Refusing to Learn the Gentle Fist

The truth was that, under Hiashi Hyuga's leadership, the Hyuga Clan had let Hiruzen Sarutobi seize upon their weakness. Using the excuse that another war could not be allowed to break out, Hiruzen Sarutobi pushed the incident of the Kumogakure envoy being killed after failing to abduct Hinata Hyuga onto the Hyuga Clan, citing the fact that none of Konoha's clans wanted war to continue and demanding that the Hyuga Clan take responsibility. No matter how powerful the Hyuga Clan was, they could not ignore every clan in Konoha.