XX-level Hokage

Actually, they weren't really interested in fishing; they just wanted to buy some time for Han and Tayuya. Seeing their reactions, Mashiro sighed inwardly; it seemed her words had been wasted.

Then Mashiro gently grasped the fishing rod, and wisps of chakra spread from it to Hinata and Hanabi, who were watching. "Mashiro said softly.

Hinata and Hanabi snapped out of their daze and looked at Mashiro. Sensing the chakra on the fishing rod, they instantly activated their Byakugan.

In Byakugan, Hinata and Hanabi clearly saw a chakra thread that followed the fishing rod and line all the way to the hook, where it split into dozens of even finer chakra threads that spread through the lake water, passing through the rapidly swimming carp.

Then Mashiro gently shook the fishing rod, and the chakra threads swayed accordingly, causing all the fish that had been threaded through the threads to quickly swim toward the hook.

Finally, Mashiro reeled in the fishing line, a fish on the hook, then another fish bit its tail, one after another, until there were more than a dozen.

The fish was caught by Mashiro.

Leaving one fish in the bucket and releasing the rest, Mashiro said to Hinata and Hanabi, who were still surprised, "Why don't you try it too?" Hinata and Hanabi shook their heads; they had absolutely no idea how Mashiro had managed it.

Mashiro smiled, then got up and walked on the lake, saying softly, "I haven't learned the Spark yet, but Hinata, Kurenai should have tested your chakra control, right? Usually, it's either walking on water or stepping on trees, but these are just some basic tests."

Chakra is like water in a sense. We control this water, controlling where it condenses, what it becomes, and even how it changes its properties.

The water-walking and tree-walking training involves controlling where chakra is concentrated in the body, while my fishing method involves controlling how chakra manifests.

Then, Shinbai spat out a fireball. "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique"

Then, he formed a hand seal and continuously spat out fireballs from his mouth, attacking along the trajectory of the balsam flower.

"This is the application. Many advanced ninjutsu require this kind of chakra control, including the Shaku's Kumi," Qibai said.

After Mashiro's explanation, Hinata and Hanabi understood what Mashiro meant and began to try it out.

The ability to control chakra has nothing to do with the amount of chakra, but rather with innate talent. Of course, diligent practice is also very important. Since Wei Yu and Hanabi don't really want to go fishing, it's better to find them something to do.

"Hinayoshi needs to catch three fish, and Hanabi needs to catch one. If you don't, I won't come out next time." Mashiro said casually, picked up her fishing rod, and began to slowly fish.

Chapter 89: Birthday (Part 2)

Fishing is always a slow process, especially as Hinata and Hanabi continue trying to disperse their chakra. Mashiro leans against the large tree behind her and gently falls asleep.

A gentle breeze stirred the fishing line, the remaining leaves on the branches, and even the strands of Shinpaku's long hair. Diaoyou stared, somewhat dazed, and the chakra he had painstakingly channeled to the fishing line suddenly dissipated.

Hinata moved a little closer silently and once again controlled the flow of chakra in the fishing rod, but Mashiro's even breathing made Hinata's heartbeat quicken and her chakra begin to become chaotic.

She couldn't help but turn to look at Mashiro.

When Mashiro is asleep, she exudes a unique gentleness and tranquility, as if only at this moment can the genes belonging to Hinata Kanono be revealed.

Hinata looked at Mashiro's sleeping face and couldn't help but feel a little dazed, especially at Mashiro's cherry-pink lips. For some reason, she felt an inexplicable urge. Hanabi was still diligently controlling her chakra to fish.

Looking at the focused Hanabi and then at the sleeping Mashiro, Hinata suddenly got up.

He reached out to support Mashiro, and in that instant, as he turned his cheek, he gently kissed Mashiro's lips. It was less of a kiss and more of a caress, a light rub against Mashiro's lips.

"Hinata, what's wrong?" Mashiro asked softly as Hinata helped her up.

"It's nothing, sister. You slipped a little, and I was afraid you'd fall, so I caught you," Hinata said, her head bowed. Her black hair concealed her flushed cheeks.

Mashiro seemed to have no doubts. She gave Mashiro a meaningful look and said, "We've stayed long enough. Let's go back. This exercise is very difficult. You can try it more often when you have the chance."

"Going home? It's too early to go home now. There's still a long day. How about you teach me and Hanabi to practice jujitsu, sister? What do you say, Hanabi?" Hinata covered her face and turned to look at Hanabi, saying.

Hanabi was in a daze at the moment, and only when she heard Hinata's call did she come back to her senses. She said somewhat nervously, "Yes, I've also hit a bottleneck in my jujitsu recently."

“Alright then,” Mashiro said with a smile.

