At this time, as Hyuga Yu gradually adapted to the power of "Sage Art: Giant Tenseigan Chakra Mode," he thoroughly mastered this trump card that could allow him to fight to the death with the Ōtsutsuki intruder from the moon.
He also discovered the side effect brought about by this state—
Just like the Giant Tenseigan on the moon, in the fused state, the spiritual energy of over a thousand Byakugan inside the Giant Tenseigan would inevitably affect Yu's own will. However, because the Hyūga clan's Giant Tenseigan was in an incomplete state, this influence remained within a controllable range.
After pondering for a moment, Hyuga Yu raised his finger and tapped the air.
The natural energy within a twenty-kilometer radius rapidly gathered, flowing through his body and into the burning Giant Tenseigan.
In the next moment—
The burning momentum on the surface of the Giant Tenseigan instantly came to a halt.
A vast amount of natural energy mixed into its Tenseigan chakra, causing the giant eyeball to petrify inch by inch, its size shrinking continuously.
This was the effect of an excessive concentration of natural energy gathered in one place.
At this point, Yu did not use the power of [Transformation] to unleash controlled Yang Release to continue nurturing the Giant Tenseigan into its complete form; instead, he converted the Tenseigan chakra inside it into natural energy, using the properties of natural energy to halt its self-destruction process.
Cultivating a complete Giant Tenseigan would require at least 16,200 Byakugan. With Yu's current Yang Release and vitality strength, it would be difficult to create so many Byakugan without using [Life Borrowing].
Yet using the power of [Life Borrowing] carried an unimaginable price.
Fortunately, if it was just a matter of creating Byakugan, Yu was not limited to this single method.
Whether he approached it from Orochimaru's biological cloning technology or Hiruko's "Chimera Technique," both could solve this issue.
At this moment, with all the dust settling—
Hyuga Yu also exited from Sage Art: Giant Tenseigan Chakra Mode, descending slowly from the high sky of a thousand meters down to the ground.
In front of the black tower that had risen out of the Forest of Death, a group of Konoha ninja who had stayed behind and witnessed this miraculous scene looked up at him in awe.
Soon, a large number of Hyūga branch family members—who were originally scheduled to be evacuated here—hurried over to this place one after another.
Then, they brought a piece of sudden news—
Hyuga Hiashi had committed seppuku.
Through this battle, the main house of the Hyūga clan was nearly wiped out.
Four main house elders, along with twenty main house members, had died at the hands of Hyuga Hizashi. The culprit who had caused all this turmoil to erupt, Hyuga Hiashi, seemed to have foreseen his end of being purged by Hyuga Yu, taking his own life in advance to escape punishment.
Currently—
Within the Hyūga main house, there only remained the former Great Elder of the main house, Hyuga Sōdō, who was imprisoned in Konoha's dungeon, as well as Elder Hyuga Sōkō, who was recovering in the Konoha Hospital after suffering severe injuries and falling into a coma the previous day.
There was one other main house member: Hyuga Shin, a branch family member who had been exceptionally promoted to the main house several months ago due to the death of his older brother, Hyuga Genkō. However, this person still retained the Caged Bird seal on his body.
Among the branch family, over three hundred people were confirmed dead after being caught in the crossfire of this battle, before Yu could arrive in time to rescue them.
Right now—
With the Hyūga clan left leaderless, all the clan members cast their gazes toward Hyuga Yu, who stood before the high tower in the Forest of Death.
At this moment, it seemed that only Hyuga Yu, in his capacity as 'Tennin', possessed the qualifications to lead the clan's affairs.
At the same time, with the main house system nearly collapsed, the future treatment of the branch family members as well as the clan's original cultivation and promotion system needed to undergo corresponding adjustments.
After sorting out the situation, Hyuga Yu did not shirk this responsibility.
Even without this incident, in order to make money, he would have suppressed the Hyūga clan's main house anyway. At the very least, he would have planted the Caged Bird seal on all their foreheads, thoroughly wiping away the feudal traditions passed down by the Hyūga clan to this day, and rebuilding a new cultivation system for the 'Hyūga Tennin' and clan executives.
Now, because Hyuga Hiashi was greedy for power and had lifted a stone only to drop it on the main house's own foundation, it actually saved Yu a lot of trouble.
However—
With the clan suddenly suffering such a major upheaval, there was a mountain of pending affairs to process, making it difficult to untangle everything all at once.
Hyuga Yu could only first find Hyuga Tetsu, who had just rushed over and with whom he shared a slightly closer relationship.
"Tetsu, please take some people to count the casualties and property losses of our clan members, and stabilize their emotions."
"Additionally—"
"The clan is unstable right now, so it's bound to be that someone will try to profit from this. Go find the people who originally managed clan affairs for the various main house branches and signed indentured contracts. Force them to hand over the location of the main house's land deeds and assets, then break up their organization and cross-manage them..."
"Uh..." Hyuga Tetsu listened, feeling completely befuddled. Sweating profusely, he quickly raised his hand to make a stop gesture, halting Yu from assigning even more tasks.
For a crude 14-year-old ninja who spent all his time fighting on the battlefield, this was already way beyond his paygrade. However, he still offered a piece of good news:
"Someone is already doing this."
"Already doing it?" Yu paused slightly, then asked, "Who?"
"It's Natsu... She took the group of ninja from the clan and stayed directly at the clan compound. What she's doing is precisely what you just instructed."
"She didn't come over?"
At this moment, Yu turned his head to look back toward the gathering place of the clan members, his gaze sweeping over the area.
Learning that Hyuga Natsu had led people to raid and seize the main house's assets without even saying hello—even though he knew she wouldn't embezzle anything and was acting entirely in his best interest—
Not seeing her at the very first moment left Yu with a subtle mood, feeling a bit at a loss.
Just as he was about to continue instructing Hyuga Tetsu on how to handle the clan's remaining affairs—
Swish!
Behind him, a figure wearing a pale yellow hooded cloak and a mask appeared in front of Hyuga Yu via Shunshin.
Adjusting his mood quickly, Yu didn't even turn his head; his hyper-sensing perspective allowed him to instantly discern the visitor's identity.
It was his subordinate in the Foundation, Terai.
Yu was currently busy handling clan affairs. On the other side, Konoha's high command also needed to tally war damage, handle post-war matters, and properly arrange the various units assembled inside Konoha.
With Terai's sharp eye, he wouldn't come to disturb Yu at a time like this unless something major had happened.
"What is it?"
Terai immediately reported in a voice that only the two of them could hear:
"An emergency meeting is about to be convened."
"Lord Tennin, as a candidate for Hokage and a future member of the high command, please head to the Daimyō's Palace immediately."
"The Daimyō's Palace?" Hyuga Yu raised his eyebrow slightly.
The Daimyō's Palace, rather than the Hokage Residence, implied that the emergency meeting would not merely discuss events affecting Konoha internally, but rather national affairs capable of impacting the entire Land of Fire.
In the original timeline, it was only after Pain's assault destroyed Konoha—when the Five Great Nations were about to convene the Five Kage Summit—that the Daimyō of the Land of Fire urgently held a meeting to vote on the Sixth Hokage, summoning Konoha's high command to participate in discussing urgent matters.
At this time, Konoha was preparing for the Fourth Hokage election, and it hadn't fallen into a period of leadership vacuum. The Daimyō of the Land of Fire possessed only advisory and voting rights regarding the handover of the Hokage position.
So, aside from the Hokage election—
What kind of event could it be that was significant enough to affect the entire Land of Fire?
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