Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 491 The Caged Bird of the Hyuga Clan

"But that raises a problem," Orochimaru said with his arms crossed and a cold snort. "Where are we going to find a ninja who's willing to cooperate with us, knows Sage Mode, and has a large enough supply?"

Yuya stroked his chin and suggested his first choice: "Jiraiya?"

Both Orochimarus raised their hands simultaneously: "It's him, it has to be him."

You Ya: "..."

You two are exactly the same in this respect, wishing Jiraiya bad luck.

Oh well, it's better for Jiraiya to be unlucky than for me.

With that thought in mind, Yuya left Konoha to prepare to call Jiraiya.

……

The experiments conducted by Yuya were only known to the upper echelons of Konoha; ordinary Konoha villagers had no idea what experiments the research institute was conducting.

However, this also meant that their lives remained relatively uneventful. Although it was indeed much more mundane, often it is the ordinariness that brings true happiness.

As for Hiashi Hyuga, who knows what Yua is doing, he hasn't been sleeping well lately.

The Hyuga clan has always been one of the top three clans in Konoha in terms of fighting strength.

At first, everyone in the Hyuga clan thought that, apart from the Senju and Uchiha clans, the Hyuga clan was the only one left.

Later, the Senju clan disappeared.

Therefore, the Hyuga people felt that besides the Uchiha, it was the Hyuga themselves.

The Uchiha clan is gone now.

Then the Hyuga people thought, "Now we Hyuga are the boss, right?"

As it turns out, Youya pulled off a major stunt from somewhere...

How could the insects of the Aburame clan suppress the Uchiha clan?

What kind of international joke is this?

After understanding the situation, Hiashi Hyuga felt no joy whatsoever; his first reaction was:

It's over, the position of the number one family is in jeopardy!

The Aburame clan has a special chakra that enhances the strength of a few hundred insects to this extent. What if they modified all of them with that special chakra?

No, the Hyuga clan can't continue like this. He has to find a way to improve the Hyuga clan's strength.

After searching high and low, Hiashi Hyuga couldn't find a good solution. He then approached Yua, who stated that using human experimentation now would have a success rate of only one in a thousand. Do you agree?

Hiashi Hyuga would never agree to that. With such a low success rate, even if the modification were successful, the Hyuga clan would only have a handful of members left. What's the point of talking about being the number one clan? They'd have to become studs and desperately produce offspring.

There's no other way; human experimentation is not an option. So what can we do?

Hiashi Hyuga ultimately focused his attention on the continuation of his family's legacy.

The Uchiha clan has a stone tablet, and although the Hyuga clan does not have such a special stone tablet, they also have some special records.

Although only a fraction of the historical records remain due to the war, Hyuga Hiashi had no other choice.

If he had any other way, he wouldn't have had to rummage through his ancestors' belongings.

But as he flipped through the pages, you know what? Hyuga Hiashi actually came across some very strange records.

Having found the source of the problem, Hiashi Hyuga hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to go find Yua.

Furthermore, since it was getting late, Hiashi Hyuga decided to go directly to Yua's house to find Yua.

……

Yu Ya-jia:

Holding the folder Orochimaru handed him, Yua frowned. Tsunade gave Yua a glass of water, which Yua accepted, thanked her, and continued reading.

Tsunade, noticing Yua's expression as he studied the documents, thought for a moment and asked, "Are we really going to call Jiraiya back to the village? I've heard that he and Himiko are doing quite well settling down in the Land of Hot Springs, and Jiraiya's son is currently preparing for graduation..."

Yuya casually said, "I just sent an invitation. It doesn't really matter whether Jiraiya comes or not. If he doesn't come... then I'll go find Minato."

Tsunade realized what was happening and moved a little closer to Yua: "Right, Minato can also use Sage Mode."

However, after thinking about it, Tsunade still said to Yua, "But I still think it would be best to have Jiraiya come back. It's been a long time since the three of us got together."

This naturally refers to Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade.

You Ya nodded casually: "I think so too."

Tsunade's face lit up with joy: "You agreed? That's wonderful!"

Youya showed no expression as she reached for the water cup, only to find it had a soft texture.

Youya turned his head and saw that he had touched a thigh.

Yuya's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Tsunade.

As expected, Tsunade revealed a profound smile.

Yuya swallowed hard, trying to act nonchalant as he reached for his water glass, but Tsunade said casually, "After you've finished drinking, come inside with me."

"Cough, pfft..."

You Ya choked.

As I get older, I really do decline in some aspects.

Yuya used to be able to stay up all night, but now...

Just as I was about to speak, the doorbell rang.

You Ya immediately perked up and ran to open the door.

Savior!

Upon opening the door, I saw... Hyuga Hiashi?

"Um, Hiashi, what brings you here?"

"I'm sorry." Hiashi Hyuga apologized decisively, "It's really presumptuous of me to visit so late at night, but... I have something very important to tell you, Hokage."

Yuya was taken aback, then thought for a moment and let Hyuga Hiashi in.

Tsunade naturally saw Hiashi Hyuga as well.

Somewhat surprised, after all, this was the first time Hyuga Hiashi had visited the Yuya family in all these years except for holidays.

"Excuse me, Lady Tsunade."

"Well, I'm fine." Tsunade waved her hand and then asked, "Would you like some fruit?"

"Well, thank you then."

When Tsunade finished cutting the fruit and came out, she heard Hiashi Hyuga say to Yua, "Today I found some information in our Hyuga clan's ancient books. I've found this information before, but I only realized something was wrong today."

Yuya looked at Hiashi Hyuga with a puzzled expression and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's the Caged Bird Seal." Hiashi Hyuga said to Yua with a serious expression. "When I was looking up those materials, I discovered that the Hyuga clan has actually had the Caged Bird Seal for hundreds of years."

Yuya and Tsunade exchanged a puzzled look: "What... what's wrong with this?"

Hiashi Hyuga said earnestly, "At first, I didn't realize anything was wrong, but Hokage-sama, do you remember when the main family started using the Caged Bird Seal to control the branch family?"

Yuya thought for a moment, then gave the answer from the history book: "About eighty years before Konoha was founded... Hmm, hiss, that timeline is wrong."

Tsunade also realized what was happening: "Why did the Caged Bird Seal come first? Shouldn't it be that the Hyuga main family developed a method to control the Caged Bird Seal before this seal was created?!"

Hiashi Hyuga nodded: "This is what I wanted to tell you, Hokage... The Caged Bird that has existed for hundreds of years... It is very likely that it was not created by the main family to control the branch family."

After much thought, the only possible one...

"It's like using the caged bird technique to limit yourself, and breaking through that limitation... it's very possible that the Byakugan of our Hyuga clan can undergo a new evolution, just like the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan..."

Yuya and Tsunade exchanged a glance, both utterly shocked...

(End of this chapter)