The water vapor rippling in the air vaguely blurred the light.

It made Hyuga Yuzuru go back to that year in a trance, when he hid under the water and looked at the lights on the water and silently swore to the second generation that day.

He couldn't help but laugh, which made Hizashi look sideways.

"What are you thinking about?"

he asks.

Hinata Yuzuru stretched out his hand, brushed his hair with water, and carried it behind his head, revealing his facial features that had clear outlines. He rubbed his eyes and said, "Thinking of the past."

"Before..."

Hinata Hizashi didn't know what he thought of, and he also showed a faint smile. Then, the smile gradually faded away. He huddled in the water, just like Hinata Yuzuru, only his head was exposed: "Yuzuru."

"Huh?" Hinata Yuzuru responded in a daze.

"Thanks."

He spoke calmly, looking at Hinata Yuzuru, only to see his equally calm profile.

Hinata Yuzuru raised the corners of his mouth, turned his head, and guessed what he wanted to say.

Hinata Hizashi was thanking him for showing mercy to Hinata Hizashi.

Hyuga Yuzuru just looked at him with teasing eyes: "I simply feel that he is not worthy of my eradication. His survival can not only appease the hearts of the surviving clan ninjas, but also conceal the nature of this matter to some extent.

Leaving a good name also means that we, who represent the separation of the family, do not need to bear the bad reputation of 'killing the lord'. This matter can be defined to the outside world as: just a change of power and a reform of the clan system.

Isn't that great?

As long as Rizu... the uncle is willing to hand over his rights and endorse our legitimacy, what difference does it make if we kill him or not?

Can the Hyuga clan still not be able to support their family?"

"..." Hinata Hizu sighed slightly, but nodded.

Hinata Yuzuru just laughed, and laughed for a while, until his father stared at him with threatening eyes, and then said leisurely: "It's really not necessary."

He stirred up the hot water casually and said nonchalantly: "You have been chatting with him for so long, don't you still know what he is thinking? If, even if it is really because of this incident, Uncle Rizu will hate me for this, thinking

If you want to do something to me..."

Hinata Yuzuru just raised his head and leaned against the pool, and said leisurely: "Then just come, as long as he has the ability."

"When the new Blue Bird Curse Seal is developed, the Hyuga clan will be completely stabilized. I believe Uncle Hizu will not have any objections to this." The Blue Bird Curse Seal that Hyuga Yuzuru said is the replacement curse for the caged bird.

print.

As expected, the Caged Bird's curse seal information is already in the hands of his father. He will ask for the information, conduct research, and incorporate it into his own spell system.

As long as there is no distinction between clan divisions and the part that actively triggers it is erased, the caged bird, or the new Blue Bird Curse Seal, will become the protector of the Hyuga clan, leaving the enemy with nothing to do or plot against Byakugan.

"Do we really want to erase the part that was actively triggered?" Hinata Hizashi suddenly raised this point.

Hinata Yuzuru just said calmly: "Of course."

Hinata Hizashi looked at him silently. Finally, he nodded slightly and just said: "You have the final say."

Hinata Yuzuru looked at him with squinted eyes, half-smiling but not smiling, eyes replacing words.

Really, you don’t even believe your own son?

"Huh." Hinata Hizashi understood his lines and hummed, but didn't dwell too much on it.

If the new Blue Bird Curse Seal still has the nature of the caged bird, then only Hinata Yuzuru needs to be clear about this matter. No matter what he wants to do, it is his business. He only needs to firmly believe that the Blue Bird Curse Seal has no active nature.

'The 'facts' are enough.

If, as Hyuga Yuzuru said, it only has the passive function of protecting the eyes, then there is nothing worth saying.

The father and son looked up at the sky in silence. Finally, Hizashi whispered the words that made Hinata Yuzuru's pupils shrink slightly: "Yuzuru, I'm sorry."

"All clans except Rizu."

"They were all executed by my own hands."

‘Wow’.

The sound of water sounded, and Hinata Yuzuru sat up slightly, looking at his father with a calm expression.

Hinata Hizashi just looked at the water quietly: "I'm sorry, I know you have your thoughts. Maybe you don't care at all whether those clan members will retaliate against you, or maybe you have other plans for those clan families...

..

I did this by myself, and the other branch ninjas did not participate in the decision-making.

I alone resolutely asked them to implement it and took the lead in doing it. They all know that this matter that I alone requested has nothing to do with you.

I just can't stand the hateful looks they give you.

This hatred affects not only you, but also your mother, Ningji...

Feel sorry."

Hinata Yuzuru sighed.

Stupid father.

The war is not over yet.

Just strike down the Blue Bird Curse Seal and let them enter the battlefield.

The original clan will gradually and silently be 'sacrificed'.

If there really is a clan that can struggle out of the battlefield alive from that mountain of corpses and blood, and fight for the clan to the last moment, he will give the warrior the rewards he deserves and let him live a safe and peaceful life within the clan.

If someone holds a grudge and vows revenge against him.

He will also be kind and give the other party a fair fighting chance.

But he will never lose - never.

But he couldn't accuse his father of anything.

Even if he did this, Hinata Yuzuru's previous commitment to the clan would be in vain.

But he still won't blame his father for his actions.

Just submerging his body under the water again, with only his head exposed, Hinata Yuzuru said quietly: "You have already voluntarily bear the infamy, what else can I say."

"Not every bird is eager to fly into the sky." Hinata Hizashi said softly, stretched out his hand and stared at it, as if he could still see the blood on it.

He gently stroked his son's head.

"Be free and fly towards the light."

"I will be in the shadows, watching your flying figure."

In his gentle eyes, there was only unreserved expectation for Hinata Yuzuru.

Hinata Yuzuru looked at him quietly for a long time, then nodded slightly.

But deep down in my heart, I couldn't help but sigh.

Father.

When the phoenix spreads its wings and soars.

It's burning.

It means rebirth after nirvana, but it also represents destruction.

I want to fly freely without restraint, but it also means...

Hyuga Yuzuru thought that his father, like Xun, would see his true nature early, but now it seems that in his heart, he has always been that gentle child.

"I'm not as good as you think."

Hinata Yuzuru said softly.

"I don't believe it." Hinata Hizashi showed a mischievous smile and reached out to splash water on his face like a child.

Hinata Yuzuru coughed, glanced at him with disgust, wiped his face, and then, while he wasn't paying attention, he scooped up the water.

Crack, crash, crash.

Crack, crash, crash.

Two people left water stains everywhere in the bathhouse.

Finally, they looked at each other's messy hair and looked at each other with disgust.

Then, the corners of their mouths raised involuntarily.

"Ha ha ha ha......"

The laughter echoed and did not dissipate for a long time.

....

Hokage building, conference room.

"Sandaime!!!"

"Do you want to watch Konoha be destroyed in your hands!!!"

The roar like a madman just made Sandai Youyou spit out a puff of smoke.
To be continued...