The Day Had Finally Come

Crack.

He pushed open the door that had remained shut for so long.

Slightly dazzling sunlight spilled across his face, warm and ticklish. Hyuga Yunchuan, who had not left the house in a long time, narrowed his eyes.

A moderate rain had fallen yesterday, and Konoha was blessed with fine weather today.

Puddles on the ground reflected the blue sky, like a patch of blue heavens and white clouds painted onto blank paper.

The gloom of staying indoors to train these past days seemed to have been washed clean by the rain, flowing away into the drains.

"Looks like it'll be a good day." Hyuga Yunchuan murmured to himself.

Amid Might Guy's spirited shouts as he wildly fired up his fighting spirit beside him, Hyuga Yunchuan walked out of the compound alongside him and opened his panel.

[Name: Hyuga Yunchuan]

[Age: 15]

[Bloodline: Otsutsuki Clan (5.5% → 6.8%)]

[Chakra Limit: S-rank]

[Chakra Attributes: Wind, Fire, Water, Earth, Lightning, Yin, Yang]

[Ninjutsu: Three Body Techniques (C-rank), Wind Release: Great Sickle Weasel Technique (B-rank), Chakra Scalpel (A-rank), Lightning Release Armor (B-rank), Chidori (A-rank), Chidori Stream (B-rank), Chidori Senbon (B-rank)...]

[Taijutsu: Gentle Fist - Thirty-Two Palms (C-rank), Eight Gates - Gate of Pain (Forbidden Jutsu), Gentle Fist - One Strike Body (B-rank), Divine Air Strike (A-rank)]

[Kekkei Genkai: Tenseigan - Second Stage (12% → 20.1%) [Ability: Heart Chakra Binding Seal]]

[Achievements: [A Cat Crying Over a Dead Mouse] [Honeyed Words] [Muddling Through] [Throwing Oneself into the Fray] [Honey on the Lips, Daggers in the Heart] [Turning Fiction into Reality] [Talking Nonsense] [Playing Deaf and Dumb] [False Affection] [Attracting Bees and Butterflies] [Putting on an Act]...]

[Remaining Reality Points: 10651]

"It's finally done."

Seeing the additional Ninjutsu in the [Ninjutsu] section and his Kekkei Genkai reaching its second stage, a smile appeared on Hyuga Yunchuan's face.

This body, possessing the bloodline of the Otsutsuki Clan, learned Ninjutsu far faster than he had expected.

In just two months, he had not only mastered Lightning Release Armor, but had even developed Chidori from it.

Lightning Release Armor was a B-rank Ninjutsu, otherwise known as Lightning Release Chakra Mode. By concentrating Lightning Release Chakra throughout the body, one could cover their entire body in Lightning Release Chakra, activating their flesh, using Lightning Body Flicker, increasing their defense, and accelerating neural transmission.

If both body and Ninjutsu were honed to their limits, its speed could even rival Minato Namikaze using the Flying Thunder God Technique. It could instantly evade Uchiha Sasuke's Amaterasu, moving as swiftly as blue lightning.

As for Chidori, it was a derivative Ninjutsu of Lightning Release: Chidori. The two were not the same technique, and their training difficulty was on entirely different levels. The former was merely A-rank, while the latter was S-rank. The difference lay in the degree of Chakra shape transformation.

"Chakra shape transformation" and "Chakra nature transformation" were both methods of using and strengthening Ninjutsu.

Simply put, the former meant "shaping form"—turning formless Chakra into blades, needles, and the like, allowing one to control a technique's power and attack range. The latter meant "adding attributes"—turning unaligned Chakra into wind, fire, water, earth, or lightning.

In terms of practical effects, Chidori focused more on versatility than power compared to Chidori. Through shape transformation, Chidori possessed greater piercing and cutting force, while Chidori primarily dealt damage through the various forms of Lightning Release Chakra.

For instance, Lightning Release Chakra could be shaped into the spear-like Chidori Senbon and the sword-like Chidori Blade, or infused into a weapon as Chidori Blade to greatly enhance its sharpness.

Hyuga Yunchuan had suddenly gotten the idea to develop Chidori after mastering Lightning Release Armor. After all, Uchiha Sasuke had also mastered Chidori in only a few days in the original work.

If Sasuke could do it, there was no reason he could not.

However, two months was still nowhere near enough for him to take things further and use Chidori. After all, that was the pinnacle of Lightning Release Chakra shape transformation.

