Kakashi and Guy

After all, Bai Yue really couldn't imagine a Branch Family member who had survived the war launching a suicidal attack after it had already ended.

A Branch Family member branded with the Caged Bird could never successfully ambush the Main Family. Besides its usual effects, the Caged Bird had gained additional functions through generations of Main Family research and development. For example—the Main Family could sense the killing intent in a Branch Family member's heart!

In the original story, Hyuga Hiashi had been teaching his daughter when he instantly sensed Hizashi Hyuga's killing intent toward Hinata for precisely this reason.

For the same reason, the Main Family could punish individual Branch Family members with greater precision, rather than activating it once and implicating a huge number of Branch Family members.

After all these years, aside from extraordinarily unlucky people like Hizashi, the Hyuga Clan's Branch Family members had basically accepted their fate!

It was practically impossible for a Branch Family member to assassinate a Main Family member, yet now—such a vile incident had happened in broad daylight!

And at such a solemn occasion, no less!

It truly made no sense.

Other than the infamous Kabin, Bai Yue simply couldn't think of anyone who would stir up trouble at a time like this.

With the attacker dead, the Branch Family members numbly lifted the corpse and slowly returned to the Clan land.

The Villagers at the scene also began discussing it in hushed voices.

"What happened to that Ninja just now?" Some ordinary Villagers did not understand the Hyuga Clan.

"No idea. He suddenly seemed to have a seizure. I hope that Ninja is okay."

"He's not gone. He just cooled off a little too fast! Still, the Hyuga Main Family really is a bunch of overbearing, cowardly parasitic bloodsuckers!"

A nearby Ninja was rather speechless and silently complained in his heart.

"..."

The scene was somewhat chaotic. Some "helpful people" explained the Hyuga Clan's situation to those who did not understand it, and soon the entire place erupted into a wave of condemnation against the Hyuga Main Family.

In short—this was another major blow to the Hyuga Clan's reputation.

And since the Hyuga Main Family already had a terrible reputation, this only made things worse.

Bai Yue, who had already left, had no idea the Hyuga Main Family's public image was taking another hit. Even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care.

Too many lice didn't itch, and too much debt didn't worry you.

The Hyuga Main Family's reputation had never been good to begin with, so what if it became even worse?!

Besides, it was the Clan Head's branch that showed its face in public. What did it have to do with him?

As long as he wrapped a bandage around his forehead when he went out, who the hell could tell whether he was Main Family or Branch Family?

"Investigate this!" The moment he returned to the Clan land, the furious Hyuga Tokuma began issuing orders!

The entire Hyuga Clan Compound descended into chaos.

Every Hyuga Branch Family member who had ever interacted with Hyuga Kiyoryu was summoned. They were questioned first, and if anything seemed even slightly suspicious, they were taken away for interrogation.

The result was obvious—

When Kabin made a move, unless someone had God's Perspective or was his Old Buddy Hiruzen Sarutobi, almost no one could figure it out.

The Shinobi of Darkness had not earned his reputation for nothing!

What? Why was he so sure it was Danzo?

When you discovered that someone in this world had done something bad but couldn't find the culprit, then that was right—the culprit was definitely...!

Bai Yue guessed that Danzo had definitely been behind this!

The reason he had pulled this stunt was, ninety-nine-point-nine percent likely, because the Hyuga Clan had contacted Minato Namikaze and had even allowed Bai Yue, a son of the Main Family, to become his disciple.

Danzo might not know why the Hyuga Clan, which had always remained neutral and kept to itself in a corner, had suddenly stepped into the Hokage election.

But that did not stop Danzo from using a few petty tricks to make the Hyuga Clan suffer a little.

Even if he guessed wrong, so what if the mighty Pot Kage had to take the blame?!

Bai Yue did not voice his suspicions. He was still young, and it was not his place to comment on such matters.

Being a genius was something he only needed to show through his Ninja talent. Playing with schemes and conspiracies was inadvisable.

Playing conspiracies at just a few years old? What a joke!

At whatever age, one should play the games appropriate for that age.

If the original owner's Parents had not suddenly died in battle, giving Bai Yue a reason for his temperament to change drastically, he would still have needed to work hard at imitating the original owner's personality.

Because the Main Family had been attacked, the entire Hyuga Clan Compound remained busy until midnight.

The next day—

Bai Yue leisurely headed toward Minato Namikaze's home.

Then—then Bai Yue ran into a white-haired, masked little brat.

At that moment, Kakashi Hatake radiated an aura of despair that warned strangers to stay away.

It made sense. He had finally been pulled out of the abyss of being a Tool Person by his friends, only for those two friends to leave him one after another in the blink of an eye.

If Bai Yue had faced such a shitty fate, he would probably have gone insane long ago!

Unfortunately, Little Sun had failed to guide him in time because of his guilt and his pursuit of his dream of becoming Hokage.

That allowed Danzo to lure the Kid away!

"Good morning, Kakashi-senpai." Bai Yue took the initiative to greet him.

"..." Kakashi glanced at Bai Yue, truly only one glance. He ignored him completely and continued walking.

"..." Bai Yue could understand it. If it were him, even a passing dog would get kicked. But understanding was one thing—this Kid really deserved a beating.

He didn't know how Danzo—no, Danzo had wanted to drag him into an even deeper abyss.

It was Hiruzen Sarutobi! That Old Man was truly impressive, forcibly pulling him back out.

All he could say was that the older the ginger, the spicier it was. No wonder he could teach the Ninja World's number one human trafficker.

This guy was heading toward Minato Namikaze's home...

"Kakashi! Come duel me!" At that moment, a green Kappa suddenly spawned.

Oh, right? You had also helped Kakashi walk out of the abyss.

"..." Kakashi ignored him outright and continued forward.

"Kakashi! Are you afraid?!" Might Guy remained relentless.

Perhaps this simple-minded boy wanted to save Kakashi.

In Bai Yue's view, the so-called capacity Itachi Uchiha spoke of was simply conviction.

In the original story, the person with the strongest conviction was undoubtedly Guy standing before him!

Perhaps it was Might Duy's teachings, perhaps it was Guy's own uniqueness, or perhaps it was both.

At first, he would explode whenever people mocked him. Later, he came to understand mockery as praise from others.

Every step Might Guy took was exceptionally firm!

The title Emperor Kai! He truly deserved it!

"Guy-senpai, hello!"

"Oh—hello, hello!" Faced with Bai Yue respectfully calling him "senpai," Guy was first startled, then responded awkwardly.

"Perhaps Guy-senpai doesn't know me, but I truly recognize your worth!" Bai Yue continued, "You're really amazing, senpai!"

"Thank you! Thank you for recognizing me!" Though he did not know who this little fellow before him was, Guy was still very happy. He had been looked down on countless times, and finally someone recognized him!

Guy still had a little pride at this point. Otherwise, he definitely would have burst into tears.

"Idiot!" Kakashi, who had not gone far yet...

"Kakashi, you..."