Chapter 187
Hyuga Raiyo's reaction was identical to Hyuga Raita's initial assumption. In all of Konoha, the only clan bold enough to openly oppose the Hyuga clan was the Uchiha. Even the Sarutobi clan, to which Sarutobi Hiruzen belonged, wouldn't act in such a way. It wasn't that they didn't dare—it was that they simply wouldn't!
"It was Haruto Saito! That rogue ninja from the Land of Rain! He's the one who discovered the Meiji Treasure!" Hyuga Raita explained.
"Him?" Hyuga Raiyo frowned. He had only a vague impression of Haruto Saito. When the assassination attempt on him was ordered, it had been arranged by Hyuga Hizashi and Hyuga Hiashi. Raiyo had only been informed of it afterward.
"That little brat, Haruto Saito! Just capture him and bring him back alive!" Hyuga Raiyo ordered.
"Brother, that brat is quite troublesome now," Hyuga Raita quickly responded. "The Hokage has already decided to take him as a personal disciple and is protecting him heavily. Shortly after you entered seclusion, news came from the Land of Rain about the appearance of the 'Black Samurai'—and that 'Black Samurai' is Haruto Saito! After that..."
Hyuga Raita then proceeded to give a full account of what had transpired since Hyuga Raiyo's retreat into seclusion.
Hyuga Raiyo had chosen to seclude himself to avoid complications. When Hyuga Kyokoku's assassination attempt on Haruto Saito failed and he was killed in battle, his severed head was brought back to Konoha by the surviving Hyuga elite. Naturally, this news had reached Hyuga Raiyo.
Subsequently, all those involved in the assassination were executed on Hyuga Raiyo's orders, and the Hyuga clan officially declared that Hyuga Kyokoku and his men had acted insubordinately and were thus punished accordingly.
To avoid any potential retaliation from Sarutobi Hiruzen, Hyuga Raiyo had decided to enter seclusion and left the clan's affairs in the hands of his son, Hyuga Hiashi, and his brother, Hyuga Raita.