Sometimes, Hiashi had to admit that a woman's body also had its advantages.
At least Kazuki and Rinka got along very well. Just by looking at Rinka's increasingly mature charm recently, Hiashi knew that Rinka had been completely taken by Kazuki at some point.
If it were anyone else, Hiashi would definitely be furious, even wishing he could find that person, then flay them alive.
The women of their Hyuga clan were not so easily obtained. The Hyuga clan, under normal circumstances, would not marry outside the clan. Even daughters of the Main Family were no exception. They would even be branded with the Caged Bird Cursed Seal, losing their Main Family qualifications and status.
This was something no Main Family member could accept. They were accustomed to the Main Family status, and to be branded with the Caged Bird Cursed Seal and become a Branch Family member was a matter of shame. No one would accept such a thing happening.
However, this woman was Rinka, and for her to go against the entire Hyuga clan was not difficult. And Kazuki was currently the strongest in the Ninja World. Many said that Kazuki had already surpassed the likes of Madara and Hashirama. He was also currently the Fourth Hokage of Konoha, and the Hyuga clan had already pledged allegiance to Kazuki.
Therefore, they even wished that Rinka would do such a 'disgraceful' thing.
"How much do you know about the origins of the Hyuga clan?" Rinka suddenly asked out of the blue.
"The origins of the Hyuga clan?" Hiashi was stunned, somewhat confused as to why Rinka would suddenly say such a thing.
Hiashi said, choosing his words carefully, "There are rumors that our Hyuga clan is connected to the Sage of Six Paths, but I don't know the specifics. The earliest records within the Hyuga clan date back five hundred years. The Hyuga clan seems to have had some formidable enemy, and to protect the bloodline, the Caged Bird Cursed Seal was created."
"That's true." Rinka nodded slightly.
"The Hyuga clan originates from the descendants of Ōtsutsuki Hamura, the Sage of Six Paths's younger brother. They indeed have a connection with the Sage of Six Paths. If you really trace it back, we are all descendants of the Rabbit Goddess. And the Uchiha, Senju, Uzumaki, and even the Hagoromo clan descendants from the Land of Lightning, are all actually descendants of the Sage of Six Paths."
"This... How is this possible? The Uchiha and Senju..." Hiashi's eyes widened, a look of disbelief on his face.
The Hyuga clan originating from the Sage of Six Paths's younger brother was a good thing.
As the Sage of Six Paths's younger brother, he shouldn't be much weaker than the Sage of Six Paths's, right?
If that were the case, wouldn't they also be descendants of a god?
Our Hyuga clan is indeed nobility of the Ninja World.
It's Konoha's first... cough cough, currently the Uchiha clan is Konoha's strongest clan, but their Hyuga clan is at least Konoha's second strongest clan, and also the second strongest clan in the Ninja World.
What? Is someone going to question that? If you have the guts, go talk to Rinka.
Before, the Hyuga clan's claims were just talk. After all, the higher-ups also needed a clan that could rival the Uchiha clan. After the decline of the Senju clan, the Hyuga clan was the best choice.
There's no way they would let weakling clans like the Sarutobi clan or the Shimura clan step up, right?
In Hiashi's heart, the so-called Sarutobi clan was merely a nouveau riche clan. They achieved great development during the Konoha period, but during the Sengoku era, they couldn't compare to their Hyuga clan. Moreover, they were descendants of the Rabbit Goddess.
What bothered Hiashi was why the Uchiha and the Senju clan, both descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, would fight for a thousand years.
Rinka's eyes flickered as she said, "The Ninja World needs to recover, everyone is nourishment for this planet. War can promote the development of the Ninja World. Therefore, his descendants needed to initiate chaos first, which could promote the development of war."
"This was the Sage of Six Paths's plan. Although it's somewhat cruel and cold-blooded, if it's for the sake of the Ninja World, it's not entirely incomprehensible."
"Hiss!" Hiashi couldn't help but gasp.
The Sage of Six Paths had always been portrayed in legends as a benevolent elder, and it was said he even preached mutual understanding among people. He had never expected that the Sage of Six Paths was such a person behind the scenes.
A cold and brutal Sage of Six Paths, but if it was for the Ninja World... sigh, this was beyond what mere ants like them could comprehend.
Rinka said, "There are some things I can't do too much about. You just need to know that for the sustainable development of the Ninja World, the Sage of Six Paths would never allow true peace to come to the Ninja World."
Rinka then warned Hiashi, "You are too weak, knowing too much won't do you much good."
