Her reaction wasn't as intense as Hanabi's. One reason was that she was older and more mature. Another was that Hiashi's arms didn't have any room left.
Hiashi also looked Hinata over several times before recognizing that she was his daughter.
"This... has it really been so many years already?"
When he turned his head, he saw Hizashi and Sota. Surprise appeared on his face.
"Hizashi?"
Hizashi looked younger than he had when he died.
But Hiashi had grown up with this younger brother. There was no way he wouldn't recognize him.
It was just that Hizashi no longer had the Byakugan.
Rengoku folded his arms.
"Hizashi and Sota have already been revived by me. Hanabi missed you very much, so she used this secret technique to summon you back from the Pure Land for one last meeting."
"You haven't truly been revived. This technique only lets you stay for a short time."
Hiashi received so much information at once that his mind stalled for a moment.
But he at least understood the important part, he was still dead.
He looked at Hizashi and Sota and immediately understood.
'The Main House must already be gone.'
Hiashi patted Hanabi and stroked her hair.
"It's good to be able to see all of you again."
There was some emotion in Hiashi's voice. He then turned and looked at Hinata.
Hanabi was gifted and clever. At one point, he had even considered changing the heir. Now the two sisters seemed to get along quite well.
But those things no longer had anything to do with him.
"Hizashi, do you hate me?"
Hiashi looked at Hizashi. His eyes were full of guilt, as if they had crossed the river of time and returned to the day Hizashi was forced to die.
Hizashi's expression did not change.
He was alive now, and Hiashi was dead.
He was the winner.
"Why talk about hate? I was enslaved by the Caged Bird Seal. Wasn't it normal for you to sacrifice me?"
Hiashi's gaze shifted slightly, and he let out a sigh.
"Having you die in my place back then was the Elder's decision."
Hizashi raised a hand, signaling for Hiashi to stop.
"And you didn't stop it either, did you?"
Hiashi opened his mouth, but fell silent.
Their false brotherly bond had still lost to the real and cruel Caged Bird Seal.
"Heh!"
A mocking smile appeared at the corner of Rengoku's lips.
But with Hanabi and Hinata standing nearby, he didn't say anything.
Hiashi's gaze moved to Sota. Many emotions showed in his eyes.
"The Main House... is gone?"
Sota glanced at Hinata and Hanabi before answering calmly, "The Hyuga Clan no longer has a Main House or Branch House."
"Oh, and Lord Koshin has also been revived."
A faint smile and a trace of pride appeared on Sota's face, as if he were announcing their victory.
Hiashi fell silent.
He naturally understood what Sota meant.
But he was already a dead man.
The winner became king, and the loser was forgotten.
To be fair, Sota and the others had given everything to overthrow the Main House.
Even if they had never been revived, the Branch House would still be the winner now.
"Hanabi, Hinata, Hiashi can only move around inside this room after being revived. You have one day. Take your time catching up."
Rengoku gave Hizashi and Sota a look, and the three of them left together.
Hizashi actually didn't have much he wanted to say to Hiashi.
It wasn't that he had no feelings for his older brother.
But after he was forced to take his own life, Neji hadn't lived well either.
Hiashi hadn't even guided Neji. He had completely left him on his own.
If Koshin had not started the New Bud Plan, Neji would probably still be getting exploited now.
Hizashi only wanted to see Hiashi once.
Because he was alive, and Hiashi was dead.
The resentment that had built up in his heart from the Main House's oppression slowly faded away.
Walking beside him, Sota quietly asked, "Lord Rengoku, is it really okay to leave Hinata and Hanabi alone with him? Could there be any problems?"
Someone like Sota would always remain cautious toward the Main House.
What he meant was whether Hinata and Hanabi might be influenced or manipulated.
Rengoku pointed upward, "This is Orochimaru's laboratory."
"If Hiashi is smart enough, he won't say anything unnecessary."
Sota relaxed.
'As expected, Lord Rengoku leaves nothing unchecked.'
———
At the same time, Rengoku's shadow clone was still inside Null Horizon, following the White Zetsu as it wandered around the outskirts of Konoha.
When he came looking for it today, he couldn't find the one he had marked with the Kagura Mind's Eye and thought it had escaped.
But after circling around a few times, he discovered that the White Zetsu had been replaced.
It was still carrying the same bead.
Every day, Hyuga clan members came out of Konoha to patrol, and these White Zetsu would use the Mayfly Technique to approach them.
The Mayfly Technique operated underground and moved extremely fast.
Unless a Hyuga clan member kept watching the ground the entire time, they had no chance of detecting the White Zetsu.
After noticing that the White Zetsu seemed to be targeting Hyuga clan members, Rengoku used mental transmission through his clone to inform Konoha.
He had Konoha send different Hyuga clan members out on patrol, including Neji.
Rengoku followed the White Zetsu the whole time and discovered that whenever the bead got close to certain Hyuga clan members, it would turn white.
But the shade varied in intensity.
At first, he thought it was measuring strength.
Later, Hyuga Hideaki and Hyuga Tsukihiko, who were equally strong, came out together.
Yet the younger Hyuga Hideaki produced a noticeably deeper white color.
That was when Rengoku realized it wasn't measuring strength.
It was measuring potential.
Of course, among everyone today, Neji's color was the deepest.
However, Hanabi's result yesterday had been almost the same as Neji's.
Rengoku already had a rough idea of what these White Zetsu were looking for.
Talented members of the Hyuga Clan.
But these ordinary White Zetsu were obviously only scouting.
For now, they showed no intention of capturing anyone.
Killing them would be easy for Rengoku.
But after discovering their objective, he came up with a new plan.
———
Rengoku hurried into Orochimaru's laboratory.
"Orochimaru, good news."
Hearing this, Orochimaru looked away from the screen and became interested.
"What good news?"
After all, whenever Rengoku was this happy, he usually brought something that caught Orochimaru's interest.
"I discovered White Zetsu outside Konoha constantly searching for Hyuga clan members with potential..."
Rengoku then summarized everything that had happened yesterday and today.
"The only thing connected to the Hyuga Clan is up there..."
As he spoke, Rengoku pointed upward.
Orochimaru understood immediately.
His eyes lit up, and he ran his tongue across his face.
"The moon? Didn't you say they wouldn't start moving for several more years?"
Rengoku let out a light laugh.
"The fact that White Zetsu is running errands for them makes it obvious that they probably went to the moon during the years they disappeared."
"But since they're searching for Hyuga members with potential, they may be planning to take them back to the moon."
Seeing the smile on Rengoku's face, Orochimaru knew he already had an idea.
"What are you planning to do?"
Rengoku focused his thoughts for a moment.
"Madara was able to leave hidden measures inside the Rinnegan. We can do the same with the Byakugan."
"I already know which members of the Hyuga Clan have the most potential."