A Letter from a Distant Relative

Mizuki's cause of death was ultimately classified by the village as a sudden illness. The reason for doing so was to cover up the farcical accusations against Hyuga Kagami.

After all, if this farce got out, not only would the village lose all dignity, but the Hyuga Clan would become a laughingstock as well.

Under the Third Hokage's instructions, all the higher-ups who had attended the meeting tacitly chose to remain silent afterward, as though that high-level meeting had never existed.

Yet no matter how the village tried to suppress it, the impact of this absurd farce slowly fermented in the minds of the higher-ups.

After this incident, many village higher-ups came to clearly realize that Hyuga Kagami was by no means an ordinary Jonin or an ordinary member of a prestigious clan. Their attitudes toward him quietly began to change.

The Main Branch, which had single-handedly driven this farce, naturally behaved much more honestly afterward. Several Main Branch elders barely even left the Main Branch Estate anymore.

This incident had utterly disgraced the Main Branch. Fortunately, the village had sealed off the news in time; otherwise, the Hyuga Clan would surely have become the villagers' favorite topic of gossip.

As for all this, Hyuga Kagami, the person at the center of it all, did not pay much attention.

Free from outside disturbances, he quickly devoted all his energy once more to optimizing the "Yin Seal" and training in the "Eight Inner Gates."

Just as he had expected, the combination of the "Yin Seal" and the "Eight Inner Gates" was indeed highly effective.

Every morning, he would first drain all the chakra from his body and store it in the sealing area of the "Yin Seal," plunging both his body and spirit body into extreme exhaustion.

Then, with his exhausted