Bloodline Reversion?

Three days later.

Today was the day Hyuga Kazuya had to return the two Sealing Scrolls to the village.

Naturally, Hyuga Kazuya had not forgotten the date.

Without wasting any time, he went to the Hokage Building early in the morning to hand over the Sealing Scrolls.

Then he swiftly returned home.

He continued practicing the various ninjutsu he had gained from his recent Enlightenment.

In the Training Ground in the backyard.

Hyuga Kazuya sat cross-legged.

"Lightning Style Chakra Mode, activate!"

With a soft shout, Hyuga Kazuya's entire body was shrouded in a layer of lightning. Even the surrounding light seemed to dim slightly, making him seem almost divine—or demonic.

Arcs of electricity appeared around Hyuga Kazuya, whipping through the air and venting their power in every direction, scorching one dark crater after another into the ground.

Hyuga Kazuya drew back his chakra and slowly deactivated Lightning Style Chakra Mode. Looking at the charred marks left by the electrical blasts all around him—

Hyuga Kazuya frowned.

It seems my control over Lightning Style Chakra Mode still isn't good enough. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many electrical scorch marks.

After all, the Raikage's Chakra Mode merely formed a layer of blue chakra radiance around his body. It did not discharge electricity everywhere like Hyuga Kazuya's did.

Feeling the pitifully small amount of chakra remaining in his body, Hyuga Kazuya realized for the first time that the quantity of his chakra was limiting his training.

Looks like I need to find a way to acquire a massive amount of chakra.

Although he could let loose and extract chakra without restraint every day, rapidly increasing his chakra reserves over time—

But it was still the same old problem.

How would he explain his extraordinary chakra reserves? How would he explain having more than twice the chakra of other members of his Clan?

There was no way to explain it.

Tell the Clan it was Bloodline Reversion?

How would the Main Family, which prided itself on possessing the purest bloodline, handle that?

If the Branch Family's bloodline surpassed that of the Main Family, what do you think they would do?

At best, they would control him under the pretense of protecting the Clan's outstanding bloodline, while secretly treating him as a breeding stallion to improve the bloodline purity of the Main Family's next generation.

At worst, they would be simple and brutal about it. If they could not solve the problem, they would solve the person who raised it.

Therefore, directly increasing his chakra was not advisable.

Unless—unless he had something to use as a cover.

At the thought of a cover, Hyuga Kazuya's eyes lit up as he thought of someone.

"I've got it. Sealing Jutsu. I can solve this with Sealing Jutsu, and Konoha's best Sealing Jutsu master just happens to be connected to me."

That person was Uzumaki Kushina, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

The Uzumaki Clan was itself a Clan of Sealing Jutsu specialists, and Kushina was publicly the only surviving orphan of the Uzumaki Clan. Naturally, she might have inherited all of the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu legacy. One could easily imagine the extent of Kushina's mastery of Sealing Jutsu.

In the original story, Kushina, exhausted after having just given birth, had still been able to easily restrain the complete Nine-Tails. At her peak, sealing the Nine-Tails would have been child's play for her.

As for other ways to acquire a massive amount of chakra—

For example, becoming a Jinchuriki. Leaving aside how he would capture a Tailed Beast, even if he obtained one, how would he seal it? That alone was a major problem.

As for other energy sources introduced in the Hokage world, such as the Dragon Vein and the Gelel Stone, they were either difficult to obtain or had no confirmed location. Neither was the best option right now.

After thinking it over, improving his own chakra was still the safest and most reliable choice. He should go find Master's Wife Kushina.

Once he made up his mind, Hyuga Kazuya immediately got to work. He rose and left the backyard.

"Uncle, I'm heading out. I might not be back today."

Whether Uncle had heard him or not, Hyuga Kazuya had already slipped away.

Besides, even if Uncle had not heard him, there was still the Maid.

It was already close to noon.

Since it was winter, noon was the warmest part of the day, and there were no fewer people on Konoha's streets.

"I'm a little hungry." Rubbing his stomach and feeling how empty it was, Hyuga Kazuya spoke sincerely.

Practicing ninjutsu consumed chakra, replenishing chakra required energy, and human energy came from food. It was that simple.

Walking down the street, Hyuga Kazuya suddenly thought of the famous Otsutsuki Ichiraku from Hokage.

He had been in the ninja world for so long and had never gone there. This time, he would take a look.

