Naruto: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Otsutsuki.

Kicked Kohinata Mukai in the stomach.

"Uh!"

Kohinata Mukai was knocked off balance and stumbled back several steps, his steps unsteady.

But it wasn't over yet; the remaining palm techniques followed closely behind, attacking him.

He took a deep breath and continued to block it.

But as he gradually progressed from Bagua Palm to Second Palm... Fourth Palm... Eighth Palm...

They exchanged blows up to sixteen or even thirty-two times.

Just as he was about to unleash the sixty-fourth palm strike...

Kohinata Mukai finally understood.

If we drag this out any longer, we will surely be defeated.

"Hyuga Seiran, I am sent by Lord Danzo to invite you to join the Anbu!"

"This is just an assessment!"

He practically shouted it out, his voice carrying a hint of urgency that even he himself didn't realize.

"Oh?"

Just as he expected, Hinata Seiran abruptly stopped his palm strike.

His palm stopped three inches in front of Kohinata Mukai's door, the wind from his palm ruffling the stray hairs on his forehead.

"You really are... sent by Lord Danzo?"

Hinata Seiran's expression was somewhat strange. He remained in a defensive posture, but the killing intent in his eyes had largely subsided.

"of course."

After Kohinata Mukaimi Seiran stopped his palm strike, he finally let out a long breath.

He rubbed his arm, which was numb from the shock, and quickly explained, "Lord Danzo admires your talent and has decided to invite you to join Root."

"And I'm the one who's responsible for taking you to the reporting site."

"Then how do you explain that you know the Gentle Fist of the Hyuga clan, and that you strike each pressure point so accurately?"

"Do you also roll your eyes?"

Hinata Seiran asked the question that had been buried deep in his heart.

"As far as I know, no one in the Hyuga clan has joined the Anbu or served under Lord Danzo."

"hehe..."

Kohinata Mukai suddenly laughed. He understood that Hinata Seiran had gradually lowered his guard, and as long as he could prove what he said, Hinata Seiran would completely believe him.

He removed his mask, revealing a young yet resolute face.

"My name is Kohinata Mukai, and I am a member who split off from the Hyuga clan a few generations ago."

"If you really want to count, we're actually relatives."

He looked at the child who was gradually relaxing and couldn't help but smile. Then he took out a cigarette from his pocket, put it in his mouth but didn't light it.

"This is because of intergenerational inheritance; as long as you have the genetic material, it will manifest at some point."

"Don't tell anyone about this. It's my trump card." He paused, then continued in an elder's tone, "After all, we'll be colleagues in the future, and I might even mentor you..."

"Uh!"

Before Kohinata Mukai could finish speaking, he suddenly paused, slowly lowered his head, and looked at his abdomen.

Hinata Seiran's hand plunged into his abdomen, faintly emitting a green light.

"you……!"

Kohinata Mukai's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of pinpoints, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"Thank you for telling me this."

A complex emotion flashed in Hinata Seiran's eyes, but it quickly subsided into silence.

"However, before that, let me borrow your body for a bit..."

Chapter 24 It was all fate's arrangement.

"you……!"

Kohinata Mukai's voice got stuck in his throat, turning into a muffled breathy sound.

The cigarette dangling from his lips slipped silently and bounced twice on the stone pavement.

His pupils began to dilate, like two candles extinguished by a draft, their focus gradually fading, and his consciousness drifted away.

"puff.."

Hinata Seiran slowly withdrew his hand from Mukai's abdomen. There was no blood on his palm, only a faint, pale green glow.

He lowered his eyes and stared at the direction where the mental orb had disappeared, murmuring softly.

"The ability to acquire other people's thoughts and manipulate their will and body..."

"It is similar to Nagato's ability to create Pain Six Paths using black chakra rods."

The Rinnegan and Tenseigan have many overlapping powers.

The Rinnegan focuses more on defense and versatility, while the Tenseigan's power leans more towards offense and specialization.

Hinata Seiran released his control over Kohinata Mukai with a thought.

Kohinata Mukai's pupils gradually focused, changing from a blank expression at the beginning to a calm and empty one now.

"What did Danzo do to you?"

"Lord Danzo intends to invite you to become an unofficial member of Root, in order to monitor the Hyuga clan..."

Kohinata Mukai explained the whole story, the mission details, and the contact information step by step, word by word...

He told Hinata Seiran all the details.

After he finished speaking, he stood straight in place with his hands hanging at his sides, quietly waiting for the next order like a wax figure.

Hinata Seiran remained silent for a moment after hearing this.

Root's unofficial personnel... thereby monitoring the Hyuga clan...

He narrowed his eyes slightly, deep in thought.

"It seems that Hiashi Hyuga did indeed make some underhanded moves, and quite significant ones at that, forcing Danzo to personally plant a pawn within the Hyuga clan."

In his memory, this kind of treatment—"planting internal members for surveillance"—was supposed to belong to the Uchiha clan...

But now, the blame has fallen on Hyuga.

Hinata Seiran suddenly chuckled, a hint of self-mockery in his voice.

"Could it be that the Hyuga clan is actually rebelling in the future?"

Unexpectedly, the joke I made casually back then actually turned out to be a prediction of what would happen in reality.

As the laughter subsided, his expression returned to calm, and the hint of a smile in his eyes vanished.

However, this is for the best.

Even if the Hyuga clan and Danzo never had a direct conflict, he would slowly sow discord and gradually escalate the conflict, causing this cannibalistic clan to begin to crumble from within.

“In that case,” Hinata Seiran said, pulling himself out of his thoughts, and instructed Mukai, “Let’s go back and report.”

Just live your life the way you always have.

Don't let anyone notice anything unusual.

With a thought, he transmitted the command deep into Kohinata Mukai's consciousness.

"Yes!"

Kohinata Mukai bowed, bent down to pick up the monkey mask that had fallen to the ground, put it back on, and covered his expressionless face.

With a whoosh, it disappeared from the mansion.

The stone path in the courtyard was completely illuminated by the moonlight, as if it were covered with a thin layer of silver frost.

Hinata Seiran stood alone, letting the moonlight bathe his face.

Then, he opened his eyes, his gaze returning to calm, and quickly formed hand seals.

"The art of spirit communication."

……

Meanwhile, in the most magnificent building in the clan's territory, moonlight, carried by a gentle breeze, streamed through the window lattices and fell upon the long corridor, only to be swallowed up by the flickering candlelight just before it reached the desk.

Under the candlelight, Hiashi Hyuga, dressed in a plain kimono, was handling the clan affairs that had been piling up recently.

He flipped through one official document after another, his expression calm and focused.

Until the letter delivered by the Hokage's office appeared before my eyes.