The Tenseigan started from the Hyuga main family.

Tsunade's voice sounded a little hoarse, which showed how intense the argument had just been.

"What exactly happened? Does he not want to go and support the Sand Village?"

Jiraiya glanced at Hyuga Sawatatsu, then leaned close to Tsunade and asked in a low voice.

"My original plan was to send Hyuga Zetsu to select a few Jonin to provide support to Sunagakure. I didn't expect him to propose taking the members of the Root organization with him to seize the entire Sunagakure and reduce the Land of Wind from an ally to a vassal state..."

For Tsunade, the structure of the five great ninja villages was a peaceful vision left behind by Hashirama Senju. Hyuga Sawatatsu's proposal undoubtedly broke the ninja world structure shaped by the First Hokage, which was difficult for Tsunade to accept.

Most importantly, if such methods were used to secretly annex the Sand Village, it would inevitably disrupt the balance of the Five Great Nations and could very well become the fuse for the Fourth Shinobi World War.

If the Fourth Shinobi World War were to break out again, the Akatsuki organization would likely become even more brazen in capturing the Tailed Beasts, something Tsunade could not accept under any circumstances.

"Hyuga Zetsu, you..."

Upon hearing Tsunade's words, Jiraiya's face was also filled with surprise.

As a fellow inheritor of the Will of Fire, Jiraiya also could not accept such a betrayal of his ally.

"Lord Hokage, the power structure of the Five Great Nations has proven incapable of bringing peace to the ninja world. The alliance formed at the first Five Kage Summit was entirely based on the First Hokage's immense strength. A village like Sunagakure, which has lost both its Kage and Jinchuriki, is no longer qualified to be an ally of Konoha. It's time to break the old order."

Hinata Zechen's expression was extremely calm, but the words he spoke made Jiraiya and Tsunade frown.

"As long as I am the Fifth Hokage, this is absolutely impossible!"

Tsunade slammed her hand on the wooden table in front of her, her words carrying an unwavering resolve.

"Lord Hokage, you will regret this!"

Hinata Sawatatsu shrugged and turned to walk straight to the office door.

"I am the Hokage."

The familiar words escaped from Tsunade's red lips.

A strange sense of familiarity made Hinata Zechen push open the office door with a peculiar smile and leave the Hokage Building without looking back.

Walking through the streets of Konoha, Hinata Sawatatsu's heart was not as disappointed as it appeared.

The fact that Tsunade did not support this proposal was exactly what Hyuga Sawatatsu had expected.

By deliberately making this untimely suggestion at this juncture, he could avoid being sent to Sunagakure by Tsunade for nothing, since the Akatsuki's art duo and the One-Tailed Shukaku were currently lying quietly in Hyuga Zechen's space.

Furthermore, given how large and lucrative this land is, aside from Konoha, which will adhere to the empty promise of an alliance, other nations will certainly not let go of this huge piece of meat that is the Land of Wind.

With only a handful of Jonin left, how can Sunagakure withstand the invasions of the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning?

More exciting shows are yet to come.

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A loud cry filled with grief and indignation suddenly rang out from inside Hinata Zechen's spatial castle.

Are you trying to humiliate me?

Scorpion's voice came from inside a puppet that was less than 1.3 meters tall and looked like a little girl.

"There's nothing I can do. This is a puppet left behind by the original owner of this castle, and it's the only puppet I could find that can't be used in combat. If you're not satisfied with this body, you can make a new one yourself. You can take any materials you like from the castle's warehouse."

This was originally a maid puppet in Otsutsuki Toneri's castle, responsible for doing housework. Hyuga Sawatatsu took Sasori's regeneration core from the main puppet and placed it on the maid puppet, which led to the comical scene before us.

"Where...is the warehouse? Take me there immediately!"

When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Even though Scorpion's anger was at its peak, he could only swallow his pride and keep quiet.

You can't exactly punch Hyuga Zetsu in the knee, can you?

"plz follow me."

Hinata Sawatatsu naturally wanted to recruit a technically skilled person like Sasori, but since the Tenseigan's spiritual orb couldn't control a Kage-level powerhouse, he could only put in some effort to see if he could subdue him.

Since they've already entered this space controlled by Hyuga Zetsu, Sasori can't possibly cause any trouble.

"what……"

After walking along the passage for a while, Deidara's screams came from the other end.

Inside a cell, Deidara's hands were suspended by two iron chains, and the occasional flashes of blue electricity rendered the clay that Deidara had just conjured ineffective each time.

Chapter 105 Ri Ning, Bloodline Transplantation

"So, what exactly do you want me to do?"

Half a day later, Hyuga Zetsu and Sasori sat facing each other in the castle hall.

Scorpion has created a new puppet based on the original appearance, but it has almost no means of attack and is just an ordinary puppet.

"Your puppets are quite powerful, but they need to be repaired and modified to better suit the abilities of my eyes."

Two puppets, their faces covered and bearing the crest of the Otsutsuki branch family of the moon, appeared before Sasori.

Are you insulting me?

With just a glance, Scorpion's eyes were filled with disdain.