The three set off for the Hyuga clan's training grounds.

On the way, Mashiro smiled and chatted with Hinata and Hanabi from time to time. Hinata kept covering her face and looked very nervous, while Hanabi was in a daze, as if she had suffered some major blow.

Just now, Hinata kissed Mashiro.

Hinata thought her little actions were discreet enough, and Hanabi wasn't looking in that direction either.

However, just as Hinata was secretly glancing at Mashiro, Hanabi was also observing from the shadows and happened to witness that scene, which had a huge impact on Hanabi's heart.

This caused her to be completely distracted during her subsequent Jiu-Jitsu training. By the time she left the training ground, it was already evening.

Hinata and Hanabi didn't make any other requests this time, and the three of them returned to the villa together. Upon entering the living room, the lights were off, making it somewhat dim.

Suddenly, the lights came on, and Tehan and Tayuya pushed a cake over. "What's this?" Mashiro asked, puzzled.

Happy birthday, dear sister!

Hinata and Hanabi, one on each side, kissed Mashiro on the cheeks.

Today is her birthday, and Mashiro suddenly realized that although she had long suspected that they were hiding something from her, she had never thought of this aspect.

"Did you make this yourselves?" Mashiro approached, looking at the huge cake on the cart, and asked softly. "It wasn't just the two of us; Hinata, Yugito-neechan, and Shiro also helped," Tehan said.

Mashiro turned to look at the stairs, where Yukito and Shiro were standing. Seeing Mashiro looking over, Shiro waved gently. "How did you know my birthday?" Mashiro asked, unusually puzzled.

The Hyuga clan doesn't have a tradition of celebrating birthdays, and Mashiro remembers that Hinata and Hikaru don't know their own birthdays. "It was Father who told me," Hikaru said.

A few days ago, I visited my father, and he told me that my older sister's birthday was coming soon, and that it would be her 18th birthday, her coming-of-age ceremony. So I told my sister, and after we discussed it, we told my older sister Tehan and my older sister Tayuya. "Hanabi continued.

"Tayuya and I originally planned to order a cake for you, but since we had some time, we decided to try making one ourselves. So we went to a cake shop to learn how to make one, and Hinata would come over to help when she had free time. However, the cake we envisioned was too complicated and too big, and it would be difficult for the three of us to finish it on your birthday. Even if we did finish it, preserving it would be a problem."

Just when we were about to give up, Yukito found out and brought Shiro along. The five of us worked together and finally finished making the cake. "Hands-on continued."

"Is this why you've been leaving early and coming back late these past few days?" Mashiro suddenly looked at Temari and Tayuya with a half-smile.

This made the two women nervous; they didn't know how Mashiro felt about it. "Thank you," Mashiro suddenly said.

Then she gently stroked the heads of Han and Tayuya.

This was perhaps the first time that Tehan and Tayuya had felt sincerity from Mashiro. They were both stunned, and their faces involuntarily turned red.

"Thank you both, Yugito and Shiro." Mashiro turned to Yugito and Shiro and said with a smile.

"Don't thank me, I was just helping Han and Tayuya," Yugito said stubbornly. "No need to thank me, Master Mashiro," Shiro said with a light laugh.

"Hinata, could you please go and call Naruto and Sasuke over? Let's take this opportunity to get together." Mashiro said to Hinata.

"Okay, sister." Hinata set off immediately after hearing this.

"Hanabi, go tell Sashi that everyone in the clan should receive ten ryo today. Say it's the head of the clan's order," Mashiro then said to Hanabi. "Yes, Onee-sama," Hanabi replied, and quickly set off.

"I'm going to see my father next. I'm in a good mood right now, and I've decided to grant each of you four one wish, as long as it's within my power. This will probably be the only time I do this, so you can think it over carefully and give me your answer tonight." With that, Mashiro turned and left.

Only Tsurugi, Tayuya, Yukito, and Shiro remained, seemingly lost in thought. Arriving at Hiashi's room, Mashiro didn't knock but pushed the door open and went inside.

Hiashi was sitting in a rocking chair, completely unsurprised by Mashiro's arrival. "You've come," Hiashi said calmly.

"How did you know?" Mashiro's tone was somewhat cold.

From the shadows, two samurai with swords appeared out of thin air, raising their katanas and staring intently at Hiashi.

"After I returned to the clan, I thought about many things, most of which were about you, Uchiha Zero," Hiashi said with some pain.

Today's birthday is not Hyuga Mashiro's, but Uchiha Zero's, and in Mashiro's memory, no one knows this date. "Do you want to ask me how I know your identity? Or do you want to know how I know your birthday?"

