#111 - Chapter 111: Alliance between the two clans! Hyuga and Uchiha
“No wonder even Lady Tsunade said she wanted to change her surname to Hyuga.”
Upon hearing this, Uchiha Mikoto couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips slightly, her resistance being slashed in half.
The same words carry completely different weight when spoken by different people.
8 years old.
The strongest genius in the history of Konoha.
The strongest young head of the Hyuga clan.
Took down the ANBU Commander with one move.
From age to status; from appearance to strength; from talent to achievements, these combined, even though she had already become Hyuga Tenma's child bride, she still found it extremely sincere and incredibly satisfying.
“I am just being objective.”
Hyuga Tenma shook his head.
Uchiha Mikoto didn't speak after hearing this, but the arc of her lips widened even more.
Their own cabbage being snatched right in front of them.
“The dowry is still a must.”
“Otherwise, if the other ninja clans next door find out, they'll think that I, Uchiha Setsuna, can't even afford my daughter's dowry.”
Uchiha Setsuna, who was on the side, didn't feel angry at this scene. Instead, after exchanging a glance with Hyuga Hizashi, the two smiled knowingly.
One is an elder, and the other is a clan head.
They could naturally sense Uchiha Mikoto's resistance, but they weren't worried at all.
After all, they had personally witnessed how Hyuga Tenma took down Tsunade in front of everyone when they were having a meeting in the Hokage Building.
Even the only woman among the Sannin, the strongest woman in the ninja world, could be persuaded to the point of claiming she wanted to change her surname to Hyuga after some back-and-forth.
Resolving Uchiha Mikoto's little emotions wasn't a matter of minutes.
See?
With just one sentence, the atmosphere and relationship between the two changed dramatically.
“Elder Setsuna.”
“You said earlier that there were two things.”
“Besides Mikoto and Tenma's marriage, what's the other thing?”
Hyuga Hizashi wholeheartedly supported his disciple getting a three-tomoe Sharingan child bride.
Bloodline clans don't marry out.
This principle also applies to the Hyuga clan.
An Uchiha clan member with a three-tomoe Sharingan marrying into the Hyuga clan is not just equivalent to sending a pair of three-tomoe Sharingan to the Hyuga family.
If luck is on their side, perhaps the Hyuga family will have another bloodline limit in addition to the Byakugan in the future.
Putting aside everything else, Uchiha Mikoto herself is of great value.
Moreover, Hyuga Hizashi was also looking forward to what kind of offspring Hyuga Tenma and Uchiha Mikoto would have after their union. Would they inherit the Byakugan or the Sharingan, or would they give birth to a third type of eye technique other than the Byakugan and Sharingan?
“You all know about the rumors in the village and the affairs of Sarutobi Shinnosuke, right!”
After finalizing the marriage, Uchiha Setsuna's tone became even more enthusiastic.
After all, even if he couldn't rely on the family after his “sacrifice,” Uchiha Mikoto would have a place to belong.
Konoha wants to settle accounts after the fall?
No way.
The family wants to be disrespectful to Mikoto?
No way.
“Not long ago, people from ANBU came.”
“Sarutobi Shinnosuke.”
“Fell!”
Hyuga Hizashi nodded.
“Before coming to the Hyuga family, people from ANBU also came to the Uchiha, and Orochimaru replaced him.”
Uchiha Setsuna said in a deep voice.
Hyuga Tenma and Hyuga Hizashi didn't speak, just waiting for what he would say next.
“Since Sarutobi Hiruzen took office as the Third Hokage, the ninja clans, especially the bloodline ninja clans, have only three paths to take.”
“Follow the example of Ino-Shika-Cho, and be Sarutobi Hiruzen's dogs.”
“Follow the example of the Senju, disband the ninja clan, and integrate into the village.”
“Like the Uchiha, not being trusted, and being suppressed repeatedly.”
Uchiha Setsuna said word by word:
“In the past, the Hyuga clan became a special case because of the Caged Bird Curse Seal.”
“Now, I dare to say responsibly.”
“Hyuga is the next Uchiha.”
