Transmigrated into the Hyuga Main Family

Xie Zongqi opened his bleary eyes and looked around. "Where am I?"

It was a standard Japanese-style tatami room. Xie Zongqi was lying on a bed, while an elderly man with shoulder-length hair and a gray Japanese-style kimono watched him anxiously from beside it.

And the old man's pupils were white!

"Soji, are you all right? Don't scare Grandpa like this!" the old man cried, his voice both agitated and nervous.

Though it was a language Xie Zongqi had never heard before, he could somehow understand it perfectly.

He sighed over the poor old man. Not only was he blind and unable to see, but he had even mistaken Xie Zongqi for his grandson.

Just as he was about to speak, a sharp pain suddenly exploded in his head. His vision went black, and Xie Zongqi fainted again with dramatic flair.

"Soji, Soji! Hurry! Go get Lady Tsunade!" Seeing his grandson lose consciousness again, the old man in the kimono became even more agitated.

That was also the last sentence Xie Zongqi heard before passing out.

In the darkness, Xie Zongqi watched scene after scene drift before his eyes. Strangely, although he had clearly never seen any of them, they felt as though he had experienced them personally.

In the end, all those scenes rushed into Xie Zongqi's body.

When he slowly woke up, three days and three nights had already passed since he had first opened his eyes.

The old man in the gray kimono was still at his side. Compared with three days ago, though, his clothes were even more disheveled, his long hair was a mess, and red bloodshot veins were plainly visible in his white pupils.

Anyone could tell at a glance that the old man had not rested or taken care of himself properly lately.

Remembering his misunderstanding about the Byakugan when he had first transmigrated, he could not help blushing.

"Grandpa, I'm sorry for making you worry."

After inheriting all of the original owner's memories, the feelings between him and the old man surged up in his heart, leaving Xie Zongqi with a pang of sadness.

Yes, Xie Zongqi now fully understood what had happened.

He had actually transmigrated!

He still remembered staying up all night binge-watching anime before he transmigrated.

As a fourth-year college student and shut-in, Xie Zongqi had originally planned to spend his final year at university catching up on anime, then abandon all things two-dimensional after graduation and get down to work seriously.

Who would have thought he would go overboard? Before he even had the chance to give up the two-dimensional world, he had been sent into one himself. What a nightmare.

Both his parents were alive. His family had a car and a house, and he even had a younger brother in high school. He had never planned to come to a two-dimensional world to make a life for himself!

But since he had transmigrated, he would make the most of this new life. As for his parents from his previous life, he could only hope his younger brother would take his place and care for them properly.

And now, Xie Zongqi knew that he had transmigrated into the popular anime Naruto from his previous life.

He was now a member of the Hyuga Clan in Konoha, Land of Fire! More than that, he was the sole heir of the third elder branch of the Hyuga Main Family!

The Hyuga Main Family was divided into nine branches in total: the Clan Head's branch and eight elder branches!

Only one person from each generation could inherit the Main House. Everyone else would be relegated to the Branch House!

Xie Zongqi was the sole heir of the third branch in this generation. As for why, both of his parents in this life had died, leaving him as the only one who could inherit the Main House.

In this life, Xie Zongqi's name was Hyuga Soji.

Hyuga Soji's only remaining relative was the old man in the gray kimono standing watch beside his bed: Hyuga Kumokawa, the elder of the Main Family's third branch!

Soji's father had been a member of the previous generation of the third branch. Originally, after Hyuga Kumokawa died or stepped down, Soji's father would have become the third branch's elder, and Soji would have succeeded him after his father retired.

Unfortunately, Soji's father had died in the First Ninja World War. His mother, consumed by grief, had also passed away not long after giving birth to Soji.

Soji had been born in Konoha Year 23. It was now the spring of Konoha Year 28, and he was already five years old. Next year, at six, he would be able to enter the Ninja Academy.

Returning to the present, after Hyuga Soji spoke, the old man before him could no longer hold himself together and burst into tears.

"Good, good. As long as you're awake, that's all that matters. Soji, Grandpa won't force you to train ever again. You only need to grow up safely and take over my position."

Hyuga Kumokawa had never regretted anything as deeply as he had three days ago. Since Soji's parents had died early, Kumokawa had been the one caring for him these past five years.

Therefore, Hyuga Kumokawa had hoped Soji would become stronger, so that he could survive better in the future instead of dying young like Soji's father.

That was why Hyuga Kumokawa had been especially strict with Soji's training.

Three days ago, Soji had fallen unconscious because he had overtrained.

Of course, the training had not been without effect. Overtraining was one reason for his coma, while the other was that Soji had awakened the Byakugan three days ago!

Awakening the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan at five years old—he truly was a genius!

Although the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan was not as difficult to awaken as the Sharingan of Konoha's Uchiha Clan, it was far from easy.

Most Hyuga Clan members awakened the Byakugan after the age of eight.

Soji was only five years old, and he did not have much Chakra to begin with. After overtraining, he had suddenly awakened the Byakugan, instantly draining his Chakra dry.

Even an adult jonin would faint from excessive Chakra use, let alone a five-year-old child.

Thinking of Kakashi and his future Sharingan, he would exhaust his Chakra at the drop of a hat and end up bedridden for one or two months at a time. That was truly miserable!

Soji did not answer his grandfather Hyuga Kumokawa's words. He merely struggled up from the bed, rubbed his stomach pitifully, and said, "Grandpa, I'm hungry."

