Evolution Chart Beginning with the Byakugan

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Afternoon.

After finishing another round of training, Hyuga Sho gazed at the pair of white eyes in the mirror.

Strictly speaking, the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan was a type of "Kekkei Genkai."

A Kekkei Genkai, so called,

was an ability inscribed in one's DNA, either innate or acquired later in life.

This world had countless Kekkei Genkai Ninja and ninja clans, and every Kekkei Genkai possessed its own unique abilities.

The Hyuga Clan's Byakugan

could see through objects, see into the distance, pierce darkness, and also identify the human body's chakra pathways, Chakra Flow, and other special features.

Based on this, the Hyuga Clan's ancestors had invented and developed many complementary forms of Taijutsu.

Even the most basic "Eight Trigrams Palms" that Hyuga Sho practiced required the Byakugan's abilities in actual combat.

Drawing on the body's Memories within his mind, Hyuga Sho... prepared to try activating the Byakugan.

However...

If one looked closely, one would notice

that one eye in the mirror was somewhat cloudier than the other.

Moreover, neither eye possessed anything close to the crystal clarity of Hyuga Natsu's and Hyuga Suetsuchi's.

Hyuga Sho understood that this was what they called "Byakugan purity."

Even within the Hyuga Clan, Byakugan purity varied from person to person.

A Byakugan with higher purity was more powerful, could see farther, and could see through things more thoroughly.

Following the method in his Memories, Hyuga Sho raised his arms, spreading and curling his fingers into a strange gesture.

This "gesture" was called "Hand Seals."

Some of a ninja's special powers could be unleashed by using Hand Seals to guide Chakra.

It was somewhat like inputting moves in a fighting game from his previous life...

Different button combinations produced different fighting moves.

Hand Seals were basically the same.

The order and number of seals determined the nature of the technique.

Byakugan!

Hyuga Sho silently recited Byakugan and guided Chakra toward his eyes.

Very quickly, a change occurred.

Everything before his eyes turned black and white.

This meant the Byakugan had been activated.

Within this black-and-white world... blue phantoms appeared.

Some of these phantoms were tall, some short; some had male builds, while others had female ones.

So this was X-ray vision...

Hyuga Sho came to an understanding.

He was the only person in the room. These swaying human phantoms must have been people in the other rooms—the members of the Hyuga Clan's Branch Family.

Most of the short Children were displayed in light blue.

Tall youths and adults, on the other hand, were mostly dark blue.

It should be a matter of Chakra Amount, Hyuga Sho guessed.

In the video games of his previous life, there had been concepts like MP and mana bars.

Applied to this world, that meant some people had more Chakra, while others had less.

Under normal circumstances, Children had less Chakra than adults.

"Hm?"

Narrowing his eyes and observing carefully for a moment, Hyuga Sho noticed something else.

These phantoms, regardless of age or gender, were darker in the upper body and somewhat lighter in the lower body.

Probably... because the Hyuga Clan has many palm and finger techniques, but no leg techniques.

Hyuga Sho looked over his own body again.

His body was lighter in color than most Children's.

That meant his Chakra Amount was below average; he was dragging the Hyuga Clan down.

With his low Byakugan purity, low Chakra Amount, poor Taijutsu, and other problems combined,

that was how he had earned the name Dead Last.

Come to think of it, this body's only advantage was probably being handsome.

No...

The next moment, Hyuga Sho Detected something unusual.

Only one of my eyes can see through things.

Hyuga Sho discovered

that only his Left Eye possessed X-ray vision.

His Right Eye was no different from an Ordinary Person's eye.

And why can't I see the chakra pathways when the Byakugan is clearly supposed to see through them?

The chakra pathways were the channels through which Chakra flowed.

The Byakugan could see through the chakra pathways, allowing the Gentle Fist's acupuncture strikes to be effective.

Yet it was only when he brought his palm close to his face that Hyuga Sho discovered...

that his Byakugan, which should have been able to "easily" see the chakra pathway system, had lost most of its abilities and could barely make out the pathways in his hand.

Was it because of the Caged Bird Seal?

According to the original body's Memories, the Byakugan had functioned perfectly normally before the Curse Mark had been branded onto him.

The obvious culprit behind it all was the Caged Bird Curse Mark on his forehead.

No, more precisely...

It was the Main Family.

Thinking of how one of his Byakugan had weak X-ray vision and had become half-crippled,

while the other had completely lost its proper function,

Hyuga Sho finally frowned.

Whether in his previous life or this one, what Hyuga Sho valued most was "extraordinary power."

What the Main Family had done was truly infuriating.

"Back then, those old men of the Branch Family said I would at most stop at Chunin..."

Now, it seemed

that even becoming a Chunin might be a problem.

Because all of the Hyuga Clan's abilities were designed to work alongside the Byakugan.

If the Byakugan had a problem, the complementary Taijutsu naturally could not display its full power.

It was even questionable... whether they could be used normally at all.

Fortunately, this world possessed endless possibilities.

Hyuga Sho was not discouraged in the slightest.

As the saying went, all roads led to Rome. There were countless ways to grow stronger; if one method did not work, he could simply try another.

Just as Hyuga Sho was thinking this, the next moment—

A voice and Characters appeared before his eyes at the same time.

[Byakugan Detected. Otsutsuki Clan descendant confirmed. Evolution Chart... activated!]

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