I am weak? While I may not have the strength of a Kage, I am still a top-tier expert, alright?
At least in Hiashi's heart, he certainly considered himself a strong individual. However, considering Rinka's strength, he did seem like a weakling.
"I wonder what kind of strength the Sage of Six Paths possesses." Hiashi sighed with emotion.
Rinka shook her head with a complex gaze and said, "Very strong. At least I am not the Sage of Six Paths's match right now. Kazuki has caught up, even surpassed him. But I'm not sure of the specifics."
She had originally thought that having acquired Isshiki's power, she was very close to Kazuki.
She hadn't expected that Kazuki had not only mastered the power of Kekkei Mora but had also gone very far down that path.
Hiashi said, "Is that so? It seems your strength has exceeded our imagination. Perhaps you have already surpassed the likes of Madara and the First Hokage."
Hiashi didn't understand the Sage of Six Paths's strength, but he had heard of the legends of Madara and Hashirama.
"Hmm."
Rinka didn't feel proud about this. Wasn't it only natural to surpass them?
What was there to be proud of?
However, Rinka's acknowledgment stirred up a storm in Hiashi's heart. The Hyuga clan finally had a strong individual of this caliber. Immediately after, he recalled Rinka's previous words.
He looked at Rinka in disbelief and asked, "Have you already begun to revert to your ancestry?"
"You could say that." Rinka chose her words carefully.
"Actually, the Hyuga clan originally came from the moon. The reason they came to the Ninja World was to guard against another group of descendants, who call themselves Ōtsutsuki."
"Ōtsutsuki?" Hiashi clearly didn't understand the true value of the Ōtsutsuki clan.
Rinka explained eloquently, "They just call themselves that. Ōtsutsuki is the surname of the Rabbit Goddess and the Sage of Six Paths's brothers. The Sage of Six Paths's two sons, Asura and Indra, didn't use the Ōtsutsuki surname, but the descendants of the Sage of Six Paths's younger brother have always used the Ōtsutsuki surname. Before our Hyuga clan came down from the moon, we likely also used the Ōtsutsuki surname."
"They possess a Giant Tenseigan made up of many Byakugan, which can unleash terrifying power. You can probably understand this. It's the same technique passed down through our Hyuga Main Family. And that Giant Tenseigan, formed from countless Byakugan, can unleash attacks even more powerful than our technique."
"That technique? So, that's an Ōtsutsuki ability?" Hiashi suddenly thought of many things.
No wonder that move was so powerful. It was originally the power of the Sage of Six Paths's younger brother. Their bodies couldn't withstand such an attack, which is why they would later die from the backlash. Everything seemed to make sense now. Hiashi felt proud of his clan.
However, that Giant Tenseigan made him extremely wary, he had a bad premonition.
Rinka said, dropping a bombshell, "Kazuki suspected that our ancestors were very likely specialized in providing Byakugan. There are an unknown number of Byakugan on that Giant Tenseigan, at least tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, or even millions."
"Our ancestors might have grown tired of that life, came to the Ninja World, and to prevent those Ōtsutsuki from taking our Byakugan, they established the Caged Bird Cursed Seal."
Hiashi clenched his fists. Although it was just a guess, he knew that it was almost certainly true.
What? You're saying those people have the same ancestors as themselves?
Alas, didn't the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan also have a common ancestor?
What kind of state were they in during the Sengoku era?
Whether the Ninja World was chaotic or not was up to the Uchiha and the Senju.
Of course, the Senju clan always said that everything they did was to stop the evil Uchiha, and that their Senju clan was a peace-loving clan.
As for how many people actually believed such words, that's a matter of opinion.
It's not incomprehensible that descendants of the Sage of Six Paths's younger brother would kill each other.
The Hyuga Main Family didn't really treat the branch family members as equals.
Hiashi was relatively good. He had a biological younger brother who was now in the branch family. As for the other Hyuga Main Family members, it seemed very few could empathize with the branch family. It seemed that the branch family also found it difficult to empathize with the Main Family.
The Hyuga clan was like this, let alone the so-called Ōtsutsuki clan.
In fact, Hiashi even strongly suspected that the so-called Main Family and branch family system also came from the Ōtsutsuki clan, and their Hyuga clan was...
He couldn't continue thinking like that. It must have been the benevolent Ōtsutsuki Main Family who led some Ōtsutsuki branch family members to the Ninja World to protect them. And these Ōtsutsuki Main Family members became the Hyuga Main Family. Whether it was true or not, Hiashi accepted it.