A Chance to Change the Hyuga Clan!

Night, Hyuga Clan Dojo.

Having just finished dinner, Shinichi Hyuga hurried eagerly to the dojo, wanting to test the Forbidden Jutsu he had learned today.

Fearing that Shinichi might recklessly mess around, Hyuga Hiashi accompanied him to the dojo after dinner. The father and son stood facing each other in the center of the training ground. Under Hiashi's watchful gaze, Shinichi crossed his hands and formed a strange "ten" hand seal.

This seal was not among the Basic 12 Seals. In the next moment, thick white smoke rose around Shinichi.

Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!

When the white smoke cleared, more than a hundred Shinichi Hyugas had appeared in the dojo. The previously spacious training ground now seemed somewhat crowded.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu?"

"Is this the jutsu you were so eager to try?"

"This technique... doesn't really suit you, Shinichi."

Seeing Shinichi Hyuga master the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu so effortlessly and create a hundred clones on his first attempt, Hyuga Hiashi was not surprised in the slightest. Instead, he stroked his chin and gave a serious assessment.

As Shinichi's father, Hiashi had long since grown accustomed to the terrifying talent Shinichi displayed.

Everything Shinichi showed could be summed up by Hiashi in one simple sentence: "As expected of my son."

Compared to the other strange Forbidden Jutsu recorded in the Scroll of Seals, the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu seemed rather "ordinary."

It was an advanced version of the Shadow Clone.

In Konoha, quite a few people had mastered this technique. But for most shinobi, it was actually quite useless, because once Shadow Clones were created, Chakra had to be split evenly among them.

This left each clone with far less Chakra than the original body had before splitting. The more clones created, the less Chakra each individual Shadow Clone possessed. Even if ordinary people mastered such a jutsu, it would be of no help in battle.

With the Chakra reserves of an ordinary shinobi, let alone Multiple Shadow Clones, even creating five or six Shadow Clones would divide their Chakra so much that each one would not even have enough to cast a complete ninjutsu.

For shinobi like the Hyuga Clan, who relied on powerful Nintaijutsu to establish themselves, this technique had no value at all.

As he spoke, Hyuga Hiashi casually struck a nearby Shadow Clone with a hand chop. The clone instantly turned into a puff of white smoke and vanished without a trace.

At the same time, the clone's memories and pain returned to the original body. As Shinichi carefully experienced it, his brows furrowed slightly.

Hiashi's hand chop had not been heavy, but when the clone's memories returned, Shinichi still felt it clearly.

"When a Shadow Clone disappears, its pain returns to the original body along with it. It doesn't cause injury, but that sensation is real."

"This places an enormous burden on the caster. In severe cases, the caster might even suffer a mental breakdown from the pain."

Hiashi understood this side effect, and Shinichi naturally knew it as well.

Anyone capable of using this technique needed not only immense Chakra reserves, but also an extremely high pain tolerance. A hot-blooded manga protagonist like Naruto naturally would not fear pain.

Other than Luffy, what idiot protagonist would be afraid of pain?

Moreover, shinobi in this world generally had far greater pain tolerance than ordinary people. An elite shinobi like Kakashi had not suffered a mental breakdown even after being stabbed for three days and three nights in Itachi Uchiha's Tsukuyomi.

If that level of endurance were used for Shadow Clones, creating tens of thousands would not be a problem.

But after experiencing it firsthand, Shinichi Hyuga still decided not to incorporate this technique into combat...

I should just honestly use it as a training cheat.

As for training fatigue returning to the original body when the clones were released?

Wasn't that easy to handle? He simply needed to avoid making the clones train too intensely. As long as the clones did not feel fatigued, the so-called fatigue would naturally not return to the original body when they were released. If he strictly controlled the time, there would naturally be no side effects.

Shinichi was not Naruto, treating his clones like nuclear-powered mules.

"Father, when Shadow Clones disappear, their memories and experiences return to the original body as well."

"Doesn't that mean I gain a great deal more training time?"

