Heavenly Restriction

Year 30 of the Leaf.

Since the death of Senju Hashirama, the First Shinobi World War had erupted and raged for several years.

During this war, the Second generation of leaders from every village perished, and the Third generation of Kage stepped onto the grand stage of the shinobi world.

In the years following the end of the war, the lingering effects gradually subsided. The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, took control of the Leaf, continuing the policies of his predecessor and vigorously developing the Ninja Academy education system.

Late at night, the Hyuga compound.

"Remember this, Hiashi."

The current head of the Hyuga clan spoke coldly to the boy kneeling before him: "Per the orders of the Third Hokage, we must send children of the appropriate age from our clan to the Ninja Academy."

"We have selected you and Ryosuke; Hizashi will be going as well."

"I have only one demand of you!"

"Defeat the Uchiha of your generation and prove to everyone that the Hyuga Byakugan is the number one ocular jutsu noble clan in the shinobi world!"

"I understand, Father."

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The next day, Hyuga Hiashi, Hizashi Hyuga, and Hyuga Ryosuke, the son of a branch family elder, walked together on the road to the Ninja Academy, followed by a group of clansmen acting as "servants."

The Hyuga clan had a clear hierarchy; the main branch and the elder branch held the highest status, and only one person from each generation could inherit the position of the head of the main house.

If one line were to unfortunately die out, a successor would be adopted from the other to continue the lineage of the clan head.

Everyone outside the main house belonged to the branch family, and those within the branch family with lower strength served as attendants or similar roles—a complete pyramid structure.

Hyuga Ryosuke was six years old this year, a head shorter than Hiashi, but he was the only one present qualified to walk alongside him.

"Brother Hiashi, I heard that among the Uchiha sent to enroll, there is a pair of twins. Ha, the one who is famously a loser!"

Hyuga Ryosuke held the back of his head with both hands, a smile typical of a spoiled child hanging on his lips.

"Even though his younger sister has outstanding talent for ninjutsu, as the older brother, he is such a loser that he can't even perform the basic Clone Technique!"

"To be born into a clan with a Kekkei Genkai and end up like that—it really is a curse!"

"Hey! You've heard of him too, right!"

Hiashi possessed a composure beyond his years, his brows furrowing slightly: "Be quiet, Ryosuke."

Ryosuke curled his lip in disdain and turned his head to look at Hizashi behind them: "Heh, Hizashi, as the weaker side of a pair of twins, how does that feel?"

Hizashi lowered his head, a flash of gloom passing through his eyes.

The disparity in status forced him to reply: "Lord Ryosuke, it feels like nothing."

"How could it not—"

"Shut up!"

Hiashi interrupted Ryosuke, his voice cold: "The Third Hokage will be there in person today. If you cannot restrain yourself, go back to the clan grounds!"

Ryosuke shrugged, muttering under his breath: "What kind of Ninja Academy is this, mixing with those commoners... we could have just taken the Chunin Exams directly."

"However..."

Remembering something, he grinned: "I am very interested to see it."

"What kind of miserable face that Uchiha without chakra will have!"

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Around the corner.

The footsteps of the Hyuga group came to an abrupt halt.

Their Byakugan contracted sharply, reflecting the Uchiha clan crest.

Unlike the Hyuga group, which looked imposing in numbers, there were only two of them, a boy and a girl, appearing to be about the same age as the Hiashi brothers.

The girl had soft black hair, fair skin, and a very gentle gaze; she looked quite well-behaved.

Ryosuke's gaze was fixed on the other one.

His shoulders were broad, his short black hair hung loosely, and his face was somewhat similar to the girl's, but his features were sharp and defined.

Those eyes were like lusterless obsidian, lazily half-closed, exuding an indifference that kept people at a distance.

Activate Byakugan!

There was not a shred of chakra; in the vision of the Byakugan, he looked like a silhouette cut out from space.

It was him; he was that loser without any chakra!

The corners of Ryosuke's mouth curled up, and mocking words surged to his throat...

He looked over.

In an instant—

Hyuga Ryosuke's breath hitched, his heartbeat stalling.

What... was that...

—

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His mind went blank, until the sound of fading footsteps reached his ears.

Thump—

Hyuga Ryosuke collapsed onto the ground, cold sweat soaking through his back.

What... what was that just now!!

That pure, biological sense of terrifying oppression erupting from a physical body, crashing down like a volcanic eruption!!

Is this guy really human!!!

The moment their eyes met.

He felt like a rabbit encountering a lion, unable to even conceive of resistance, praying only to empty his mind and die without pain!

Ryosuke clenched his fists, unable to recover for a long time.

Hiashi stood with his arms crossed, speaking indifferently: "You activated your Byakugan just now, didn't you."

"Uchiha Kamizuki."

"He is the anomaly you often hear the clansmen talk about, the one in the prestigious ocular jutsu clan who possesses no chakra."

"There is one thing I have never mentioned..."

"I saw him at the Forest of Death training grounds three years ago, just like you are now."

"He truly has no chakra..."

Hiashi recalled, a trace of complexity in his eyes: "You already know without me saying it... he is by no means trash, but a monster that exists in this world against all reason!!"

Uchiha Mikoto turned to look at her brother: "That Hyuga child looked at you so strangely, do you know him?"

Uchiha Kamizuki shook his head: "I don't. He looks like he has the face of someone destined to die young."

"Don't curse someone you've just met! That's too vicious!"

Mikoto playfully punched his back, only to end up reddening her own small hand.

"That hurts!"

Uchiha Kamizuki, the twin brother of Uchiha Mikoto, was also a transmigrator.

Unlike his predecessors who had system panels or carried giant monsters with them, his only specialty was his physique.

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"Heavenly Restriction"

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It meant a curse and binding bestowed by the heavens.

He could not store chakra like an ordinary ninja; as a condition of the restriction, his chakra was exchanged for the ultimate strengthening of his physical body.

During his clan initiation, the clansmen discovered this.

The ominous nature of being a twin was one thing, but to be unable to even store chakra—even the wild boars in the Forest of Death could do that!

The clan instructor in charge of the initiation said publicly: "Isn't a guy like this just trash? It's practically a blasphemy against the Uchiha clan!"

And then...

The instructor was brutally beaten by Kamizuki's father; had the clansmen not held him back, he might have been beaten to death.

Kamizuki still remembers the scene: his mother holding him and a frightened Mikoto in her arms, feeling very warm.

His father had roared sternly at all the clansmen: "So what if he has no chakra! This is my son!"

"If any of you dare to run your mouths again, I will slaughter you!!"

Kamizuki, who had been an orphan in his previous life, felt the love of his parents so vividly for the first time.

The Uchiha were not the Hyuga, after all; the clan head not only did not punish his father, but reprimanded the instructor who had spoken and stripped him of his position.

It was from that day on that Kamizuki truly accepted his identity.