Hyuga Hiashi's face was utterly grim.
His expression was filled with alarm, and he couldn't believe it. "You're only eight years old. How can you possibly be this strong?"
"How did you manage it?"
"Why have you never shown your strength before?"
An eight-year-old child.
He should be at the Ninja Academy. How could he possibly stir up such a storm within the Hyuga Clan?
Only then did everyone finally realize that the towering figure before them, nearly six feet tall and resembling a Thunder God, was Hyuga Kagami.
And he was only eight years old!
His strength and bearing had made them overlook that fact!
"Idiot!"
Hyuga Kagami glanced at Hyuga Hiashi as if he were looking at a fool. "How else could I have earned the Mizukage of Kirigakure's trust? How else could I have become sworn brothers with Karatachi Yagura? Did you think he just happened to like me?"
How could a powerful man casually swear brotherhood with someone?
The reason he had persuaded Karatachi Yagura
was partly because he knew the Akatsuki's objective and Uchiha Obito's true identity.
But another reason was that his strength was formidable enough to rival Karatachi Yagura's!
Otherwise, why hadn't Karatachi Yagura captured him and tortured him for information?
"I understand now. I understand. From the very beginning, I let your age blind me to the fact that you possessed such great strength!"
Hyuga Hiashi finally caught on.
He couldn't help saying, "So your strength is at least on par with an elite jonin's. You might even be... a quasi-Kage!"
"An eight-year-old quasi-Kage!"
He slowly spoke the words, unable to believe them.
An eight-year-old quasi-Kage.
That was fucking absurd!
Even he, the clan head, hadn't become a quasi-Kage. To this day, he was only an elite jonin!
How could he believe