"Naruto Talent Entry: Awakened Legacy – Born of the Ōtsutsuki Bloodlin

Time flies, and the years pass like a fleeting shadow.

In the blink of an eye, childhood faded into memory.

It was late March in Konoha Year 60.

The most remarkable generation of new students had finally reached their graduation season.

"Izayoi-kun, wake up. It's time for your graduation assessment."

For once, Izayoi had overslept.

Immersed in a dream, he was gently pulled back to reality by a soft, familiar female voice.

The owner of the voice was right beside him. Yet, she hadn't startled him awake—proof of the deep trust between them. Izayoi remained completely at ease, without the slightest guard.

Opening his eyes, his blurry vision gradually focused.

A beautiful and delicate face—now free of its childish roundness—appeared in his view.

Her long, black hair flowed like silk down to her waist, having grown it out over the past six years. Her exposed skin, shown through a white windbreaker layered over black mesh, was fair as snow.

Her Byakugan, unlike the typical Hyuga eyes, carried a faint lavender tint. It made her gaze shimmer like precious gems—crystal clear and unique.

Her lips, pink like cherry blossoms, curled slightly in a gentle smile. She leaned forward, hands behind her back, gazing at Izayoi who had just awoken.

Izayoi looked at Hinata in a daze, briefly reminded of the chubby, innocent face from their childhood. That image, though distant, still lingered clearly in his memory.

But his eyes suddenly dropped, and a mischievous grin spread across his face.

"Hinata... did you grow bigger again?"

"Ah!"

Hinata gasped in surprise, suddenly realizing her leaning posture was quite unladylike.

Flushing red, she quickly zipped up her windbreaker to her chin, turned around, and stammered, "I-Izayoi-kun... hurry and wash up. I brought breakfast."

With that, the flustered girl darted out of the room.

Izayoi, who frequently teased his childhood friend, yawned and stretched before walking into the en-suite bathroom to freshen up.

As he brushed his teeth, he looked at his reflection in the mirror.

Six years had transformed him. The chubby-faced boy with black hair and blue eyes had grown into a refined, handsome young man.

His short black hair, tousled from sleep, just barely covered his ears. His deep-blue eyes shimmered with calm intensity—eyes like the ocean, deep and reflective.

But in the next moment, those blue eyes—similar to Naruto Uzumaki's yet slightly darker—changed.

The pupils turned white, like Hinata's Byakugan.

Under the bathroom light, a subtle purple hue shimmered within his irises, almost imperceptible.

However, unlike the typical Byakugan activation, his temples didn't bulge with veins.

Previously, whenever he activated his Byakugan, those bulging veins were always visible.

But since the beginning of the year, that trait had disappeared.

Izayoi narrowed his eyes. Then, in front of him, a translucent screen appeared—visible only to him and absent from his mirrored reflection.

[Host: Izayoi]

[Talent Entries: Otsutsuki Bloodline (Red), Sage's Eye (Red), Prince of the Byakugan (Red), Six Paths Aptitude (Red), Bloodline Limit · Byakugan (Gold), Chakra Control (Gold), Uzumaki Bloodline (Purple)「+」, All-Attribute Physique (Purple)「+」, Medical Genius (Blue)「+」]

[Points: 12391]

After six years at the Ninja Academy, Izayoi's talent panel had become exceptionally luxurious.

In addition to his initial Otsutsuki Bloodline (Red), he had unlocked three more red-tier entries:Sage's Eye (Red) – derived from Uchiha Sasuke.Prince of the Byakugan (Red) – gained from Hinata two years ago, which automatically renamed itself after fusion.Six Paths Aptitude (Red) – self-developed through personal sublimation.While most students had only one or two basic aptitudes—some none at all—Izayoi now possessed four red entries, currently the highest known configuration in the world.

Even Naruto Uzumaki—destined as the child of prophecy, wielder of Asura's chakra, half of the Nine-Tails, and heir to the Uzumaki Bloodline—couldn't match Izayoi.

But something was still missing.

Even though five years had passed since fusing the Sage's Eye, Izayoi had yet to unlock either the Bloodline Limit · Sharingan (Purple) or the Uchiha Bloodline (Purple).

Why?

The answer lay in the dominance of the Bloodline Limit · Byakugan (Gold).

In late June of Konoha Year 58, Izayoi received a belated birthday gift—an awakening triggered through Hinata. From it, he acquired the Prince of the Byakugan red entry.

Over the nearly two years since its fusion, Izayoi's chakra volume had grown exponentially—almost month by month.

While he wasn't sure exactly how vast a Sage Body's chakra capacity could become, Izayoi was convinced: even a well-fed, fully nurtured Naruto, without the Nine-Tails, would still fall short of his chakra reserves.

His oceanic chakra reserves even included vast Yin Release Chakra.

If Yin Chakra were measured numerically, Izayoi's would have long reached the threshold to awaken the Sharingan—or even the Mangekyō Sharingan.

But that awakening never came.

Every drop of Yin Chakra secreted by his brain was immediately absorbed by the Byakugan—leaving none for the Sharingan's evolution.

Yet, this wasn't without consequence.

In Konoha Year 59, the Byakugan that absorbed all that Yin Chakra evolved.

It turned from its previous purple hue to a faint gold.

Since fusing the Prince of the Byakugan, Izayoi's long-range vision—one of the Byakugan's defining traits—had been steadily evolving.

Now, that range had reached an absurd eighty kilometers.

What's more, it maintained 360-degree omnidirectional sight and x-ray capability.

It surpassed even the Whirlpool Clan's famed Mind's Eye of the Kagura.

Undoubtedly, Izayoi's sensory ability was now the most powerful of his era.

It had been nearly a full year since the Byakugan's golden transformation.

"Soon…"

He rinsed his mouth and wiped his face with a towel.

Raising his hand, Izayoi touched the outer corner of his right eye, gazing at its faint lavender hue in the mirror.

He whispered to himself: "I have a feeling… the first quickening is near."

Currently, Izayoi's configuration far exceeded that of Ōtsutsuki Toneri at the same age.

At nineteen, Toneri had already developed his Ōtsutsuki potential and Sage Body to very high levels. That's what allowed him to awaken the Tenseigan—the ultimate ocular power—in just a matter of days.

But at twelve, Izayoi had already surpassed that stage.

Even if both Izayoi and Toneri transplanted the same Byakugan—whether from Hinata or Hanabi—their awakening speeds would be worlds apart.

Izayoi's would be exponentially faster.

The reason?

Sage's Eye (Red).

With both Sage's Eye and Prince of the Byakugan, Izayoi essentially had two evolutionary accelerators operating in tandem.

At twelve, his potential to awaken the ultimate eye technique rivaled or even exceeded the most gifted shinobi in history.

Even Uchiha Itachi, who awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan at eleven, now seemed less impressive in comparison.

[End of Chapter 21]

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