The trembling stopped, revealing a fissure before them half a meter wide, dozens of meters long, and of unknown depth.
Hyuga Hiashi stood right at the edge of the fissure.
The crack stretched from beneath Hinata's feet all the way beyond the wall. The wall standing across the middle of the fissure had collapsed, and shattered stones and bricks had fallen into its unknowable depths.
A bead of cold sweat slid down Hyuga Hiashi's face. If he had lost his footing, he would have fallen straight into that fissure.
At the same time, Hyuga Hiashi slowly turned his stiff neck and looked toward Hinata, who had landed on the ground and deactivated her Tenseigan mode.
The truth before him left him no choice but to believe that Hinata had created this fissure.
The elders were equally stunned.
But once their shock passed, it was replaced by wild delight.
Because the Byakugan was no weaker than the Sharingan!
The Uchiha Clan had the Mangekyo, while the Hyuga Clan had the Tenseigan. Its power was surely even greater than that of the Mangekyo.
The Hyuga Clan was finally going to rise!
"Congratulations, Patriarch! The Hyuga Clan is finally going to rise!"
"Wonderful! With Young Miss Hinata, the heavens truly favor the Hyuga Clan!"
"That's right. With Young Miss Hinata, the Hyuga Clan will surely reach the pinnacle."
The elders came over to congratulate Hyuga Hiashi, their gazes upon Hinata's Tenseigan filled with fanatical fervor.
Hinata shuddered.
The looks in those little old men's eyes were way too scary.
After discussing the matter with the elders, Hyuga Hiashi decided to reveal the existence of the Tenseigan.
With the strength Young Miss Hinata possessed after gaining the Tenseigan, she could be considered a powerhouse throughout the entire Shinobi World. There was no need to worry about anyone trying to steal her eyes.
At the same time, the Hyuga clansmen deserved to know of the Tenseigan's existence.
Aside from clansmen away on missions, everyone else who could return was summoned back.
The Hyuga clansmen had been wondering why the clan had called them back until the patriarch explained the existence of the Tenseigan.
At first, they did not believe it. But when they saw Young Miss Hinata enveloped in sky-blue energy, floating in the air, then slashing a fissure dozens of meters long through an empty area nearby with a single sword strike...
They believed.
After the clan assembly ended, the entire Hyuga household was discussing the Tenseigan.
At the same time, the major clans of the Hidden Leaf Village also learned of the Tenseigan's existence.
Because the Hyuga Clan had not deliberately concealed the news and had even intentionally spread it, the other clans received word very quickly.
At the same time, they thought of Hinata's other identity.
The Hokage's disciple!
There had clearly been no news whatsoever that Hinata had awakened the Tenseigan before. Yet the news emerged right after the Hokage took Hinata as his disciple.
They could not help but read more into it, especially since the Third Hokage truly was getting old.
In Root, Danzo listened to the intelligence gathered by his subordinates with a grim expression.
Regarding the Tenseigan, aside from its eye color and the two dozens-of-meters-long fissures discovered at the Hyuga residence, his subordinates had failed to uncover even the slightest additional information.
After dismissing his subordinates, Danzo sat alone in the dark room, deep in thought.
A sharp gleam flashed through Danzo's eyes. So what if your Tenseigan is peerless in power? Before those eyes, you can only obediently bow your head and submit!
The position of Hokage must be mine as well!
Inside Hinata's room.
Hinata was playing with a pair of gauntlets. Her father had given them to her, along with two pairs of gloves.
Suddenly, Hinata felt a chill run down her spine.
She sensed that someone was plotting against her, and it was a thought so disgusting that it made her sick.
Otherwise, she could not possibly have reacted so strongly.
Hinata thought it over. She had not offended anyone, so who would be bored enough to plot against her?
Other than that rotten old man...
Hinata thought of someone, someone who was especially good at causing trouble.
"I'll go take a look tonight. It probably isn't what I'm thinking, right?"
Hinata shook her head and examined the gauntlets in her hands.
The gauntlets were forged from Chakra-conducting metal and were dark gold overall.
When Hinata put them on, she found the inner material surprisingly comfortable. After moving around a little, they felt like a somewhat heavy pair of gloves, without hindering her movements in any way.
Hinata raised her hand, and with a thought, condensed a fireball in her palm.
Most importantly, these gauntlets did not interfere with her use of True Qi.
As for the gloves, they were white. They were also made from a material Hinata did not recognize and were highly resilient.
"Big sister, big sister..."
Hanabi pushed open Hinata's door, pounced on her, and looked up at Hinata's Tenseigan.
"Wow! Big sister's eyes are so pretty."
"Really? I think so too."
Hinata stroked Hanabi's head, utterly smug.
"Big sister, aren't you embarrassed?"
"I'm telling the truth. Why would telling the truth be embarrassing?"
Hanabi was stumped.
Right, how could telling the truth be embarrassing?
"Hehe~"
Hinata laughed as she watched Hanabi scrunch up her face in thought.
Time passed quickly. At midnight, Hinata arrived somewhere without disturbing anyone.
In a remote corner of the Hidden Leaf Village, there was a tunnel in the backyard of an inconspicuous courtyard.
Below that tunnel lay one of Root's bases.
And Danzo was in that base at this very moment.
However, the tunnel was filled with traps. An ordinary person who entered it would likely die in the passage at once.
But under Hinata's Tenseigan, those traps had nowhere to hide. She could easily avoid every trap and enter the Root base, but she used another method.
Spatial ability!
Hinata used her Tenseigan to find a location within the Root base, then directly teleported there.
Inside the dark base, Hinata was troubled by one matter.
She could not confirm whether Danzo truly harbored ill intent toward her.
She did not have the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan, nor did she know Genjutsu. She had no way to use Genjutsu to force an answer from him.
Could she use violence? She did not think Danzo would submit to violence.
Before she was certain, Hinata could not simply attack Danzo. After all, she was no murderer who would kill someone over nothing more than a suspicion.
But since she had come all this way, she could not just do nothing, could she?
Hinata focused her gaze on Danzo.
Hinata: "..."
All right, there was no need to look for any excuse now.
The instant her gaze fell upon Danzo, the Spiritual Sense born from her immense mental power told her that this man bore hostility toward her!
Whenever she had looked at Danzo before, her Spiritual Sense had told her that he was not a good person.
But this was the first time she had sensed such clear hostility.
Hinata immediately decided that she could not let him live.
The reason she had not acted before despite disliking him was because she did not want to kill anyone.
But now that Danzo harbored ill intent toward her and had committed so many monstrous acts, there was no reason to keep him alive.
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