"Hyuga... Yukina?"
Hearing the voice from within the shadows, Orochimaru was slightly taken aback. He clearly had not expected the person in the shadows to bring up that name at this moment.
"What? Have you forgotten?"
The person in the shadows said this with considerable mockery in his tone.
"Of course I remember."
Orochimaru curled his lips in disdain.
Hyuga Yukina—of course he remembered that little girl.
To be honest, among Taki Chiba, Uchiha Hirohiko, and Hyuga Yukina, Kushina's three disciples, leaving Taki Chiba aside for the moment, both Uchiha Hirohiko and Hyuga Yukina were genius shinobi destined to become pillars of Konoha. Even in this era, few could compare to their talent.
How could either of them be forgotten?
Especially Hyuga Yukina. Aside from Taki Chiba's talent for becoming Hokage, she had been the most promising.
In some respects, even Taki Chiba might not have measured up to Hyuga Yukina. At the very least, during her time as Deputy Captain of the Defense Force, the adjustments she made to the Defense Force were still in use today. Even several special departments had begun adopting her reforms in turn, improving the efficiency of Konoha's defense departments and other divisions by at least ten percent overall. It could be said that this little girl's impact on Konoha would likely be permanent.
If not for the fact that she was a member of the Hyuga Clan's main family, making her situation far too special, she could not become Hokage for either political or military reasons. Otherwise, Taki Chiba might not have been the only candidate for Fifth Hokage.
If not for her shortcomings in battle, Hyuga Yukina would definitely have been another talent fit to become Hokage.
*If those three children had been under my tutelage back then, would things have come