There was also Purple Lightning, which Kakashi had developed after losing his Sharingan. That seemed more like the ultimate form of Lightning Release Chakra nature transformation.

Even so, this training speed really is absurd. Hyuga Yunchuan could not help but sigh inwardly.

No wonder even the naturally optimistic Might Guy had looked lost for a moment when he saw it...

Naruto, also known as The Legend of the Five Villages' Eye Battles, The Temptation to Return to the Village, <My Grandfather, Father, and Teacher Are All Village Chiefs>, and Black Zetsu's Chronicle of Saving Mother.

This world, which told the story of the Otsutsuki family's little affairs, truly was a place where bloodlines reigned supreme.

That only made Might Guy's qualities all the more precious.

With that thought, Hyuga Yunchuan looked at Might Guy, who was burning with youthful passion ahead of him. It was as if he could see a blazing flame behind the man.

"Senior Guy..."

"Yunchuan!"

Before Hyuga Yunchuan could finish, Might Guy abruptly turned around and grinned. "From now on, just call me Guy. Don't call me Senior anymore."

Hyuga Yunchuan froze, instinctively wanting to refuse. After all, that would not help him maintain an image of Humility.

But seeing the seriousness on Might Guy's face, as well as the subtle change in his gaze when he looked at him, Hyuga Yunchuan fell silent for a moment.

Sure enough, sincerity really is the natural enemy of schemers.

Hyuga Yunchuan sighed inwardly. In the end, he met Might Guy's eyes and smiled. "Guy."

At that, the smile on Might Guy's face deepened.

"Guy," Hyuga Yunchuan continued, "did something happen in the village? I saw all those people heading toward the village entrance."

"I don't know." Might Guy shook his head in confusion, then smiled. "Why not go take a look and find out? Better yet, let's see who gets to the village entrance first!"

Hyuga Yunchuan did not spoil the mood by refusing. Seeing Might Guy dash off without even waiting for his answer, he merely smiled and followed after him.

But in truth, he knew perfectly well what those villagers were going to do.

They were welcoming the Kumogakure delegation that had come to Konoha to sign an alliance treaty.

Though he had spent these days training behind closed doors, that did not mean his intelligence channels had been cut off as well.

Hyuga Yunchuan understood the importance of intelligence, so he had naturally arranged some contingencies outside long ago.

He knew that the greatest contributor to Kumogakure coming to Konoha to sign an alliance treaty was not Sarutobi Hiruzen, who remained stationed in Konoha, but Shimura Danzō, who had been sent out.

Shimura Danzō might usually look like someone incompetent in foreign affairs yet skilled at internal struggles, but the truth was that he had been extremely active in both the Second and Third Shinobi World Wars. Otherwise, he could never have left behind the title of Shinobi of Darkness throughout the Ninja World.

Hanzo of Amegakure in the Land of Rain had broken with the first-generation Akatsuki founded by Yahiko and the other two under his threats and inducements. Before that, Hanzo had indeed been inclined to join forces with Akatsuki.

Had the two sides united, it was uncertain whether the Land of Rain would have won or lost. From the outcome alone, Danzo could be said to have completely changed the course of the Third Shinobi World War.

Never mind whether that man Danzo, written as "Shinobi of Darkness" but read as "troublemaking bastard," was filthy or not—at the very least, his underhanded little methods truly produced miraculous effects on many occasions.

This time was no exception.

By driving a wedge between Iwagakure and Kumogakure, he had made the tension between the two nations increasingly volatile, which in turn eased relations between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning.

However, Hyuga Yunchuan knew very well that all of this was part of Kumogakure's scheme.

"The day had finally come."

Looking at the gathering crowd in the distance, Hyuga Yunchuan smiled.

I found another plot inconsistency. In the original work, Neji first met Hinata at her third birthday party while following his father, after which he was branded with the Caged Bird. Hizashi developed murderous intent toward Hinata and was punished. In other words, Hizashi lived for quite some time after Hinata's third birthday.

But in the manga—the content from the illustration I posted—according to Neji's account, Kumogakure came to abduct Hinata on her third birthday. That would mean Hizashi died as a substitute only a few days after her birthday.

That is a complete contradiction, so for now I'll write according to the latter version. Neji's Caged Bird branding will be moved earlier, before Hinata's third birthday.