The Hyuga Clan, according to the official Naruto lore, descended from Otsutsuki Hamura. It was also one of the founding clans that joined Konohagakure when the Land of Fire was first established.
Like the Uchiha Clan, it was one of the oldest clans in Konoha.
Its members, like those of the Uchiha Clan, inherited a unique visual Kekkei Genkai—the Byakugan.
To some extent, the Hyuga Clan and the Uchiha Clan had a great deal in common.
The only difference was...
Their attitudes toward Konoha's government.
The Uchiha Clan was relatively aggressive, hoping to protect its standing in Konoha through overwhelming force.
The Hyuga Clan, however, was different...
The Hyuga Clan had once faced the same situation as the Uchiha Clan.
It, too, had been under close watch for a time.
But the Hyuga Clan's solution was simple.
It stayed out of Konoha's government.
It simply kept a low profile and focused on developing within Konoha...
As a result, although the Hyuga Clan had always wielded considerable influence in Konoha, it had never drawn the attention of the Konoha High Command...
The Uchiha Clan, on the other hand, had it pretty rough...
"The Uchiha Clan..."
A few moments later, Hyuga Hiashi repeated Yun Xi's words. A glint flashed in his eyes.
After studying Yun Xi for a while, Hiashi asked gravely, "Are you a member of the Uchiha Clan?"
"No..."
Yun Xi shook his head, then answered calmly, "I'm just an ordinary civilian from Konoha."
"But..."
"But what?"
Seeing Yun Xi hesitate, Hiashi immediately pressed him.
"I just want to help him this time..."
After saying this, Yun Xi smiled...
"Help him?!"
The moment he heard that, a look of shock flashed across Hiashi's face.
When he first saw this kid, Hiashi had assumed he was just some child trying to sneak into the Hyuga Clan's compound.
But as soon as Yun Xi said those words, Hiashi realized that the boy must know something...
Although Hiashi had never involved himself in Konoha's government,
as an elite Jonin from Konoha and the current head of the Hyuga Clan, he was bound to know about some of the recent events.
After Uchiha Shisui, the Uchiha Clan's youngest genius, died unexpectedly, the entire village of Konoha had fallen into a strange atmosphere.
Every faction in Konoha could sense the tension between the Uchiha Clan and the Konoha High Command.
There was even more...
Hiashi had once heard some rumors...
That was...
The Uchiha Clan was planning a rebellion...
No one knew whether the rumors were true, but they had made the atmosphere in Konoha even more tense...
Still, Hiashi had never expected...
At such a tense time, some kid claiming to be an ordinary civilian would say he wanted to help "him."
That "him" was certainly intriguing...
Was it the Uchiha Clan...
Or someone in the Uchiha Clan...
In an instant,
Hiashi became interested in the boy before him, whose face still bore the traces of youth.
"Kid, if anyone else heard what you just said, you might not live to see the end of the night..."
Not long after silence fell between Yun Xi and Hiashi, Hiashi spoke first and slowly walked up to him.
Suddenly!
He thrust out a broad palm and struck Yun Xi!
"Thwack!"
A dull, heavy sound instantly shattered the silence around them.
"Clan Head, stop!"
"Mean uncle, you can't bully Yun Xi!"
The moment it happened, Tenten and Neji called out from farther away, their faces filled with confusion and shock.
As soon as she finished speaking, Tenten pulled two black-and-white scrolls out of her bag.
"Tenten already has those at such a young age?!"
At that moment, the two scrolls in Tenten's hands were the same ninja tool scrolls she used against Temari during the Chunin Ninja Exams!
A bead of cold sweat appeared on Yun Xi's forehead as he watched.
Although Tenten had only a tiny amount of chakra in her body, she could definitely activate the two scrolls.
And if the huge number of ninja tools inside burst out from this close range...
Even Yun Xi would find it troublesome...
With that in mind, Yun Xi had no time to pay attention to Hiashi beside him. He hurriedly said, "Tenten, put those away. I'm fine!"
"But I wanted to..." Seeing that Yun Xi was all right, Tenten held the scrolls, unsure what to do.
"I'm really fine..."
After slapping Hiashi's hand away from himself, Yun Xi immediately went over to Tenten. As he returned the scrolls to her bag, he said, "Who gave you those? You can't just take them out whenever you want next time, okay?"
"Mom gave them to me. She said to open them if any bad guys showed up."
"Those parents..."
After hearing where the ninja tool scrolls had come from, Yun Xi's eyes flashed with helplessness. Once he had put the scrolls safely away, he returned to Hiashi and smiled. "Uncle, picking on someone smaller than you isn't very honorable."
"Hmph. There's no such thing as big or small in the ninja world!"
Seeing that Yun Xi was completely unharmed, Hiashi looked shocked.
Although his earlier blow had only been a test,
it...
had been no ordinary attack.
He had not only used the Gentle Fist, but had also injected chakra into Yun Xi's body.
He had meant to teach the presumptuous kid a warning...
But what Hiashi hadn't expected was...
Yun Xi was completely unharmed...
"Byakugan, activate!"
Seeing Yun Xi looking perfectly normal, Hiashi could no longer stay calm. He activated his Byakugan and stared intently at the boy before him.
But what he saw left him even more shocked!
As the Hyuga Clan's Kekkei Genkai, the Byakugan was naturally powerful.
It could be used not only for scouting and support, but also granted a 360-degree field of vision and the ability to see the flow of chakra in the surrounding area.
Depending on the user's abilities, the Byakugan could also be divided into the Telescopic Eye, which could see distant places, and the Insight Eye, which could see through objects.
When it came to reconnaissance, the Byakugan's abilities even surpassed those of the Sharingan, the foremost visual technique in Naruto!
The Byakugan Hiashi was using now was the Insight Eye, which could see through objects.
As his Byakugan pierced through Yun Xi's body...
Hiashi was stunned...
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