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" Oh, that, I had Izanami unseal it for me, " Hinami said with an innocent smile.
' Oh, this is going to be a mess. ' Hiashi almost fainted due to shock as he held his pain. Although he personally didn't care much about Hinami being released from the cage bird seal, the others certainly would not take this lightly.
With Hinami's existence, the whole clan may become a mess. The branch members would also want to free themselves. The elders and the main family would also cause a fuss, as Hinami would inspire those branch members with the hope of getting out of the control of the main family. This is something the main family could absolutely not allow.
If the branch family members were to be freed, then they would definitely pour out all their resentment on the main family. This would start a civil war in the clan and would definitely harm the clan greatly.
As these thoughts raced through his mind, Hiashi felt a cold sweat form on his brow. The situation was spiraling, and he had no idea how to stop it.
The most simplest method would be to kill Hinami here before she could spread the flame of rebellion, but Hiashi couldn't do it. Not to mention the fact that Hinami was his niece, the dear child of his brother, who died while protecting him. Hiashi couldn't be that even if he had ten times the courage. His brother had already sacrificed enough for the clan.
But as a clan leader, Hiashi also had the responsibility of uprooting any evil that would cause damage to the clan. And he couldn't delay this matter anymore.
Gritting his teeth, Hiashi finally made up his mind. He looked at Izanami and said, " Lady Izanami, I accept your demand; you can take Hinami away, but please promise me that you will protect her. I also hope that you will marry her immediately before you leave Konoha. "
After thinking about this hard, this is the method Hiashi finally came up with. If Hinami were to marry Izanami, then she would automatically become a noble. And ninjas are prohibited from harming nobles, especially those whom even the daimyo had to fear.
As for the fact that both of them are girls,. Frankly speaking, Hiashi didn't care. He had seen and heard of many weird things when it comes to nobles, and two girls marrying each other doesn't even come close to it. And besides, who would dare to point fingers at Lady Izanami for her choice?
And besides, he didn't have any other options left. To protect Hinami and the clan from starting a civil war, this is the best method he could think of.
As Hiashi awaited Izanami's answer, he was surprised to hear something unexpected: " Hmm, good you passed the test. "
"Huh, what test ?" Hiashi, who was very nervous, asked reflexively. But then, as his mind began to work normally again, he wanted to slap himself for asking this. Just now, with the start of this meeting, Hiashi felt his actions were far from being a clan leader at all.
During the whole time in the conversation, he was in a passive position. This is very much unlike him. As a clan leader, he should try to at least be able to keep his emotions in check. But during the whole conversation, he was like an open book. Playing according to Izanami's rhythm.
While Hiashi was mentally scolding himself, he failed to notice the smirks on both Hinami's and Izanami's faces. Just as Hiashi guessed, his behavior was indeed abnormal. And the reason for this abnormality was the two mischievous girls in front of him.
These two had used a special technique to mess with his mind so that he would lose his composure immediately and show his true self. The reason they did it, as Izanami had already told him, was a test.
Izanami wanted to know what Hiashi's true feelings were for Hinami. As someone who had lived for hundreds of years in this world, she knew that she couldn't fully believe the character introductions of each character.
During all these years, she had noticed that many of the characters that were mentioned had different personalities than what was described. For example, we can take the world-famous Monkey Hiruzen Sarutobi.
In the original work, he was said to be a kind person who was very indecisive and would always hesitate when his gay friend Danzo came to him with a dark plan. But from Izanami's observation, that monkey was not indecisive at all.
Izanami had noticed many times how he would disagree with Danzo on something, and after their quarrel, he would secretly send soldiers for Danzo's help. Hiruzen always says that he didn't want the Uchiha clan to rebel and wanted to accept them.
But Izanami knew that he was actually converting the Uchiha family's land and fortune. The reason he even relocated them was that his Sarutobi family needed some land for their increasing population.
But what made Izanami feel even more disgusted about him was the Uzumaki clan massacre. This man, Hiruzen, went there with all his trusted elite ninjas and massacred many elders so they could rob all of the inheritance of the Uzumaki clan.
After robbing everything, they then took Kushina, who was at that time was selected as the main heir, and rushed out of the clan without even looking at the other Uzumaki clan members.
This betrayal was also one of the reasons why the Uzumaki clan, which was very strong and had the power of a small ninja village, was destroyed in just two days. With Hiruzen killing most of the elders who were in charge of maintaining the barrier of Uzushiogakure, the other ninja villages were able to enter Uzushiogakure easily.
You know if this sudden betrayal hadn't happened, then Uzushiogakure may have still survived. You know, fūinjutsu is a bug-like skill that would allow mortals to even challenge gods.
So with such a cheat code with them, how could the Uzumaki fail to protect themselves and lose to the enemy within just a few days?
Well, fortunately, Izanami was there in time, or else the Uzumaki clan would definitely have been exterminated by Hiruzen.
In the original series, none of these dark things are actually mentioned. And so Izanami always had to use various ways to truly understand people's characters in order not to make a fool of herself.
" I was testing whether you would be a worthy business partner. " Izanami said as she took a fan from somewhere and used it to cover her face.
" I see." Hiashi, who had calmed down, sighed inwardly after hearing this. It seems he had not become a sinner in the clan.
Izanami kept her smile, but only Hinami, who knew her better than anyone, knows that Izanami at this moment is very happy.
Although she didn't know the full plan, Hinami could guess some of what Izanami would have done if Hiashi failed this test and wanted to kill her or silence her.
In the worst-case scenario, although Izanami wouldn't kill him,, she would make sure the Hyuga clan would go into a civil war where the main family would have to pay a very deep price. And of course, the Hyuga family would also have to suffer many calamities one after another until the whole clan is destroyed.
Either that or, in the best-case scenario, Izanami would just make the whole Hyuga clan go bankrupt to the point where they would have to sell all of their belongings to finally pay off the debt.
Izanami is perfectly able to do each of these two, and Hinami didn't doubt even for a second that Izanami would spare the Hyuga clan.
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