Dojutsu kekkei genkai

But if he wasn't controlling the movement of objects, how could that scene just now be explained?

Surely he hadn't created an invisible barrier in front of himself?

Fugaku felt he understood this guy less and less. As the clan head's son, he had always held himself to strict standards.

Determined to become the clan head in the future, he had noticed the instability between the Uchiha and the village early on. Their relationship was already teetering on a dangerous edge.

The Uchiha clan members all believed they were powerful enough that they didn't need outsiders controlling them, so their relationship with the village leadership was strained.

Precisely because of this, Fugaku believed it all came down to the Third Hokage being too weak!

In that case, he might as well find someone powerful to help keep the Uchiha in check and knock their arrogance down a peg. In his eyes, Ryuuzaki Eiji had now become an excellent candidate.

Hyuga Hiashi wore much the same expression. To him, this ninjutsu was already absurdly powerful.

He had only become friendly with Eiji because he thought he was a fairly interesting guy, but it turned out he was also a genius at bloodline ninjutsu?

Still, that was a good thing. The stronger Eiji became, the higher the Hyuga Clan's future standing in the village would be if they befriended him.

Just then, Fugaku's and Hiashi's hearts lurched.

Wait, damn it!

We were so busy analyzing Eiji's talent that we didn't help him during the fight!

Damn it, how did this happen? If we'd known, we would have joined in and beaten them up.

What a perfect chance to get on his good side. Now it was too late.

Fuming, Fugaku kicked one of the lackeys lying beside him.

They were just a few civilian ninja. They were nowhere near as important as befriending a genius like Eiji!

No, this won't do. After school, I'll gather some clan members and beat up his older brother! I'll have to find a way to let Eiji hear about it, too!

Poor Tanaka Shinji's older brother had no idea that an epic beating awaited him.

The members of the three Ino-Shika-Cho clans were also dumbstruck, especially Shikaku Nara. His mouth had stayed open ever since Eiji's eyes turned blue.

"Shikaku, did you figure out how that ninjutsu works?"

Inoichi Yamanaka glanced at Shikaku Nara, turning to the brains of their group for an answer.

"I don't know. It feels like... no, never mind."

Shikaku Nara spoke in a low voice. He had several guesses, but some of them were too far-fetched, so he chose not to voice them.

"W-what are you all doing!?"

Their homeroom teacher, Sugiki Kenji, appeared in the classroom doorway. Hearing the sounds of fighting, he had rushed over from the office, only to be greeted by this hellish scene.

"Teacher, they provoked Kushina and me first. They wanted to disrupt the village's harmony, so I had to teach them a lesson."

Eiji answered calmly.

Hearing that, Sugiki Kenji looked at the students sprawled all over the classroom and was left speechless.

Why would you provoke these two monsters when you couldn't handle them? Weren't you just asking for a beating?

Still, Sugiki Kenji hadn't expected Eiji to be so good in a fight. It came as quite a surprise.

"All right, all right, stop fighting already. Minato, help take them all to Konoha Hospital."

The teacher pinched the bridge of his nose, looking utterly speechless, then waved a hand and told the class's most popular student, Minato Namikaze, to help clean up the mess.

Minato obediently pried Shinji out of the wall with some effort, hoisted him onto his back, and hurried out of the classroom.

Sugiki Kenji looked as though he had lost the will to live. Whatever the circumstances, his students getting into a fight meant he had failed in his duties. His pay was going to get docked.

Pinching the bridge of his nose, he left the classroom. The farther he walked, the more he felt he had overlooked something.

"Wait."

He stopped dead in his tracks.

"What was going on with his eyes!?"

Konoha's Hokage Building—the Hokage's Office.

At that moment, the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi was staring so intently into the crystal ball that his eyes nearly popped out of his head!

What had he just seen!?

A dojutsu bloodline ability he had never seen before! There was no doubt about it—this was a kekkei genkai!

And accompanying it was a ninjutsu he couldn't fathom at all!

Hiruzen Sarutobi guessed that, much like how the Hyuga Clan could see the body's chakra pathways, this ninjutsu was a unique ability that came with those azure eyes, if his guess was correct.

He paid no attention whatsoever to Ryuuzaki Eiji and Kushina beating up their classmates. Being a ninja was a violent profession, after all. Being good at fighting was actually a good thing.

The issue now was this kekkei genkai!

The Third Hokage had looked into Ryuuzaki Eiji before. His theory grades were good, and he usually seemed laid-back, but his performance today had utterly astounded Hiruzen!

Should I have him come to the Hokage Office Building?

Hiruzen Sarutobi considered it, then shook his head. He doubted he would get any real answers even if he asked.

The boy came from a civilian family and had suddenly awakened a kekkei genkai. He probably didn't even know what a kekkei genkai was.

Ryuuzaki Eiji still needed time to grow. His potential was limitless.

I'll send him to Tsunade. She's a medical ninja, so she must know more about this than I do. Then I can just ask her for the results.

The question now was how to protect Ryuuzaki Eiji. This was a precious dojutsu kekkei genkai!

The Sharingan and Byakugan were proof enough. With such powerful hereditary abilities, if he had a few more children, Konoha would have an entirely new dojutsu bloodline clan within a few generations.

Kushina Uzumaki seems very close to him... but she alone won't be enough. The other clans should be willing to arrange marriages, too. It is a dojutsu kekkei genkai, after all.

Once the Ryūzaki family grew into a large clan, those major clans would effectively have a share in this power.

While Hiruzen Sarutobi was still lost in thoughts of his harem plan for Eiji, the door to the Hokage's Office was flung open with a bang.

Then came a voice that made his temples throb.

"Hiruzen! What are you thinking? How can you let the future jinchūriki openly attend the Ninja Academy like this!?"

Shimura Danzō's face was so dark it looked ready to drip. He stormed up to the desk and berated Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Danzo, Kushina is already part of Konoha. Letting her attend the Ninja Academy will also deepen her sense of belonging here. That's a good thing!"

"Absolutely not! She's going to become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. What if she gains the power to resist and endangers the village? Hand her over to me, and I'll give you an obedient weapon!"

Danzo wasn't particularly interested in Kushina's Uzumaki bloodline. After all, when the Land of Whirlpools fell, he had sent plenty of Root ninja there to capture members of the Uzumaki Clan for experiments.

But if he brainwashed Kushina, she could become a tremendous asset in his bid to seize the Hokage position. She was the future Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, after all. He had to try to get her.