Tenseigan Puppet

"Sarutobi, Hyuga Matsuba must have some other motive. Hurry up and bring him under control. Leave this matter to my Root." Danzo volunteered himself.

Danzo was the one with ulterior motives. He planned to control Hyuga Matsuba—wouldn't Kushina then be his? Danzo had been eyeing the Nine-Tails greedily.

The moment Hiruzen Sarutobi heard that, he understood what this old fox was plotting.

"Whatever the case, he belongs to the Hyuga Clan. It would be inappropriate for you to interfere and cause unnecessary trouble. Let this matter rest for now."

Danzo refused to give up. "That guy is the biggest trash in the clan. Would the Hyuga Clan really care that much about him?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke slowly, his expression indifferent. "Enough. I've already made arrangements. Uzumaki Tomoko will serve as the Jinchuriki."

"What?" Danzo shouted. He had never expected Hiruzen Sarutobi to have such a move prepared. After a long silence, Danzo knew there was no chance left and turned to leave.

"Sigh." Hiruzen Sarutobi rubbed his nose.

In truth, Kushina was the best candidate to become the Jinchuriki. But after spending some time with her, Hiruzen Sarutobi had formed certain opinions about the little girl.

Kushina's personality was the complete opposite of Uzumaki Tomoko's. Now that this incident had happened, Hiruzen Sarutobi directly gave up on Kushina.

The reason was that Uzumaki Tomoko was more obedient, while Kushina was somewhat feisty and prone to causing trouble.

Even though Kushina was more talented, Hiruzen Sarutobi did not want to take the risk. A Jinchuriki needed to obey him. If she lost control, it would be over.

That said, Hiruzen Sarutobi still secretly sent people to monitor Hyuga Matsuba's family, extending the surveillance to the Hyuga Clan as well. Perhaps the Hyuga Clan really had their eyes on the Nine-Tails.

Danzo returned home in a towering rage, smashing everything he saw.

"Hiruzen Sarutobi, just you wait!" Danzo roared with a twisted expression.

Before long, news of Kushina living with Hyuga Matsuba spread throughout the school. Quite a few boys secretly envied, resented, and hated Hyuga Matsuba.

Even though this world had no rule mandating monogamy, everyone still followed it.

Yet Hyuga Matsuba, a snot-nosed little brat, already had a girl on each arm. That was the dream of countless men.

Seeing the looks people gave him, Hyuga Matsuba curled his lips upward. As he walked, he nearly held his head up to the sky, looking immensely pleased with himself.

"What are you so smug about? I really want to teach you a lesson." Nawaki gritted his teeth until they creaked.

"Why are you getting so worked up? A single dog is still a single dog. You can't understand the joy of having two girlfriends. You're all ants. You've got a long way to go before you reach my level."

"Shut your mouth already! You're about to replace Uchiha Ken as the person everyone hates most." Hyuga Matsuba was getting carried away, and Nawaki was practically exploding with rage.

"Trash. Those are all objective facts, aren't they? It's not like I exaggerated anything." Hyuga Matsuba slowly sat down and raised an eyebrow.

"Tch, it's just one extra girlfriend. Look how proud you are. Just wait—I'll show you how I build a harem of three thousand beauties, and you'll only be able to watch enviously."

Hyuga Matsuba's jaw nearly dropped. He flicked Nawaki on the forehead.

"Kid, you sure have lofty ambitions. Can your body keep up?"

"Senju Nawaki, Hyuga Matsuba, settle down already!" Ueno Juri returned to the classroom and began scolding the two of them.

"Today, I'll be talking about our village. Our village..."

All the students, Hyuga Matsuba excluded, listened attentively.

But Hyuga Matsuba's mind had long since wandered elsewhere. What the teacher taught was completely different from objective history. Madara Uchiha had been omitted entirely, while the central figures had become Hashirama Senju, the Second Hokage, and the current Third Hokage.

Madara Uchiha was mentioned later, but only briefly, and he was portrayed as an extremely bad figure. Objectively speaking, Madara Uchiha had not been a good person either.

They had actually tampered with the facts. Hashirama Senju definitely would not have done something like that. By deduction, only Tobirama Senju and Shimura Danzō could have done it.

Considering how displeased Tobirama Senju was with him, there was a very high chance he had done such a thing.

The days continued as usual. Another boring day of school ended. With Kushina now by his side, things were slightly different, but otherwise they remained the same—still somewhat dull.

On the way home after school that day, Hyuga Matsuba suddenly had an idea and told Mikoto and Kushina to take a deserted path home.

When they reached a desolate area, the surroundings were deathly quiet, and a trace of killing intent appeared around Hyuga Matsuba.

"Still not showing yourself?"

Mikoto and Kushina looked utterly confused. Then a rustling sound came from behind them as a well-disguised person slowly approached.

The two girls were at a loss and quietly edged closer to Hyuga Matsuba.

"Hyuga Matsuba, Master Danzo wishes to speak with you." A cold voice delivered the icy message.

Hyuga Matsuba's face darkened upon hearing those words. The moment he heard that man's name, he felt instinctively disgusted.

Danzo constantly flaunted his contributions to the village and acted as though he stood above everyone else. In reality, he had no sense of responsibility at all—only an empty reputation.

Anyone with eyes could see that Danzo meant no good. But since things had reached this point, Hyuga Matsuba was not afraid to take him on.

"I'm about to do something inappropriate for children. It's dangerous, so you two girls should avoid watching." Hyuga Matsuba slowly told the two girls beside him.

"Are you refusing me? Be careful, or I won't be polite." The Root agent before him activated his Sharingan, preparing to attack Hyuga Matsuba.

"Hm? Judging by that move, you're from the Uchiha Clan?" Hyuga Matsuba had never expected there to be Root members within the Uchiha Clan. He continued, "Doesn't matter. Whoever comes will die anyway."

"Tenseigan Puppet Control!" In the blink of an eye, the assassin before him was controlled by the technique.

After being struck by this attack, the opponent became a puppet. Neither body nor mind remained under their own control. Everything was decided by their enemy.

This technique was somewhat similar to Kotoamatsukami, but it could only be activated on people weaker than himself. However, Kotoamatsukami had the same flaw.

"Dig out your own eyeballs." Hyuga Matsuba issued the command.

The puppet swayed unsteadily, then obediently carried it out.

Hyuga Matsuba was very satisfied. He then found the eyeballs he had dug out from Uchiha Kirito last time in his backpack and placed them in the puppet's hands.

"Your eyes will now become these. Follow my orders and assassinate the Third Hokage. If anyone asks, say Danzo or the Uchiha gave you the order."

"Understood."

In this world, swapping eyeballs was a simple matter, but one had to know medical Ninjutsu. The assassin before him did not.

Fortunately, Hyuga Matsuba had learned about it beforehand. Although his technique was not very practiced, this level of minor operation was already within his ability.

After completing the eye transplant, Hyuga Matsuba felt some regret, because this assassin was rather mediocre.

Now that he possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, his Chakra level had risen with the enhancement from the eyes, barely reaching the level of an Elite Jonin.

Even equipped with such high-level eyes, his limit was only Kage-level. Even in this village, he would not rank among the best.

Therefore, the assassination attempt would probably be discovered very quickly. Once he was caught, wouldn't those two eyes have been given away for nothing?

Hyuga Matsuba had a headache. He had not expected this assassin to be so useless. What should he do now?