Who Said the Byakugan Was Bad? The Byakugan Was Great—You Just Had to Learn It [Monthly Ticket Request]

Uchiha Sasuke had not yet decided what to do, but he had silently added Shimura Danzō to his kill list.

As for Kitahara Kaede, he could only vent in the Diary. So what? Some people even used their diaries to expand their territories. What was wrong with him using his Diary to curse people out?

That was perfectly reasonable, wasn't it?

Although he had already failed miserably as a transmigrator, transmigrators from other stories could already punch Uchiha Madara and kick the Otsutsuki at his age, while he still had to lie low and develop.

That was the gap in strength.

Fortunately, he had transmigrated into this world as a fetus and had long accepted the reality that he was merely an ordinary person.

If the Diary System had not suddenly appeared, he probably would have lived out his life as an ordinary person.

Of course, that was assuming he hid somewhere safe and avoided facing that whole swarm of inhuman monsters in the future.

How could he have possessed such lofty ambition now—the spirit of a true man who sought to replace those above him?

After putting away the Diary, Kitahara Kaede kept watch from afar while following the Rasengan training method he had seen in the anime, compressing and rotating the chakra in his hand bit by bit. His progress was obviously much faster than Uzumaki Naruto's. Before long, it was already beginning to take shape.

After fusing with the Uchiha Clan Standard Bloodline, Kitahara Kaede could be considered a genius in every sense of the word. His speed in learning ninjutsu was nothing like before. The three ninjutsu he already knew improved by an entire level in the shortest time with barely any practice.

What had once merely been familiarity gained through frequent use had now become mastery. Both their power and casting speed had increased greatly.

This left Kitahara Kaede, who had originally needed long periods of repeated practice to gradually master ninjutsu, feeling rather unaccustomed to it.

On the third day, Kitahara Kaede and the others arrived at the town marked by their mission. According to the intelligence report, Suzuki Ryujin was here.

"According to the intelligence, Suzuki Ryujin has disguised himself as the owner of a hot spring inn. This should be one of Orochimaru's intelligence outposts." Kitahara Kaede looked over the information recorded in the mission file. "We'll go in and deal with him without causing too much of a disturbance."

Kitahara Kaede did not intend to make a big scene. The relationship between ordinary people and ninjas in this Hokage world was nowhere near as harmonious as it looked in the manga from his previous life. Many ninjas could hardly be called good people.

After all, they possessed powerful strength beyond the reach of ordinary people, and they had been raised as killing machines from childhood. They entered the academy at six and graduated to go kill on the battlefield at the age when children in elementary school were barely twelve.

Could ninjas like that possibly be free of mental problems?

That was why the ninja community was full of lunatics, and quite a few of them would massacre entire villages or cities at the drop of a hat. This made the relationship between ordinary people and ninjas extremely tense.

It was only because ninjas did not engage in production themselves and genuinely needed ordinary people to provide basic necessities that ordinary people had any way to survive.

In the Land of Fire, because of Konoha's ideals when it was founded, the relationship between Konoha Ninja and ordinary people was still fairly decent. In some countries, however, ninjas and ordinary people were fundamentally opposed to each other.

Ordinary people both revered, feared, and envied ninjas.

Since this was within his own country, Kitahara Kaede did not want to leave everyone in a state of panic.

Hyuga Keiko was the first to open her Byakugan and inspect the hot spring inn in the distance.

Kitahara Kaede could not help but sigh. The Byakugan really was useful for reconnaissance. Who had said the Byakugan was inferior to the Sharingan again?

The Byakugan was great. Extremely great.

"Captain, it's confirmed. There's one Elite Chunin-level chakra source inside. It should be Suzuki Ryujin. Aside from that, there are three Genin, likely the intelligence team stationed here."

A moment later, Hyuga Keiko completed her reconnaissance and closed her Byakugan.

"Deal with them all!"

Kitahara Kaede said, "I'll handle them. You keep watch outside. If anyone escapes, kill them!"

"Alright!"

Soten Genryu nodded.

After several battles, even if he was not particularly perceptive, he could tell that Kitahara Kaede's growth in strength had become absurd.

Originally, Kitahara Kaede had only barely been able to suppress him.

But now, he could no longer see the limits of Kaede's strength.

Even their former team instructor, Akai Akimoto, who had now advanced to Tokubetsu Jonin, was probably no match for Kitahara Kaede.

Kitahara Kaede said nothing more and walked straight inside. In an instant, he opened his Sharingan.

With his two teammates absent, he no longer needed to hide it. After opening his Sharingan, his senses immediately improved considerably. Though it could not compare directly with the Byakugan, he could still easily sense chakra sources.

"Hello, guest."

The attendant at the entrance had just begun to speak when he noticed Kitahara Kaede's outfit—the unmistakable attire of a Konoha Ninja.

A trace of displeasure appeared on his face, but he quickly suppressed it.

He still believed he had not been exposed. Although it was strange for a Konoha Ninja to appear here, Kaede looked very young and did not seem like a powerful fighter. Besides, he was alone. Maybe he was not here for them.

However, Kitahara Kaede merely glanced at him and instantly controlled him. Then, with a flick of his Shuriken, he slit the man's throat.

At that moment, the entire hot spring inn contained only the four members of Suzuki Ryujin's intelligence group. It was not open for business, which made things convenient for Kitahara Kaede.

Dealing with ordinary Genin like these was effortless for the current Kitahara Kaede. Combat power no weaker than that of an Elite Jonin was simply overwhelming against ordinary Genin.

They had no ability to fight back.

Even someone like Kitahara Kaede, who had not mastered many ninjutsu, could easily crush them with extremely crude and simple techniques.

Unless he encountered someone at the Jonin level, there was no difficulty at all.

Before long, those Genin had all died at Kitahara Kaede's hands.

Soon, Kitahara Kaede found Suzuki Ryujin. This time, however, he did not use his Sharingan. After all, he still had to take Suzuki Ryujin's head back as proof, and according to Anbu procedures, someone from the Yamanaka Clan would likely need to examine the memories in his brain.

For now, Kitahara Kaede did not want to expose his Sharingan.

"Who are you?" Suzuki Ryujin was startled when he saw Kitahara Kaede barge straight into the secret room.

He was a fat, middle-aged man. Back when he served under Orochimaru, he had possessed Elite Chunin-level combat power, but in recent years he had only served as the leader of an intelligence team gathering information. He had declined far too much.

Facing Kitahara Kaede, his throat was pierced by a Shuriken almost instantly.

"How is this possible?!"

Until his death, Suzuki Ryujin could not believe that he had died just like that.