Naruto: The Primal Hyuga Pierces the Shinobi World

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Despite the pain, Sakura got up, clutching her wrist. She glanced cautiously in Hinata's direction before silently walking back to Ino's side.

Her family's flower shop was very close to Ino's family's. During Ino's childhood, she didn't stay in the clan's territory for long periods of time, but often went to the flower shop owned by her family with her mother.

Therefore, Sakura and Ino can be considered to have grown up together since childhood and are true childhood friends.

"Sakura, are you okay?"

Ino approached Sakura with a concerned expression and asked, her heart pounding when she saw Sakura being sent flying by Hinata Hyuga.

Feeling her friend's concern, young Sakura finally managed a forced smile and shook her head, saying:

"Teacher Iruka said that no bones were injured, so it should be fine."

"Although it hurts a bit now."

Sakura rubbed her wrist. After a while, she could feel her arm again. Although the pain was still there, she could bear it.

Perhaps... her friends' concern caused some changes in her mindset, even affecting her senses.

While Sakura and Ino were chatting quietly, their homeroom teacher, Iruka, made full use of the last bit of class time, selecting a few more groups of students he wanted to test in matches. As the bell rang in the school building and on the playground, the freshmen's first class officially came to an end.

After returning to the classroom, Iruka did not leave. There weren't many teachers for the new students, and for the vast majority of courses, he, as the homeroom teacher, was also the student's instructor.

Iruka was in charge of courses such as "literacy lessons", "history of Konoha", "chakra in-depth explanation", and "shurikenjutsu practice".

During the break, Iruka was organizing the initial assessments of the new students in the practical course. The students formed small groups during that short class. As the communication between classes deepened, these small groups either expanded or split into other small groups.

With over thirty students in a class, even someone like Naruto can't become close friends with everyone.

While organizing the initial assessment, Iruka also quietly observed the social interactions of the new students. Generally speaking, boys played with boys, girls played with girls, and childhood friends played with childhood friends.

People like Ino, Sakura, and the small circle of Naruto, Choji, Shikamaru, and Hinata are all childhood friends who grew up together.

A child as outgoing and enthusiastic as Ya quickly made a group of friends he could chat with.

Among all the students, the most unique was actually Uchiha Sasuke. This handsome little boy was very quiet. I don't know if it was because he was shy or simply unwilling to "socialize". During the ten-minute break between classes, Iruka noticed that Sasuke was always alone and did not interact much with others.

Even when girls tried to talk to Sasuke, he would keep a cold face and an indifferent expression, putting a lot of pressure on the girls and making them afraid to stay in front of Sasuke for long.

There was another child named Shino in a similar situation to Sasuke. However, unlike Sasuke, Shino's presence was so weak that no other child bothered to chat with this boy wearing sunglasses.

Iruka secretly memorized some of the children's personality traits and was also considering how to develop his teaching plan in the future.

The Third Hokage appointed Iruka as the class teacher of Team 1 without any ulterior motives. He believed that the kind and responsible Iruka could properly guide the younger generation of Konoha.

Incidentally... let more children know about the Third Hokage, whom Iruka admires...

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For children who have just started school, the time at school seems to pass by so, so slowly.

But for someone like Shinichi, who is immersed in his busy life every day, time flies by so quickly.

After returning from attending his younger sister's opening ceremony at the Ninja Academy, Shinichi buried himself in the dojo. At lunchtime, Shinichi left the dojo with several sweaty guards.

After a short rest at noon, Shinichi returned to the dojo in the afternoon. However, this time he did not train by himself, but instead trained with the young Hyuga Neji.

Unlike Hinata's path, Neji, like Shinichi, did not attend the Ninja Academy. Neji's literacy, chakra training, and other skills were taught by his parents. In addition, his taijutsu was trained by Hyuga Hizashi and Shinichi together.

Neji had shown exceptional talent from a young age, and Hizashi didn't think the Ninja Academy could offer him much help. Training with his older brother Shinichi would allow Neji to improve rapidly, and Neji was also happy to be with his admired older brother.

As for Shinichi, his monotonous life always needed some spice, and training with his younger brother was a way to relax amidst his busy schedule. Moreover, Neji wasn't an outsider; Neji's talent was outstanding, and Shinichi had high expectations for his younger brother, secretly teaching Neji some of the main family's secret techniques.

Shinichi hoped that Neji would have a strong enough ability to protect himself, and also hoped that he could become a pillar of the Hyuga clan.

