Hinata Awakens the Tenseigan! The Hyuga Clan Changes Forever
Naruto thrust two fingers straight into the air. His fingertips were covered in dazzling Pure Yang Chakra. There were no Hand Seals or fancy movements.
There was a strange "ripping" sound, like a rag being violently torn apart.
Above the previously empty ceiling, the folded barrier of the alternate dimension was forcibly pierced.
Hiding in the Kamui Space, Obito didn't even have time to Hand Seals; he only felt a blazing, domineering golden light pierce his face through his line of sight.
"Well!"
A muffled groan, extremely suppressed, echoed from the void. A few drops of foul-smelling, dark red blood were flung out from the spatial rift and landed on the floor.
Naruto withdrew his hand, casually wiping the blood from his knuckles on his trouser leg, and sneered, "If you dare to look around with that broken eye again, I'll rip your head out and feed it to the dogs."
The spatial rift healed rapidly, and the chilling sense of being spied on vanished completely.
The Menma in the cradle was still grinning and giggling, as if it had just watched a fireworks display. Its chubby little hands were waving haphazardly, and its eyes, which had shimmered with a starlight halo, slowly returned to their normal black and white color.
Hinata carefully inserted the embroidery needle into the fabric. She didn't scream, nor did she ask who had hidden it there. She simply picked up a warm towel and gently wiped away a drop of blood that had fallen onto the edge of the cradle.
"Don't shed blood in front of the children," she said softly.
Naruto walked over, put his arm around Hinata's shoulder, and leaned down to kiss her Menma cheek. "Couldn't resist. This rat never learns its lesson; I'll skin him alive sooner or later."
He straightened up, his gaze drifting through the window towards the Hokage Building: "I'm leaving tomorrow morning. That Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron —that old woman can't handle it alone. Someone has to personally slap that White Zetsu in those old men's faces."
Hinata stood up and smoothed the wrinkles on Naruto's collar. "You don't need to worry about village affairs. I'll go to the Hyuga Clan's place this afternoon. Some of those outdated rules should be swept into the trash."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Should we have Kakashi or Sasuke go with you to back you up?"
"No need." Hinata shook her head, her eyes gentle yet revealing a resolute determination. "This is the Hyuga Clan family's own matter. If I always hide behind you, those members of the branch family will never be able to stand tall in their lives."
Naruto laughed. He reached out and pinched Hinata's cheek. "Alright. Go ahead and do it. If the sky falls, your man will hold it up."
2 PM, Hyuga Main House Martial Arts Arena.
Sunlight shone on the old wooden floor, casting a dull glow. The atmosphere inside the Martial Arts Arena was even more oppressive than the weather outside.
Hyuga Hiashi in the main seat, his expression complex. To his left sat three elders of the Main Family, their faces covered with age spots.
Outside the Martial Arts Arena stood more than forty elite members of the branch family. Neji stood at the very front, his Forehead Protector removed, revealing flawless skin—the "Caged Bird" Cursed Seal that had imprisoned them for life had long been erased by Naruto.
The heavy wooden door was pushed open.
Hinata walked in alone. She had no guards and was not wearing the elaborate clothing that symbolized the Uzumaki matriarch; she was simply dressed in a clean and neat white training uniform.
She walked to the center of the room and placed a scroll on the table.
"Father, elders," Hinata's voice wasn't loud, but it was clear enough for everyone to hear, "This is the draft of the Hyuga Clan's new rules. From today onwards, branch family members will be fully allowed to enter the Main Family's training grounds. High-level Gentle Fist such as the Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms and the Rotation will no longer be restricted; learning will be entirely based on talent."
No sooner had he finished speaking than the elder slammed his wooden cane on the ground with a thud.
"Insolence!" The elder pointed at Hinata's nose, his beard trembling with rage. "You, a married woman, dare to return to your family to undermine the Hyuga Clan, relying on Naruto Uzumaki's influence? Do you think you can change the rules passed down for a thousand years with just a few words!"
The second elder chimed in sarcastically, "Without the Caged Bird, the family division is already chaotic enough. Now you want to hand over all the ancestral treasures? Hiashi, is this how you raise your daughter? Do you think we old bones are dead?!"
The branch family ninjas outside the arena clenched their fists, their eyes filled with resentment. Neji flicked his wrist, and a Kunai slipped from his palm as he prepared to step forward.
Hinata suddenly raised her hand, making a gesture to stop her.
Neji stopped in his tracks and sheathed his weapon. But he stared intently at the three elders, like a wolf ready to pounce at any moment.
Hinata turned her head and looked at the three glaring old men. She didn't mention Naruto's name, nor did she get angry.
"Rules? Trump cards?" Hinata sighed. "If the Byakugan can only be used to divide family members into different classes, if advanced Gentle Fist can only be used to defend against one's own people... then no matter how strong these eyes are, they are meaningless."
"How dare you! You dare to insult the Kekkei Genkai!" The elder was furious and grabbed a teacup from the table, smashing it at Hinata's feet.
