Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 268 Hyuga Kumokawa also has the Tenseigan?!

Snap... Snap...

The bright red, warm blood splattered onto the ground covered with gravel and dust, the sound unusually clear and jarring.

Under the flickering light of the golden flames, Hyuga Kumokawa and Hyuga Neji locked eyes.

Hyuga Neji's eyes, which held a hint of azure, met a pair of eyes filled with ferocity and rage.

Those eyes were fixed on him, and Hyuga Neji could clearly see a deep, dark blue light surging and flickering deep within them.

Almost instantly, the same chilling thought popped into the minds of Hyuga Neji and Hyuga Aoi.

Tenseigan?
Hinata Kumokawa also has the Tenseigan?!
However, because of Hyuga Neji's lie, Hyuga Aoi believes that the Tenseigan, like the Mangekyou Sharingan, is a powerful talent that is activated through emotional stimulation.

However, Hyuga Neji knew that the true conditions for awakening the Tenseigan were actually to possess a pure Byakugan and the so-called Otsutsuki bloodline.

He learned this from the ancient book in the Forbidden Library, and it was under Hinata Kumokawa's guidance that he went to the Forbidden Library.

Could it be, could it be...

"No, no!" Hyuga Neji's mind was in complete chaos. "The ancient book that Hyuga Kumokawa made me look at didn't mention anything about the 'Tenseigan' at all."

[The ancestral worship rites were disrupted, the natural order was thrown into chaos, the lowly rose up suddenly, and a servant murdered his master...]

The blood of the clan stained the ancestral hall red, nearly wiping out the entire clan in this battle...

The deceased's eyes were gouged out, and their whereabouts are unknown...

[To conceal their name, to erase their traces...]

These four sentences contain all the information he found in the ancient texts, so this should also be what Hinata Kumokawa wanted him to see.

At that time, he was consumed by hatred and helplessness because of his father's death.

She hated the main family but didn't know what to do, so she could only use self-harm to cover up her inner pain with physical suffering.

Hinata Kumokawa told him to calm down and not to expose his hatred and anger when he was weak.

Sending him to see the contents of that ancient book was probably just to tell him that the main family was not invincible, and that a member of a branch family had once killed most of the main family.

The only purpose of that ancient book was to make him connect its contents with the dream, thus prompting him to take action against the main family.

What truly taught Hyuga Neji how to awaken the Tenseigan was not the ancient book, but the dream, and the figure that appeared in the dream.

Hinata Kumokawa couldn't possibly know about the Tenseigan just from reading ancient books.

and so……

"why why?"

At that moment, Neji Hyuga felt his mind go blank, and he unconsciously tightened his grip on 'Angry's' hand.

Where did Hyuga Kumokawa get his pure Byakugan, and where did he get the Otsutsuki bloodline?
Could it be that Hinata Kumokawa's eyes are not actually the Tenseigan but another type of eye? Is it possible for the Byakugan to evolve into another type of eye through emotional stimulation?
Or perhaps, Hinata Kumokawa inherently possessed a pure Byakugan and the so-called Otsutsuki bloodline?
"Hyuga Neji!!"

A roar suddenly exploded, interrupting Neji's thoughts.

His voice trembled violently with anger and disbelief, and crashed down on Hyuga Neji with a pressure as heavy as a mountain!

"you!"

Hyuga Kumokawa stared intently at Hyuga Neji, who was standing inches away, and every word he uttered seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth: "What exactly have you done?!"

“I know you still harbor resentment towards the main family, but every fighting force is essential for Konoha right now. You shouldn’t have laid a knife on the main family or even the branch family!”

"Just wait another year... no! Just wait another six months, and I will be able to completely remove the Caged Bird Curse without shedding blood!"

He acted as if he were seeing a promising junior go astray, and he was angry because of his heartache and disappointment.

Hyuga Neji felt as if his gaze was a red-hot branding iron, as if it wanted to see through and burn his body completely!
"I..." Hyuga Neji's throat bobbed up and down.

He almost blurted out, wanting to explain, wanting to roar, that it was the main family that attacked the branch family during the time he was away, that they forced him to do it, that they imprisoned and tortured Hyuga Takashi!