After returning to the clan from prison, I gradually learned about everything you had done, from gaining power within the clan to becoming the disciple of the Third Generation Elder, including later replacing Danzo as the leader of Root.

Although I hate to admit it, you are no longer my daughter, Hinata Mamoru; you are more like that person now.

So I thought I'd give it a try, and this birthday was a great opportunity. When Uchiha Zero became a Chunin, I happened to be the one reviewing his file, so I remembered his birthday.

"Now that you're here, my last hope has vanished. My daughter, Mashiro, is truly gone." Hiashi said dejectedly. "So what do you want? Revenge? Or something else?" Mashiro said calmly.

"Revenge? I don't have that ability, and no matter what your soul is like, your body is indeed my daughter's, and Hinata and Hanabi love you very much."

Furthermore, under your leadership, the Hyuga clan achieved a level of prosperity that I could never reach.

"I might hate you, but what about Hinata? Hanabi? The rest of the Hyuga clan? My hatred is meaningless." Hiashi looked at Mashiro and said calmly.

“Hiashi, I never realized you were such a smart person. Tell me, what do you want me to do?” Mashiro said with a light laugh.

"I will willingly be caged by you, and never leave this yard again. The Hyuga clan, Hinata, and Hanabi are in your hands." Hiashi said, untying his headband.

"Although you don't have any particularly strong abilities, I must say you are indeed an excellent clan leader. I agree to your request."

Mashiro stepped forward and tapped Hiashi's forehead with her finger. Back at the villa, everyone was already there.

On one side of the living room, Naruto and Sasuke were still bickering, Sakura and Namino were chatting, Lee was doing push-ups, Tenten was counting, Kiba and Shikamaru were playing chess, Shino and Neji were standing alone in silence, and Choji was looking at the cake with some anticipation.

On the other side of the living room, Hong was chatting with Shizune, Shouhan and Tayuya were discussing something, Bai was talking with Uzuki Yugao, and Anko was watching Yukito closely.

(Let's skip the party for now. I've thought of a lot of interesting and explicit scenes, I'll write a side story about that later.) "Have you all decided? What's your wish?"

After the party ended, on the third floor of the villa, Mashiro said softly, "I want to go back to Sand Village." Tehan spoke first.

She had no hope of regaining her freedom. She was now basically inseparable from Mashiro and Konoha. However, deep down, she still wanted to go back to Sand Village to see the scenery and her two younger brothers.

“Of course, I will go with you.” Mashiro said with a smile. She remembered a Sand Ninja named Matsuri, who was quite cute. “I hope you can release Kimimaro and the others,” Tayuya said.

Kimimaro and the others in prison were always a thorn in Tayuya's side. "Okay." Mashiro thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

“I think we can bring Lord Zabuza to Konoha,” Haku said hesitantly.

“Sure.” Mashiro looked at Shiro and said with a smile. Since Shiro wanted something exciting, she certainly wouldn’t object. “And you, Yugito?” Mashiro looked at Yugito and asked.

"I want to go back to Kumogakure," Yugito finally said after much hesitation.

Looking at the caged bird hidden under Yugito's headband, Mashiro smiled and nodded.

It doesn't matter where Yugito goes, and besides, she'll be going to Kumogakure later, where she can do other things.

Chapter 90: Household Bone Vein

Mashiro agreed very readily, more readily than Yugito had expected.

Then Shinji said, "Yukito, if you want to leave, I will send you away tomorrow, and I will remove the seal on you then."

Tayuya, I will inform the Anbu tomorrow afternoon. You can bring Kimimaro and the others out of the Anbu then. However, they need to stay in Konoha for half a month first. After that, it is up to them whether they continue to stay in Konoha or go back to Otogakure.

Regarding Zabuza, I will inform Gato, and also have the Hokage and Mizukage inform them. However, things will take time to process, so Haku will probably have to wait a while.

After speaking to Yugito, Tayuya, and Haku, Mashiro turned to Temari and said, "Once things are settled with those three, I'll accompany you to the Sand Village."

She went to the Sand Village to find a cute girl. She remembered that there was a dragon vein deep in the desert with extremely powerful energy, and perhaps she could take this opportunity to see it.

"Thank you, Master!" Shouhan hugged Zhenbai, looking very excited.

"Thank you, Master!" Tayuya rushed over. "Thank you for your trouble, Master Shiro." Shiro bowed respectfully.

Yukito seemed somewhat at a loss and went back to his room alone.

At night, not only because they hadn't been intimate for a long time, but also because Mashiro had fulfilled their wish, Tehan and Tayu were extremely cooperative.

In the study separated by a wall, Hinata was reading a book. Although she wasn't eavesdropping by pressing against the wall, the faint sounds still kept Hinata's mind from the book.