Orochimaru truly had no way to go directly to the Hyuga Clan to capture someone, but given his status, tricking an elder of the Hyuga Main Family out was quite simple.
But the problem was how to capture the person without anyone knowing.
The disappearance of a Hyuga Main Family elder was no small matter; even Orochimaru would find it difficult to suppress the incident.
"Orochimaru-sensei, let's discuss this matter later! Didn't you say you had already studied that Byakugan? Could you tell me the difference between the Main Family's Byakugan and our Branch Family's Byakugan?" Asana asked, changing the subject.
"Currently, there doesn't seem to be much difference. The purity of the Byakugan is also similar."
"So, the only difference between the Main Family and the Branch Family is merely the Caged Bird Seal?"
Orochimaru nodded, acknowledging this.
Asana's expression darkened upon hearing this. Since there was no difference in the purity of the Byakugan, it meant that as long as the Caged Bird Seal was absent, every member of the Hyuga Clan could be part of the Hyuga Main Family.
The so-called legitimacy of the Hyuga Main Family was a joke.
After leaving Orochimaru's camp, Asana found Uchiha En and told him about her recent conversation with Orochimaru.
After listening, Uchiha En said, "I actually think this discovery by Orochimaru is a good thing. As long as we become powerful enough later on, we won't have to worry about anything else and can directly force the Hyuga Main Family to abolish the Caged Bird Seal."
Uchiha En's words were not baseless. In his previous life, when Hinata married Naruto, she was no longer a member of the Hyuga Main Family, and Hanabi inherited the Main Family position. By rights, Hinata should have been branded with the Caged Bird Seal, but in the end, nothing happened to her.
Uchiha En had seen a skit in his previous life, and although it was somewhat exaggerated, it perfectly explained why Hinata wasn't branded with the Caged Bird Seal:
Naruto: "Come, Father-in-Law, translate for me, what is the Caged Bird Seal?"
Hyuga Hiashi: "No need to translate. The Caged Bird Seal is the Caged Bird Seal."
Naruto (Sage Fox Mode): "I asked you to translate, what the hell is the Caged Bird Seal?"
Sasuke, holding the Kusanagi Sword to Hiashi's neck: "Don't you know what the Caged Bird Seal is?"
Hiashi: "What is the Caged Bird Seal?"
Naruto (Six Paths Mode): "I told you to translate, what the hell, is the hell, Caged Bird Seal??!!"
Hiashi (terrified): "The Caged Bird Seal is... three days from now, I will gather the entire clan for a meeting and announce that this thing is an inhumane rule that must be abolished."
Naruto: "Oh, so this is what the Caged Bird Seal is~"
As long as you have the power of Narusasu to sweep across the Ninja World, the Caged Bird Seal is bullshit!
To become stronger quickly, Uchiha En began dedicating all his time outside of missions to developing Lightning Release Chakra.
Unconsciously, another half a year had passed.
Today was Uchiha En's 13th birthday. Calculating the time, he had been in this world for over two years.
During this past half-year, Uchiha En successfully developed his own Lightning Release Chakra nature.
Developing one's own Lightning Release Chakra nature is essentially when a Ninja, after achieving the strength of a Jonin, begins studying Chakra Nature Transformation.
However, most Ninja do not waste too much time and energy on this.
Rather than mastering a new Chakra nature, it is better to thoroughly integrate the Chakra natures they already possess.
Uchiha En invested so much time and energy into Lightning Release Chakra Nature Transformation specifically to learn the Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
Fortunately, hard work pays off. After half a year, Uchiha En successfully developed his own Lightning nature and had also achieved entry-level mastery of the Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
The Lightning Release Chakra Mode technique can be said to be the absolute core of Kumogakure Ninja Taijutsu. As soon as Uchiha En learned this technique, he felt the immense changes it brought him.
First and foremost was speed. Now, just by activating the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Uchiha En's speed could increase by 20 percent.
Don't underestimate this 20 percent speed increase. Combined with Teleportation, the Sharingan's ultimate dynamic vision, and Insight, Uchiha En could even instantly kill a Jonin with lightning speed.
In terms of speed, Uchiha En was confident that, apart from Minato Namikaze and the Fourth Raikage, no one in the current Ninja World was faster than him.
Of course, Uchiha En did not become complacent because of this. Speed was his greatest advantage, but aside from speed, Uchiha En still had shortcomings in other areas.
For example, his attack power was not strong enough.
Uchiha En lacked powerful Ninjutsu capable of defeating an enemy in a single blow.
Facing some Ninja who had a "turtle shell," such as the former Four-Tails Jinchuriki Roshi, Uchiha En had no means to break his defense when he activated his Lava Release Chakra Mode.
The most powerful offensive Ninjutsu Uchiha En currently mastered was arguably the B-rank Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame.
As for the copied Water Release techniques, Uchiha En spent half a year researching them thoroughly. The most powerful Water Release Ninjutsu among them was only comparable to the Water Release: Water Whip that Aburame Shibi had previously given him.
Relatively speaking, the Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame was more powerful and had a wider range.
Overall, Uchiha En's current strength should be among the strongest below the Kage Rank, likely surpassing his former teacher, Aburame Shibi.
If Uchiha En were to face Kurosuki Raiga again now, even if Raiga wielded his Ninja Sword, Uchiha En was confident he could fight and win.
Of course, Uchiha En's Status Panel had also undergone significant changes over the past half-year:
Uchiha En's Status Panel now looked like this:
Chakra Reserves: 433
Constitution: 190
Eye power: 433
Vitality: 38
Natural Affinity: 4
Level: lv39 (48/50)
Attribute Points: 0
It is worth mentioning that Uchiha En acquired a B-rank Wind Release technique from the Purple Box he received at Level 35. Just like the previous Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame, he could learn the technique immediately upon use.
Actually, Uchiha En's Attribute Points grew relatively little during this half-year.
This was mainly because Uchiha En discovered that after his Minds Eye reached max level, he could spend Attribute Points to expand his sensing range.
The max level for Minds Eye is Level 5. The initial sensing range for Level 1 is 20 meters, Level 2 is 40 meters, Level 3 is 80 meters, Level 4 is 160 meters, and Level 5 (max level) is 320 meters.
Uchiha En's Minds Eye reached max level about three months ago.
But by this time, Yamanaka Kagetsu's Sensing Ability had already reached 500 meters. Coupled with Asana's Byakugan, the Minds Eye ability seemed somewhat redundant.
Fortunately, Uchiha En discovered that the Minds Eye's sensing range could be increased using Attribute Points. Thus, Uchiha En invested 180 Attribute Points into Minds Eye, expanding its sensing range to 500 meters as well.
The reason Uchiha En invested so many Attribute Points into Minds Eye was that once it reached max level, the things sensed could be displayed in the form of a 3D image.
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