Hyuga Tennin: I'm Going to Make a Decision That Goes Against My Ancestors

Within the Hyuga compound.

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Hyuga Tennin prepared two valuable gifts to send to the Senju and Uchiha clans when the children reached their first month.

If the Hyuga Clan was one of Konoha's powerful, first-rate families, then the Senju and Uchiha were Konoha's absolute elite, leagues ahead of everyone else. Of Konoha's Three Departments and Six Ministries, the Senju controlled the Chancellery and the Ministry of Justice, while the Uchiha held the positions of Hokage and Ministry of Revenue. Although the Hyuga Clan had obtained the Department of State Affairs, Hyuga Tennin understood that whatever the Senju and Uchiha could give the Hyuga, they could also take back. The Hyuga had no right to speak with the Senju and Uchiha as equals.

Hyuga Tennin was performing his daily training in the courtyard. He had honed the Gentle Fist to perfection. It was no exaggeration to say that he was the greatest genius in the Hyuga Clan's history, the strongest among all its successive clan heads. His strength had already surpassed that of a jonin. Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms, Rotation, Air Palm—every technique was executed with flawless mastery.

The peak battle between Lord Hokage and Lord Hashirama that day had dealt him a heavy blow. So ninja could reach such heights. The aftermath of their battle alone had altered the terrain of mountains and rivers. Forests spanning dozens of li had been reduced to flat ground.

That kind of power was beyond his reach.

He could not compare to Lord Hokage or Lord Hashirama. But Hyuga Tennin believed himself no inferior to the likes of Senju Tobirama and Uchiha Izuna. As the head of the Hyuga Clan, he had his own pride.

Yet that pride had been shattered to pieces.

He had not expected the later battle between Uchiha Izuna and Senju Tobirama to exceed his expectations as well. He and Senju Tobirama truly were evenly matched—if he had fought Senju Tobirama that day, they would most likely have ended in a draw, neither able to do anything to the other.

But before Uchiha Izuna's mountain-like Susanoo, what were Eight Trigrams Palms, chakra-point strikes, and Rotation? At best, they would have been scratching Susanoo's itch.

And the Uchiha also had Uchiha Yan. Hyuga Tennin did not know what the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan was. He only knew that whatever Lord Hokage and Uchiha Izuna, both wielders of the Mangekyo Sharingan, could accomplish, Uchiha Yan could accomplish as well. That man known as the "Konoha Kirin" had defeated Senju Tobirama. His strength was unfathomable.

The Rinnegan, Sharingan, and Byakugan were known as the three great ocular techniques. Hyuga Tennin had always believed the Byakugan was no inferior to the Sharingan. But reality was—there was a gulf between them as vast as heaven and earth. The Byakugan could contend with an ordinary Sharingan, but once the Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyo, the Byakugan became a joke.

Hyuga Tennin had also wondered: if the Byakugan was only capable of this much, what gave it the right to stand alongside the Sharingan? Where had the title of the three great ocular techniques come from? Could it be that, in ancient times, the Byakugan had possessed some unknown evolved form?

During this time, Hyuga Tennin had constantly searched through the clan's ancient records to see whether the Byakugan could evolve. Perhaps into something like a Mangekyo Byakugan. Unfortunately, there was no such record in the clan.

Now, both the Senju and Uchiha had welcomed a new generation. Senju Shuzong and Uchiha Quanzhi would most likely inherit their fathers' excellent genes and continue the Senju and Uchiha clans' glory in Konoha.

But his son, Hyuga Riyao, had not displayed any particularly outstanding talent. Forget standing shoulder to shoulder with the next generation of the Senju and Uchiha—he could not even surpass Hyuga Tennin himself.

If this continued, the Hyuga Clan would not be able to hold onto the position of Chief Minister.

Now his wife, Hyuga Naixue, was pregnant again. Hyuga Tennin intended to make a decision that went against the ancestors.