They and the others from the branch family were forced to take the initiative against the main family in order to protect themselves.

but……

Neji Hyuga's gaze swept over Hinata Hyuga, whose face was filled with fear but whose eyes held a mixture of anger, and Aoi Hyuga, standing in front of her with a look of doubt on her face. He couldn't speak.

Because Hinata and Hyuga Aoi are still alive.

Once he says it out loud, all his efforts in separating from the family, and even his father's death, will lose their meaning.

Those who survive in the main family now, including women and children such as Hyuga Aoi and Hyuga Hinata, will regard the branch family as their enemy, and the hatred between the main and branch families will be inherited by the children.

The price to be paid then will not just be the lives of the few main families now; one side will inevitably be completely wiped out in the ninja world, and all the women and children of the main families will die.

Therefore, he cannot say it, not only now, but also in the future.

From then on, he would bear the infamy of lies and patricide, flying alone to the distant horizon.

This is the price that must be paid to break free from the cage and gain freedom and power.

“You are too weak.” Hyuga Neji’s voice lowered. “The evil the main family has done to me and the branch family can only be repaid with blood.”

He raised his eyes, looking directly into Hinata Kumokawa's eyes, which were swirling with a deep blue light, and said, word by word, "This is my choice."

The moment the words fell, the struggle in Hyuga Kumokawa's eyes vanished, and the dark blue in his eyes surged with anger!
His free left hand gripped the knife at his waist.

Pull out.

Stupid!
A clear, cold whistling sound rang out as the ring-pommel sword was drawn and thrust straight at Hyuga Neji, appearing ruthless and merciless.

puff! !
The dull thud of a sharp blade piercing flesh echoed clearly in the secret room.

Warm, fresh blood splattered out!

Then, Hyuga Neji's other hand gripped the blade that was thrusting at him.

His palm was also cut open, and blood seeped and dripped from between his fingers.

Snap... Snap...

Hyuga Kumokawa and Hyuga Neji stared at each other, gripping the blades that were meant to stab each other.

“From now on,” Hyuga Neji said hoarsely, “let’s hate each other.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he took a sudden step forward!
puff!puff!
Two muffled thuds of sharp blades piercing flesh rang out almost simultaneously!

With that step, the 'rage' he held in his hand was thrust forward, slicing through Hyuga Kumokawa's hand that was tightly gripping the blade, and plunging viciously into Hyuga Kumokawa's shoulder blade!
At the same time, because of this step, the 'Greed' sword in Hyuga Kumokawa's hand also tore through his tightly gripping hand and pierced his shoulder.

Hyuga Neji plunged their blades into each other's bodies in this almost self-destructive manner.

The moment 'anger' pierced Hinata Kumokawa's shoulder.

hum!
The golden flames that were wrapped around the blade rose up and instantly spread up the blade, rushing towards Hyuga Kumokawa, who was standing close by, covering his shoulders and arms in an instant.

Hinata Kumokawa's eyes flickered, but his expression changed drastically. Without hesitation, he loosened his grip on the knife.

Swish!
His figure retreated rapidly like a ghost, instantly creating distance between him and Hyuga Neji.

He looked down at his shoulders and arms, which were wreathed in golden flames, his muscles taut.

However, the excruciating pain that burned through my bones did not come.

Instead, a gentle warmth, like the winter sun, quickly dispelled the initial cold and stinging sensation.

Enveloped and scorched by the golden flames, the piercing wound on his shoulder and the slit in his palm healed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

New granulation tissue grew wildly, severed blood vessels reconnected, damaged bones were repaired, and even the chakra depleted during the journey was rapidly replenished.

"This……"

Seemingly not expecting this unexpected situation, Hyuga Kumokawa showed a look of astonishment at just the right moment, and suddenly looked up at Hyuga Neji in front of him.

However, Neji Hyuga showed no intention of pursuing them at all; he didn't even glance at his own shoulder, which was also bleeding from being pierced by the ring-pommel sword.

He simply swung his katana 'Wrath' horizontally in front of him.

Tsk! !
(End of this chapter)