My Villainous Life Starting with Naruto

Chapter 67 Cellular Mutation

Hyuga Yuto frowned slightly, putting on a "frustrated and flustered" expression, and respectfully said:

"Miss Miko..."

"Don't call me by my name, you dare!" Hyuga Yoshiko growled, taking another step forward and grabbing Hyuga Yuto's collar.

"As a member of the branch family, your primary responsibility is always to protect the safety of the main family! I ask you, Shinji is gone, so why are you still alive?"

Hyuga Yuto's lips trembled, and he said in a hoarse voice:

"I'm sorry, Ms. Miko, I wasn't on the front lines at the time..."

"Good! Good! You've realized your mistake. Hyuga didn't raise you for nothing!" A cold glint flashed in the girl's eyes, and her chakra subconsciously flowed to her hands.

"Then take your apology to the underworld and give it to Shinji..."

"Enough!" A loud shout suddenly rang out, and the monkey-faced masked member of the Dark Guard instantly appeared between the two, tightly gripping Hyuga Miko's wrist. Hyuga Yuto could clearly see that the girl's fair skin was pressed into several purplish-blue marks, indicating that the monkey-faced masked member was truly enraged.

"Hyuga Miko, we're here representing the village. Put away your temper. Is this how a ninja behaves...? This isn't Hyuga clan territory!"

The village's special envoy, in the front-line military camp, killed innocent combat personnel, and those combat personnel were none other than the disciples of the rising Sannin!

Reading this line of text aloud made the man in the monkey-faced mask feel a chill run down his spine.

If Hyuga Yuto really dies without any resistance, in order to appease the anger of the troops and Tsunade, his group will definitely be skinned alive and burned by the Hokage!

Sigh, girls this age, they say and do things without considering the consequences for love... The man in the monkey-face mask thought to himself, releasing Hyuga Miko's hand and standing in front of Hyuga Yuto:

"Hyuga Yuto, you can go now. Thank you for your cooperation."

"Hmph..." the girl snorted coldly, staring intently at the boy from the branch family:

"I command you, in my capacity as the head of the family, to wait for me outside."

The monkey-faced mask felt like it wanted to devour Hyuga Yoshiko whole at that moment.

"Hinata Yoshiko, this is your final warning. In this situation, maliciously targeting combat personnel, I have the authority to..."

"Don't worry, I won't touch him." Hyuga Yoshiko lowered her head and took a few deep breaths.

"Just talking."

The monkey-faced mask looked at her suspiciously, its body still firmly shielding Hyuga Yuto behind it.

Hyuga Yuto bowed respectfully:

"Yes, Miss Miko."

He smiled kindly at the monkey-face mask, then walked out of the house.

Hyuga Yoshiko followed him away. The monkey-faced ANBU member could only pray that this girl, who had gone mad from being in love, hadn't gone so far as to kill someone in the street.

……

Hyuga Yuto found a secluded little hill, stood on it, and turned around to say:

"Miss Miko, what would you like to say to me?"

The girl removed her mask, revealing a beautiful face and a shapely body honed from years of practicing soft fist techniques. She possessed a blend of heroic spirit and feminine charm, but her eyes were red, indicating she had been crying for a long time. Perhaps she had been in a daze and constantly weeping ever since the village received news of Shinji Hyuga's death.

She is truly pitiful to behold, and I think of Hinata Yuto.

Don't worry, I'll find an opportunity to reunite you two.

After taking off her mask, Hyuga Yoshiko remained silent for a long time.

She had so much to say: to the deceased Shinji, to her father who had given her countless instructions before her arrival, to her little follower Naoto Hinata…

But she didn't know what she could say to Hinata Yuto.

"Perhaps it's those eyes that are just like mine, even though he's only a branch family member..." the girl lamented in her heart.

When people are vulnerable, they subconsciously want to talk to things that are similar to themselves, as if they are confiding in a mirror.

"Miss Miko?"

The girl looked up suddenly and gazed at the handsome Hyuga Yuto.

"Tell me, before Shinji... before he disappeared, did he exhibit any strange behavior?"

"No." Hyuga Yuto thought about it seriously. Apart from Shinji's corpse after death, he really didn't know anything else.

"My duties in the military are different from Mr. Shinji's, so we rarely see each other, and even if we do..."

"I understand you're not familiar with each other." Hyuga Yoshiko lowered her head, looking at her toes.

"I mean... has he... mentioned it to anyone... even in a joking way...?"

"Um... could you explain it a little more clearly?"

"..." Hyuga Yoshiko remained silent for a long time, then suddenly sighed:

"Forget it, it's pointless to say anything now. Besides, given Shinji's personality, he wouldn't mention this to anyone, not even his closest friends. He's just that kind of stubborn person."

That's not necessarily true. Hyuga Yuto touched his nose. "Your boyfriend has been very obedient since he died, and he can be put into any position he wants."

Hinata Yoshiko had no idea what the handsome young man in front of her was thinking. After muttering a few words to herself, she turned and left.

Hinata Yuto watched the girl's thin back, tilted his head, and returned to his room, preparing to secretly enjoy himself under the covers.

The night passed just like that.

The next day, Minato Namikaze summoned the thirty-two "suspects" again and announced the conclusion of the investigation in front of the village's special envoy. Everyone was reinstated to their original positions, and some even received some compensatory benefits.

Hyuga Yuto didn't stay in the camp for long. His attention was focused on the petri dish, and he would check it with his Byakugan every now and then, afraid that if the constant temperature environment wasn't maintained properly, all the cells would die and all his efforts would be in vain.

After deliberately taking a long detour and confirming that no one was following him, he returned to the underground secret base with ease.

None of the pre-arranged traps and alarm devices were triggered. The first thing Hyuga Yuto did upon returning to the secret room was to check the condition of the constant temperature incubator.

The situation inside the incubator was completely beyond his expectations.

Without special intervention, the in vitro cell proliferation technique results in a large number of dividing cells clustering into fleshy clumps, which are generally irregular in shape.

However, the stem cells that Yuto was growing in the Hyuga flesh crystal grew into a shape he never expected.

—A flat, oval shape about one-fifth the size of a palm!

The edges are extremely smooth, the thickness is a uniform 1 millimeter, and it is as red as blood.

It was so orderly that it didn't resemble normally growing cellular tissue, as if it had been shaped by some great force.

Hyuga Yuto's gaze was intense. He remembered that before he returned to the Konoha camp, the cells in the culture room were still irregular clumps. After being away for two days, they had undergone such a change.

Although it's a pity that "no mutation process was observed", there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. This mutation at least proves that his research direction is correct.

The "Otsutsuki bloodline" flowing through Hyuga's body can indeed enable his cells to undergo secondary development.

(End of this chapter)