The Hyuga Clan's Uchiha Bastard

"Hyuga Wuye, I have come under the Hokage's orders to notify you."

The Anbu's astonished expression quickly vanished, and he said coolly, "You did very well to break up with Uzumaki Kushina. The Hokage will remember your name."

By then, Hyuga Wuye had withdrawn the chakra from his eyes, returning them to their usual black-and-white appearance.

"As a member of Konoha, the Hokage's instructions are supreme!"

He delivered that lofty statement, then blinked. "What you saw just now wasn't the Sharingan. They were just colored contacts I made when I had nothing better to do. A ninja big brother like you wouldn't tell the Hokage about a child's little prank, right?"

If he could have seen beneath the Anbu ninja's mask, he would have noticed the man's face twitch violently.

No Konoha ninja would have believed that... those were the signature "colored contacts" of Konoha's greatest clan!

Whoosh!

As the Anbu vanished with the Body Flicker Technique, Hyuga Wuye's expression immediately darkened.

"My incomparably handsome, perfect body..."

He spoke in a low voice.

"If you're a system, then tell me why this so-called ocular power awakening awakened the Sharingan?!"

He received no response. Clearly, this was not a conscious entity.

"It looks like this body isn't meant to be used that way..."

Hyuga Wuye frowned in thought, then tentatively wondered, Then why can I, a member of the Hyuga Clan, awaken the Sharingan?

"Possessing both Hyuga and Uchiha bloodlines, the body is unique and has the potential to awaken the ultimate ocular power."

"Uchiha bloodline?"

Hyuga Wuye gaped. "So my father was actually from the Uchiha Clan? No wonder I've always been excluded within the clan. I'm actually a bastard?!"

An Uchiha bastard born into the Hyuga Clan, who had even awakened the Sharingan—no one else had ever gotten such a start.

"And there's also the potential to awaken the ultimate ocular power." Hyuga Wuye took a deep breath. "Does that mean the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan? Will I be piloting a Gundam soon?"

"It can go even higher."

His body's feedback told him that the Eternal Mangekyo was not the limit.

"Then it's the Rinnegan?"

Hyuga Wuye found it strange. "Doesn't evolving into the Rinnegan require not only Uchiha bloodline, but also a Sage Body?"

"The body meets the requirements for awakening the eyes."

"A Sage Body right out of the box?!"

The surprise came so suddenly that his first reaction was that he was being fooled.

But this was not a system. It was instinctive feedback from his body after his own exploration, so it did not seem false.

"If I keep evolving, will it be the Six-Tomoe Purple Rinnegan? The Golden Rinnegan? Or the Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan?" Hyuga Wuye wondered.

"When the number of breakups reaches the requirement, the ultimate ocular power will emerge."

"If these breakups didn't require actual feelings—requiring them to be willing to confess to me—I could break up with all of them within a year!"

Hyuga Wuye crossed his arms, brimming with ambition.

"Watch your safety."

Hyuga Wuye: "..."

He thought of his upcoming breakup targets.

Tsunade?

She was more than ten years older than him.

Konan?

Who knew where she was in the Land of Rain? She was probably only four years old now.

Kaguya Otsutsuki?

What the hell? That woman was inside the moon. Was he supposed to date the moon?

Thinking about the personalities of those breakup targets, he suddenly understood where his body's sense of danger came from.

Would breaking up with every one of them really not get him stabbed to death... He could practically see himself pierced through the heart by countless kunai.

Hyuga Wuye shuddered.

Whoosh!

Just then, another figure silently appeared before him.

Hyuga Wuye instinctively took half a step back and made out the middle-aged man before him.

He wore the Hokage's distinctive conical hat and held a large smoking pipe between his teeth. When he opened his mouth, out came a puff of smoke.

Hyuga Wuye was fortunate that, at seven years old, he was a head shorter than the man. Otherwise, he would have been smoked right in the face.