These battle puppets left behind by the Otsutsuki clan were utterly worthless in Sasori's eyes, equivalent only to the puppet-making skills he possessed when he was seven or eight years old.

"These puppets, created a thousand years ago, are naturally incredibly rudimentary by the standards of this era. However, they still have many merits, don't they?"

Ok?

Upon hearing Hinata Zechen's introduction, Sasori's eyes finally showed a hint of interest. He walked up to the puppet, either touching and tapping it with his fingers or channeling chakra to examine its internal structure.

Why should I work for you?

After a while, Scorpion was still fiddling with his things, but his tone had clearly softened.

"Even if you find another way and get rid of the limitation on the number of fingers for a puppeteer, isn't the Hundred Machines Manipulation already your limit?"

Threatening a scorpion with threats of life and death is likely to backfire; the best approach is to cater to its desires.

"Grandma Chiyo could conquer a small town by manipulating ten puppets at the same time; while your Hundred Puppet Manipulation could slaughter a small country; if the number of puppets were to increase to thousands or even tens of thousands, could you conquer the entire ninja world?"

Hinata Sawatatsu's words were full of temptation.

"Don't you want to see the true limits of a puppeteer?"

The scorpion's movements suddenly stopped.

"Next, I will collect enough corpses of powerful individuals and materials for puppets and send them to the castle."

Hinata Zechen smiled with satisfaction.

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"Gentle Fist - Gentle Step Double Lion Fist!"

Deep blue chakra enveloped Hinata's left and right forearms, condensing into two ferocious beast heads, which she then threw at the wooden stake in front of her.

boom!

The wooden stake, which was strong enough to withstand the bombardment of ninjutsu, was broken open with a huge gap, and less than one-tenth of the frame remained, supporting the teetering upper part from collapsing completely.

clap clap clap...

Hinata Zechen, standing to the side, smiled and clapped continuously, giving Hinata a thumbs up.

After nearly becoming Danzo's hostage, Hinata's inner strength was fully unleashed. She devoted herself to Gentle Fist training every day, mastering the advanced taijutsu passed down by the Hyuga main family nearly three years ahead of the original timeline.

Hinata now possesses the qualities required for promotion to Jonin, except for her chakra level not yet reaching the required standard.

Perhaps it's time to give that plan a try.

After wiping the sweat from Hinata's forehead with a silk scarf, Hyuga Zechen slowly lowered his head, only to have it covered by Hinata's fair hand.

"Someone's here, Brother Zechen."

Hinata, fearing misunderstanding, immediately spoke up to explain.

A series of footsteps approached, causing Hinata to quickly take two steps back, increasing the distance between herself and Hyuga Zetsu.

Although they haven't crossed the final line in private, Hinata has already desensitized to the situation after several intimate encounters, and she is completely unguarded when the two are alone.

However, this naturally only applies to the time when the two of them are alone. If there are other people around, Hinata is still that shy girl who often has steam coming out of her head.

"Neji-nii-nii..."

When the owner of the footsteps approached, Hinata showed surprise, called out to the person, and then looked at Hyuga Zechen with some worry.

It was common knowledge within the Hyuga clan that Hyuga Zetsu and Hyuga Neji had a bad relationship.

"Hinata, you must be tired too. Go back and rest for a while."

Hyuga Zechen turned around, glanced at Hyuga Neji who seemed hesitant to speak, and then looked down at Hinata and spoke.

"Brother Zechen, please don't fight, okay?"

Hinata's worry became even more apparent as she leaned close to Hyuga Zetsu's ear, her voice tinged with a hint of pleading.

"Don't worry, he's no match for me."

These words immediately left Hinata both amused and exasperated.

My concern is that the two of you will fight. You're from the same clan, and if things escalate, the rift between the main family and the branch families will likely deepen further.

A caged bird can control a person's life and death, but it cannot control a person's heart.

Watching Hinata leave the training ground, turning back every few steps, Hyuga Zechen slowly turned his head to look at Hyuga Neji, signaling him to speak quickly.

"I want to know how to take the Byakugan to the next level and gain even greater power."

Neji and Choji suffered the most severe injuries during the battle with the Sound Four, spending a full two weeks in Konoha Hospital before fully recovering.

After this battle, Hyuga Neji was surprised to find that his comrades' strength was increasing rapidly, almost wiping out the gap from their time in the Ninja Academy. In particular, Naruto, who was known as the bottom of the class, probably had surpassed him in overall strength.

Neji's own strength has gradually approached its bottleneck. Even though he obtained some high-level taijutsu techniques that only members of the main family are allowed to practice from Hiashi Hyuga, his strength has only increased slightly, causing Neji to fall into anxiety about being a genius.

After much thought, the best method Neji could come up with was the Tenseigan, which Hyuga Sawatatsu had mentioned and which was located above the Byakugan.

Therefore, Neji was willing to bow down to Hyuga Sawatatsu, mentally prepared for rejection and even the punishment of being caged birds.

"You want to obtain the power of the Tenseigan?"

A strange smile flashed across Hyuga Zetsu's lips, but even Neji, who was standing right next to him, didn't notice it.

There are two ways to evolve the Byakugan into the Tenseigan.