Naruto: Fooling the Ninja World, I'm Hailed as a Savior

Hyuga Neji was not a fool who couldn't distinguish right from wrong.

At this moment, he understood that Hyuga Kawa intended to awaken him.

"Brother Kawa, please, tell me."

Hyuga Neji's voice was hoarse, his tone calm as he asked, "What should I do?"

Hyuga Kawa didn't answer his question. Instead, he looked into the distance and slowly began, "When we were handing over the bodies to Cloud Village, we encountered a monster."

"He was truly strong, terrifyingly strong."

"He easily killed Magnet Release Troy and slaughtered nearly a hundred Cloud Village ninja."

"Even the Byakugan couldn't discern his appearance. All that could be seen were those brilliant, beautiful blue eyes..."

At these words, Hyuga Neji froze, and the figure from his dream flashed vividly in his mind. He blurted out, "What did you say?"

Brilliant, beautiful blue eyes?

How could that be? Wasn't that just a fleeting dream?

"Take some time to look in the clan's ancestral library."

Hyuga Kawa lowered his gaze, looking deeply at him. "I247.5, L632. Go look at that book. You'll understand many things."

Hyuga Neji lay on the ground, staring blankly up at him. But as Hyuga Kawa lowered his eyes and their gazes met, those white eyes seemed to be bathed in the color of heavenly light.

Hyuga Neji saw the blue rising in those eyes, like snow melting under the sun on a clear lake.

However, when he focused intently, he found that those eyes were still a pure white, close to snow, as if everything had been his illusion.

"Remember," Hyuga Kawa said meaningfully and softly, "He who cannot command himself must obey others."

As his words faded, his figure vanished before Hyuga Neji's eyes, leaving only his voice faintly echoing in the air.

"..."

Hyuga Neji lay sprawled in the snow, his blank, white eyes gradually becoming resolute.

Beneath those Byakugan, calm as glaciers, hid deeper desires and resentment.

"Ancestral library, you say?" he murmured.

Within the Hokage Building, in the underground space.

Hyuga Kawa followed the scroll's guidance and soon saw a door at the end of the corridor.

No one guarded the door, but he could sense the presence of seals and barriers. Even a mosquito flying in would instantly trigger alarms and defensive measures.

It was hard to imagine how Naruto Uzumaki, under Mizuki's inducement, managed to steal the Forbidden Scroll in the face of such rigorous seals and barriers.

However, considering that Orochimaru had also intruded here before, and Mizuki was Orochimaru's pawn in Konoha, it was not impossible for him to bypass them using residual techniques left by Orochimaru.

Hyuga Kawa, however, didn't need such trouble.

As he took out the scroll Hiruzen Sarutobi had given him from his pocket, the feeling of being blocked and suppressed instantly dissipated. He lightly pushed the door and opened the Forbidden Jutsu Library.

Creak.

Stepping into the silent Forbidden Jutsu Library, dust on the ground was stirred by the wind, and the room's candles automatically lit up.

There were no windows on the surrounding walls. In front of the walls stood tall rows of bookshelves.

Neatly arranged and clean scrolls, each sealed and labeled by rank, appeared ancient and somber in the flickering candlelight.

"It seems the Third Hokage, known as the 'Professor,' frequently comes to read these."

Noticing that the bookshelves and scrolls, though ancient, were not dusty, Hyuga Kawa understood. At the same time, he felt a sense of being watched.

Was it Hiruzen Sarutobi's Telescope Jutsu?

This ninjutsu uses a specially crafted crystal ball as its core medium, transmitting images by precisely controlling chakra to analyze chakra fluctuations, allowing for long-distance monitoring of targets. Hiruzen Sarutobi often used it for "supervisory observation" of Naruto Uzumaki.

The Great Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku also used a similar technique, but its monitoring range clearly broke conventional geographical limits.

"Although it's used for non-combat reconnaissance, this ninjutsu is quite convenient."

Hyuga Kawa mused inwardly but kept a neutral expression. As his gaze swept over the bookshelves, he even showed a look of surprise and delight, like an unsophisticated country bumpkin entering a grand garden.

He casually pulled out a scroll from a nearby shelf and unfurled it. The fabric felt smooth, and the scroll was densely covered with ink-brush writing and a few illustrations.

It was a ninjutsu called Fire Release: Ash Pile Burning, just a common B-rank Fire Release ninjutsu.

Of course, this "just" was from Hyuga Kawa's perspective.

After all, the difficulty of learning techniques is divided into six stages: "E-rank" is entry-level for ninja academy students, like the Substitution Jutsu, Clone Jutsu, and Transformation Jutsu. There are also Hiding Jutsu and Escape Jutsu, which are more akin to skills than ninjutsu.

D-rank is Genin level; Binding Jutsu is the only D-rank ninjutsu a regular ninja can learn during their academy years. C-rank is Chunin level, and at this stage, the learning difficulty is already considerable, such as the Summoning Jutsu and Puppet Jutsu, which are C-rank ninjutsu.

B-rank ninjutsu are already Jonin level. Even in the five great ninja villages, they are considered valuable. Even the Raikage's Lightning Release Armor is only of this caliber, so placing this technique here was not an exaggeration.

Hyuga Kawa merely skimmed it, seemingly showing no interest in this ninjutsu, and quickly returned the scroll to the bookshelf.

He continued to browse and read the contents of several more scrolls, most of which were B-rank Wind Release ninjutsu and taijutsu.

For example, Front Lotus, Wind Release: Shuriken Production, Wind Release: Great Sickle Weasel, Wind Release: Pressure Damage, Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere...

"The intention is far too obvious."

Hyuga Kawa's eye twitched slightly. He briefly glanced at them and immediately put them back on the shelf.

Only a very few techniques made him pause, his gaze lingering, such as Summoning: Rashomon, Adamantine Chains, and Shadow Neck Bind Technique.

"He didn't leave me any forbidden jutsu, yet he didn't take away the secret techniques of other ninja clans. It seems the old man is convinced I can't learn them?" Hyuga Kawa couldn't help but chuckle inwardly.

It was actually normal for him to think this way, as the distinction between secret techniques and kekkei genkai is very blurry.

For example, the Nara clan's Shadow Jutsu and the Uzumaki clan's Adamantine Chains, while not inherently possessed through bloodline like kekkei genkai, are very difficult to master without a special "talent."

For instance, the Nara clan inherently possesses stronger mental energy than ordinary people, while the Akimichi clan inherently possesses stronger physical energy, which is why they can master their clan's secret Shadow Jutsu and Partial Multi-Size Technique.

The Uzumaki clan is similar.

According to Mito Uzumaki's words to Kushina Uzumaki in the original story, the reason Kushina Uzumaki was chosen as the Nine-Tails' jinchuriki was because she possessed a unique talent that others did not.

Clearly, some individuals of the Uzumaki clan also possess special talent, and only these very few people can learn the Adamantine Chains, being naturally able to suppress Tailed Beasts and suitable to become jinchuriki.

These secret technique clans give the impression of being a step above kekkei genkai clans.

Because they consistently adhered to the tradition of intra-clan marriage, they began to purify their Ōtsutsuki bloodline. Then, through war, those with higher bloodline purity were selected, leading to the emergence of stably inherited special physiques. Based on these physiques, they developed special ninjutsu and became secret technique families.

If they continued intermarrying for several hundred more years, it's possible they truly would become kekkei genkai, no longer requiring learning to use them.

So, unfortunately.

From a bloodline perspective, Hyuga Kawa's current body is the ancestor of all ninja clans.