kiyokana, but I have never said that I support the execution of them." Cang Si said with an innocent look on his face.

"Third Elder, what do you mean?" Hinata Hiashi asked in confusion.

"You neither support severe punishment nor execution. Third Elder, what exactly do you want to do? Are you trying to make fun of us?" The Fifth Elder said with a gloomy face.

The fifth elder originally thought that Cang Si was on their side, but he didn't expect that the other party said such incomprehensible words, which instantly confused him.

Not to mention the Fifth Elder, even the other Hyuga clan members in the conference hall were confused at this moment. They didn't know what Cang Si was up to.

What does it mean to neither support severe punishment nor the death penalty?

"Oh? Third elder, can you tell us what you think?" The clan leader Hyuga Ryusuke, who had been expressionless since the meeting began, actually smiled at this moment.

Hinata Hiashi, who noticed this scene, couldn't help but be surprised.

You know, two days have passed since the incident. Yesterday, Cang Si missed the first meeting because he was on a mission.

Today is the second meeting.

Over the past two days, everyone has also discussed how to deal with the couple Hinata Chima and Hinata Kiyokana.

But no matter how everyone discussed it, my father did not express his opinion. Even in today's vote, my father did not clearly state which side he supported.

In the end, he was only representing the entire Hyuga clan and announced the final result based on the principle of minority obeying the majority.

But as soon as the result was announced, Cang Si, who had originally abstained from voting, spoke up and expressed his opposition, and then this incident happened.

Moreover, the careful Hinata Hiashi also discovered one thing, that is, his father had not laughed once in the past two days.

Only when Cang Si said that he did not support either side, his father finally smiled for the first time in two days!

"As for my opinion, well, if you ask me, Hinata Chima and Hinata Kiyokana are innocent in this matter!" Cang Si said without any hesitation.

Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty!

At this moment, these two deafening words directly penetrated into the ears of the fifty or sixty Hyuga clan members present at the scene.

Everyone's eyes widened. They didn't expect Cang Si to say such a shocking statement.

Even Hinata Chima and Hinata Kiyokana, a couple who had been lying on the ground waiting for their fate to be decided, raised their heads in shock and looked at Souji in disbelief, who looked as if it was their due.

No one expected that the original battle between the severe punishment faction and the execution faction would be interrupted by a third idea, that is, innocence!

Cang Si proposed a plan that was consistent with the situation at the scene.

Some people have different opinions.

At this moment, it doesn't matter whether the punishment is severe or not. All the jonin from the branch families look at Cang Si with grateful eyes.

Many of them now feel guilty because they originally thought that Cang Si's opposition to severe punishment meant that he supported the death penalty.

Unexpectedly, Cang Si actually thought that there was no need for punishment and just declared him not guilty.

This made all the jonin of the branch family feel extremely guilty for having misunderstood Cangsi's thoughts at the beginning.

It’s not that the Third Elder is not on the side of their branch family; it’s clearly that their branch family is not on the side of the Third Elder!

In fact, most of the branch family's jonin knew that the death of the fifth heir of the main family and the taking away of the Byakugan had nothing to do with Hinata Chima and the couple Nichijou Kiyokana.

Who can guard against the evil hands of their own master?

Don't say that the idiot fifth bloodline heir only acted secretly. Even if he wanted to kill Hinata Chima and Hinata Kiyokana openly, it would be easy for him to do so.

Therefore, strictly speaking, they had no way of guarding against a sneak attack from the heir of the fifth branch of the clan.

They were innocent, but someone had to take the blame for the death of the fifth bloodline's heir, and they also had to appease the anger of the five elders.

That is why Hinata Chima and Hinata Kiyokana will be the subjects of trial by the Hyuga clan's main family today.

This is the sadness of the branch family. They are like birds in a cage, which means that even though they are stronger than most members of the main family, they are still unable to resist.

"Wow~, Third Elder, you are so righteous!" Unexpectedly, after Cang Si said the word "not guilty", a branch family's jonin actually cried with excitement.

The other branch family jonins also had red faces due to excitement, and some of them even had tears in their eyes. If they had not wiped them away in time, they would have ended up like the crying branch family jonin.

Never before, really never before!

As a branch family, this was the first time they felt the care from their fellow clansmen from a member of the main family.

It was an equal, true family-like feeling.

Everyone is a member of the Hyuga clan. There is no distinction between the main family and the branch family, no difference in status, and being a bird in a cage is no longer a curse on their fate.

Finally one day, those who separated from their family met a member of the main family who could treat them fairly.

It is not a relative fairness like that of the young patriarch. It is also based on the unfairness brought about by the gap in status and the hierarchy.

If Cang Si had not appeared and proposed this view of innocence, they might have been grateful to the young patriarch.

After all, no matter what, it was the young clan leader who saved Hinata Chima and Hinata Kiyokana, a couple who were originally likely to be executed.

Although he inevitably received severe punishment afterwards, at least his life was saved.

In the eyes of the Hyuga clan's branch members, this should be the best outcome.

However, this best result is actually unfair. Why should the husband and wife, who are both victims, be treated like this?

But there is no way, this is the fate of the branch family. As long as the main family thinks you are guilty, you will be guilty even if you are innocent!

This is only relatively fair. If it is absolutely unfair, then as the fifth elder said, the couple can only be executed.

Originally, the members of the branch family only had these two choices. Now, with the appearance of Cang Si, they saw the possibility of another choice.

If possible, let them ask for it a little bit. Can this matter eventually develop as the Third Elder said?