Hyuga Ningyuan

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What was that sound?

A slender arm reached out from under the covers, fumbling under the pillow for a moment before stretching toward the bedside. After swiping around for a long time and sensing something was wrong, the hand lifted up and began to grope behind the bed.

However, after searching for ages, there was still nothing.

"Where's my phone?" The child sat up in frustration and looked behind him.

Forget the charging cable; the wall was three or four meters away.

Moreover, the walls had turned into wood, and there wasn't even a single hole in them, let alone a power outlet.

"What's going on?" The child was stunned. "This isn't my house. Wait, these aren't even my arms!"

"Huh? They aren't even my eyes!"

"Did I transmigrate?"

Tapping his temple, the child frowned and began to think, slowly recalling everything.

Before long, based on the memories remaining in this body, he understood it all.

"Naruto, Konoha, Hyuga, Branch Family!"

Ningyuan, a not-so-successful player of Earth Online, 28 years old, a veteran Naruto fan.

In this life, his name was Hyuga Ningyuan, a five-year-old member of the Branch Family of the Hyuga Clan in Konoha, Land of Fire.

He had been branded with the Caged Bird Seal for two years now; it was clear that his transmigration had something to do with this mark.

He wasn't as miserable as Hizashi Hyuga, who became a member of the Branch Family just because he was born a few minutes later.

Because Hyuga Ningyuan's ancestors had been Branch Family members for three generations—he was as authentic as they came!

Well, that wasn't exactly something to be happy about.

"Speaking of which, how did I transmigrate? I was just sleeping!" Hyuga Ningyuan frowned in thought. Why would sleeping lead to transmigration? Was I hit by a truck in my sleep, so I didn't feel a thing?

But I live on the fourth floor, for heaven's sake!

"Forget it, what's done is done!" Hyuga Ningyuan shook his head and quickly accepted the fact that he had transmigrated.

After all, he had no parents in his previous life and nothing to hold him back.

Although he had a girlfriend, due to their work, they lived in different places and rarely saw each other. They didn't even have time to play games together, so the relationship had long existed in name only.

For adults, breaking up doesn't even require the words "break up"; you can just silently disappear from their life.

Besides...

Feeling his current vibrant body and his vision, which was sharp enough to see the grain of the wood on the ceiling in the faint morning light.

Then, thinking back to his previous life—the body ruined by years of staying up late for work and an irregular lifestyle, and the myopia that started in the sixth grade and soared to 800 degrees by high school.

I'd trade for this transmigration a hundred times over!

Although he lost his phone, this world had superpowers!

And the technological development in Naruto was quite fast; perhaps he could even develop a smartphone soon.

Hyuga Ningyuan did a kip-up to get to his feet. He knew the technique, but with his previous physique, it was just a thought—he could never have done it.

But this body clearly had traces of training, and he jumped up with ease.

"These clothes are fine; the way they're worn is similar to my previous life." Hyuga Ningyuan pulled a set of clothes from the bedside. The style was like long-sleeved thermal underwear and elastic sweatpants, only they were all white, and the fabric was exceptionally soft, similar to ice silk.

It was clearly prepared for training—loose and non-restrictive.

However, it was truly absurd for a five-year-old to start training.

But then again, Konoha was essentially an assassination group and a mercenary organization, so it didn't seem that strange.

Similar to places like northern Myanmar or African warlords, there was never a shortage of child soldiers.

"Huh, why do I look a bit like my past self..." There was no mirror in the room, so Hyuga Ningyuan followed his memories to the bathroom.

The area was surprisingly large, with a shower and bathtub; the conditions were much better than his rental apartment in his previous life.

Next to it was a huge mirror, and in front of the mirror were toiletries like toothbrushes, toothpaste, and soap, along with a few pieces of cosmetics like lipstick.

Those were the belongings of Hyuga Ningyuan's mother, Hyuga Mie.

"There are traces of my past self, but how is that possible? Isn't appearance determined by genetics? Or am I not transmigrated, but reborn, and only just awakened my memories today?"

The person in the mirror had delicate features and fair, glowing skin. Paired with the white training suit, he had an air of agility and sharp, heroic spirit.

