The Possibility of Bloodline Complementarity

Both sides held the authority to investigate violent incidents occurring within Konoha.

Leading the Uchiha Clan contingent was Meihuo Uchiha, followed by a three-man squad.

Leading the Anbu was Kakashi Hatake; though he wore a mask, his silver hair and height already gave away his identity.

Behind him was likewise a three-man squad.

They were all shocked by the scene before them: a field of severed limbs, and amidst the pools of blood lay three third-year students from the Ninja Academy.

"People from the Sanada Clan and the Takeda Clan?"

Both parties quickly identified the deceased as members of the Sanada Clan and the Takeda Clan, two declining ninja families.

Meihuo Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake approached Shinichi Hyuga.

Shinichi Hyuga was the sole witness to this battle.

Both men wanted to extract clues from Shinichi Hyuga, and both even suspected that Shinichi Hyuga himself was the killer.

However, their attitudes were completely different.

"Shinichi Hyuga, what is the meaning of this?" Meihuo Uchiha demanded immediately, speaking as if interrogating a criminal.

Shinichi Hyuga stood on the steps of the doorway, looking down at Meihuo Uchiha from above. A storm erupted as the Ajin's intimidation ability and the spirit of Zephyr—a layering of various powers—all descended upon Meihuo Uchiha.

Meihuo Uchiha felt like a lone boat on the ocean, caught in the midst of a violent tempest.

"Ah!"

Unable to control himself, he let out a scream. His Three-Tomoe Sharingan involuntarily manifested in his eyes, only to be suppressed back down by this overwhelming pressure, causing two lines of blood to stream from his eyes as they reverted to normal.

He collapsed onto one knee, eyes squeezed shut in utter disbelief.

"Get out of here and go learn some proper etiquette for a noble clan! You have no right to speak to me in such a manner."

Shinichi Hyuga withdrew his aura, and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Shinichi Hyuga had targeted Meihuo Uchiha, they had all been caught in the wake.

That sense of oppression felt like drowning while being choked by the throat.

"Tomoya. Take me away!"

Meihuo Uchiha was the first to speak, calling out to the Uchiha clansmen behind him.

The Uchiha clansmen were jolted into action, scrambling to carry Meihuo Uchiha away.

After walking a dozen paces, Meihuo Uchiha broke free from their support.

"Thank you!"

He spat the two words at Shinichi Hyuga without a hint of emotion.

Everyone except the parties involved—and Kakashi Hatake, who had only sensed a fraction of what occurred—was left completely bewildered.

Why would he thank Shinichi Hyuga after being brutalized so severely?

Shinichi Hyuga chuckled softly.

Did it succeed? Can the pupil power of the Byakugan and the Sharingan, combined with intense stimulation, awaken the Mangekyo?

But a single case proves nothing! Isolated evidence is insufficient to support this conclusion; he needs more experiments.

It's just that I don't know what his ability is. It seems somewhat similar to the fluctuations of Observation Haki's precognition.

There will be plenty of opportunities in the future.

The moment he saw it was Meihuo Uchiha, an idea had formed in his mind.

Both the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan possessed the bloodline of the Sage of Six Paths, and relatively pure bloodlines at that.

Their essence was concentrated in their eyes, and they held a certain complementarity.

Just now, he had used the power of his Tenseigan to inject a portion of Byakugan pupil power into Meihuo Uchiha's Three-Tomoe Sharingan to see what would happen.

Meihuo Uchiha's eyes had actually transformed into the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Though it had only lasted for a fleeting moment before closing.

Both men had obtained what they wanted.

Meihuo Uchiha had found the answer that had always puzzled him.

Shinichi Hyuga had found the next direction for his own eye evolution.

His bloodline completion plan could now be set in motion. As long as he absorbed the bloodlines of numerous Kekkei Genkai clans, his own bloodline could even revert to its ancestral state.

He could become a Sage Body like the Sage of Six Paths, or perhaps even a Sage Body like Princess Kaguya.

Shinichi Hyuga was now looking forward to the birth of Naruto Uzumaki.

That would mean one more special soul.

The greatest special soul should be the soul of the Otsutsuki Clan, right?

Meihuo Uchiha, supported by his men, headed toward the Uchiha Clan compound.

He remained in a daze, though his entire focus was locked deep within his own memories.

Just as he was struck by the overwhelming pressure of Shinichi Hyuga's aura, the ocular power of the Byakugan surged into his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Under the crushing weight of Shinichi Hyuga's presence, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan underwent a metamorphosis, evolving into the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Perhaps because his Mangekyou Sharingan was a flawed product born of forced stimulation, it awakened only a single solidified ocular technique—Future Sight.

In that moment, he glimpsed a fragment of the future: the night of the Uchiha Clan's annihilation.

The Sharingan is the eye that reflects the heart; for some time, he had been tormented by that very plan, desperate to know the outcome.

"To think everyone trusted Fugaku Uchiha so much. He was actually corrupted by that dog, Shisui Uchiha."

Meihuo Uchiha's heart was filled with resentment. He could accept being wiped out by Konoha.

But he could not accept being destroyed by his own kin.

This was likely the sentiment shared by most of the Uchiha Clan.

"Sasuke Uchiha! What a laughable name."

At the final moment before losing consciousness, he recalled the outcome of today's meeting.

Fugaku Uchiha had actually conceded simply because the Third Hokage permitted his son to use the name Sasuke!

That single concession spelled the annihilation of the Uchiha Clan!

Kakashi Hatake watched Shinichi Hyuga with a face full of wariness.

Given that Shinichi Hyuga's strength now surpassed his teacher's, how could anyone possibly kill right in front of him?

There was only one possibility: these people had died by Shinichi Hyuga's own hand.

"Kakashi, do you have anything you wish to ask?"

Seeing Kakashi remain silent for so long, Shinichi Hyuga spoke up to prompt him.

He had long since prepared his rhetoric for this matter, waiting only for Kakashi to trigger the confrontation, yet now Kakashi was backing down.

"Lord Shinichi, do you have anything you wish to say?"

Kakashi was slightly taken aback. Although Shinichi Hyuga had changed significantly, he had always been very polite toward him.

He recalled the time of his father's death; Shinichi Hyuga had been the one person who stood against the consensus of the crowd to support his father.

This was also part of the reason why he had originally agreed to let his teacher's wife, Kushina Uzumaki, pass the sealing techniques on to Shinichi Hyuga.

Regrettably, Shinichi Hyuga had declined.

Based on his understanding of Shinichi Hyuga, who always thought three steps ahead for every one he took, it seemed impossible that he would commit such a brutal act as slaughtering fellow village ninjas, right?