Bull Thief

Protest to the Hokage?!

How embarrassing!

But to just swallow it?!

That would be even more embarrassing!

Several Main Family members debated for ages, yet failed to come up with any solution.

They could not understand why the Clan Head was so determined to support Minato Namikaze, a junior, that the mighty Hyuga Clan had ended up in such a passive position.

In the end, Hyuga Tokuma overruled all the Main Family members, though he still did not explain why.

He also forcefully ordered that, for the time being, no Main Family members were to leave the clan grounds, and even the Branch Family was to reduce the number of times they went out as much as possible.

Hyuga Tokuma's prestige was great enough that, although everyone was full of doubts, they still chose to trust their Clan Head.

That was also why Bai Yue could not go out.

With nothing to do, Bai Yue could only wait for Aunt Hanako's reply while practicing the Sealing Jutsu he had learned from Kushina.

Unfortunately, due to the state of his Chakra, he simply could not freely experiment with Sealing Jutsu.

"What a hassle!" Bai Yue frowned. "The little Chakra in my body is currently generated naturally by a spirit and physique far stronger than those of ordinary people."

Refining Chakra now would be easy enough. He would not dare claim he could instantly turn into a Chakra monster, but having enough to play around with Sealing Jutsu would be no problem.

It was just that his mental strength definitely met the standard, but was it really okay to squeeze his body cells dry?!

It felt like it would shorten his lifespan!

Forget it, forget it!

I'm still young. No rush, no rush!

"Since I can't practice Sealing Jutsu, and I can't be bothered to study the Caged Bird, then I can only go to the dojo and throw some punches!"

Don't ask why he was not practicing in his own courtyard.

His underground medical room had already begun construction. Forget practicing punches—starting today, he could not even sleep in his own room.

By the time he arrived at the dojo, some Little Beans were already practicing their punches under an instructor's guidance!

"..." Bai Yue took one look and decisively gave up on practicing here.

It was a little depressing!

The youngest were only four or five, while the oldest were around ten. Every one of them had bandages wrapped around their foreheads and looked bitter at the world. For a reference, just look at Neji.

They might not be as burdened and resentful as Neji, but they were not much better.

"Hm?! Bai Yue is here!" At that moment, a careless voice rang out.

"Elder Maku Ken!" The speaker was Hyuga Maku Ken, the man who had previously volunteered to head to the Kirigakure battlefield.

"Come sit for a while~"

"Yes~" With no other choice, Bai Yue could only nod.

So obedient~

"You don't need to be so reserved around me. Sit wherever you like." With that, Hyuga Maku Ken flopped straight into a lazy reclining pose.

Emmm.

How should he put it? There was an uninhibited, carefree air about him.

Compared to the rigidity of the other Main Family members—or rather, the entire Hyuga Clan—there were not many Hyuga like him who were this carefree.

Still, even though he said that, Bai Yue was not actually going to make himself at home.

"What do you think?"

"Huh? About what?"

"I'm asking you—what do you think after seeing these children?"

???

That was putting him on the spot a little, wasn't it?

What did he mean, what do I think after seeing these children?

I'm a fucking child too!

"Everyone is very unhappy."

"So that's why you turned around and left?" Still sounding casual, he spoke as though it were nothing. "Do you think the Caged Bird is good or bad?"

Wasn't that way beyond the syllabus?!

Why the fuck were you just like Minato Namikaze?!

No, with Minato Namikaze, I was the one who brought it up to earn some goodwill.

But you! There was something off about this Old Man.

"Why aren't you saying anything?" Seeing that Bai Yue had yet to respond, Hyuga Maku Ken smiled and continued, "Did you know? The Hyuga Clan has always had lip reading courses, and I am responsible for educating the entire clan."

"The Caged Bird of the Branch Family is carved on their foreheads, while the Caged Bird of the Main Family is carved in their hearts. What a wonderful saying!"

Fuck!

He had run into a crazy Old Man! And this Old Man was a peeping tom, too!

Still, he truly had not expected this Old Man's Byakugan to be so powerful.

Was his bloodline that pure? Why had Otsutsuki Toneri not come to dig out his eyes?!

"Why aren't you speaking? Is it because I don't have Minato Namikaze's affinity?"

"What do you think the Caged Bird is?" Rather than answer, Bai Yue directly asked in return.

"A cruel measure necessary for the clan's continuation. On that point, I share your view." Hyuga Maku Ken was first taken aback, then spoke at an unhurried pace.

"What would happen if everyone in the Hyuga Clan, including the Main Family, were branded with the Caged Bird Curse Mark?!"

"It would split apart! They would fight each other and do everything they could to prevent their children from receiving the Caged Bird." Hyuga Maku Ken sighed. "Without someone holding the blade, the Caged Bird is merely useless trash that adds a fatal weakness to the Hyuga Clan for no reason. If everyone held the blade, then the Hyuga Clan would be completely destroyed."

Bai Yue fell silent~

He suddenly recalled a bizarre yet brilliant comment he had once seen while scrolling through short videos.

There was a bug in the Naruto world—or rather, there was a bug in hereditary Kekkei Genkai clans such as the Uchiha and Hyuga Clans!

That bizarre yet brilliant comment had gone like this.

If I transmigrated into the world of Naruto and was not from Konoha, then I would become a Bull Thief.

I would specialize in ambushing Kekkei Genkai clans like the Uchiha and Hyuga Clans, cutting off their bulls! They could create clones in the Naruto world, so there was no reason they could not make test-tube babies, right?!

So what if they were incompatible? So what if there was the Caged Bird?

A brand-new, factory-original Uchiha Clan, and the Caged Bird Curse Mark could not possibly be carved onto a bull, could it?!

They might not possess those Kekkei Genkai, but they could possess an entire clan.

A typical troublemaker's way of thinking.

Back then, he had only found it amusing. Thinking about it now, though, sent chills down his spine.

"I will work hard and strive to improve the Caged Bird," Bai Yue said flatly.

With Heaven Rewards Diligence, if he wanted to, he truly had the ability to improve it.

For example, he could cover the entire body with it and utterly shatter the Bull Thief's delusions!

"Then do your best~" He had once made such wild claims himself, but later chose to give up. "I hope you can become the Heavenly Ninja Legend that has always been passed down in the Hyuga Clan."

What the hell was a Heavenly Ninja Legend?

Bai Yue rolled his eyes.

Perhaps the chaos of war had caused the loss of ancient records, or perhaps there was some other reason.

The term Heavenly Ninja, which originally referred to the Hyuga Clan's place of origin, had been forcibly twisted by the Hyuga Clan into meaning a genius Ninja of the Hyuga Clan.

Still~ I will definitely become the Hyuga Heavenly Ninja, perhaps even the Otsutsuki Heavenly Ninja!

Aside from those special Forbidden Jutsu that could grant immortality, the Otsutsuki Clan was also a genuine long-lived race.

To say nothing of Kaguya Otsutsuki, who had been sealed away for over a thousand years, or that whoever it was whom Kaguya Otsutsuki had tricked.

Taking out several scrolls, Hyuga Maku Ken handed them directly to Bai Yue. "These are some of my insights into Sealing Jutsu. If you're interested, take them and have a look."