You're Not an Adult!

"Impure World Reincarnation is truly the most suitable ninjutsu for the Main Family!"

Hyuga Hane's soft whisper made Hyuga Meigoku's expression turn ferocious, but lacking the strength to break free from the Impure World control, he could only say coldly:

"As a member of the Branch Family, protecting the Main Family is your bounden duty. To harbor treacherous thoughts is to deserve death!"

"The Caged Bird Technique was prepared specifically for people like you!"

As he spoke, his fingers trembled as he raised them, preparing to activate the Caged Bird Technique.

Seeing this, Hyuga Hane raised an eyebrow and laughed: "You still haven't grasped the situation. The current Hyuga Main Family no longer possesses the dominance it had during the Warring States period."

Because Hyuga Hane did not stop him, Hyuga Meigoku successfully activated the Caged Bird.

But... it had no effect. Hyuga Hane showed no signs of pain.

Hyuga Meigoku's pupils constricted.

"Most sealing techniques and curse marks rely on the chakra of the subject, not the caster."

Hyuga Hane flicked his fingers, and a coffin manifested behind Hyuga Meigoku. He retreated into it, unwilling, as Hyuga Hane's voice reached his ears.

"After all, there is no better way than letting the enemy restrict themselves."

"And the Caged Bird is no different. The chakra that destroys the nerves and the Byakugan belonged to the Hyuga Branch Family themselves from the very beginning."

"However, the Caged Bird's ability to manipulate chakra doesn't seem as strong as the Byakugan I possess now."

As the coffin lid was about to close, Hyuga Meigoku caught sight of those strange eyes. Recalling the legends passed down through generations of ancestors, a chill shot straight to his brain.

He wasn't hunting Hyuga clansmen for revenge; he was trying to awaken the Tenseigan!

The Hyuga Clan developed the Caged Bird out of fear that the Otsutsuki on the moon would steal their eyes, but now...

A member of the Branch Family actually knew about this?

Who exactly was he?

Was he an Otsutsuki? Disguised as one of the moon's Otsutsuki?

Filled with doubt and despair, Hyuga Meigoku fell back into a deep slumber.

The Hyuga Clan is finished...

Recalling the reanimated ninja, Hyuga Hane quickly moved away from the scene.

To be honest, he was also surprised that the evolution of the Byakugan could directly render the Caged Bird ineffective.

Even if it were to fail, he expected it to require a true Tenseigan; he hadn't anticipated that a semi-finished product would suffice.

It's not a complete solution. When Hyuga Meigoku activated the Caged Bird, my Byakugan's ocular power was forced to suppress it, which affects my ability to exert my full strength.

If I am interfered with by the Caged Bird during a battle, it could be fatal.

Hyuga Hane narrowed his eyes.

I still need to completely remove the Caged Bird!

Five kilometers away from the crime scene, Hyuga Hane's Byakugan reflected two ninjas. His walking pace slowed, and he vanished with a Body Flicker.

When he reappeared, he was already standing beside an izakaya on the street.

At that moment, two ninjas and a ninja hound passed by the street.

One of the male ninjas, looking around, spotted him as a member of the Hyuga Clan, frowned, and wanted to step forward to inquire.

He was stopped by the other ninja, a woman accompanied by a ninja hound.

The female ninja of the Inuzuka Clan shook her head at him and cast her gaze toward her hound.

The hound understood, lowered its head to sniff in Hyuga Hane's direction, and shook its head at her.

Seeing this, the female ninja quickly led the man and the dog away from the area.

The male ninja endured it for a while, but eventually couldn't help asking:

"Senior Inuzuka, it's so late, why would that Hyuga ninja appear here..."

The female ninja interrupted him softly, "Tomorrow is the day the Hyuga family re-inscribes the Caged Bird for the Branch Family."

The male ninja understood instantly.

"So the village really... doesn't intend to lift the Caged Bird. Sorry, I don't have an opinion on the village's decision, I just have a friend in the Hyuga Branch Family."

The female ninja said: "I understand, but this is an internal matter of a ninja clan. Even the Hokage does not actually have the authority to interfere."

"..." The male ninja.

Seeing the atmosphere become somewhat heavy, the female ninja suddenly said with a grin: "By the way, do you know why that kid's face looked so ugly just now?"

"Because of the Caged Bird?"

"No, perhaps that's why he came out to clear his head, but the reason for his ugly expression was that he isn't an adult yet, hahaha!"

The male ninja was stunned, and after realizing what she meant, he couldn't help but laugh as well.

Watching the two patrol ninjas leave, Hyuga Hane walked into the izakaya without changing his expression.

And then... he was kicked out.

"Little kid, come back to drink when you're an adult."

Hyuga Hane looked at the tavern owner's gentle expression with a blank face, turned around, and left without a word.

Enough was enough; between his past life and his current one, how old was he? Yet he couldn't even get into an izakaya.

He clearly remembered that Jiraiya and Tsunade of the Sannin were both troublemakers, and the latter had been gambling since she was a child—the casinos never seemed to stop her, did they?

Was it just because the one who taught Tsunade to gamble was the First Hokage Hashirama, who bore no responsibility, that the casinos just let themselves go?

Even now, he could still hear legends of the Big Fat Sheep's childhood all over Konoha!

With complicated feelings, Hyuga Hane used his Byakugan to avoid patrolling ninjas all the way until he reached his underground training ground, where he finally began to carefully assess his own improvements.

His chakra had doubled, which was not unexpected.

After all, his chakra was already far stronger than that of Hyuga Miyuki, an original Chunin, and was several times that of an average Jonin.

Roughly equivalent to four Kakashis?

Hmm, he had seen the 12-year-old Jonin Kakashi about a month ago, alongside the Fourth Hokage Minato.

In other words, he now possessed the power of eight Kakashis.

It wasn't a lot, but it wasn't a little either.

Naruto had four times the chakra of an adult Kakashi when he was a child, but the Uzumaki Clan were all chakra monsters; they couldn't be compared.

After sensing his surging chakra, Hyuga Hane focused it toward his Byakugan.

Hum!

The air vibrated, and the ground even developed tiny cracks.

"So that's it. I hadn't noticed before, but this is Byakugan—Coercion?"

A dojutsu used by Otsutsuki Kaguya.

After careful study, Hyuga Hane nodded.

A decent ability.

It turned ocular power into a chakra current, exerting a gravity-like pressure attack on enemies and the environment.

However, the gap in raw strength between him and Otsutsuki Kaguya was too vast; this ability could only have a significant effect on Chunin.

Whether it could play a role in battles against Kage-level opponents would depend on his experience and strength.

"Finally, this."

Eight Inner Gates—Fifth Gate of Wonder, open!

Air Palm!

The chakra boost provided by the Eight Inner Gates merged with the increased chakra density from his evolved Byakugan, making the power of this Air Palm far exceed anything from the past.

Boom!

The solid basement wall collapsed on cue, with a massive hole blown through the center.

"It's nowhere near the destructive force of Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack; the chakra density needs to continue increasing."

Hyuga Hane muttered to himself.

"And if I don't reinforce it with the Eight Inner Gates, I can't even use an attack like this."

Gentle Fist Art could only target humans; its destructive power against massive chakra monsters, such as Tailed Beasts and Susanoo, was limited.

The Minato Team had already headed to the Iwagakure battlefield, and the time for Obito to transform into a fool was not far off; the road ahead was long and arduous.