For a while after that, Xingzhuo was like a sponge, constantly absorbing the knowledge of the ninja world that had accumulated over thousands of years.
Under the unreserved instruction of Senju Tobirama and a group of veteran ninjas, Xingzhuo felt that he had gradually grown from an ordinary person raised in a peaceful society who had suddenly gained power into a "qualified native" suited to surviving in the chaotic Ninja World.
Some of his naïve, immature ideas also continued to develop and improve as he learned.
This was especially true of the biggest plan he had always wanted to carry out: taking control of the Hyuga Clan and changing the conditions under which the Caged Bird Seal was applied.
It was only through constant study and a deeper understanding of the Ninja World's underlying logic that he realized how impractical his earlier ideas had been.
Xingzhuo's original plan was to wait until he reached Kage Level, then use force to subdue the entire clan and make the Hyuga Clan act according to his will.
Then he would apply the Caged Bird Seal to the weaker clan members and remove it from the stronger ones.
If any of those freed from the Caged Bird Seal were assassinated, he would use his overwhelming power to strike back, wipe out the perpetrators and their clan, and make an example of them.
But he had overlooked one crucial point.
The Hokage of Konoha wasn't Sarutobi Hiruzen. It was the brothers Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama.
Unlike Sarutobi Hiruzen, who bullied the weak and feared the strong, Xingzhuo had made a point of interacting with them over the past few months. He had discovered that although the current Hokage matched his impression of the goofy fool from the original story,
the parts he hadn't known