His tone was full of certainty.
“So?”
Hyuga Tenma heard this, without showing any emotion, just taking a deep look at Uchiha Setsuna.
He didn't think that Uchiha Setsuna was on the side of the Hyuga clan and was confiding in his "son-in-law" just because he sent his daughter to him.
One who was "abandoned" by the Uchiha, and chose to burn himself to illuminate the family as a sacrifice to re-establish trust with Konoha.
How could such a person change his allegiance?
Sending Uchiha Mikoto to himself was indeed for his daughter's sake, but more of it was also paving the way for the Uchiha.
“What I mean is, the Hyuga and Uchiha, join forces strongly.”
“Rumors of this kind have spread, and even Sarutobi Shinnosuke has been removed from the position of ANBU Commander.”
“The Third Hokage will inevitably be angry with the Hyuga, and even if the Third Hokage doesn't, Sarutobi Shinnosuke will inevitably feel resentment.”
Uchiha Setsuna's tone was excited, raising both hands, intertwining his fingers, making a fist:
“Once the Byakugan and Sharingan stand on the same front.”
“If the village wants to suppress the Hyuga, they must first consider the Uchiha.”
“Similarly, if the village wants to continue to suppress the Uchiha, they must consider the Hyuga.”
“Just like the union of you, Tenma, and Mikoto, the alliance between the Hyuga and Uchiha is only beneficial and not harmful to you, to me, to the Hyuga, and to the Uchiha.”
“After all, our existence is inherently a sin in the eyes of the Third Hokage.”
“This is also the last thing I can do for Mikoto and for the family.”
After speaking.
Uchiha Setsuna sighed, picked up the teacup on the table next to him, and drank the tea in one gulp.
“What can the Uchiha offer, and what do they want to get?”
Hyuga Tenma pondered for a moment.
“Alliance is just a temporary measure.”
“If you want to change the situation, you must be like the Senju, and produce one Hokage after another.”
“To show sincerity, in the next Hokage election, the Uchiha will fully support you, Tenma, in running for election, and in the next Hokage election after you, if our Uchiha can produce a clan member with the qualifications of a Hokage, the Hyuga must support us.”
Uchiha Setsuna was full of sincerity.
In fact, he must be sincere.
First, the Uchiha have been suppressed for too long.
Second, the Uchiha lack a clan member who can compete with Hyuga Tenma.
Hyuga Hizashi didn't say a word after hearing this, and didn't express his position.
He knew very well that such family matters were not something that he, as a clan head, could decide.
“……”
Hyuga Tenma also didn't reply, but looked at Uchiha Mikoto.
Seeming to be waiting for something.
Uchiha Mikoto noticed the gaze cast by Hyuga Tenma, and felt a little warm in her heart.
She knew that the other party was considering her.
So, she didn't disappoint Hyuga Tenma, and gave an answer on the spot.
After all, she knew very well that her future roots were no longer in the Uchiha, but in the Hyuga.
Being loyal to the Uchiha would not only fail to gain the family's gratitude and love, but would only make her an outsider.
“Regardless of whether the Hyuga and Uchiha form an alliance, I will only be surnamed Hyuga.”
Uchiha Mikoto's voice wasn't loud, but it revealed a firmness.
Her current surname is Uchiha, and her future surname will be Hyuga, but definitely not Nalan.
She couldn't do the thing of breaking off the engagement.
Especially since the engagement had just been made, and now she was going to overturn it.
“Not bad.”
Seeing this, Hyuga Hizashi also had a bit more recognition for Uchiha Mikoto in his heart. Although she hadn't married over yet, it didn't affect him from considering her as a member of the Hyuga family.
“Okay.”
Hyuga Tenma nodded slightly to Uchiha Mikoto first, and then agreed to the alliance between the two clans proposed by Uchiha Setsuna.
“It's really a double blessing.”
Uchiha Setsuna grinned after hearing this, and the heart hanging in his chest was completely let go.
His daughter and the family, both sides were arranged properly.
This trip to the Hyuga can be said to be a complete success.
