At this moment, with the Tenseigan in his possession and his own overpowered template ability,
his strength was in no way inferior to that of any living shinobi.
The only people he worried about were the old schemers of the Ninja World.
The Otsutsuki Clan hidden in various places, and the Sage of Six Paths concealed in the Pure Land.
And Kaguya of the Otsutsuki Clan, who had been sealed away.
All of them could cause trouble for his life.
He didn't want this world to change too much. If it did, his advantage of knowing the future would disappear.
Thinking it over, he realized that he was the one hiding the deepest secrets.
He could stay in the shadows, use his knowledge of the future to reap souls and Manifestation Points, and obtain more templates.
He would build up his strength and ensure he lived in a relatively stable environment.
He would obtain the Nine Tailed Beasts' chakra and make his other Byakugan evolve into a Tomoe Rinnegan.
In the days to come, he would reap the special souls in Shippuden and summon more templates from the myriad worlds.
But before any of that, he needed to make the Third stop keeping an eye on him.
He left his private training room and crossed the Hyuga Clan's rear courtyard. Hyuga Clan members, their faces beaming, kept greeting him as he passed.
He returned each greeting in turn.
Now the Hyuga Clan finally felt like a harmonious family.
Members of the clan lived together in their compound and helped one another.
Compared to how the clan had been before, there was a sense of warmth now.
After walking for more than ten minutes, he finally arrived at the Hyuga Clan's meeting room.
People were already waiting inside, whispering and chatting among themselves.
There were only a dozen or so people this time, even fewer than last time. Most had some kind of disability.
The able-bodied jonin had been sent to guard the casino, whose business had been booming lately.
Those people had their own duties today.
Shinichi Hyuga pushed open the door and entered.
A seat had already been reserved for him in the center.
The room fell silent at once, and the earlier chatter vanished.
Shinichi Hyuga swept his gaze around the room and nodded inwardly. Though these people were too old to go out on combat missions, their love for the Hyuga Clan was just as strong.
"Clan head, your body?"
Hizashi Hyuga stared at Shinichi Hyuga and cried out in astonishment.
His eye and arm, which should have been damaged, had been restored, and his aura was even stronger than before.
The shinobi present looked one another over.
Only then did they notice that, apart from Hizashi Hyuga, the Third Elder, and Hyuga Jizoku,
everyone else had some degree of disability.
The Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist, their original fighting style, had always relied on close combat. As a result, the clan had suffered an unusually high rate of injuries and disability.
Could he have called them here today to heal them?
"As you can see, my body has recovered.
And with the abilities I've mastered, I can help you recover your health as well."
Shinichi Hyuga could see how excited they were, so he gave them a definite answer.
From now on, he would move about Konoha with a fully restored body, which would make some people wary of him.
To keep his Ajin ability from being exposed too soon, he had come up with a way to conceal it.
He would use cell-culturing techniques to restore the injured shinobi of the Hyuga Clan.
This was all possible because of Haibara Ai's extraordinary talent in biology. In Conan's low-magic world, she had managed to develop a drug that could nearly grant immortality.
Now, combined with chakra, that near-omnipotent energy of the Ninja World, he could develop an entirely new technique.
It would allow him to clone replacement limbs quickly and grow them.
This technology would also be one of the means by which he stabilized Konoha and the Land of Fire.
It could win people over and raise his own standing.
War caused countless people to be left disabled.
He would establish a medical center in this world, one that stood above the rest of the world.
Shinichi Hyuga would have to carry out this plan gradually.
His gaze fell on the Hyuga jonin in the meeting room. Each wore a different expression.
Most were excited. At last, they could be made whole again and become more useful to the clan.
A few were sorrowful. Some of their comrades had become disabled and unable to care for themselves. In the end, they had simply waited quietly for death; in the most extreme cases, they had taken their own lives.
"Clan head, is this true?"
An old man's eyes were already brimming with tears as he asked the question from the bottom of his heart.
The Third Raikage had severed one of his hands with Hell Stab during the Second Shinobi World War.
After that, he had become a support ninja.
There were people in the war who had suffered even worse injuries; plenty had lost both legs or both arms.
That was war.
"Of course. I've mastered this technology. Once we extract your cells, we can grow a new arm in just one month."
Shinichi Hyuga raised his right arm high, letting the [fact] speak for itself.
Everyone turned their eyes to it, hoping to spot some difference. Some even activated their Byakugan.
After examining it, they still couldn't find anything unusual.
The meridians and bones alike were all part of Shinichi Hyuga's own bloodline.
At last, they truly believed him, and their eyes brimmed with even greater hope.
Their hearts filled with hope for the future. Could they recover, too?
"After the meeting, stay behind and have your blood drawn. Once you've recovered, go around the village more often. You'll be living proof of what I can do."
Shinichi Hyuga smiled as he spoke, giving them a firm promise.
Once these people had recovered,
he would become someone celebrated throughout Konoha, the Land of Fire, and the entire Ninja World.
His standing might even surpass that of Tsunade, the Medical Saint recognized throughout the Ninja World.
They clenched their fists. Some pinched their legs hard enough to leave purple marks. The pain told them this wasn't a dream.
Only then did Shinichi Hyuga turn to the Third Elder. "How are people in the Ninja World reacting to the Byakugan?"
He had already killed the chicken. Now he just had to see how the monkeys reacted.
"Clan head, it's worked very well. Not a single person who received a transplanted Byakugan survived a month. Their bodies turned into mummified husks, as if the Byakugan had drained them dry.
"That should be enough to warn people. No one is likely to try to steal a Byakugan in the near future."
Hizashi Hyuga spoke with a smile, his respect for Shinichi Hyuga plain in his voice, though a trace of worry remained in his heart.
He had already formed a suspicion.
But he would never say it aloud.
Shinichi Hyuga nodded slightly, though he didn't care much either way.
His eye had already evolved into the Tenseigan. It could absorb other people's chakra. As long as it detected a Byakugan that hadn't originated from its wielder, it could drain their chakra and ocular power.
He no longer needed to be there in person as he had this time.
As long as his Tenseigan existed, this backlash would be real.
"Good. That makes our clan members relatively safe, but it isn't enough.
"The Hyuga Clan needs to change its direction of development.
"The old approach of using us as scouts and pairing us with the Gentle Fist for close combat was a downright idiotic idea.
"From now on, every clan member must learn archery. They can attack from a distance while hidden. Why fight at close range? We should make use of the Byakugan and the wealth of a great clan.
"Every arrow should have an Explosive Tag attached to it, turning us into long-range combatants.
"And we shouldn't focus on the Byakugan's true purpose: medicine.
"From now on, the Hyuga Clan will surpass the Senju Clan and become the greatest medical clan."
Shinichi Hyuga calmly laid out his plans for the Hyuga Clan.
The Hyuga Clan had been too accommodating to Konoha in the past, developing in a position that seemed suited to them but actually forced them to sacrifice their own interests.
Now Shinichi Hyuga had found them a better place.
A medical clan: that was what he hoped the Hyuga Clan would become.
In Shinichi Hyuga's vision, the Hyuga Clan would stand above every shinobi village.
The people had only just come down from their excitement when they were overcome with shame.
They took Shinichi Hyuga's words to heart as if a sudden revelation had washed over them. The Hyuga Clan had been treated like expendable tools before.
The new style of combat Shinichi Hyuga had planned would give the Hyuga Clan the best chance of staying alive.
That made them respect Shinichi Hyuga even more.
Before you continue