Chapter 128 Who Is He? (Subscription Required)

Dongdongdong——

Boom boom boom——

The sound of gongs and drums and firecrackers rang out.

Intertwined with the sounds of children playing and adults discussing.

Today, the Hyuga clan was particularly flamboyant, changing their usual low-key style in the village.

The high wall separated their clan from Konoha, and only the Hyuga people could enjoy this excitement and joy.

On the streets of the clan, all kinds of snack stalls can be seen everywhere, but these are not stores selling food, but are provided free of charge to those in need in the clan.

Occasionally, there are also confident clan ninjas who set up a ring and invite other clan ninjas to challenge and compete in actual combat, so that the children in the clan can see the power of ninjas as soon as possible.

As people of the same clan, everyone shouted and cheered, and did not fight until their faces turned red, and they were very measured.

The annual family festival will be held today.

In the clan, the famous and promising clan members in history are enshrined in the deepest part of the clan's mourning hall.

Today, their spirit tablets will be taken out and paraded in the clan land so that their heroic spirits can see the changes of the clan every moment.

However, apart from these, the focus of today is still in the meeting hall near the main house.

Just now, the ancestors were worshipped in the mourning hall, and their spirit tablets were taken out of the mourning hall and carried out for parade by selected ninjas.

As the clan leader, Hyuga Hiashi and the elders, Hyuga Hiashi, and the senior ninjas in the clan have gathered in the meeting hall impatiently, preparing to make a general arrangement of what happened in the clan last year and what they are going to do in the next year.

In previous years, Ryosuke and Hinata did not participate in such meetings.

Ryosuke did not have time, and Hinata was not qualified.

But this year, they were all fortunate to sit in this hall and discuss matters with the elites of the clan.

"Today... is early winter, and it is also the family's annual festival."

Sitting in the main seat, Hyuga Hiashi had a stern face, facing the elites and elders in various positions in the clan, "According to previous practices, I have confirmed and sorted out all the documents you submitted to me before the clan meeting."

"But before we start discussing some of your opinions on the development of the family, my daughter... the future heir to the head of the family, Hyuga Hinata, has something to say to you."

Compared to the bustle outside, the atmosphere in the meeting hall is relatively solemn and traditional.

There are no common and convenient tables and chairs. Everyone, including Hyuga Hiashi, only has a soft futon as a cushion.

Everyone sat on the ground, without anything to eat, not even water.

Hinata, who was sitting on the left side of Hyuga Hiashi, moved forward a little after he spoke, and looked at the tribesmen in front of her with the same serious attitude as her father, "I believe you all know who I am, so I won't introduce myself here."

"Because for now, I am only the heir of the head of the family, not the head of the family, so here I call you seniors, seniors in the profession of ninja."

Her tone was firm and serious.

And below, many Hyuga tribesmen who already knew what she was going to say were very excited and showed it.

But those who didn't know were all looking at each other, full of confusion.

Among them, there were also several respected elders in the tribe.

"In fact, what I want to say is very simple. To sum it up in one sentence, it is to change the ancient clan system and make our clan no longer a lifeless one."

Hinata glanced at the people below and said confidently, "I want to take down the sword engraved with the bird in the cage so that it will no longer hang over your heads..."

"How dare you!"

But before Hinata could finish what she wanted to say, a white-haired old man below spoke directly and interrupted her.

The old man was so angry that he trembled all over. He stretched out his arm and pointed at Hinata with his skinny finger, "Do you know what you are talking about?!"

But soon, he turned his attention to Hyuga Hiashi, "Hiashi, I know you have a lot of opinions about some things in the clan, and I know you don't care about the opinions of us old men."

"But if you have something to say, just say it directly. There is no need to let such a little girl block the knife, let alone use such unfilial words to threaten us."

"You are the head of the Hyuga family, don't act like a child!"

Obviously, this clan elder misunderstood something.

He thought that Hyuga Hiashi was dissatisfied with the interference of his arrangements by the elders, so he wanted to use Hinata to convey some of his ideas and hit them.

Except for this elder who looked more irritable, the other elders sitting in the elders' position were relatively calm, but they all stared at Hyuga Hiashi, waiting for his reply.

But behind them, the rest of the Hyuga clan, the clan elites whom Hinata and the others had not had time to contact during this period, were all somewhat bewildered and at a loss.

Change... the clan system?

"Please don't misunderstand, elder Yixiong. This is not what my father meant."

But Hinata was very graceful towards this impolite old man. She was not angry or discouraged. Instead, she looked at him quietly and waited until he finished speaking before she spoke again.

"I came up with this idea myself, and my father also agrees with it."

"More than half of the people in the clan are willing to support the family reform I proposed."

Sure enough, she is still a little young.

Sitting on the other side of Hyuga Hiashi, Ryosuke didn't expect Hinata to throw this card out so quickly, but it didn't matter.

She grew up quickly. From him and his father, she learned to look at things from various angles and consider things from a longer-term perspective.

But... the way of talking and negotiating, as well as the way of doing things to realize her inner thoughts, are still relatively immature.

"More than half of the people?"

The elder named Kazuo snorted coldly, turned his head and glanced at the others behind him, and turned his head again after a while, looking at Hinata, "What reform methods can you come up with with a little kid like you?"

"Although you are the future heir of the family, there are still candidates who can replace you. I think your sister is good. I heard that she has started practicing soft boxing recently, which is much faster than you were back then."

