So Terrifying

After a long while.

Hyuga Kagami finally began to calm down. The strength and power of this body were unlike anything he had ever experienced before. There was no confusion in his eyes, only calm and excitement.

That Azure Dragon Form fruit seemed to have given him the wildness and boldness of an Azure Dragon!

Fear nothing!

His gaze turned to the system, and he sorted all the rewards he had received.

"First, there are the physical abilities I gained. The most useful is the Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Beast Type, Model: Azure Dragon, followed by the Sage Body and Wood Release. The other ninjutsu are better than nothing."

"These three have made my body terrifyingly powerful! Ordinary ninjutsu can't affect me at all! And I've gained powerful ways to attack."

Hyuga Kagami's expression was calm.

The Azure Dragon Form Devil Fruit had given him an Azure Dragon's physical toughness and stamina!

As well as attacks like Thunder Bagua!

The Sage Body increased his body's recovery and vitality, and gave him an even more terrifying amount of chakra. The two complemented each other. As for Wood Release, it had enhanced his body to some degree, but not by much.

It was more useful for attacking!

"Second, there's the talent I gained: Absolute Control!"

"To a certain extent, the talent of Absolute Control is even more important than an ability!"

Hyuga Kagami pondered.

"I can feel that, after gaining the talent of Absolute Control, I can clearly sense every muscle in my body and every bit of my strength. I can push my power to its absolute limits!"

"Perhaps... the reason all these powers can blend together so harmoniously isn't just the system. Absolute Control must have a lot to do with it, too!"

With Absolute Control,

his mind became a machine of pure reason, able to understand everything around him and command every part of himself.

He could turn every factor into data and calculate it.

Sometimes, that was more important than an ability!

"Third, there are the items. Aside from power, all those check-ins also gave me a Storage Ring, Kunai, ordinary swords, and... an unimaginable amount of money. You could practically say I'm richer than a country!"

Hyuga Kagami's eyes gleamed.

Money was just as important to a ninja. Although Naruto rarely mentioned money, every ninja needed to spend it to train and improve.

Only then could they ensure their chakra grew quickly and their bodies stayed strong.

One reason many commoners struggled to grow stronger was that they lacked favorable conditions!

"System, show me my personal attributes!"

Hyuga Kagami gave the order without hesitation.

He wanted to check all his current attributes.

[Host: Hyuga Kagami!]

[Age: Eight!]

[Bloodline: Otsutsuki Hamura's bloodline (46%, Caged Bird Seal), Sage Body!...]

[Devil Fruit: Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Beast Type, Model: Azure Dragon!...]

[Talent: Absolute Control!]

[Controlled Abilities: Wood Release, Rotation, Great Fireball Technique, Water Dragon Bullet Technique, Fire Dragon Bullet Technique, Lightning Release: Earth Flash, Three Basic Techniques, Shurikenjutsu, Gentle Fist: Sixteen Palms, Water Release: Drizzle...]

[Money: Seventy-two! (in units of one hundred million)]

[Items: Storage Ring!]

Hyuga Kagami had ordered the system to ignore anything useless.

So ordinary Kunai, swords, and the like hadn't been included.

"Not bad, but right now, I only have the power. I still lack the combat experience to go with it."

Hyuga Kagami was quite satisfied with his strength, but he also understood his weaknesses!

At the same time, his gaze settled on the bloodline entry, and he gave a soft laugh.

"Forty-six percent Otsutsuki Hamura bloodline purity. By rights, Hamura's descendants split into the Hyuga Clan and the Otsutsuki Clan on the moon. Even the person with the purest bloodline should only have fifty percent purity, yet I have forty-six percent!"

He pondered, then suddenly looked at his Sage Body.

"Perhaps the Sage Body filled in part of my bloodline?"

The Sage Body and Otsutsuki Hamura's bloodline came from the same source.

It was only natural that they could complement each other.

"But... as a member of the Branch Family, no wonder I felt like something was binding my body. It must be that so-called 'Caged Bird.'"

Hyuga Kagami's pale eyes were calm.

Every member of the Branch Family had the Caged Bird Seal.

There was no avoiding it.

He removed the Konoha Forehead Protector from his brow. In the center of his forehead, a clear blue "manji" mark stood out, like a chain around a dog's neck!

"The Caged Bird? A mark that can never be erased? A lifetime under the Main Family's control? What a joke."

Hyuga Kagami chuckled.

To him, his body was no different from data, and he could manipulate every bit of it at will!

He gently placed a finger on his forehead. The next instant, he gave a soft shout. "Release!" Remove it!

The Caged Bird's danger lay in the fact that it was branded into the brain, and the brain itself was incredibly complex. A single mistake could leave its owner crippled!

But for Hyuga Kagami, who wielded Absolute Control, it was as easy as eating or drinking.

Buzz!

The Cursed Seal in his mind was undone, and the Caged Bird mark on his forehead vanished.

His skin became smooth and unmarked.

His wildness and domineering presence stood out even more!

Nothing could stop him!

"Yeah, that's more like it."

Hyuga Kagami snorted!

His gaze was cold!

At the same time, a thread of joy, faint as a silken strand, stirred within this body. Hyuga Kagami froze. Was this... happiness from the body's original owner?

It was only an instinct.

The original owner's soul had long since disappeared.

And that faint sensation made Hyuga Kagami realize this might be the original owner's final emotion.

"Don't worry. Since this body is mine now, I'll protect everything you held dear. I'll take you to the very top of the Shinobi World and show you what it's like up there!"

Hyuga Kagami's voice rang out with conviction. In the mirror, his gaze was resolute.

When he'd watched Naruto in his previous life, this part of the story had always made him feel unbearably frustrated. Sarutobi Hiruzen was such a useless coward—disgusting. Konoha was trash, and so were the other countries.

Now that he'd come to the Naruto world, he would change the story and build a brand-new Shinobi World.

Then...

The first thing he needed to do

was start the Fourth Shinobi World War!