Hyuga Reveals Strength, The Old Foxes Panic

I am shaking with rage.

Trash. Trash. Trash.

A bunch of trash! Damn the Exchange Office, telling this old man that the Four-Nation Alliance was a guaranteed win. Guaranteed my foot!

I let that brat make a name for himself.

Ouch... my eighty million...

What a bastard. Sarutobi, you had better reimburse me for this.

Danzo cursed inwardly.

However, no one paid him any mind. He always had that dead-man expression anyway, the kind that kept the living at a distance and even dogs would avoid.

Little did they know, Sarutobi Hiruzen was saying with a beaming smile, "Hahaha! The Hyuga clan has a worthy successor; it is truly a joyous occasion. To have such a young hero is truly a blessing for our Konoha... Good..."

"One should have a son like Hyuga Seigo."

It could be said that this was an incredibly high evaluation of Seigo, and one that received unanimous approval from the guests present.

Asuma Sarutobi's face turned black. My own old man is throwing shade at me to my face, praising someone else's son and wishing he had one like him! What do I do?! Waiting online, it's quite urgent.

Father, have you stopped loving me?!

"The Hokage-sama certainly knows how to speak. That one sentence sums it up perfectly: one should have a son like Hyuga Seigo."

"Indeed. If my own brat had even half... no, a tenth of his talent, I'd wake up laughing in my dreams."

"He is worthy of such praise. If you ask me, this kid is no longer just a genius; he has already become a powerhouse."

"Is the Hokage-sama implying that his own descendants are incompetent?"

"Heh heh, that's what I think, too."

"The Hokage-sama is still in good health. Is he planning to have another one? I saw him the other day..."

"Oh ho ho! The Hokage-sama... this is youth! A burning, fiery youth..."

"Speaking of which, what did you see that day? What... the Hokage-sama peeking into the women's bathhouse..."

"Is it that exciting??"

"Ya! Hantai!"

"Shh! Asuma is right there, keep your voice down..."

"Oh, oh, oh! Let's go talk over there..."

"Damn it, can you all shut up when the person involved is right here? You three heads of the Ino-Shika-Cho, don't think I don't know it's you just because you're whispering... Damn... Kakashi, Guy, you bastards, why are you leaning in to listen?! Anko... An..."

"Holy crap! Daimyo, why are you here too?!"

Asuma felt like he was going to fall apart. His friends and his superiors were all gossiping about his family's dirty laundry. What should he do?! Waiting online, it's quite urgent.

"Yes, yes, it is truly a blessing for my Konoha."

Sarutobi Hiruzen, completely oblivious, maintained a smile, though a trace of lingering gloom remained beneath it. Danzo was truly a piece of trash; he couldn't even handle such a small matter.

The ceremony had to continue.

"Seigo, from today on, you are the head of the Hyuga clan." With the conclusion of Seigo's battle, the handover of the Hyuga clan head position went surprisingly smoothly; after all, no one wanted to court death.

Good heavens. That Eight Trigrams Palm technique. It was truly unfathomable—one strike, one silent kill (well, they couldn't exactly make noise once they were dead). It was effective at both long and short range. Terrifying.

Most importantly, Hyuga Seigo was young. Only thirteen.

The last thirteen-year-old this sharp seemed to be Itachi Uchiha. That was also a ruthless man who wiped out his own clan. Were all young people these days this monstrous? This ruthless?!

Compared to those two, his own brats were barely worth looking at; they were just kids playing in the mud.

On second thought, it was probably better for children to be a bit more honest.

They couldn't handle those two. Neither Seigo nor Itachi were good news; their strikes were vicious, their kills were ruthless, and they didn't even change their expressions while doing it.

"Congratulations to the Hyuga clan for gaining such a Qilin child—no, a divine dragon emerging from the water! Your clan is destined to soar from this day forward."

"I have a daughter..."

The guests stepped forward one after another to offer their congratulations.

Then, Hyuga Hoze and the others exchanged glances and nodded.

They stepped forward.

"Everyone, are you curious about the recent opportunities the Hyuga clan has encountered? We discovered an ancestral summoning scroll and found the holy land, Hundred Beast Mountain."

"There, our clan practiced senjutsu. The Hyuga clan of today is no longer what it once was." Hyuga Hoze's voice was steady and powerful, as if declaring the might of the Hyuga clan.

This was what Seigo and the others had discussed.

By deliberately leaking this information, they made it reasonable; senjutsu and divine medicines were always legends in the eyes of the world, and if they came from a holy land, it made perfect sense.

"What?!"

Hyuga Hoze's words caused an uproar.

Hiss~ A chorus of sharp intakes of breath followed.

A new holy land.

The power of Sage Arts.

Danzo's expression turned incredibly ugly, but he remained unwilling to give up. Just as he was about to speak, Sarutobi Hiruzen's face also changed drastically.

