Hyuga

Two hours later, in a teahouse in the hot spring town, Dōmeki was quietly sipping his tea, watching the bruised and swollen-faced, lewd old man opposite him, while Kakashi was desperately hugging the suddenly enraged Lord Jiraiya from behind.

"Hiss~~ Kakashi, let me go! I'm going to teach this red-haired brat a lesson today!"

Feeling the stinging pain at the wound, Jiraiya gasped.

Since Hiruzen Sarutobi, apart from almost dying at Tsunade's hands once, he had never encountered such a tragedy during his research trips.

Jiraiya was brutally beaten for two hours by a group of enraged women. Although the physical pain was nothing, Jiraiya he even felt a little bit of pleasure, his reputation as one of the Sannin was completely ruined along with the old man's!

Dōmeki picked up a ball of glutinous rice and swallowed it before slowly saying...

"Well, Lord Jiraiya, you don't need to thank me!"

"To maintain peace in the Shinobi World and to uphold justice based on love and truth, this is all I should do!"

"Asshole!"

The boy's words once again provoked Jiraiya into a fit of rage.

"Lord Jiraiya, mind your image! Besides, isn't this a sign of your improper conduct?" Kakashi helplessly hugged his idol tightly, offering a low-pitched piece of advice.

"What image do I have left? I'd have been flushed down the drain along with that old man's wrinkled face long ago!" Jiraiya muttered loudly, feeling that he wouldn't be satisfied until he punched the brat on the head!

Hiruzen Sarutobi:

After a moment, Kakashi, who had finally calmed Jiraiya down, sat down next to Dōmeki with a wry smile.

"Kakashi, who is this wretched brat? He exudes a familiar yet repulsive aura!"

Jiraiya angrily snatched the teapot from Dōmeki and gulped it down his throat.

Upon being informed by the old man that his former comrade Orochimaru had reappeared in Konoha, Jiraiya hurriedly traveled from other countries to Konoha.

Before even paying his respects to the old man, he had finally managed to rest at the bathhouse and casually gathered some material at a spot he had scouted out a long time ago, only to fall into the hands of a little devil.

"Dōmeki Shun, from Otogakure in the Land of Rice Fields, is just an ordinary Genin!"

Dōmeki Jiraiya himself to Jiraiya with a smile.

"The Sound Ninja?" Jiraiya frowned for a moment. Based on the information he had gathered from his years of wandering and investigation throughout the Shinobi World, the Sound Ninja, though small, was no ordinary village. Moreover, this nominal ally of Konoha seemed to be getting very close to the Sunagakure recently!

"Smiling all the time, doesn't seem like a good person!" Jiraiya muttered, drawing his own conclusion.

"Lord Jiraiya, that's prejudice! Every friend who has met me praises me as a kind and gentle person!"

Dōmeki was extremely dissatisfied with Jiraiya's prejudice, which immediately earned him Byakugan from Jiraiya.

At this moment, Kakashi became serious. "Lord Jiraiya, there's something I'd like to ask you!"

"Naruto!"

Jiraiya Kakashi's mouth and fell into a daze of memories.

A disciple with strange tastes and extraordinary talent who died young, named after the protagonist of his own failed first work, was treated as the orphan of Jinchūriki.

Amidst the bustling hot spring town, as a middle-aged man, grieving, reminisces about painful memories, another part of Konoha comes alive.

Rewinding to a time before Kakashi invited Dōmeki to the hot spring town.

Dōmeki, who was standing at the window gazing at the night view of Konoha, turned around and asked.

Kimimaro, what kind of eyes do you prefer?

Kimimaro stood behind the boy, a hint of emotion flashing in his eyes before giving a rather helpless reply.

"Lord Shun, it doesn't matter!"

"Whatever? Most of the Hyuga Main Family members are old men. Do you actually like old men with presbyopia?"

Dōmeki walked up to Kimimaro with a serious expression.

Kimimaro was somewhat amused and exasperated. "How could a ninja have presbyopia, especially a ninja from the Byakugan clan!"

"There are clearly nearsighted people in the Shinobi World, are you looking down on people with presbyopia?" Dōmeki muttered discontentedly.

Just then, Bai went upstairs to report that Kakashi, whom he had arranged to meet, was already waiting downstairs.

Dōmeki gazed out the window at the night view once more, while on the ground behind him, strands of black Iron Sand gradually coalesced into a human-shaped outline. Another Dōmeki appeared in the room—it was Dōmeki's Magnet Release Corporeal Shadow Clone.

"Then, let's begin!"

The Hyuga Clan is the strongest clan in Konoha.

Its proud Byakugan bloodline limit was once known as one of the three great Dōjutsu in the Shinobi World, along with the Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan and the Rinnegan of the Sage of Six Paths.

Of course, just like the Sharingan, which was inherited from the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, and transformed Naruto into a legend of Red Eye ninja, the Byakugan also has quite a history.

The Hyuga Clan are direct descendants of Hamura Otsutsuki, the younger brother of the Sage of Six Paths, and are a branch that migrated from the moon to the Shinobi World.

Kaguya, the final boss of the Shinobi World, always sports a pair of pure Byakugan. In a sense, the Byakugan is the purer bloodline inheritance of the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

As a powerful Hyuga Clan in Konoha, and possessing the Byakugan, which is highly effective for reconnaissance, the Hyuga clan's territory is heavily guarded.

In Konoha, aside from the Hokage Building and Root's base, probably no other place can Hyuga the Hyuga clan's defensive capabilities.

Dōmeki stood at the edge of the Hyuga Clan Compound, reaching out to touch an invisible barrier. Based on his Chakra detection, this barrier seemed to be a simplified version of the Konoha barrier, which was of course no challenge for Orochimaru's disciple, who could freely enter and leave Konoha.

A small opening appeared in the barrier, but it did not alert any Hyuga ninjas. A small black snake, about the thickness of a finger, slowly crawled into the Hyuga clan's territory through the opening.

Puff!

A Kunai suddenly appeared and instantly pinned to the body of the black snake that was slithering in the courtyard.

A moment later, a ninja appeared before the black snake. Looking at its blood-soaked black body, he muttered, "Just an ordinary animal!"

As soon as the voice fell, several gazes that had been watching the scene immediately shifted away, and the Hyuga Clan ninja glanced at the Kunai and the snake's corpse and vanished instantly, patrolling off to other locations.

After waiting for a while, the corpse, which was beyond dead, opened its mouth, and a smaller black snake crawled out.

The black snake glanced at the abandoned Kunai, and a sigh from a young boy escaped its lips.

"As expected of a powerful family!"

Then, the small snake continued to slither deeper into the vast territory, staying close to the ground.

Tonight, the Hyuga Clan's territory is unusually noisy.