Konoha.
Hokage Building.
Upon hearing Chiba's words.
Hyuga Hiashi gritted his teeth, his jaw tense.
Of course he was unwilling to accept it!
Ever since the Gentle Fist had developed the Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms.
The Hyuga Clan had been completely stuck.
No matter how they trained, the Byakugan's abilities were limited to that extent.
Compared to the Uchiha's Sharingan.
The current Hyuga Clan did seem somewhat lacking.
"The Sharingan can evolve from Three Tomoe into the Mangekyo."
"Why can't the Byakugan evolve?"
Chiba threw out a fatal hypothesis.
Hiashi was stunned.
The Byakugan could evolve too?
There had never been any record of that in the clan's ancient texts!
But since the Fifth Hokage said so, could there really be a path forward?
"People cannot be constrained by history."
"What Orochimaru has in his head is far more useful than the ancient texts of your Main Branch."
"Cooperate with his research."
"Explore the deepest secrets of the Byakugan."
"The Hyuga Clan may yet display unprecedented glory."
Chiba lightly tapped his fingers against the tabletop.
Hyuga Hiashi's hands trembled with excitement.
Hope for the Byakugan's evolution!
This was something generations of Hyuga clan heads had not dared to dream of.
"The Hyuga Clan!"
"Will heed Lord Hokage's every command!"
"If Minister Orochimaru needs anything for his research, the Hyuga Clan will offer its full support!"
The next moment.
Following Fugaku Uchiha's example, Hyuga Hiashi dropped to one knee with a thud.
Looking at the two great clan heads kneeling on the floor.
The heads of the other clans all swallowed hard.
The Fifth Hokage's methods were simply godlike!
With just a few words, he had not only dissolved the greatest resistance within the village.
He had also made the Uchiha and Hyuga willingly become Orochimaru's bodyguards.
This ability