Then his stomach honestly let out a loud growl.

"Hahaha, good. Grandpa will have the food brought over right away."

Hearing his grandson's hungry stomach, Hyuga Kumokawa finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Lady Tsunade had examined Soji and said that he would wake up in three days, Hyuga Kumokawa could not truly rest easy until he saw his grandson regain his vigor.

Hyuga Kumokawa then went out and instructed the Branch House servants to bring in the food.

Afterward, under the care of a Branch House maid, Soji ate two full bowls of porridge and some side dishes. It was not that there was no other food, but because Soji had been bedridden for three days and three nights. Having just woken up, he naturally could not gorge himself on rich food.

Soji felt extremely awkward while the maid attended to him.

Although he had fully inherited everything from the original owner, his memories from his previous life had not disappeared.

Having grown up under the red flag for more than twenty years, he was particularly unaccustomed to such rigid distinctions of status.

Even more so when, after the meal, the Branch House maid had to help Soji change clothes.

With a red face, Soji forcibly suppressed the urge to run away and finally completed the difficult task of changing clothes amid the maid's constant touching and fussing.

The maid could not help laughing at her young master's shyness, so she deliberately dressed Soji a little more slowly than usual that day.

After eating, washing up, and changing clothes, Soji lay back down and prepared to sleep again. It was already nighttime when he had woken up, and a five-year-old child needed more sleep to support his growing body.

Hyuga Kumokawa had originally planned to stay beside him and continue caring for him, but after Soji persuaded him repeatedly, he finally agreed to rest as well.

Three days without sleep had been enough to wear down this old man who had lost his son late in life. On top of that, his grandson had been unconscious for so long. Even an iron man could not endure it.

Over the past three days, Hyuga Kumokawa had not entrusted Soji to the maids for even a moment. Soji was his only remaining family in this world. He would not have felt at ease leaving him in anyone else's care.

Before going to rest, Hyuga Kumokawa still instructed a maid to remain on standby in the adjoining room beside Soji's bedroom.

At last, Soji was alone in the room.

He finally had time to slowly think over this world and everything about himself.

Having transmigrated into the world of Naruto, a world with supernatural powers, meant he had to stay vigilant at all times.

For all he knew, one day he might be sitting at home when a Tailed Beast Ball flew down from the sky and sent him straight to heaven.

Still, now that he was in this world, Hyuga Soji was very satisfied with his identity.

He was in Konoha, the strongest ninja village in the ninja world. Konoha had not suffered the slightest impact from the three Ninja World Wars, and it had emerged victorious from all three. As long as he did not leave Konoha early on, there should not be much danger.

And he had transmigrated into the Hyuga Clan. No matter how he looked at it, that was much better than transmigrating into the neighboring Uchiha Clan.

Soji had read novels in his previous life, so he had naturally dabbled in Naruto fanfiction.

Anyone who transmigrated into the Uchiha Clan was either worrying about the clan massacre or already fleeing after it. It was truly miserable!

In contrast, he had never seen the Hyuga Clan face any so-called risk of extermination.

At worst, he could just lie low until the Fourth Ninja World War ended. Then he could cling to the Seventh Hokage's thigh and rise with him. But that was the worst possible option.

Relying on a Hyuga woman to cling to the thigh of the ninja world's Child of Destiny was something Hyuga Soji could not bring himself to do without an extremely thick skin.

Rather than clinging to someone else's thigh, Soji would rather become the thigh others clung to.

The ninja world was a place where strength spoke. Without enough strength, he could only hope for the mercy of others—but who could guarantee that everyone he met would show him mercy?

What pleased Hyuga Soji most was that he had transmigrated into the Hyuga Main Family rather than the Branch House, whose members bore the Caged Bird Seal!

Though the Hyuga Main Family and Branch House shared the same ancestor and bloodline, the Branch House were nothing more than slaves before the Main House!

The Caged Bird was the mark of a slave!

If Hyuga Soji had been a Branch House member, then at this point, with the Second Ninja World War on the verge of breaking out, it would have been impossible for him to receive treatment from Tsunade, one of the Three Sannin.

Not only were the Hyuga Clan's Branch House treated as slaves by the Main House, but they were not trusted by Konoha's upper ranks either. After all, if the Hokage ordered a Branch House member to do something but the Main House did not permit it, should that Branch House member obey the Hokage or the Main House?

Thus, when he had first transmigrated and received all the original owner's memories, Soji had truly felt fortunate that he had not started out with the Caged Bird Seal branded upon him.

"From today onward, I am Hyuga Soji of the Hyuga Main Family in Konoha, Land of Fire." This time, Soji bid farewell to his former self.

"I've decided. Starting tomorrow, I'll train even harder than before."

Thinking about his future, five-year-old Hyuga Soji finally fell asleep.

In his dream, Hyuga Soji had become one of the ninja world's strongest ninjas. During the Fourth Ninja World War, he grabbed Madara Uchiha by the neck and spoke Madara's famous words from his previous life.

But in the dream, Soji said them to Madara Uchiha: "Madara, do you want to dance too?"

What young man had never gone through a chuunibyou phase?

Now, Hyuga Soji—an otaku about to graduate college in his previous life and a member of Konoha's Hyuga Main Family in this one—was dreaming the chuunibyou dream he had always longed for.