Hizashi's Secret

"Are you sure this is better eaten raw?"

Itachi stared blankly at the wild boar meat Chuan Yu had handed him.

"Uh... In theory, it should be fine, but I think roasting it would be safer..."

Chuan Yu began to doubt the cooking ability the system had given him...

Just now, while he was cutting up the wild boar, the system had triggered [Primitive Cooking: I Am Bear Grylls].

And the recipe it gave him was to eat it raw...

How primitive.

Was this really cooking?

Anyone could eat something raw.

After skewering the meat, Chuan Yu used Fire Release.

"Second Brother! It smells great!"

Sasuke could barely keep himself from drooling.

Itachi tore off a piece of meat, carefully blew on it, then put it into Sasuke's mouth.

Munch, munch...

Suddenly, Sasuke's eyes widened in delight.

A huge ball of flame burst out of his mouth.

"Is this the rudimentary form of the Great Fireball Technique?"

Itachi was stunned.

Chuan Yu was even more bewildered.

"I... As soon as I ate the meat, I felt a force inside me urging me on..."

"Then I remembered the Great Fireball Technique Father once used by the river..."

"I couldn't help myself... Hehe..."

Sasuke grinned and reached for more meat.

Seeing this, Chuan Yu tore off a huge piece and gave it to Sasuke.

Could it be that the system's cooking ability had imbued the meat with some kind of power that inspired and strengthened people?

But the inspiration it triggered was primitive cooking. Would eating it raw make the effect even better?

But Sasuke clearly wouldn't be able to eat it raw, and Itachi probably wouldn't either...

Thinking this, Chuan Yu turned around and popped a small piece of raw meat into his mouth.

[Ding! Triggered the Primitive Cooking effect!]

[I Am Bear Grylls!]

A blurred image of a man standing at the top of the food chain appeared in Chuan Yu's mind.

[Ding! The host has obtained a body immune to all poisons!]

[Ding! The host's physique has been inspired by Bear Grylls! Increasing to the maximum value!]

Host: Uchiha Chuanyu

Body: 10 (Max)

Genjutsu: 8

Ninjutsu: 9

Wisdom: 10 (Max)

Left eye: Three-Tomoe Sharingan. [Awakening through training]

Right eye: Byakugan.

Five Nature Transformations (Proficient √) (Mastered) (Perfected) [Currently training]

Uchiha Fire Release (All Proficient) White Fang Sword Technique (Perfected)

Body Flicker Technique (Max)

An endless force surged through Chuan Yu's bones. At that moment, he suddenly wanted to say: I'm sorry for eating a person raw...

So this was the source of cooking. Not bad.

He could try out the other cooking abilities later, too. Who knew what other surprises they might bring?

Night deepened.

Itachi had been called away on a mission that night, and since Chuan Yu couldn't sleep, he began practicing his ninjutsu in the yard.

"The effectiveness of a ninjutsu depends greatly on the user. If you can truly make it your own, even an ordinary technique can unleash tremendous power..."

Chuan Yu began carefully studying Fire Release Ninjutsu.

Suddenly, several figures appeared, moving stealthily beneath the moonlight. Alert, Chuan Yu rose and looked toward a nearby hill.

There seemed to be people there who didn't belong to the village.

"Byakugan!"

The veins around his right eye bulged, and five people appeared clearly in his field of vision.

"Cloud Village..."

"They're already here?"

So tonight was the night Hinata would be kidnapped.

Hizashi Hyuga, the head of the Branch House. Chuan Yu had some memories of him.

Two years ago, when Chuan Yu had first arrived in this world, he clearly remembered living with the Branch House.

Hizashi Hyuga had treated him well.

But less than a month later, Chuan Yu had been taken to the Main House. At the time, Hizashi Hyuga had even begged the Main House not to take him away, but in the end, he hadn't been able to withstand the Main House's pressure.

In Chuan Yu's eyes, all the Hyuga looked the same.

Hizashi Hyuga was the exception, though. Chuan Yu especially wanted to know why he had been kind to him.

Perhaps tonight he would finally get an answer.

"You four, hide around the Hyuga Clan compound and cover for me when I come out!"

After assigning tasks to his four subordinates, the Cloud Village leader quietly slipped into the inner courtyard of the Hyuga compound.

A faint fragrance lingered in Hinata's bedroom. The leader crept to the window, took out the handkerchief he had prepared, and pressed it over Hinata's mouth and nose.

A few minutes later, the leader carried Hinata out of the Hyuga compound and made for the woods.

"Who's there?!"

Suddenly, Hizashi appeared and struck at the leader with his palm.

The leader was startled. He leapt backward several steps and steadied himself.

Seeing Hinata held captive in the man's arms, Hizashi frowned deeply.

"Damn it... Why aren't the other four coming out?"

His four subordinates, who were supposed to be waiting, hadn't made a sound. The leader grew anxious.

"Are you waiting for those four?"

Chuan Yu's voice suddenly came from behind him.

Thud... Thud... Thud... Thud...

With a casual toss, four heads rolled to the leader's feet.

They were his subordinates!

He looked up at Chuan Yu again. The blood-red glow of his left eye shone in the pitch-black night, heralding death.

"Is there something you've been hiding from me?"

Chuan Yu spoke coolly, but his gaze was fixed on Hizashi Hyuga, who stood behind the leader.

Hizashi's gaze trembled slightly. Then he looked away from Chuan Yu.

"It's been a long time, Chuan Yu. I didn't expect you to have grown so much."

Hizashi replied calmly.

Caught between them, the leader was in turmoil.

The murderous aura emanating from both men was already making it hard for him to resist the urge to run.

Had that child really killed his four subordinates just now?

The leader hadn't noticed a thing.

His instincts told him that if he moved now, he might be next...

He swallowed hard and decided it would be best to stay put for now and wait until they finished talking before figuring out what to do.

The leader was probably terrified out of his mind...

"You're the only member of the Hyuga Clan who ever looked after me. Don't you have anything to say?"

There was a hint of hope in Chuan Yu's eyes, but more than anything, he wanted to learn from Hizashi about his mother's life.

Hizashi smiled faintly. "Maybe I'm just a good person..."

"If you're a good person, tell me the truth. Otherwise, I'll put you in the same category as the rest of the Hyuga."

Chuan Yu's tone suddenly turned cold, and a hint of killing intent appeared in his eyes.

Sensing Chuan Yu's emotions, Hizashi shook his head helplessly.

"Chuan Yu..."

"Trust me. Don't ask about it now."

Hearing this, Chuan Yu fell silent.

So it really had something to do with his mother?

"Shut up!"

"That's enough, you two!"

The leader couldn't hold back any longer. He had completely lost his nerve.

He flung kunai in both directions, then decided to leap onto the roof and flee.

But in the brief moment a breeze brushed his neck, the leader's eyes turned bloodshot, and he stopped breathing.

A drop of blood fell from the wound on his neck. Chuan Yu slowly sheathed the long blade on his back.

"Tell me..."

"Otherwise, you'll die too..."

His tone was cold and merciless, his gaze icy. Chuan Yu had completely changed. The words "Hyuga" had become a shadow in his heart...

Seeing how far Chuan Yu had fallen, Hizashi let out a deep sigh.

"Have you never noticed..."

"That there's no Caged Bird Seal on your forehead..."