Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique

Seeing that Kanami had truly left, Hinata entered her home and carefully slid the bolt into place.

She tiptoed toward the inner room.

"Hinata."

A deep, powerful voice came from a man.

Hinata hurriedly lowered her head and walked over. "Father."

A man sat in the corridor with his arms crossed before his chest, as though he had been waiting there for a long time.

The man was Hinata's father, Hyuga Hiashi.

"That boy just now was Kanami, wasn't he?"

Hinata nodded. "Yes."

It turned out Hyuga Hiashi had activated his Byakugan long ago and witnessed everything that had happened.

Fortunately, Kanami had not laid a hand on her. Otherwise, Hyuga Hiashi would have been unable to stop himself from rushing out and killing him.

Hyuga Hiashi pulled Hinata into his arms and said, "I understand that because he saved you when you were young, you have feelings for him."

"But you are my daughter, Hyuga Hiashi's daughter. You must shoulder the future of the Hyuga Clan. He is not the most suitable choice for you."

When Hinata was little, she had been mocked as a Byakugan monster. Kanami, a red-haired boy who had been waiting atop a tree for some time, leaped down and easily drove away those foul-mouthed little boys. That scene had been deeply etched into Hinata's mind.

Hinata slipped out of his embrace, raised her fair face, met Hyuga Hiashi's gaze for a moment, then hurriedly looked away.

"Father, Neji is so outstanding. Why can't you place your hopes on him?"

"You are of the Main House, while Neji is of the Branch House. The Branch House exists to protect the Main House!"

Hyuga Hiashi seemed somewhat angered. He rose to his feet, flicked his sleeve, and clasped his hands behind his back.

As he turned to leave, Hyuga Hiashi let out a sigh. "This is how our Hyuga Clan survives. In any case, reduce your contact with Kanami."

"I'm sorry. This time, I... won't follow your arrangements, Father."

Hinata's eyes were red, but her gaze remained firm as she walked toward her room.

She did not understand how important the family honor and family future Hyuga Hiashi spoke of truly were. She only knew that her brother Neji had possessed extraordinary talent since childhood, while her own talent was ordinary. No matter how hard she worked, she could not surpass him.

Yet fate had made her a member of the Hyuga Main House, and she had lived since childhood bearing the identity of the Hyuga heir.

Hearing Hinata's words, Hyuga Hiashi clenched his fists, a trace of severity and reluctance appearing on his face.

Even before this, Hyuga Hiashi had already considered raising the more talented Hanabi Hyuga as the heir. Now, seeing Hinata's behavior, he became even more determined to make Hanabi the heir of the Hyuga family.

If Hinata had been a little more resilient, then even if her talent was not especially outstanding, Hiashi would not have chosen the younger over the elder.

"But that boy's red hair... an orphan of the Uzumaki Lineage? As the Uzumaki Lineage stands now, he is still not worthy."

Meanwhile, Kanami had already returned to his small house.

He did not go to sleep immediately. Instead, he extracted fire-nature and earth-nature chakra from his body's cells and guided them into his Dantian, letting them blend together.

As the two equally blue streams of chakra in his Dantian slowly began to rotate, a small vortex unexpectedly appeared.

The fusion of the two chakra streams seemed to produce a new chakra nature transformation, but there was only a trace of it. Moreover, once he tried to draw upon the chakra formed from the fusion of fire and earth, it dissipated.

"So it failed after all."

Kanami had been conducting this kind of research for two and a half years, yet he still had not achieved any substantial results.

His experiment pursued what was theoretically possible but, in practice, had only ever been achieved through bloodline inheritance: Kekkei Genkai.

Yet he had always believed that as long as one possessed the corresponding chakra natures, it should be possible to acquire Kekkei Genkai—and even Kekkei Tōta—after birth.

He had tried countless times, simulating fusion after release and every other possible circumstance, but all had ended in failure.

Then one day, a sudden thought had struck him. What would happen if he used the body's chakra points to blend two chakra natures together?

After a great many experiments, he discovered that it truly could give rise to a new chakra nature transformation. The only pity was that he had yet to successfully preserve any of the nature transformations produced.

Years of experimentation had already turned it into a habit. Before going to sleep every day, he would attempt it once.

"Today was probably the most exhausting day I've had in all these years..."

"But it was definitely much more fulfilling, too."

In the past, he would have spent most of the day wandering around and taking in the scenery.

Kanami took a shower, lay down on his bed, and quickly drifted off to sleep.

The next day.

The members of Team 8, along with Kanami, trained at the training ground.

Kurenai Yuhi pointed out their problems and had them train according to their respective weaknesses.

After arranging training for the others, Kurenai Yuhi examined Kanami.

"You..."

During yesterday's mission, Kanami alone had not shown any area that clearly needed more training.

"You go entertain yourself."

"???"

Kanami said unhappily, "I called you Teacher Kurenai for an entire day, and you're just brushing me off like that?"

Kurenai Yuhi crouched down, smiling as she pinched his little cheeks.

"I'm not proficient in the powerful ninjutsu that suits you. As for genjutsu, do you want to learn it?"

"I do!"

"Good. Then follow me over here."

Kurenai Yuhi walked ahead, with Kanami following behind. He did not notice her hand movements at all.

Let's see how long it takes you to wake up. In genjutsu, you can't achieve any real mastery through training alone.

Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique.

As Kanami walked, he suddenly discovered that Kurenai Yuhi had vanished from before his eyes.

"Where's Teacher Kurenai?"

He scratched his head and turned around, only to find that Hinata and Kiba Inuzuka had disappeared as well.

What's going on?

He walked on for an unknown distance. Then, after a flash of white light before his eyes, an enticing sight entered his mind.

It was a group of scantily clad women. Without exception, every one of them was beautiful, and he knew the names of nearly all of them.

Hinata, Kurenai Yuhi, Tenten, Tsunade, Konan, Chiyo, Mei Terumi, Temari, Mikoto... He was dazzled by the sight.

He swallowed hard.

Unlike usual, they had shed their ninja attire and were wearing swimsuits in all sorts of styles!

As far as the eye could see, there was a sea of dazzling white flesh. He had never seen such a breathtaking scene before.

When the sensory-type ninja among them noticed his presence, they all rushed toward him. Several women, including Hinata, bounced as they ran, making Kanami's eyes nearly pop out of his head.

"Lord Kanami~~"

Soft, sultry voices rose one after another.

Where is this? Did I accidentally stumble into heaven?!

Just as he opened his arms to embrace them, Chiyo, who was running at the front with drool hanging from her mouth, was suddenly cut in half at the waist!

Blood sprayed across his face.

Before he could figure out what had happened, the heaven from a moment ago had abruptly become hell.

All the female ninja had actually begun fighting over him. No, not fighting—slaughtering each other!

Kurenai Yuhi, Tenten, Temari, Mikoto... Before long, countless women calling Kanami's name lay in pools of blood.

This was the true battlefield of carnage!

"Kanami belongs only to me. Don't even think about sharing him with me."

Only Hinata remained in the end, her body covered in blood.

Standing amid the pool of blood, she held her hands before her chest and blinked shyly. "Kanami, you belong only to me..."