Returning Home

Jiraiya and Hinata were quite recognizable, and the two ninjas guarding Konoha's gate identified them immediately.

Seeing how excited they looked, Hinata suspected they might be Jiraiya's fans.

"Hey, why have Miss Hinata's eyes changed?"

"How should I know? Don't ask unnecessary questions."

As Hinata walked through Konoha's gate, she could still hear the two talking.

She walked along the village roads, heading towards the Hokage's office.

Jiraiya glanced at Hinata and noticed she was staring straight ahead without looking left or right. But knowing Hinata possessed a panoramic view, he wasn't sure what exactly she was looking at.

"I understand the detailed situation."

The Third Hokage looked at Hinata's eyes, then avoided her direct gaze.

He originally thought being stared at by the Hyuga's Byakugan was stressful enough, but now it seemed the Tenseigan was even more pressure, making him feel as if his very soul was being seen through.

And... Tenseigan, I wonder how it compares to the Mangekyo Sharingan...

"Hinata, you should go home first. Your father is waiting for you."

Don't look at the Hyuga's Byakugan first. The moment Hinata entered Konoha, the Hyuga clan already knew their young lady had returned.

Just as the Third Hokage said, her father was waiting for her to come out of the Hokage's office and go home.

"Then, Master, I'll be going back now."

After Hinata left, the Third Hokage looked at Jiraiya. "You're not leaving this time, are you?"

"I'm not leaving."

Jiraiya waved his hand grandly. This time, no matter what, he wasn't leaving.

The Third Hokage smiled. "Then you should go rest for a bit, and I'll assign you some work later. You know, Konoha is very busy right now."

"Alright, that sounds good."

As Hinata left the Hokage's office and was about to exit the Hokage building, she encountered a ninja.

What caught Hinata's attention was the incredibly dense, strange energy emanating from him.

Coupled with his nervous expression. "Did something happen?"

Hinata watched him disappear at the end of the corridor and didn't give it much thought.

To be honest, ninjas rushing to the Hokage's building with such anxious expressions had been happening almost every month for the past few years.

And the news they brought was usually bad news...

On her way back home, Hinata's pair of azure Tenseigan eyes attracted countless gazes.

Most ordinary civilians just thought her eyes were beautiful and wanted to look at them longer.

But veteran ninjas, who had been in service for many years, instinctively averted their gaze after just one look at Hinata's eyes.

Because in those azure eyes, they felt as if all their secrets were being laid bare.

Upon returning to the Hyuga Clan Compound, this kind of attention didn't decrease; in fact, every single member of the Hyuga clan saw Hinata's eyes.

This led them to start discussing amongst themselves what had happened to Miss Hinata's eyes.

But no matter what, they didn't dare to ask her directly.

"What happened to your eyes?"

Hyuga Hiashi was greatly alarmed upon seeing Hinata's eyes, fearing something had gone wrong with them.

"Regarding this..."

Hinata told her father the excuse she had prepared and demonstrated a move, letting him witness the power of the Tenseigan.

"This is truly wonderful!"

"Hinata, come with me."

Hyuga Hiashi excitedly led Hinata into a room and notified the elders.

The elders arrived not long after.

They were also very surprised to see Hinata's eyes, and they too worried that something might have happened to them.

When they heard that Hinata's eyes had evolved into the Tenseigan, they were even more astonished.

Hinata cooperatively displayed her Tenseigan mode.

Watching her body enveloped in sky-blue energy and suspended at least twenty centimeters above the ground, they were so amazed their jaws dropped.

Hyuga Hiashi looked at the astonished elders and felt immense joy, but also a faint sense of defeat.

He realized he was now countless streets behind his eight-year-old daughter in terms of strength.

"Ahem, Hinata, we have seen your Tenseigan, but we still need to confirm its power."

"Yes, the Tenseigan, which has never appeared before, we must confirm its power."

"Yes, that's right."

This is an eye that might not be inferior to the Uchiha Clan's Mangekyo Sharingan!

Then, Hyuga Hiashi and the others brought Hinata to a deserted training ground.

And the one sparring with Hinata was none other than her father, Hyuga Hiashi.

After all, within the Hyuga household, besides Hinata, Hyuga Hiashi was the strongest.

Hinata looked at her father, who had assumed the Gentle Fist starting stance, and then at the elders nearby, each glaring with their Byakugan.

She really wanted to say, "Come at me all at once."

But she gave up, deciding to spare her father some face.

"Hinata, be careful."

After warning Hinata, Hyuga Hiashi struck towards her abdomen with a palm.

The speed was so great that it instantly closed the ten-meter distance between them.

However, his palm was blocked by a layer of blue energy surrounding Hinata's body.

Hyuga Hiashi felt as if he had struck a piece of incredibly soft cotton. Upon contact with this energy, the force of his palm strike was completely nullified.

Furthermore, after touching this layer of energy, he realized that with his current strength, he couldn't break through this energy shield.

But he knew this; the elders on the other side, however, did not.

"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!"

Hyuga Hiashi leaped back to his original position and then unleashed four palm strikes towards Hinata from a distance.

Hyuga Hiashi using the Vacuum Palm surprised the elders.

They wondered if it was really necessary to use the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.

But what surprised them even more was yet to come. They clearly saw the four vacuum palm strikes land on Hinata, yet it was as if they had fallen into a bottomless pit, with no reaction whatsoever.

It was as if these four Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palms were merely fanning Hinata with a gentle breeze.

Though, in reality, that's precisely what it felt like...

Hyuga Hiashi's eye twitched, a stark realization dawning on him. Was the gap... this immense?

Seeing the astonished elders, Hinata thought to herself, "This isn't over yet."

She condensed a Truth-Seeking Orb and transformed it into a long sword radiating golden light.

The sword tip pointed directly downwards, aimed at the ground. Then, with a slight exertion of her palm, she lifted the sword until the tip pointed upwards.

The golden, luminous long sword traced a semicircular arc in the air.

Hyuga Hiashi focused intently on the golden long sword in Hinata's hand, his expression extremely grave.

Even just gazing at the golden long sword in Hinata's hand caused a stinging sensation in his eyes, and the elders nearby felt it too.

But to Hyuga Hiashi's surprise, Hinata merely lifted the golden long sword and then put it away.

"Aren't you going to attack?"

As if in response to Hyuga Hiashi's question, the entire courtyard began to tremble, as if an earthquake had struck.