"Hinata, it's not your one-man show. You can't change it with just a word."

Even if the misunderstanding was resolved, he didn't think Hinata, a little guy who didn't even graduate from a ninja school, could have any ability.

"Of course I have thought about these things seriously, otherwise I would not be able to convince my father."

Keeping a dignified look on her face, Hinata's eyes swept directly over the elder Kazuo in front of her, "First of all, as the elite of the clan, I don't know if you seniors have discovered one thing."

"That is, it has been too long since our clan has produced a true genius, I mean... like the genius that appeared in the Uchiha clan."

She is very confident about this matter.

And rather than convincing the elders present, Hinata prefers to come to inform other people present about this matter.

Therefore, she did not answer the question of the elder Kazuo alone.

"In the long history of Hyuga, I found that there are too few ninjas in our clan who can stand out. I think our corrupt and old-fashioned system has obscured the eyes of our clan members from looking at the sky."

"When the clan members were branded with the caged bird mark, when the clan members of the branch family understood the meaning of their existence, in fact, the upper limit of many people had been set."

"Perhaps at the beginning, the meaning of this system was indeed to protect the blood of the main family to be pure enough, but as time went by, this system has gradually deteriorated, and it has begun to corrode our family like a maggot..."

Every word was clearly conveyed to the ears of everyone present.

Hinata laid out some things that some people in the branch family would not think about, nor dare to think about.

And her confident and generous attitude made many people present have unexpected ideas.

This also includes Hyuga Hizashi.

In the impression of many of them, Hinata used to be like a child from an ordinary family, without the momentum of an ancient family.

Even cowardly.

But now, they saw her change from her.

I felt a completely different demeanor, even surpassing many of my peers.

However, this does not mean that the elders present will be easily persuaded by her.

If it were really that simple, they would not give Hyuga Hiashi a headache.

"I admit that I underestimated a little guy like you."

Elder Yixiong is not the kind of guy who makes trouble without reason by relying on age and seniority.

He first thought about Hinata's system before he began to refute, "Although what you said makes sense, some things have their meaning of existence."

"These systems are the essence of our Hyuga survival for thousands of years."

"How many families that were once as famous as us in the Warring States Period can still exist today?"

After confirming that Hinata was not squeezing them at the behest of Hyuga Hiashi, and that Hinata was not just making some house-playing suggestions on a whim, his attitude improved a lot.

But all the time, he seemed stubborn and feudal.

"Little Hinata, I have something to say as well."

Among the elders, the Hyuga Na elder, who is older than Ichio, also spoke up: "The reason why the system of main family and branch family exists is not only to protect the purity of blood, but also to protect the members of the clan."

"The branch family protects the main family, and the main family also becomes a cage to restrict the branch family, so that the family will not continue to lose money due to the struggle for power and eventually perish in internal strife."

"The bird in the cage mark exists for this reason."

"I have something to say, too."

Another elder spoke up.

One after another.

These elders have lived for so long and have always held high positions in the clan. They must have certain abilities.

They have raised the issues that the clan leader Hyuga Hiashi did not see clearly, and the issues that the reform initiator Hyuga Hinata did not see clearly.

Even some of the content they raised was not realized by Ryosuke, who had been a bystander.

As he once believed, no system is absolutely perfect and has no loopholes.

Any system, as long as you want to find it and have the courage to find it, you will definitely gain something.

Ryosuke thought before that perhaps most of the family supported this hand, and this group of elders would not be willing to stand up and oppose it despite the dissatisfaction of the majority.

But it just so happens that this group of elders are the kind of people who have lived too long, are not afraid of death, and dare to look for loopholes under the pressure of most of the family.

Of course, part of the reason is that Hinata gave them too much time to think, and did not play a good hand of cards in a clearer pattern.

"This..."

Hinata, who was sitting still, began to have difficulty answering questions one after another.

However, she did not seem impatient or at a loss.

Instead, she tried her best to think and try to answer the questions raised by the elders.

Then the question is, how should she take into account every question raised by the elders to improve her reform plan?

"I think this matter should be slowed down. When you grow up and figure it out, you can start to implement these things."

Looking at Hinata who couldn't answer, the elders didn't feel particularly embarrassed and wanted to give her a way out.

Hinata's performance today has already made them quite satisfied.

As for their questions, Hinata looked at the other people who supported her with some embarrassment below.

Should I take a step back first?

She thought to herself.

After all, it was not easy to get these elders to listen to her idea today and think about it.

Judging from their attitude, it seems that they are not holding a pedantic direction for this matter.

In the future, there may really be a chance.

But... do we really have to drag it on?

"Wait."

At this moment, a very hoarse and subtle voice sounded, but it was clearly heard by several elders.

Beside them, the most respected and the most senior old man in the tribe suddenly called them.

"Grand Elder."

Beside him, several old men who had just spoken stopped talking and looked at him.

This was an old man with a very thin body, as if he would die at any time.

Although there is a system of elders in the Hyuga clan, there is no hierarchy.

The title of Grand Elder was proposed by these elders themselves to distinguish their positions from this old man.

In addition to the Grand Elder, Hyuga does not have any second elders, third elders, etc.

This is an old man who has survived since the founding of Konoha Village and witnessed the four Hokage eras of Konoha. He is much older than many people present.

The oldest person in Hyuga looked at Hinata with his yellowed and turbid eyes, "Does he agree with this system?"

In an inquiring tone, he asked a question that most people present could not understand.

Who... is he?

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