"What matters in learning Chakra shape transformation and nature transformation is that fleeting 'feeling.' This technique can help me immensely."

Shinichi's words made Hyuga Hiashi pause. Then he stroked his chin and smiled.

"Indeed, if it's used to assist training, it really is excellent!"

"You actually thought of that. As expected of my son!"

Whether Shinichi's idea had originally been his own or not did not matter. Since Hiashi had heard it from his son's mouth, he naturally did not spare his praise.

After that, Shinichi tested the Shadow Clone technique several more times. Only after thoroughly imprinting the sensation of casting it into his mind did he begin the next stage.

Shinichi asked Hiashi to bring him a great many Empty Scrolls. While the memories in his mind were still "fresh," he used Shadow Clones to write down and record one Forbidden Jutsu after another.

Shinichi Hyuga had no intention of keeping anything to himself. His chance to read the Scroll of Seals had been earned through both his own efforts and the efforts of the Hyuga Clan.

He also intended to record these techniques as part of the Hyuga Clan's foundation, storing them within the clan and waiting for future descendants of exceptional talent to unlock these "sealed" treasures.

In fact, practices like Shinichi's existed among all shinobi clans.

Take the Third Hokage's Sarutobi Family, for example. After the Fourth Hokage and his wife died in battle, where did their belongings go?

When Naruto, as a young man, found the scarf Kushina had knitted for him while she was still alive in the Third Hokage's family warehouse, did that not make the destination of Minato and Kushina's belongings quite clear?

Even the scarf Kushina had knitted for her son had ended up in the Third Hokage's warehouse... then what about the Uzumaki Clan's Secret Techniques, or the results of the Fourth Hokage's research into various ninjutsu?

Naturally, they had also entered the Sarutobi Family's Jutsu Library.

Therefore, Shinichi Hyuga felt no guilt whatsoever about copying the Scroll of Seals. Why could he not write down the ninjutsu he had memorized and preserve them for his clan on Scrolls?!

Shinichi Hyuga had received the clan's protection. Now that he had something to give back to the clan, it was only right that he did so.

At the same time, after completing his copies, Shinichi made use of the clan's resources and asked Hiashi to bring out every Sealing Jutsu Scroll stored within the clan so that he could begin studying them.

The Hyuga Clan had stood tall in the Shinobi World for so many years. Whether they were spoils of war or rewards obtained through exchange, they had acquired quite a few Sealing Jutsu, whether actively or passively.

These techniques had been kept within the clan for years, and some clan members had always studied and specialized in them.

The Hyuga Clan, which possessed the Caged Bird Seal, was actually quite skilled in Sealing Jutsu.

Having received Minato's guidance, Shinichi naturally would not make no preparations. Since the Flying Thunder God Technique was closely connected to Sealing Jutsu, he would systematically study Sealing Jutsu.

And while he was at it, he would learn more about the Caged Bird Seal!

Shinichi sincerely hoped that the Hyuga Clan could become incomparably powerful—powerful enough to protect every member of the clan, including himself. To achieve that goal, the Caged Bird Seal that limited the Branch Family's potential naturally needed to be improved.

Completely abolishing it was impossible, because for ordinary Hyuga Clan shinobi, this technique was not a restraint, but a form of protection.

The Hyuga Clan's continued existence to this day was directly related to the Caged Bird Seal.

Tomorrow, I'll start by studying the Flying Thunder God.

I hope my talent is enough to let me learn that technique!

Even if I can't use Flying Thunder God as quickly as an ordinary Body Flicker Technique, it won't matter...

Bright moonlight spilled over the Cemetery's gravestones. Beneath the moonlight, a figure draped in a Black Robe appeared in the silent Cemetery.

The person slowly bent down and gently brushed the gravestone before him, engraved with the name "Rin Nohara." In the scarlet eye beneath the Tiger-Striped Mask, there was deep longing and sorrow.

"Rin..."

Whenever he saw that lifeless gravestone, his longing for Rin grew deeper, as did his hatred for this world. And as that hatred fermented, the Dojutsu Power of his Sharingan grew ever stronger.