Naruto: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Otsutsuki.

But what is reality?

The reality is...

Until the secrets within the scroll are fully deciphered, the Hyuga clan still has to bow down and remains no match for the Uchiha.

"I understand, Hokage-sama." Hiashi Hyuga bowed his head, his tone complex. "Then leave it to the village..."

"Um…"

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded, his tone softening slightly, "The village will definitely bring the culprit who stole the Byakugan to justice."

"Yes!"

Hiashi Hyuga bowed deeply, then turned and left.

The office door closed gently, shutting out the sound of his heavy footsteps.

The door had just closed when it was pushed open again.

Without even thinking, everyone knew who it was.

"Danzo," Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice was calm, seemingly devoid of any emotion, "was it you who stole the Byakugan this time?"

"Eye roll stolen?!"

Danzo Shimura's heart skipped a beat.

The personnel reassignments I had made during this period flashed through my mind.

After a period of brainstorming, his face gradually darkened: "Hmph... don't try to pin everything on me."

"Who else could it be but you?!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with a fury that Danzo Shimura had never seen before in all these years.

"Don't you know what's going on in the village right now?! And you're still up to these petty tricks?!"

"Don't think I don't know, you were the one behind the last theft of the eye-rolling weapon!"

"you..."

Danzo's eyes widened suddenly, staring at Hiruzen Sarutobi in disbelief.

His furious appearance was so convincing that Danzo might have almost believed it if he hadn't known what he had been doing all this time.

And even if it was done by a member of the military...

How come he, as the leader, didn't know?

"I didn't do it!"

Having figured this out, Danzo argued his case forcefully and refused to budge an inch.

"It wasn't you..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was taken aback.

wrong.

In the past, when Danzo did something and was exposed by Danzo, he would always remain silent, with a stubborn look that said, "I did it, you'd better deal with it."

But today...

"Could it really not have been Danzo who did it?"

A strange thought popped into his mind.

Hiruzen Sarutobi stared intently into Danzo Shimura's eyes, trying to find a flaw in that sinister single eye.

Shimura Danzo did not back down at all; on the contrary, the imposing aura in his eyes seemed to subtly overwhelm him.

"..."

"In that case, I misunderstood you."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression changed instantly, as if his previous thunderous rage had never existed, replaced by a smiling and kind face.

"Humph.."

Danzo felt a surge of smugness, but he didn't forget the purpose of his trip.

"I need to leave the village to discuss the deployment of troops with Hanzo the Salamander..."

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"If we're not going to eat barbecue, then we'll be leaving now, Captain Qinglan."

Ebisu Asahi waved to Seiran.

"Goodbye."

Hinata Seiran put down his pen, turned around, and waved.

Enter the gates of Konoha.

The checks at the village entrance were much stricter than usual.

People were constantly being stopped and questioned, but those in charge of the checks were all genin or ordinary chunin.

The experienced veterans have probably all been transferred to the front lines.

"It seems the village is now at its most critical moment..."

Hinata Seiran sighed softly.

Fifty years in Konoha have indeed been a turbulent time.

At the beginning of the year, there was the Battle of Kannabi Bridge. In the middle of the year, Kirigakure made a comeback. Danzo led the elite of Root to Amegakure to seek an alliance, but was defeated by Nagato.

Later, Sunagakure and Iwagakure joined forces and fought their way to the village entrance...

"What a cruel twist of fate..."

He raised his head and looked up at the sky.

The dark clouds were gradually dissipating, and golden sunlight poured down through the gaps, enveloping the entire Hidden Leaf Village in a dazzling light, gilding every brick and tile.

"However, the sky always clears up eventually."

"Captain Qinglan, it's been a long time!"

A clear shout came from behind.

Hinata Seiran paused, then slowly turned around.

The sunlight after the rain fell directly on the red beans, so bright it was almost dazzling.

The sky has cleared up...

Chapter 6 The Emperor is Still the Emperor Even in the Underworld

"So this is the clan's secret vault... It's truly magnificent..."

Hyuga Gakuto quietly activated his Byakugan, silently admiring the sight.

Inside the secret vault, shelves upon shelves were piled high with ancient books and scrolls, and weapons passed down through generations of the Hyuga clan were also on display.

Even the scrolls that record the secrets of Baguazhang are just randomly piled up in a corner here.

"Observe carefully, don't miss any trace."

Hyuga Hizashi stood in the center of the secret vault and spoke at the right moment, pulling the branch family members back from their wandering thoughts.

However, when his gaze inadvertently swept over the exquisitely packaged white eye at the very top of the secret vault, and then fell upon the white eye at the very bottom, which was simply held in a crude petri dish, a hint of bewilderment flashed in his eyes.

But he quickly regained his composure and dutifully directed the search.

In the Hyuga clan, the destination of each pair of Byakugan is of paramount importance.

The white eye of a member of the main family is removed after death and carefully stored in the family's secret vault, so that an eye transplant can be performed at any time in case the member suffers from an eye disease or injury.

As for the members who split up, it depends on where they died.

If it dies on the battlefield, the Caged Bird will automatically activate and destroy the Byakugan.

If someone dies within the clan, the main family will remove their eyes and store them in a secret vault for future use by branch family members in case of eye ailments or other unforeseen circumstances.

As the saying goes,

Even in the underworld, the emperor remains the emperor.

Even in the underworld, a slave remains a slave.

In the rigidly hierarchical Hyuga clan, even a pair of Byakugan eyes that have lost their master bear the distinct marks of rank and status.

"The elder brother's attitude is of utmost importance..."

"I hope my brother can do the same in the future, then there will be fewer complaints about the division of the family property."

Hyuga Hizashi stood still, his thoughts churning within him.

He knew that Hiashi Hyuga's attitude towards the branch family had softened, and if he led the team to catch the culprit...

So perhaps the rifts within the clan will one day be healed.

"Lord Hizashi, apart from a few markings found in the area where the scrolls were stored and the branch family's Byakugan storage area, no other abnormalities were found."