Even those pure white eyes carried a unique beauty; they weren't terrifying like the contacts worn by cosplayers, but instead possessed a divine nobility.

Thinking about it, how could man-made objects compare to eyes inherited from the gods?

Moreover, there were faint traces of the Ningyuan from his previous life, which made him suspect that perhaps he hadn't transmigrated, but had been reborn and only awakened his past memories now.

As for why his memories of his past life stopped while he was sleeping...

Thinking about his long-term irregular diet and sleep schedule, maybe he had died of sudden cardiac death in his sleep!

"So this is the Caged Bird Seal!" Unlike Neji, who wore a headband, Hyuga Ningyuan's forehead was exposed, marked with two horizontal scepters and an X-shaped green pattern in between.

The Caged Bird Seal, a sealing technique established by the Hyuga Clan to protect their eyes, could trigger automatically upon the bearer's death to destroy their brain tissue and Byakugan.

It could not exactly be called unsightly.

However, because the Caged Bird Seal later became corrupted and transformed into a tool for the Main Family to oppress and rule over the Branch Family, this seal—which was originally neither beautiful nor ugly—instantly became a hideous creation.

"This thing, tsk." Ningyuan shook his head, ceasing his focus on it. Since he couldn't solve it right now, there was no need to dwell on it and cause himself unnecessary mental anguish.

Besides, he had come from a magic-less Earth, where people were so desperate to learn martial arts, gain superpowers, or cultivate immortality that some had reached the point where they would immediately castrate themselves if someone handed them a Sunflower Manual.

Now, not only had he transmigrated, but he also possessed superpowers, could learn martial arts, and could even cultivate immortality!

It was just an extra Caged Bird Seal; he could accept that!

In any case, it wasn't as if there was no way to solve this seal.

Although the original work never mentioned a way to resolve the Caged Bird, Ningyuan wasn't a fool; he knew how to use his own brain.

And in just this short moment, he had already thought of a feasible method: kill everyone in the Main Family. If everyone left alive had a Caged Bird Seal, wouldn't that be the equivalent of having no Caged Bird Seal at all?

If you can't solve the problem, solve the person who created the problem. Perfect!

"Yuan'er." A gentle call suddenly rang out behind Ningyuan, startling him so much that his heart skipped a beat while he was deep in thought, and he hurriedly turned around.

"My god, you nearly scared me to death! You walk without making a sound!"

The person who arrived was a young woman wearing a cyan kimono adorned with cherry blossom patterns. She was gentle and refined, with arched eyebrows and exquisite features; overall, she looked a bit like the last-century Japanese actress Yuki Amami.

Even in wooden clogs, she was only about 157 centimeters tall, which made Ningyuan worry about his own future height. Would he not even reach 1.70 meters?

Besides, did these people really wear kimonos first thing in the morning? He didn't quite get it.

The person who had come was none other than his mother in this body, Hyuga Mie.

She was called his mother, but people in the Ninja World married early. Although Hyuga Mie was already the mother of a five-year-old child, she was only twenty-two this year.

And Ningyuan had been twenty-eight before he transmigrated...

So, Ningyuan opened his mouth, but the word "mother" simply refused to come out.

Hyuga Mie sensed the change in Ningyuan's mood, but she didn't think much of it.

After all, the children of the Hyuga Clan were all like this, especially those of the Branch Family.

Her already low spirits sank even further, following the shift in Ningyuan's gaze.

It wasn't until Ningyuan spoke: "Is breakfast ready?"

"Oh, yes, it is!" Hyuga Mie hurriedly replied, "I'll help you wash up. Today is the day you go to the Ninja Academy; you mustn't be late!"

"I'll do it myself!" Hyuga Ningyuan hurriedly refused, "I'm already at the age to start school; I should learn to take care of myself!"

"Uh..." Hyuga Mie was speechless, and the light in her eyes seemed to dim a little.

Hyuga Ningyuan was rendered speechless, then said, "Fine, how about you help me then!"

"Mm!" Hyuga Mie's mood instantly became excited again.