Shinichi Hyuga

Year 50 of Konoha.

[This book adopts the Book of Formations, with the setting that Shippuden ends after a 68-year history.]

The Third Great Ninja War had only just concluded.

Konoha.

Hall No. 1, the venue for the most significant ceremonies.

The place was bustling with noise and excitement. Jonin who were rarely seen in public were everywhere, and the heads and elders of various clans chatted with smiles on their faces.

A wedding was being held here today.

It was the wedding of the Konoha hero, the Yellow Flash Minato Namikaze, and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Kushina Uzumaki.

More importantly, the Yellow Flash Minato Namikaze had recently become the Fourth Hokage, a rare and joyous occasion indeed.

"The First Hokage spent his entire life building Konoha with the goal of ensuring that youths would no longer wither away in their prime due to war.

Yet, the Third Hokage has turned these youths into nutrients to nourish a decaying Konoha."

At the entrance of the hall stood a young man of seventeen or eighteen. His eyes were weathered, possessing a maturity that belied his age, and he exuded a chilling aura that even the Anbu would find hard to match. It was difficult to imagine what kind of experiences had forged such a presence.

His right sleeve hung empty, tied into a bow and marked with a few doodles.

These were traces left by his daughter.

Thinking of his daughter, the murderous aura on his body vanished, replaced by a gentle air.

He had only one eye left—his left eye, which lacked a pupil and was entirely white. The position of his right eye was covered by a black cloth, making his identity clear.

Anyone from Konoha would recognize him as a member of the Hyuga Clan, and that eye was the Byakugan, the Kekkei Genkai for which the Hyuga Clan was famous.

However, the curse mark on his forehead signaled to everyone that he was a member of the Hyuga Clan branch family.

Some were filled with curiosity: how could a branch member of the Hyuga Clan, and a disabled one at that, be qualified to attend the wedding of the Fourth Hokage?

At the same time, those familiar with him looked on with a sense of pity. It was a shame he was from the branch family; otherwise, he would have been a candidate capable of competing for the position of Hokage.

"Lord Shinichi, you have arrived! Please, follow me." Kakashi Hatake approached Shinichi Hyuga and bowed respectfully.

As the student of Minato Namikaze—and his only remaining student at that—his personal reception of Shinichi Hyuga drew the attention of many.

Shinichi Hyuga snapped out of his thoughts and nodded.

"Kakashi, don't worry about me. Go attend to your duties!" A trace of a smile returned to Shinichi Hyuga's face as he tried to deflect the attention.

The surrounding gazes already made him feel as if he were sitting on pins and needles; at this moment, what he needed most was to keep a low profile.

Especially from those trash of the Hyuga Clan main family.

Kakashi Hatake obeyed and left. As a young genius himself, he somewhat understood Shinichi Hyuga's current predicament.

On the battlefield of Kumogakure, he had seen with his own eyes how Shinichi Hyuga was always able to support Minato Namikaze at critical moments. It was precisely because of this that the Konoha side had completely crushed the AB Duo on the Kumogakure front.

But because of Shinichi Hyuga's status as a branch family member, all his contributions were credited to the Hyuga Clan as a whole, while he remained a mere ordinary Jonin, his fame suppressed.

Kakashi sensed a deathly stillness in Shinichi Hyuga—an aura very similar to the one his father had possessed when he committed suicide. Yet, this deathly stillness was even more intense, as if it were about to consume everything around it.

It was only held back by a single bond!

Shinichi Hyuga shook his head and found the seats reserved for the Hyuga Clan, sitting down.

The branch family Jonin around him greeted him one after another. These Jonin were all older than him, some already quite elderly.

Seeing this wounded junior, they instinctively shielded him in their midst.

The curse mark on Shinichi Hyuga's forehead was a shared pain in their hearts.

"Shinichi, you have suffered!"

One of the elders spoke, his voice trembling and weak, a tear falling from his eye involuntarily.

Only they could truly empathize with and understand the pain of Shinichi Hyuga.

Despite being the greatest combat power of the Hyuga Clan, he had ended up in such a state.

"Third Elder, you worry too much. Isn't this our destiny?" Shinichi Hyuga shrugged his uneven shoulders, trying to gauge the attitudes of the many branch family powerhouses.

Immediately, all the branch family experts fell silent, but the emotions in their eyes could not escape Shinichi Hyuga's gaze.

His eyes first landed on the face of Hizashi Hyuga. What was the attitude of the current main family head's brother now?

He then scanned the room.

Some eyes were numb, seemingly in full agreement with Shinichi Hyuga's view; these were the ones who were already advanced in age.

Others were filled with resentment; these were the younger ones.

Among them was Hizashi Hyuga. Although he hid it well, he could not escape Shinichi Hyuga's analytical gaze.

Is it because of Neji Hyuga? A flash of realization crossed Shinichi Hyuga's mind. Hizashi Hyuga's son, Neji Hyuga, had been born just this year.

He understood Hizashi Hyuga's feelings all too well.

He stopped speaking and closed his eyes to rest; he and Hizashi Hyuga shared the same troubles.

His daughter is three years old this year.

Members of the Hyuga Clan's branch family are branded with the Caged Bird seal between the ages of three and five.

Due to their wariness of him, his daughter, Reiko Hyuga, will be branded with the Caged Bird seal in three months alongside the rest of this batch of branch family members.

A crude panel visible only to him appeared in his mind; this is the secret he has hidden for many years.

Name: Shinichi Hyuga
Available Worlds: Detective Conan World, Ajin World, ???
Manifested Templates: Kyogoku Makoto, Haibara Ai, Ajin No. 002...
Manifestation Points: 10078 points.

He is a transmigrator. His predecessor was a college student who died suddenly from staying up late, only to arrive in this world and become an infant of the Hyuga branch family.

He tried to be clever a few times, but he could not escape the fate of being branded with the Caged Bird.

Fortunately, he is familiar with the plot, and his greatest stroke of luck is the gift from the Earth's will, which allows him to use manifestation points to manifest character templates from anime.

By obtaining these character templates, he can rapidly master their talents and knowledge, and gain some of their unique bloodline traits to integrate into his own body.

This makes his future unpredictable.

The difficulty lies in acquiring manifestation points, which require fresh souls to provide energy.

Different soul strengths provide different amounts of manifestation points; generally speaking:

One genin provides one point.

One chunin provides ten points.

One jonin provides one hundred points.

It was only by absorbing numerous souls during the Second Shinobi World War and unlocking the slice-of-life Detective Conan World that he was able to redeem the two templates he currently possesses.

Kyogoku Makoto seems like a weakling; if one only looks at his raw strength, he is barely at the genin level, and even reaching chunin is a stretch.

However, Kyogoku Makoto possesses a limit-breaking ability similar to a certain bald teacher, capable of transcending the restrictions of the world. While his own strength is heavily suppressed, he still possesses novel martial arts philosophies and knowledge.

This has brought Shinichi Hyuga's kicking techniques and taijutsu to a new height.

It is precisely by relying on this that his taijutsu has reached a level surpassing Hizashi Hyuga, and by combining Konoha's Strong Fist with the Hyuga's Gentle Fist, he has created a leg technique unique to himself.

At the same time, he inherited Kyogoku Makoto's nickname, the Noble Prince of Kicks.

With kicking techniques that are both elegant and destructive, his reputation has spread across the battlefield.