Night.
After handling the Ninja Academy's affairs, Hyuga Kagami returned home alone. Then, he took a Lightning Release clone body out of the storage scroll he carried with him.
This Lightning Release clone body had been cloned by Hyuga Kagami when he had taken some time out from developing the "Type-Two Bio-Armor."
At the time, Hyuga Kagami had received 150 million in compensation from the village for eliminating Shisui and assuming the position of Hokage. Combined with the money he had won from betting, he had been flush with cash. Thus, while developing the "Type-Two Bio-Armor," he had cloned five Lightning Release clone bodies fused with Kakashi's cellular tissue in one go.
The one before him was the most gifted among the five Lightning Release clone bodies.
In truth, the other four Lightning Release clone bodies had possessed quite good aptitude as well. However, for some reason, the Earth Release chakra nature within them had also been exceptionally strong, nearly rivaling their Lightning Release chakra. Only the one before Hyuga Kagami was somewhat better, which was why he had brought it out of the laboratory.
"Tch, I didn't expect that guy Kakashi to have such a high affinity for Earth-nature chakra too..."
Thinking of how four of the five Lightning Release clone bodies he had spent a fortune creating had been abandoned because the Earth-nature chakra inside them was too strong, Hyuga Kagami's heart ached. That money had been wasted far too unjustly.
Fortunately, one was still usable, so his money had not gone entirely to waste.
Setting those thoughts aside, Hyuga Kagami turned his attention to the Lightning Release clone body before him.
"Hairstyle wasn't part of what I cloned. What happened here...?"
This Lightning Release clone body looked very much like Hyuga Kagami. Within its eye sockets were