This information was too shocking.

Was the sky over Konoha about to change?!

At this moment, Hyuga Hoze and several elders simultaneously formed hand seals, chanting in unison: "Summoning Jutsu: Moon Wolf King~"

"Radiant Goddess Butterfly."

"Black Bear King."

"Flying Tiger King."

"..."

In an instant, as the smoke cleared, massive summoning beasts appeared within the hall, imposing and terrifying, chilling everyone to the bone.

"Awoo~"

"Rustle~"

"Aroar~"

"Roar~"

At this time, the Four Great Elders of the Hyuga clan stepped forward. Their faces were young and full of vitality, showing no traces of the passing years; they all looked like young men in their twenties.

Restoring youth.

A flicker of greed flashed in the eyes of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

The other nobles felt the same.

Hyuga Seigo looked at the crowd and said slowly: "Do you all know where this Youth-Preserving Pill that restores youth comes from? It comes from the immortals of the holy land. Our Hyuga clan is under the protection of immortals."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was worthy of being the Hokage; he was the first to recover: "Then, Clan Head Hyuga, what is the meaning of this?! Are you summoning these beasts to keep us here, or..."

"Hmph~ I think that's exactly it." Danzo had been displeased for a long time.

"Do not misunderstand, our Hyuga clan has no ill intent." Seigo responded with a smile: "If we did, none of you would still be sitting here so comfortably."

The members of the Hyuga clan coordinated to unleash their aura.

Hiss~ Another chorus of sharp intakes of breath.

Seigo felt helpless. Are you all vacuum pumps?

"What?!"

"How is this possible?!"

"They all have Kage-level pressure..."

"My heavens."

"The Hyuga clan has really struck it rich..."

"..."

Everyone lost their composure. Even Nara Shikaku, known as a brilliant strategist, couldn't help but curse under his breath. Did your Hyuga ancestors' graves start smoking with good fortune or something?!

"Danzo, what should we do?!" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked with his eyes.

Danzo was stunned: "Sarutobi, you're asking me?!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen gave him a firm look: "Danzo, aren't you the best at stirring up trouble? With your Root and the forces you can contact in the Ninja World, can we take them?"

"How should I know what to do? With seven or eight Kage-level combatants including the summoning beasts, what am I supposed to fight with, my head?..." Danzo was going crazy. Hiruzen, you are vicious. You're trying to get me killed.

"..."

"You ask me, why don't you go yourself?!" Danzo shot back with a glare.

Sarutobi Hiruzen replied with a straight face: "This old man is afraid of death~"

"&@4678890***" Danzo cursed filthily. *You bastard, you're afraid of death, yet you want me to go? You ***.

"..."

Seigo was absolutely disgusted. These two old things were exchanging glances as if no one else was around; couldn't they be a bit more discreet?

"So, we really can't do anything about the Hyuga?!!"

"That's right. Doing what we did to the Uchiha again definitely won't work; there is no chance..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo looked at each other, both seeing the gravity and panic in the other's eyes. The Hyuga could no longer be suppressed.

The summoning holy land, Hundred Beast Mountain.

Possessing a legacy of Sage Arts.

Great Elder Hyuga Hoze, having regained his youth, was firmly at the Kage level; with his mastery of Sage Mode, he was a top-tier combatant.

The other three elders and two clan elders of the Hyuga family were quasi-Kage, and with the use of Sage Mode, they were undoubtedly Kage-level combatants. For the brothers Hiashi and Hizashi, holding off a Kage-level opponent with Elite Jonin strength plus Sage Mode was not a problem either.

Facing such a powerful lineup, how were the Konoha F4 supposed to stir up trouble now?

At this moment, the ones who needed to worry about trouble weren't the Hyuga, but the F4 themselves. With the Hyuga family possessing such strength, would they harbor thoughts of rebellion?

Oh no, oh no.

Jiraiya, save me; Tsunade, save me; Orochimaru, save me.

This master is so terrified.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo looked as miserable as if they had swallowed excrement.

These two old geezers are panicking.

Qingwu was well aware of this, but he merely smiled and let it pass.

Seize power now?!

Don't make me laugh. The current Hyuga family was already satisfied and had no need to pursue anything more for the time being. To forge iron, one must be strong oneself. They needed to digest what Qingwu had given them first.

Territory could be conquered at any time. If they missed this brief period of peace, they wouldn't have enough time to cultivate their strength. Without power, they wouldn't survive the major events to come.

Therefore, the Hyuga could travel light on their own; why should they carry the heavy burden that was Konoha?

Wouldn't it be better to wait until Orochimaru launched the Konoha Collapse Plan and then rebuild the nation from the ashes?

It was only a short two or three years; the Hyuga family could easily afford to wait patiently, accumulating strength and laying their plans across the Ninja World.

However, for those high-ranking officials of Konoha, this period of time would be long and agonizing.