pjbooks Chapter 161 If only Brother Ningxia were still here.
Chapter 161 If only Brother Ningxia were still here.
"Sister! No!"
Hanabi quickly stepped in front of her father, already knowing that he had been working hard to protect her all along.
If it weren't for my father arguing with the elders, I would have been caged long ago.
After learning the truth from Ningxia, she realized that her father loved her.
"Hanabi..."
Hinata was indeed stunned when she saw her younger sister, and instinctively wanted to avoid her sister's gaze.
But the thought that I've already gone this far and there's no going back makes me realize that there's no turning back.
To free Hyuga from the caged bird trap, all those who benefit from it, as well as those who know about it, must be killed and then burned to the ground.
All the blame will fall on her, but from now on, there will be no more distinction between the main family and the branch family among the Hyuga clan, and Neji will become the new head of the clan.
Hinata was willing to bear the stigma of patricide to protect her sister! It was the only solution she could think of.
Perhaps this is the pain of growing up? In the past, no matter what problem I encountered, I could always find Brother Ningxia. As long as Brother Ningxia was there, any problem would be solved.
"How foolish I am! Don't you understand? This is a trial!"
Hinata's tone instantly turned cold, and she struck Neji with a palm strike, immediately changing the enemy-ally relationship between the two.
"Neji, you actually dare to come back for Hyuga's sake?"
Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Neji knew what Hinata was trying to do, but he felt sorry for her. The young lady... was going to bear the guilt of killing all the elders all by herself.
"Get out of my way, you're too weak. I'm not interested in you right now."
Hinata tried her best to act like a clan-annihilating executioner, but Hanabi wasn't Zuoyue, so she couldn't use the Three-Tomoe technique, and Hinata didn't intend to provoke Hanabi.
As long as Neji returns and secures the position of head of the family, Hanabi will be able to live a good life, at least that's what she believes.
"Sister, how long are you going to keep acting?!"
Hanabi shouted angrily, this was not how her older sister should be! Her older sister was a gentle but somewhat clumsy girl.
Instead of being burdened by the weight of family responsibilities and forced to resort to desperate measures, even slaughtering their own kind, they became executioners!
"Acting? Do you expect me to kill Hiashi Hyuga with my own hands before you'll understand I'm serious?"
Ningxia, who overheard Hinata's words through Hanabi, couldn't hold back. She had only been gone a short while, and the well-behaved and sensible Hinata had already started to go crazy.
He no longer dared to imagine what the others would become.
"It seems I've spoiled you too much; you're completely unaware of your own weakness!"
Hinata raised her hand and punched her younger sister in the stomach, causing her to kneel on the tatami mat in pain, but she still stubbornly tried to persuade her:
"What about Ningxia? If Ningxia saw you now, he would be very disappointed!"
At this point, Hinata finally began to waver. If Ningxia were still alive, how could she possibly need to use her own brain and come up with such a terrible idea?
Fireworks, listen to me...
Ningxia relayed her words to Hanabi, who, despite the pain, stood up and earnestly relayed Ningxia's advice to Hinata.
Although Hiashi was indeed a good father who was willing to do anything for his daughter, his understanding of Hinata was far less than that of Ningxia, an outsider.
As Hanabi relayed the story, Hinata, who was already confused, in pain, and at a loss, finally broke down, kneeling on the ground and crying helplessly.
She really didn't want to do this. She... she just wanted to protect her sister, but she didn't know what else she could do.
If Ningxia were still alive, how could this have happened?
"Sister, don't cry. I know everything now. It wasn't you, Hinata Hyuga, who harmed them; it was the corrupt rules of this clan that ruined them!"
Hanabi kept relaying Ningxia's words, and with Ningxia, who knew Hinata very well, comforting her, Hinata's original anxiety and pain were somewhat relieved.
But Hinata quickly realized something was wrong. Why... did her sister know so much? There were many things that even Ningxia-nii-san knew.
"Hanabi, how do you know so much?"
Hinata stared intently at her younger sister, unable to understand why her usually slow-witted sister had suddenly become so perceptive.
"I...I..."
Hanabi didn't want to mention Ningxia's existence. If Hinata found out that she had gone to Kirigakure, it would be no different from giving away her eyes for free.
"It was a very handsome middle-aged man in my dream who told me this. He was very tall and big, wearing a white kimono, with a long braid, and he had a mole at the corner of his eye."
Hanabi, using excuses, describes Ningxia's appearance, but the Ningxia she describes is not entirely the same as the Ningxia in Hinata's memory.
But this actually increases the credibility. Hinata knows that Ningxia has the ability to communicate through dreams, which means... Ningxia-nii-san asked Hanabi to stop him!?
"What else did he say?"
Hinata quickly pressed for answers, and Hanabi seemed a little lost. It wasn't until Ningxia asked her to relay that Ningxia would be back soon, it just would take some time.
"Really...really?"
"Really, I might even dream about Ningxia again tonight! So... sister, please don't leave me, I... don't want to leave you..."
"..."
The original plan to exterminate the entire clan ended thanks to Ningxia's intervention. As for the clan elders who were killed, some were traitors who brought the Japanese into the country, while others were heroically sacrificed in an attack by what was defined as evil ninjas.
No matter what, Ningxia had worked with Tobirama to cause trouble in the village. When it comes to using underhanded tactics, framing others, and twisting the truth, he can be said to be a first-rate expert.
Understanding the cause and effect allows for a complete fabrication of dirt on them. Even if they were reincarnated, hearing this dirt would make them doubt whether they had betrayed the village.
Hearing that Hanabi, who was so young, could come up with such a meticulous plan, Hinata became even more convinced that Ningxia was protecting her from the shadows.
After Ningxia resolved the matter, he realized that Ge You was lying in Hanabi's mind. If he were in Konoha, he would have made those old guys fly long ago, and they wouldn't have had a chance.
However, as time goes by, I should be able to stand up again, and things will get better then.
The following day, Hinata went to report to Acting Hokage Jiraiya about how the Hyuga clan had been attacked by traitors and evil ninja, and how the elders of the main and branch families had fought bravely against the enemy and died heroically.
"..."
Jiraiya was completely stunned after hearing the whole story. He could accept the fact that the branch family was fighting to the death, since they were just scapegoats.
But what does it mean for the pampered patriarch to lead from the front and ultimately sacrifice himself heroically?
Looking at Hinata in front of him, Jiraiya had many questions, but he was only forced to become the acting Hokage because Shisui was away and he happened to be back to deliver information.
He really couldn't interfere with these family matters, nor did he want to investigate them. In any case, if he interfered with someone else's family affairs, they would all keep quiet.