XX-level Hokage

Chapter 116: Xu Luo - The Bewitching God

Upon hearing Mashiro's sudden words, Hiashi Prism was stunned. His mind was in a state of confusion. It was someone who was originally his ancestor who suddenly called him "father." Anyone would find it hard to understand.

"What are you talking about? I don't quite understand," Hiashi said, puzzled.

"The Third Hokage should have told you, right? I traveled here from the past," Mashiro said casually. Hiashi nodded.

“I did indeed travel through time to get here, but not from the past, but from the future. I am actually your eldest daughter, and the future head of the Hyuga clan.” Mashiro stood up, stood next to Hiashi, and said softly.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Hiashi shook his head violently.

Then, assuming a fighting stance towards Mashiro, he coldly asked, "Who exactly are you?"

Mashiro didn't answer, but smiled, made a few strange hand seals, and then stretched out her fingers to draw in the air.

Seeing the hand seals Mashiro made and the movements she drew in the air, Hiashi's eyes widened suddenly, and his expression became strange. This is... Caged Bird Seal. "Why do you know Caged Bird Seal?" Hiashi couldn't help but ask.

Mashiro stopped what she was doing, looked at Hiashi, and said softly, "The Caged Bird Technique is a unique secret technique of the Hyuga clan, which only the clan leader can master. The specific learning method is sealed deep within the clan's archives, and only the clan leader with the key can unlock it. So, how do you think I learned it?"

Hijiri remained silent; his resolve had begun to waver.

“The clan must have always longed to enter the power center of the village. After all, without political status, even the best-sounding title is just empty talk. However, since the Hyuga clan’s strength is no match for the Uchiha, they can only hide this ambition and remain loyal to the Third Hokage’s faction,” Mashiro said softly.

Hiashi's eyes sharpened again, and before he could even ask, Mashiro dropped another bombshell.

"Recently, the clan should be planning to improve relations with the Inu and Aburame clans. During the Third Shinobi World War, the Hyuga clan lost many of its core members. Unlike the Uchiha, it is very difficult for the Hyuga clan to produce strong members. Therefore, in order to maintain the nominal status of the three major clans, we have no choice but to form an alliance with other major clans in Konoha."

Aside from the arrogant Uchiha, the Senju clan which exists in name only, the political clan of Sarutobi, and the trinity of Yamanaka, Akimichi, Nara, and Hyuga, who can be chosen...

"The only options left are the Inuyasha and the Aburame," Mashiro said slowly.

According to the information about the Hyuga clan that Mashiro read when she first became the clan leader, the alliance between the Hyuga, the Inu clan, and the Aburame clan occurred after the Third World War and before the Fourth Hokage took office, which is the period right now.

After hearing Mashiro reveal much of the Hyuga clan's core information, Hiashi was completely swayed. He began to practice the techniques Mashiro had previously mentioned.

"Knowing all this, I have to believe that you may indeed be from the future, and closely related to the Hyuga clan, perhaps even the future head of the Hyuga clan. But I still don't quite believe you could be my daughter," Hiashi said, turning to look into Mashiro's eyes.

Upon hearing Hiashi's words, Mashiro suddenly laughed and said, "What, is it because my temperament is neither like yours nor like our mother's? You said the same thing in my original time."

Hiashi was speechless. He realized the girl before him seemed to read his mind. "Don't forget what Uncle Hizashi said earlier," Mashiro said softly.

"No, I just think this distinguished guest looks a bit like my sister-in-law," Hiashi's words suddenly echoed in Hiashi's ears.

"Alright, you win. What is your origin in this era?" At this moment, Hiashi completely believed what Masami had said.

"I accidentally traveled back in time because of some metal, but now that I'm in this era, I still want to help my father realize his wish, to make the Hyuga clan great again and enter the core of Konoha," Mashiro said earnestly.

"What do you plan to do?" Hiashi asked.

From Hiashi's perspective at this moment, the girl in front of him could not only be his daughter, but also the future head of the Hyuga clan. Most importantly, she was also a member of the Hyuga clan, and she would never harm the Hyuga clan.

“The power of the Byakugan can’t be just this. Didn’t Father notice the difference in my Byakugan?” Mashiro said softly.

Hiashi looked at Mashiro's Byakugan, her milky white eyes carrying a depth unlike any ordinary Byakugan. "This is..." Hiashi wondered.

Mashiro gently raised her hand, and the huge table beside her floated into the air.

Gazing at this power he had never seen before, Hiashi was utterly astonished. "What do I need to do?" Hiashi asked.

From "What do you plan to do?" to "What do I need to do?", Hiashi had completely come to believe Mashiro's words. "You just need to trust me," Mashiro said with a gentle pat on Hiashi's shoulder.

“I believe in you.” Hiashi’s expression froze. “Looks like it worked,” Mashiro muttered to himself.

She used a unique eye technique of the Rinnegan on Hiashi just now, the instant she patted Hiashi's shoulder. However, the eye technique she used was not her own Rinnegan's unique eye technique, but rather the unique eye technique of Shisui's eye on her chest after it had become the Rinnegan.