"Lord Hokage."

He raised his gaze slightly and looked at the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, with a hint of reverence.

The Third nodded slightly, quite satisfied.

Under the illumination of the Will of Fire, this was the expression a young man ought to show.

"Wuye." He pretended to be affectionate as he patted Hyuga Wuye's head. "Don't blame me for making you keep your distance from Kushina. You belong to the Hyuga Clan, and marriage outside the clan is forbidden by your clan's rules."

"Yes, I know the Hokage is doing this for my own good," Hyuga Wuye said sincerely.

Yeah, right. You're just worried that the future Nine-Tails jinchuriki will form ties with the Hyuga Clan... Typical ruler mentality!

The Third did not doubt his words in the slightest.

After all, he was only an ordinary Hyuga boy. Naturally, he could not know that Kushina would soon become the Nine-Tails' jinchuriki.

"Wuye, just now..." His voice was gentle, easily putting people at ease. "Did you awaken the Sharingan?"

Here comes the real reason!

Hyuga Wuye's heart tightened, though a flash of panic crossed his face. "I... I..."

Flatly denying it would not work. The Anbu would not make trouble for no reason, and with this old man's Telescope Technique, he might have been peeping on him all along.

Unless that lecherous old man had been peeping at the women's bathhouse just now, his breakup with Kushina must have been under surveillance. The Anbu's timely arrival showed just how seriously the Third took this matter.

"Lord Hokage, I don't know..." Hyuga Wuye said fearfully.

"Don't be afraid." The Third narrowed his eyes, though his hand continued to stroke Wuye's head. "You are a member of Konoha. As Hokage, I will protect you."

Hyuga Wuye looked as though he had relaxed. "Lord Hokage, look."

Chakra gathered in his eyes once more. A wave of heat stimulated them, and a pair of blood-red Sharingan, each bearing a single spinning tomoe, appeared.

The Third stared deeply into those eyes as countless thoughts flashed through his mind. Awakening the Sharingan at seven while also belonging to the Hyuga Clan... Such a person is both the eye of the storm and an opportunity. Therefore, he must be kept in the Hokage's grasp.

"Wuye." He revealed an amiable smile. "Awakening the Sharingan at the age of seven makes you a rare genius even among the Uchiha Clan."

Hyuga Wuye cooperatively showed a reserved yet proud expression.

The Third continued, "But your identity is too awkward. Once it is exposed, the Uchiha Clan surely will not allow an outsider to possess the Sharingan. Yet as a branch family member of the Hyuga Clan, you will not receive enough support within your own clan either..."

At that point, he suddenly stopped speaking.

Hyuga Wuye hurriedly asked, "Lord Hokage, what... what should I do?"

The Third wore a kindly smile and continued patting his head. "Good child, you must learn to hide your eyes. Do not tell your clan. Once you graduate from the Ninja Academy, I will arrange for you to enter the Anbu. Then everything will be fine."

So, in summary: hide his strength, leave the clan, and serve the Hokage.

Hyuga Wuye thought this, while excitement appeared on his face. "Thank you, Lord Hokage. I'll work hard!"

The Third withdrew his hand, a satisfied smile appearing on his face. "I believe you will inherit the Will of Fire, protect Konoha, protect the village, and become a companion everyone trusts."

Seeing Hyuga Wuye's admiring expression, he left with complete satisfaction.

At that moment, Hyuga Wuye's excited expression slowly faded, and a faint sneer curled at his lips. "As expected, winning people over is an essential skill for politicians."

"My performance just now should have been decent. As long as I stop showing off my talent, the Hokage will gradually pay less attention to me."

"I hope I can keep it hidden and not get exposed..."

Hyuga Wuye leaped down from Hokage Rock. Looking back at the Third's stone visage beneath the setting sun, he suddenly curled his lip. "I really want to paint the old Third's rock face with colorful graffiti. I finally understand Naruto's fun..."