Shinichi never considered the branch family to be a threat. Others might worry that the branch family was too strong and difficult to manage, but Shinichi never had such thoughts.

The stronger the Hyuga clan becomes, the safer he will be in the future. When facing powerful enemies, he will always have some helpers to assist him.

As he grew older, Shinichi Hinata became aware of something special about himself.

His eyes are becoming increasingly blue. The original deep blue is very light, and it is actually very similar to the pure white of the whites of the eyes. Even if you look closely, you can see the difference, but to an outsider, you can tell at a glance that it is the white of the eyes.

However, as they get older, the light blue of their irises is becoming deeper, and soft white lines are appearing around their blue pupils, like a halo surrounding the sun, slowly spreading across their irises.

Shinichi Hyuga could clearly sense that his Byakugan was changing.

At the same time, the power of those Byakugan eyes was subtly altering Shinichi's chakra.

Over the years, Shinichi has been able to clearly sense that his chakra has been growing rapidly. Now, at his age, even he himself doesn't know just how vast his chakra has become.

In his daily life and spiritual practice, this manifests as... no matter how intense the combat training, Shi Zhenyi seems to never feel tired.

Shinichi can unleash ninjutsu at will, without ever worrying about running out of chakra.

Shinichi didn't know why his body had changed like this, but he also had his own guesses about the changes in himself. He felt that he might have "reverted to his ancestral ways".

When an individual exhibits certain biological characteristics of a lost ancestor, this is collectively referred to as atavism.

Shinichi Hyuga knew the origins of the Hyuga clan. This was not the first time such a situation had occurred in the clan's records. In the early Warring States period, there was a ninja named Tennin Hyuga in the Hyuga clan who had a similar experience.

However, the clues Shinichi found in the records told him that even the Hyuga Tennin of that time did not possess chakra like his.

Shinichi, who understands the Naruto world, could roughly guess which ancestor he was returning to... Kaguya Otsutsuki or Hamura Otsutsuki.

The physical changes that occurred once made Shinichi somewhat anxious. He didn't know what the end point of this atavism would be. If it was just a simple change in the amount and nature of his chakra, then it wouldn't be a big deal.

But if the ultimate consequence of atavism is becoming an Otsutsuki...

Shinichi was already filled with uncertainty about his future, and now his own transformation has only deepened that uncertainty.

However, Shinichi's ability to adjust his mindset is quite good. Right now, the most important thing is not to worry about the unknown future, but to find a way to convert the powerful eye power that these eyes give him into real combat strength.

No matter what the future holds, becoming stronger is always the right thing to do. Perhaps using this power will accelerate this atavism, but to survive in the ninja world, one cannot do without using this power.

Shinichi Hyuga would never give up halfway through life. Over the years, as his eye power has increased, Shinichi has also vaguely sensed two other types of chakra being generated within his body.

After several studies and verifications, Shinichi realized that this strange chakra was the "Root," the Yin-Yang Release.

The new chakra properties were also applied by Shinichi to some of his existing ninjutsu. The mini Tailed Beast Ball he developed back then no longer needs any "prefix". As long as Shinichi wants it, with 2 parts Yin and 8 parts Yang, he can completely replicate the Tailed Beast Ball.

Using the Flying Thunder God Technique, Shinichi secretly left Konoha more than two years ago and went to the border of the Land of Fire. He tested the power of the Tailed Beast Ball created by the fusion of Yin and Yang Release in the border sea. Shinichi was satisfied with the power of that Tailed Beast Ball, but upon closer reflection, he realized that the level of Yin and Yang Release he had used was far from sufficient.

In recent years, Shinichi has been attempting to create Truth-Seeking Balls using Yin-Yang Release, but progress in this area has been slow. Although he hasn't successfully developed the Truth-Seeking Balls, Shinichi has discovered some methods for using Yin-Yang Release, greatly enhancing his strength.

However, due to his status as the head of the main family, Shinichi never had the opportunity to perform on the battlefield.

It is worth mentioning that the war between Konoha and Kirigakure has entered its final stage.

Just a few days ago, the Kaguya clan of Kirigakure, who were on good terms with the Hyuga clan, launched a coup. That clan has always been very ambitious. It seems that they felt that the village had suffered heavy losses in the war with Konoha. The head of the Kaguya clan attempted to assassinate the current Mizukage, Yagura.