Xu Luo Mi Shen

This eye technique consists of two parts: Sudatta and Bewitching God. Sudatta is a mass forgetting skill, while Bewitching God is a mind implantation. Both abilities are extremely powerful, but their activation methods are also incredibly complicated.

Suro can erase memories of himself from the memories of others, but only if the person whose memories are erased does not know the actor well. In other words, this ability cannot be used on people who are too familiar with him.

The spirit can implant thoughts into another person's Hyuga, but unlike the other spirits, the implantation of thoughts by the spirit is not forced; the recipient must do so voluntarily.

First, you need to have this idea, and then have a certain degree of trust in the implanter. If it goes too far against the core beliefs of the recipient, it may fail.

From this perspective, the Bewitching God is not as good as other gods, but the Bewitching God also has its advantages. First, it can be used infinitely when mental energy is sufficient. Second, it can implant multiple different thoughts into the same person.

Whether it's Sura or Misery, the activation condition is a pat on the shoulder.

So Mashiro told Hiashi a lot of things, with the aim of making Hiashi lower his guard and start to believe in her. In fact, just in case, Mashiro waited until Hiashi completely believed her before activating the ability, even though she could have activated it before that.

The idea that Mashiro instilled in Hiashi was to completely trust her.

With a gentle clap, Hiashi returned to normal. He didn't notice anything amiss, but from then on, he would have unwavering faith in Mashiro's words. Of course, if Mashiro didn't cross his bottom line, Hiashi might regain his senses if Mashiro wanted to destroy the Hyuga clan.

"Take me to the place where the clan keeps the Hundred Eyes. There was just the Third Shinobi World War; the clan should have a large stockpile of Byakugan," Mashiro said. "Okay, follow me," Hiashi replied, seemingly unperturbed.

Orochimaru should still be in Konoha at this time; it's time to start researching the Byakugan.

That evening, the Hyuga clan sent someone to escort Shinji out, where Ang was already waiting at the door.

"Lord Hokage has something to discuss with you," Ang said to Mashiro. "Of course," Mashiro nodded, indicating that she had no objections.

The two walked forward together, when suddenly, Mashiro gently patted Ang's shoulder and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, just some bugs," Mashiro said with a smile.

Looking into Masashiro's eyes, Ang didn't suspect anything, and the two continued walking towards the Minato family's house.

That night, Hiashi arrived at the Hokage's office. "How is it, Hiashi?"

"Lord Hokage, after questioning and testing, I can confirm that she is indeed our Hyuga clan's ancestor, Hyuga Izumi."

Chapter 117: Orochimaru

When Mashiro returned to Minato's house under Subaru's escort, Kushina and Minato had already eaten lunch. Minato must have gone out on business, so Kushina and Mashiro were cleaning up the dishes.

After delivering Mashiro, Ang left.

Mashiro watched Kushina busy at work, stacking the remaining cutlery on the table and taking it to the kitchen. Hearing the sound, Kushina turned her head sharply and saw Mashiro holding the cutlery, smiling. "Izumi's back?" Kushina breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Kushina looked very nervous. "Mashiro handed the cutlery to Kushina and said softly.

Taking the cutlery from Mashiro, Kushina smiled and said, "After all, the Third Shinobi World War just ended not long ago, and my mindset hasn't completely changed yet."

"Yes, war is devastating, both physically and mentally," Mashiro said softly. She had experienced far more war than Kushina.

"It's rare to see you so emotional," Kushina said with a smile. In her eyes, Mashiro had always been calm and composed, which perfectly matched her image of her ancestors as ninjas.

Mashiro had nothing to say, and gently patted Kushina's shoulder.

"Hmm? What's wrong?" Kushina looked at Mashiro with some confusion. "Nothing, just helping you wash the dishes," Mashiro said.

"No need, you're a guest, how can I let a guest do these things?" Kushina quickly waved her hand in refusal.

“I didn’t say it was me,” Mashiro said with a smile. “?” Kushina looked puzzled.

The shadows on the ground began to ripple, and then two ninja soldiers emerged from them. "What's this?" Kushina exclaimed in surprise at this strange sight.

"Well, I guess you could say they're my summoned beasts. I'll leave the dishwashing to them," Mashiro explained.

Then the two ninja soldiers quietly began washing the dishes, and also took out the utensils that Kushina hadn't washed and had put in the basket, and started washing them.

Kushina stared in surprise and astonishment at the movements of the two shadowy soldiers; it was the first time she had ever seen such intelligent summoning beasts. "Alright, let's go outside and chat," Mashiro said, pulling Kushina's hand as they led her to the living room.

They started chatting about everyday things, hobbies, and other interests. Kushina didn't have many female friends, so she rarely had the chance to talk about these things with them. [Kushina's Affection +5]

As expected, given Kushina's personality, it's difficult to quickly increase her affection level. Name: Uzumaki Kushina

Gender: Female; Age: 20; Affection Level: 30; Relationship: Friends

Favorability Reward (50): Nine-Tails Chakra Favorability Reward (90): "The Chain of Sealing" is a long road ahead.