At this time, Ichiraku Ramen was still just a small stall. It was not large, nor was it particularly famous in Konoha.

Inside Ichiraku Ramen, Hyuga Kazuya slurped down the freshly served Tonkotsu Ramen in huge mouthfuls.

Hyuga Kazuya silently gave Otsutsuki Ichiraku's cooking a thumbs-up.

"Boss, five more bowls of ramen."

Just then, Hyuga Kazuya looked up to order and spotted some "familiar faces."

Three people.

One was voluptuous, with such an ample chest that one had to wonder whether it affected her combat ability.

One was tall, with white hair, happily eating ramen.

As if he had not eaten any for years.

As for the remaining person, there was no need to say more. With pale skin and a slightly gloomy expression, unlike the roughness of the first two, he ate Konoha's best ramen slowly and elegantly.

"This famous Hokage landmark really makes it easy to run into plot characters."

Holding his bowl, Hyuga Kazuya wanted to go over and greet them.

But then he looked at the ramen in his hands. The slices of meat glistened with oil, giving off an irresistible aroma.

His mouth flooded with saliva, and he swallowed.

Hyuga Kazuya suddenly decided that it would not be too late to go over after he finished eating.

Besides, he knew them, but did they know him?

That was honestly hard to say, even for Jiraiya, who was theoretically the closest to him.

After all, ever since Hyuga Kazuya had become Minato Namikaze's disciple, he had never once seen Jiraiya. So Jiraiya truly did not know who Hyuga Kazuya was.

Hyuga Kazuya actually ate quite quickly, but he had ordered five bowls.

In keeping with the Chinese virtue of not wasting food, he naturally could not bring himself to waste any.

So before Hyuga Kazuya had even finished eating, the Konoha Sannin had already left Ichiraku Ramen.

Standing outside Ichiraku Ramen, Hyuga Kazuya patted his stomach with a satisfied expression.

"What a shame. I didn't get to greet the Legendary Sannin, but it's fine. As long as they're in the village, there'll be opportunities in the future."

The old Hyuga Kazuya naturally would not have given up an opportunity to make an impression in front of the Legendary Sannin, but that was the old him.

Perhaps the increase in his strength had already begun to influence his mindset without him realizing it.

After leaving Ichiraku Ramen, Hyuga Kazuya headed straight for Minato Namikaze's home.

Knock, knock.

"Who is it?"

"Teacher Minato, it's me."

"Oh, Kazuya." Minato Namikaze opened the door. Seeing Hyuga Kazuya, he asked curiously, "What is it, Kazuya? Do you need something?"

"Teacher Minato, is Master's Wife Kushina home?"

Come to think of it, Hyuga Kazuya realized that Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kushina had been living together before getting married. That counted as illegal cohabitation.

"She is. Your Master's Wife is home. Come in."

Minato Namikaze led Hyuga Kazuya inside, sat down on the sofa, and asked curiously.

"What do you need your Master's Wife for?"

"It's like this. I want to ask Master's Wife for a favor."

"Did something happen?" Minato Namikaze's expression shifted slightly as he asked with concern.

"No, no. Teacher Minato, don't misunderstand. I just want to ask Master's Wife to use a Sealing Jutsu on me."

"What Sealing Jutsu? What happened to you?"

"A Sealing Jutsu that can block the Byakugan. Its main purpose is to prevent the Byakugan from examining the chakra inside my body."

Hyuga Kazuya had actually thought for a long time about what reason he should use to ask Kushina for help.

He had considered many methods, but none of them were safe.

So he simply decided to tell the truth: his bloodline had undergone Bloodline Reversion, causing his body to extract chakra abnormally quickly and allowing him to store an abnormally high amount of chakra.

At that moment, Kushina, who had walked out from the inner room, heard their conversation. She asked curiously.

"Kazuya, why do you want to set up this kind of Sealing Jutsu? And why place it on yourself?"

"Teacher Minato, Master's Wife Kushina, you both know the situation of our Hyuga Clan."

Minato Namikaze and Kushina exchanged glances, and Minato Namikaze spoke first.

"Kazuya, if it's difficult to talk about, you don't have to say it. We'll help you set up the Sealing Jutsu."

For some reason, warmth rose in Hyuga Kazuya's heart, and he smiled.

"Teacher, it's not that serious. It's just that my bloodline seems to have undergone Bloodline Reversion."

"What?" "What?"

Minato Namikaze and Kushina cried out in shock at the same time.