In contrast to Hyuga Tennin's worries, Uchiha Yan had been living a very fulfilling life lately.

He had been studying Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Technique, trying to precisely control earth-nature chakra.

Using Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Technique, Uchiha Yan cast Light-Weight Rock on himself. He could feel his body becoming lighter, but he truly had not managed to fly. This ninjutsu was extremely difficult to learn. In the original work, only successive Tsuchikage, Yellow Earth, and Red Earth knew this technique. Even the artist Deidara could only fly by relying on clay.

This technique could alter the gravity of oneself and other objects, making it very similar to the Gravity-Gravity Fruit from the world of One Piece. In the original work, Onoki had also used gravity to accelerate himself into opponents. He had once shattered the Second Mizukage's summoned beast, the Giant Clam, as well as Madara's Susanoo.

But Uchiha Yan felt that using it that way was far too crude. Why did he have to use his fists? Could he not use shuriken instead?

After Uchiha Sasuke next door learned Lightning Blade from Kakashi, he had not stopped at Lightning Blade. Instead, he developed Chidori Current, Chidori Sharp Spear, Chidori Senbon, and Kirin.

Uchiha Yan took out a shuriken. "Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Technique."

The shuriken instantly became lighter, and he hurled it with force.

The shuriken flew far faster than usual, carving an almost invisible straight line through the air. The distant target was pierced straight through.

Its speed increased, its accuracy improved, its power grew stronger, and its attack range became longer as well.

"Earth Release: Weighted Rock Technique."

At the instant he threw the shuriken, he applied Weighted Rock to it.

"Boom—"

Instead of being pierced through, the wooden target exploded entirely. Splinters scattered across the ground.

The speed had slowed, the attack range had shortened, and the accuracy was lacking.

But that was only on level ground. What if it were in the air? He only needed to aim first and then apply Earth Release: Weighted Rock Technique. The shuriken would instantly turn into a gravity cannon.

Before long, Senju Shuzong and Uchiha Quanzhi's first-month celebrations were held at the same time.

Uzumaki Mito and Uzumaki Uori were best friends. They had grown up together, married into Konoha together, and become mothers at the same time. The two children's first-month celebrations were not lavishly held in their respective clan compounds. Instead, they were held at Konoha White Palace, where officials from Konoha's various departments were simply invited to a banquet.

A simple first-month celebration had gathered every elite power in Konoha.

The heads of Konoha's major clans all came, some even bringing their future heirs. Hyuga Tennin brought his son Hyuga Riyao. The heads of the Boar-Deer-Butterfly clans attended as well. Minister of Medicine Aburame Shibi was there, and Minister of Rites Sarutobi Sasuke brought his son Sarutobi Hiruzen. Minister of Works Shimura Yuno brought Shimura Danzo, while Minister of Justice Senju Momoka also attended. Even the Land of Fire's daimyo sent congratulatory gifts from the Fire Capital.

Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu also attended the first-month celebration with their fathers.

Last month, Uchiha Yan had accepted them as disciples as well, greatly raising the status of the Mitokado Clan and Utatane Clan in Konoha. The Sarutobi Clan, Shimura Clan, Mitokado Clan, and Utatane Clan had all once been minor clans. They had been poor together, and when everyone had been getting along just fine in poverty, one of them suddenly becoming rich left the others feeling deeply miserable.

Ever since Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo became Uchiha Yan's disciples, the Sarutobi and Shimura clans had leapt into Konoha's upper echelon. The Mitokado Clan and Utatane Clan had long wanted to find political backing, but they could not find the temple gate even carrying a pig's head as an offering.

Originally, they had wanted to attach themselves to Senju Tobirama and have him accept their children as disciples. But the incident at the Konoha Village Gala had caused Tobirama's reputation to plummet. Then, with Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo acting as intermediaries, Uchiha Yan accepted Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu.

From then on, the four core leaders of Konoha from the original work—Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu—all bore the Uchiha mark.