The Changed Nine-Tails' Attack, Preparing to Clone the Byakugan

As everyone knew, cats were highly curious animals.

If a curious Ninja Cat accidentally opened this sealing jar, the massive amount of out-of-control Nine-Tails chakra would bring catastrophe upon the entire Ninja Cat Clan.

Taking it back to Konoha Village was an even worse idea; it would be far too easy for someone to discover it.

Therefore, Uchiha Yansheng discussed the matter with Cat Granny for a long time and paid a considerable price before she agreed to strengthen the seal on the Nine-Tails chakra.

This seal was not one placed upon a movable object, but a fixed seal cast with the aid of the terrain.

There was no helping it. Whether in his mastery of sealing techniques, his age, or the knowledge he possessed, Uchiha Yansheng was not yet capable of researching this Nine-Tails chakra.

Thus, if he did not want to hand the Nine-Tails chakra over, this was the best option.

"This is a ruined area deep within the Empty Zone. Normally, no humans come here, nor do any Ninja Cats."

"That way, even if the Nine-Tails chakra leaks out, it will not cause too much damage to our Ninja Cat Clan."

"Yansheng, remember this. You only have five years. After five years, the seal will weaken. If you have not taken it away by then, I will send someone here to destroy it."

For this trip, Cat Granny had brought nearly half of the Ninja Cat Clan's top combat strength, all to better seal the jar containing the Nine-Tails chakra.

As a ninja beast clan that had survived in the ninja world for so long, the Ninja Cat Clan might not have been overwhelmingly powerful, but it possessed some solid foundations.

"Don't worry. I'll do what I promised you. Haven't you come to understand my capabilities after all these years?"

"It's only because of my age. Otherwise..."

Uchiha Yansheng did not voice the rest, but Cat Granny had already understood what he meant.

Though she felt somewhat uneasy inside, Cat Granny maintained the same proud expression as the other Ninja Cats.

The sealing process went very smoothly. At the same time, Uchiha Yansheng took out several weapons he had prepared.

Well, just some simple detonators and TNT high explosives.

If he had been transported to ancient times and had to make everything by hand, producing TNT would naturally have been extremely difficult.

But in a ninja world that possessed most modern machinery, as well as chakra, getting his hands on some TNT high explosives was quite simple.

Uchiha Yansheng had even made smokeless powder and produced a few firearms.

As he had said, it was only because of his age. Otherwise, Uchiha Yansheng alone would have been enough to change the entire ninja world's balance.

After keeping busy through the night, Uchiha Yansheng was finally sent back to Konoha Village by the Ninja Cat Clan at dawn.

From Uchiha Inabi, Uchiha Yansheng heard a piece of news that came as no surprise.

Minato Namikaze and his wife had fallen in battle, and the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had taken up the position once more.

Upon learning this, Uchiha Yansheng was completely dazed.

It seemed Clan Massacre Night was destined to come after all.

He had clearly told Minato Namikaze everything. With absolute intelligence on his side, how had things still ended up like this?

Damn it. Hiruzen Sarutobi must have been too afraid of death.

After cursing inwardly a few times, Uchiha Yansheng hardened his heart and headed directly to the vicinity of the Hyuga Clan, finding an opportunity to collect some Hyuga Clan blood and cells.

Plan One had failed!

Plan Two: begin cloning the Byakugan!

Just as Uchiha Yansheng busied himself with his grand cloning endeavor, Kushina Uzumaki, her face pale, held Naruto Uzumaki in a secluded corner of Konoha Village and gazed worriedly at Minato Namikaze, who lay on a bed not far away.

"Kushina, there was no helping it. Minato was ambushed by an unknown enemy, and his mind suffered grave damage. It will be very difficult for him to wake up."

"But fortunately, with the help of the two Sage Toads, Fukasaku and Shima, Minato's life should not be in danger."

"As for when he will awaken, that is difficult to say."

Jiraiya looked at Minato Namikaze lying on the bed, and his heart naturally ached as well.

But last night, he had been busy dealing with the Nine-Tails and Obito Uchiha, so he had not noticed what that half-black, half-white fellow had done to Minato Namikaze.

Last night, with the advantage of intelligence, Minato Namikaze had nearly done everything to perfection. Not only had he recalled Jiraiya, but Tsunade had also been there to assist.

Yet no one had expected there to be a Transformation Technique that even the Byakugan, the Sharingan, and all manner of sensory ninjutsu could not distinguish as real or fake.

One moment of carelessness had allowed the Nine-Tails to break free of its seal.

That alone had actually been manageable. Preparations had long been made for the Nine-Tails breaking free.

Even though Obito's Space-Time Dojutsu had caused some trouble, it had still been easy enough to handle.

Minato Namikaze quickly used his extensive experience to restrain Obito.

If he had simply killed Obito or captured him then, what followed should never have happened.

But Minato Namikaze had insisted on saving the lost Obito. The instant Obito Uchiha's identity was exposed, Black Zetsu, who had long been hidden in the shadows, quietly made his move and launched a sneak attack on Minato Namikaze.

What happened next was simple. After a veteran jōnin of the Sarutobi Clan voluntarily used the Reaper Death Seal, the Nine-Tails was split in two and sealed separately within Kushina and Naruto Uzumaki.

Jiraiya then went to restrain Obito Uchiha, while Minato Namikaze confronted Black Zetsu.

Perhaps no one present had expected Minato Namikaze to lose, much less suffer that kind of incurable damage to his soul.

And so, although Uchiha Yansheng had changed everything, it seemed as though nothing had changed in the slightest.

Uchiha Yansheng himself also began experiments to clone the Byakugan under the enormous pressure of Clan Massacre Night.

The cloning techniques of his previous life had actually been quite simple. One took a specific cell nucleus and an egg cell, then transplanted them into an embryo and followed the normal developmental process.

In a sense, this was not truly cloning. It merely allowed an individual with identical genes to develop anew.

But in the ninja world, the existence of chakra changed many of the procedures.

The cells were not growing fast enough? Just use chakra to interfere.

The cells were growing in the wrong direction? Use chakra to interfere and correct them.

The cells developed in the wrong direction? Chakra... oh, there was no solution for that. Just record the experimental results and throw it away.

After a period of effort, Uchiha Yansheng successfully cloned a white eyeball.

However, this was only the most basic Byakugan, roughly equivalent to one possessed by a newborn member of the Hyuga Clan.

Although it was relatively easy for the Byakugan to awaken, it still required an awakening process.

To accelerate the Byakugan's development and simulate the awakening process, Uchiha Yansheng had no choice but to delve deeper into testing and researching chakra.

Naturally, this deeper research into chakra also led to quite a few accidents.