The person who arrived was Hokori, who had just left the Hokage building. The one who had just spoken was Hokori's new disciple, Uchiha Itachi. Regarding Itachi's question, Hokori's gaze scanned the few remaining clan elders and the clan members.
"Itachi, Shisui, remember this~ Whether it's a family or a village, we must develop. The wheel of time keeps moving forward~ Falling behind means getting beaten!"
"The current situation of the Hyuga clan illustrates this point. The backward clan system has not been changed! Then what awaits the Hyuga clan is stagnation and endless exploitation of the branch house~"
Having said that, Hokori's eyes instantly fell on the members of the clan with indulgent appearances. From these, one could already see how serious the problems of the Hyuga clan were.
"When the last straw breaks the camel's back~ the entire Hyuga clan will fall apart and cease to exist!"
After all, Shisui and Itachi on the side suddenly showed thoughtful expressions on their faces. And Hyuga Hiashi, coming to see Hokori, knew time was running out for the Hyuga clan.
"Clan elders, do you want to continue?!"
The clan elders, who were already disheartened, seeing Hokori's arrival at this moment, finally understood that it was all because of this new Lord Hokage. But it also made them see clearly the problems under the branch house and clan system. Hearing Hiashi's words, several clan elders also looked at each other and, as if resigned to fate, nodded.
"We obey the arrangement of the patriarch! From today onwards, the main family and branch house will no longer exist, and will be replaced by the Hyuga family!"
Following the resignation of several clan elders, their already old bodies seemed to age a few more years, looking more and more depressed. However, at this moment, no one cared about these clan elders. Hearing the announced results, all the branch house members cheered.
"Very good!!!!"
"Long live the Patriarch!!! Long live Hokage-sama!!!"
"Finally freed!"
For a while, the members of the branch house rushed to spread the news throughout the Hyuga clan. Countless branch house members wept with joy at this moment. Compared to the cheering branch house, the members of the main family looked as if they had lost everything, with mournful faces. Without the distinction of a branch house, they needed to do missions and go to the battlefield. There would be no personal protection from the branch house, and everything could only depend on themselves.
Hyuga Hiashi would not show any favor to these clan members who indulged in luxury. Keeping them around was just an eyesore, so Hiashi directly ordered some clansmen to drive these people back.
Seeing that the matter was settled, Hokori would not stay any longer. He was about to leave with his two thoughtful little apprentices. Just as he was leaving, Hokori suddenly remembered something, turned around, and said to Hiashi, "That's right, Hiashi~ After you go back, I will send the sealing team to assist you in releasing the Caged Bird~ Remember to arrange it when the time comes, and let those clan elders cooperate well!"
After giving the order, Hokori left the Hyuga tribe with Shisui. With the help of Konoha's Sealing Team, Hiashi naturally agreed readily. Just relying on a few clan elders, who knows when it would be lifted, and moreover, who knows if the clan elders would regret it after a long time? Naturally, the sooner, the better.
After respectfully seeing Hokori off, Hyuga Hiashi stared blankly at Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi beside Hokori. From time to time, a bright light flashed in his eyes.
'No! Can't let the Uchiha clan take advantage of it all! My Hyuga clan must follow Hokage-sama's pace!'
Thinking of this, Hyuga Hiashi directly found his younger brother.
"Hizashi, do you know if there is a suitable candidate in the clan?"
Hearing what his brother said, Hyuga Hizashi didn't react for a while. But when he followed Hiashi's gaze and saw Shisui and Itachi next to Hokori, a bright light flashed in Hizashi's eyes, and he understood instantly.
"Brother, do you want to?"
"That's right!"
When Hizashi heard this, his mind naturally began working quickly. As long as he found a clan member with outstanding talent, he would use all his influence to ask Lord Hokage to accept them as a disciple. Then their Hyuga family could be firmly bound to the Hokage lineage.
"Brother, give me some time!"
"Okay! Be careful! Talent and appearance must not be lacking!"
After instructing Hizashi, Hiashi then went to oversee the removal of the Caged Bird by several clan elders for the branch house.
And Hokori returned to the Hokage building with his two apprentices. So far, the two big clans of Konoha have been completely brought under their command. After all this was done, Hokori couldn't help but feel full of confidence in the upcoming second meeting.
Now the Hyuga clan and the Uchiha clan are firmly bound to him. The Ino–Shika–Chō family originally belonged to the Hokage faction, and as for the Inuzuka family and the Aburame family, they are also smaller families now. Naturally, they would follow in the footsteps of these families. In addition to Hokori, who is already very prestigious among civilian ninjas, civilian ninjas naturally respond to everything.
And the village's top combat power, now besides himself, there are Minato, Hatake, Tsunade, Orochimaru, etc. In the Uchiha clan, there's Uchiha Fugaku who owns Mangekyō, and the Hyuga clan has Hyuga Hiashi and his brother. There's also Kushina, who is about to become the Nine Tails Jinchūriki. The next two Mangekyō have also been acquired. The top combat power is definitely sufficient.
In this way, the world of the Fifth Hokage Tsunade is definitely comparable. First Hokage and Second Hokage are not sure yet, but as for another Hokage world that has not been pulled into the chat group, it is probably not better than himself.
Thinking of this, Hokori also hastily called Minato.
"Lord Hokage!"
"Minato, where is Jiraiya now?"
"Lord Jiraiya? Since Hokage-sama sent a message, Lord Jiraiya has gone to the Hidden Rain Village! He should be back soon!"
Upon hearing this, Minato also no longer hesitated and quickly summoned a toad from Mount Myōboku, placed the message into the toad's mouth, and waited for Jiraiya's reply.