Kushina chatted with Mashiro with great interest, and a little while later, Minato returned.

"I'm going back to my room now, let's talk again tomorrow." Mashiro glanced at Minato, said softly to Kushina, and then went back to her room.

"Look at you, you scared Izumi away." Kushina, interrupted in the middle of her fun, said to Minato in an annoyed tone. Minato could only scratch his head, unsure of how to handle the situation.

"I don't think Izumi-chan is a bad person. At least she wouldn't do anything detrimental to Konoha," Kushina said, leaning on Minato's shoulder on the sofa. "I don't want her to either, but her significance is too great. Time travel—that's a power even the Second Hokage didn't master. It's a power that the entire ninja..."

"A forbidden power that has never existed in the ninja world before. If it falls into the hands of some ninjas with malicious intentions, it would be a huge problem for the ninja world. Therefore, we must treat it with caution," Minato said seriously.

"Has the Hokage confirmed it? Izumi came from the past." Kushina hesitated for a moment before asking.

"The Hokage confirmed with the head of the Hyuga clan, and it's basically confirmed that Izumi wasn't lying; she is indeed a ninja descended from the Hyuga clan," Minato said. Although he had found it unbelievable before, the facts were now undeniable.

"Ugh, I finally found a friend who's compatible with me, but it turns out to be a ninja from the same generation as my ancestor." Kushina was somewhat devastated.

"It's nothing. Although Izumi is of a high generation, according to her actual age, she should be two years younger than us. Just treat her with normalcy." That was all Minato could say to comfort her.

The next day, Shuimen had to carry out a mission, and Ang was waiting at the door early in the morning.

After Mashiro and Kushina finished dinner, leaving two ninja soldiers to wash the dishes, Mashiro followed Subaru back to the Hokage's office. "Hokage-sama," Mashiro greeted the Third Hokage respectfully.

"Izumi, no need for formalities. If we're talking about seniority, I should be the one bowing to you. Just call me Hiruzen," the Third Hokage said with a smile. The power represented by time travel was far too great, even capable of altering the entire ninja world's格局 (geju, a concept encompassing overall structure, overall situation, and overall dynamics), so Sarutobi had to take it seriously.

“According to my age, I’m only 18. Elders should be respected, and you are the Hokage of Konoha. It should be me who bows to you.” Mashiro said with a smile. The Third Hokage didn’t say anything more, after all, he hadn’t called Mashiro here today to discuss etiquette.

"Izumi, I've arranged for a medical team to give you a physical examination today. I hope you'll cooperate." The Third Hokage said to Mashiro without further ado.

This was also an arrangement made by Mashiro. Yesterday, when Mashiro had Hiashi report to the Third Hokage, he mentioned that Mashiro's body was different from that of ordinary Hyuga clan members. This naturally attracted the Third Hokage's attention, so research under the guise of examining his body naturally began.

“Of course, I will cooperate,” Mashiro said cleverly. This naturally made the Third Hokage's attitude towards Mashiro even better.

“Then, Ang, take Mashiro to Konoha Hospital.” The Third Hokage said to Ang, who was standing beside him.

"Yes, Hokage-sama. This way, Ms. Izumi." Ang replied respectfully, then led Mashiro out of the Hokage's office.

Meanwhile, Orochimaru had just come out of his laboratory and was buying some useful materials at a nearby general store. "Lord Orochimaru, what are you doing here?" Hiashi suddenly entered the store and said to Orochimaru.

"Hiashi, what a surprise to run into you," Orochimaru said with a cold laugh. Orochimaru harbored no goodwill towards any of Konoha's major clans.

"Didn't you help the Hokage with his research? After all, it's such an important research?" Hiashi asked, seemingly puzzled.

"Research?" Orochimaru frowned slightly. Before he could ask anything, Hiashi left.

Orochimaru frowned and quickly went to Miyo's research institute. He found that many researchers were not there. Grabbing one of the researchers who was still there, Orochimaru asked, "Where are the others?"

Seeing Orochimaru's cold gaze, the researcher who remained behind was startled and said nervously, "The Hokage called me away. He's at Konoha Hospital."

"Release the researcher," Orochimaru said grimly as he walked out of the research institute. "Something's bothering me again, Master."

The conflict between Orochimaru and the Third Hokage began after the Second Shinobi World War. The death of Nawaki and the cruelty of war made Orochimaru's personality increasingly cold-blooded and dark, which caused the Third Hokage to start to have opinions about Orochimaru. Finally, after the Third Shinobi World War, the conflict between the two officially broke out. The Third Hokage's decision to elect Minato as Hokage caused Orochimaru's remaining master-disciple relationship with the Third Hokage to dissipate completely.

Orochimaru was obsessed with researching all sorts of forbidden things.

This is exactly what Mashiro wanted: that he would appear when Orochimaru learned that the Third Hokage was watching him conduct other research.