Unfortunately, his actions were exposed prematurely for some unknown reason. As a result, the Kirigakure faction, represented by Yagura, learned of Kaguya's plan to betray them and laid an ambush, waiting for the Kaguya clan to walk into their trap.

The result of that battle was the annihilation of the Kaguya clan, but the Kirigakure side also suffered heavy losses.

Given this internal situation, the Mist Ninja could no longer continue fighting against Konoha.

Although Orochimaru tried his best to maintain the intensity of the war, once the Kirigakure decided to end the war, even Orochimaru could not openly disobey the Hokage's orders and continue to order his men to pursue them.

After so many years of war, Konoha and Kirigakure have finally returned to the negotiating table.

Orochimaru realized that he might not be able to stay on the front lines any longer, so he accelerated the progress of his various experiments before being recalled.

The frenzied experiments caused Orochimaru to consume materials at an alarming rate in a very short period of time. However, coincidentally, Orochimaru seized the opportunity when the Kaguya clan launched a coup, using this chance to replenish his materials, which allowed his research to progress by leaps and bounds.

Driven by Orochimaru, Hashirama's cells devoured the lives of countless ninjas. Although research in this area did not achieve groundbreaking progress, Orochimaru did come up with a way to curb the devouring ability of Hashirama's cells.

Hashirama Senju's strongest opponent was Madara Uchiha. If the power of the Sharingan were used, would it be possible to suppress the power of Hashirama's cells?

Orochimaru deduced that the plan was highly feasible, and then turned his attention to the Uchiha clan.

However, obtaining ordinary experimental materials is not difficult, but as for Sharingan... that is not an easy task.

Orochimaru shared his deductions and thoughts with Danzo, hoping for Danzo's help. Upon receiving Orochimaru's message, Danzo remained unusually silent and did not reply to Orochimaru immediately.

Research on interstitial cells has been temporarily put on hold.

While this research failed, Orochimaru was not idle. He had many "projects" on hand. Based on Hashirama's cells, Orochimaru extracted some gene fragments and added them to the White Snake cells. After countless experiments, Orochimaru developed a type of White Snake cells that the human body could tolerate, and then used it on himself.

The development of the Orochi-ryu forbidden technique is progressing very smoothly.

While Shinichi Hyuga was improving his strength, the others in Konoha Village were not standing still either.

The development of Orochi-ryu forbidden techniques is merely one of Orochi's many abilities. His obsessive research into the Impure World Reincarnation technique is the "final answer" he has found after contemplating life.

Although this technique has taken initial shape, its accuracy is not high, and it is still in the state of a "half-finished" forbidden technique.

Taking advantage of the war, Orochimaru was accumulating his own power, while Danzo, though briefly silent, was also secretly brewing his own plans.

Given this environment and situation, Minato Namikaze naturally wouldn't leave the future unplanned. Even after becoming Hokage and becoming extremely busy, Minato Namikaze continued to try to develop new ninjutsu. He attempted to add chakra nature transformation to the Rasengan.

This was the direction he had envisioned for the development of the Rasengan long ago. However, it was not easy to complete this technique. Minato was still exploring it. At the same time, Minato would also take time to practice Sage Mode, which he was "not very good at".

Even after becoming Hokage, his strength did not stagnate.

Strictly speaking, the Minato couple are only in their early thirties, and they still have a lot of room for improvement.

While Minato was increasing his own strength, he did not relax his protection of Kushina. He always believed that the ANBU guards were not the best way to protect Kushina. As a Jinchuriki, Kushina should rely on her own strength the most.

Minato had fought against Killer Bee, a ninja from the Cloud Ninja, on the battlefield, and that perfect Jinchuriki from the Cloud Ninja left a very deep impression on Minato's mind.

He hoped that Kushina could do the same thing as Killer Bee. As long as she could completely convert the Nine-Tails into her own power, Kushina would definitely be able to stand at the top of the ninja world and become Konoha's ultimate trump card, just like Mito Uzumaki.

Therefore, in addition to his busy Hokage duties and his own training, Minato would also assist Kushina in her training.

Mastering the power of a Tailed Beast is an extremely risky undertaking. Minato was worried about leaving Kushina to train alone, as he knew that if the Tailed Beast's power went berserk, the consequences would be something Minato couldn't bear.

However, his busy schedule also meant that Kushina had very little time to train, which meant that Kushina made almost no progress in mastering the power of the tailed beast.