The teacup hadn't even hit the ground yet.
Hinata closed her eyes. The next second, her eyes suddenly opened.
There were no bulging, menacing veins at the corners of her eyes, only a deep, pure blue halo shining from the depths of her pupils. That was a wisp of the Tenseigan Prototype that she had just awakened while nurturing Menma, nourished by the Higher-Dimensional Bloodline.
No Hand Seals or Chakra release are required.
It's simply a suppression of an absolute life level from a higher dimension.
"Boom!"
The air in the entire Martial Arts Arena instantly thickened like mercury. The heavy solid wooden table snapped in two with a "crack".
The cane in the First Elder's hand instantly shattered into a shower of wood chips. The three elders who had been shouting just moments before didn't even utter a sound; they were directly pressed to the ground by this invisible pressure, their old faces pressed tightly against the wooden floor, panting like dehydrated fish.
Hiashi sat in the main seat, gripping the armrests of the chair tightly with both hands, a fine layer of cold sweat beading on his forehead, barely managing to maintain his composure.
The branch family ninjas on the outer edge fell silent, too terrified to move by the chilling sensation emanating from their very bloodline.
Hinata stood still, Kakuzu of her clothes fluttering.
"I'm not here today to prove to you who is more noble," Hinata said calmly, looking at the elder lying on the ground, gasping for breath. "I'm here to tell you that from this day forward, no one in the Hyuga Clan should ever die in someone else's place."
She withdrew her gaze, and the suffocating sense of oppression vanished instantly.
The three elders collapsed to the ground, vomiting large amounts of bile, unable to utter another harsh word.
Hiashi looked at his daughter standing in the center of the field, then his gaze went past her to Neji, who stood ramrod straight on the outer circle.
In a daze, he seemed to see his younger brother, Hizashi, who had died in his place years ago. On that day, Hizashi had looked at him with the same calm yet resolute gaze.
Hiashi and exhaled a long breath. He reached into his robes, took out the Hyuga Clan, and pressed it heavily onto the scroll that Hinata had brought.
"Let's do as Hinata says." Hiashi's voice was hoarse, yet it carried an unprecedented ease. "The rift between the main and branch families is over, starting today."
The Martial Arts Arena fell silent for a second.
Immediately afterwards, Neji took the lead and knelt down on one knee, striking his left chest heavily with his right hand. Behind him, more than forty elite members of the branch family knelt down in unison, their movements perfectly synchronized.
There were no cheers, only the dull thud of fists striking chests. This was the Hyuga Clan's purest submission to the new order.
That night, at the gate of Konoha.
Torches illuminated the night. Two specially reinforced carriages were parked at the crossroads.
Tsunade, draped in her green Hokage robes, was doing the final inventory of their belongings. Kakashi stood beside the carriage, examining a map of the Land of Land of Lightning's route. Sasuke, carrying the Kusanagi Sword, leaned against the city wall, his eyes closed in rest.
Naruto walked over carrying a black travel bag and casually tossed it onto the carriage.
"Is everything settled at home?" Tsunade asked without looking up.
"Hinata is more reliable than me," Naruto grinned. "Those old fogies from the Hyuga Clan are all out of commission today. Shikamaru has taken over the entire village's defenses. Old lady, we can finally go out in peace."
Tsunade snorted coldly and patted the carriage, "Get in. Let's go to the Land of Iron and Raikage's face until it's swollen."
Just as everyone was preparing to board the vehicle.
A red figure suddenly came running from the main road of the village.
"Brother! Wait a minute! Something's happened!"
Karin clutched the top-secret file deciphered from Amegakure tightly in her hand. Her ponytail swung violently behind her head as she ran, and her face was deathly pale.
She rushed to Naruto, slammed the map onto the car floor, and her trembling fingers tapped the Coordinates marked "100,000 Hibernation Pods" in the Land of Land of Lightning's sea area.
"The top-secret intelligence network just transmitted the latest sensory fluctuations." Karin gasped for breath, her voice slightly distorted from extreme tension. "The roots of the Divine Tree beneath Turtle Island have broken! The Chakra responses of the 100,000 White Zetsu at those Coordinates... are all gone!"
The entire room fell into a deathly silence.
Sasuke suddenly opened his eyes, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan spinning rapidly in the night.
Tsunade froze in mid-air, her brows instantly furrowing into a tight knot.
Naruto stared at the empty red circle on the map, the smile on his lips gradually fading.
The army of 100,000 vanished into thin air. Obito, the dead rat whose eye he had just gouged out, didn't hide away to lick his wound; instead, he overturned the chessboard.
"It seems..." Naruto cracked his knuckles, a violent golden flame igniting in his eyes, "The Five Kage Summit is pointless. These old men should probably start preparing their coffins."
A cold wind blew from the direction of the Land of Lightning, stirring up the fallen leaves on the ground.
The real storm in the Shinobi World has arrived.