Chapter 94: Hinata's Only Use
"But if we do this, won't those branch family shinobi lose their ocular power and go blind?"
One elder couldn't help showing a look of reluctance. The elders beside him displayed expressions of compassion, sighing repeatedly:
"This is unavoidable!"
"The village's current situation is so tense—we desperately need powerful combat strength to turn the tide!"
"And even without the Byakugan, we can transplant ordinary people's eyes for them!"
"Though their combat effectiveness will be greatly impacted, it absolutely won't affect normal life!"
"These are sacrifices made for the village. The village will forever remember their contributions!"
"Everything is for the village!"
"That's right. Where the leaves dance, fire will continue to burn—this is the Will of Fire!"
Amidst everyone's chatter, the Tenseigan experimental plan was officially established.
"So then, who will serve as the test subject—ah no, who will be the first to shoulder all the Hyuga clan's expectations?"
At this, everyone fell silent again.
Having them receive the physical enhancement brought by the Tenseigan—they were certainly all willing. But before experimental results came out, not a single one was willing to bear even the slightest risk.
Everyone looked at each other for a moment before someone immediately suggested:
"Miss Hinata currently holds the position of acting clan head. Having her shoulder all the Hyuga clan's expectations would be most appropriate."
Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes immediately lit up, voicing agreement one after another.
"Ah yes, yes! Miss Hinata currently holds the most distinguished position. Having her become the first Tenseigan user would truly be perfect."
"Such a wonderful evolutionary opportunity should naturally be enjoyed by the acting clan head first."
But opposing voices immediately followed.
"But Miss Hinata is too young—she hasn't fully developed yet! Using her eyes for experiments—ah, using her eyes to begin evolution—isn't the risk too great?"
"But besides Miss Hinata, what other candidates do you have?"
The questioner immediately had nothing to say.
The Hyuga clan had many age-appropriate children, but no suitable main family children!
The main family's numbers were already extremely scarce. Previously, Orochimaru had targeted and killed a batch. Now the remaining ones were all old folks.
"Actually, if using qualitative change of ocular power to promote Byakugan evolution, then branch family eyes might not necessarily be unable to synthesize the Tenseigan!"
"Actually, Neji is quite good too. Though a branch family member, he's a genius shinobi. Since we're conducting experiments anyway, why not let him try first?"
"Nonsense!" Someone immediately objected sternly: "How can we use branch family for Byakugan evolution?"
"You know full well how much the branch family hates the main family!"
"If the evolution fails, that's fine—it's merely losing some branch family Byakugan."
"But what if it succeeds?"
"A branch family member possessing the Tenseigan—what terrifying things might they do? Who can predict?"
"Have you considered these consequences?"
"If Hizashi were still alive, perhaps we could consider using him as a check. But now Hizashi is dead—Neji absolutely cannot be trusted!"
The person who made the suggestion felt unconvinced and argued stubbornly: "Doesn't the Caged Bird curse mark still exist?"
"If branch family dare disobey, just use the curse mark to punish them!"
"Foolish!" The elders grew even angrier, directly rebuking him: "Who knows whether the Caged Bird curse mark will still be effective once the Byakugan evolves into the Tenseigan?"
"Everything in the shinobi world is built on the foundation of chakra. Under powerful chakra's effects, all secret techniques become unreliable!"
"Would you bet that the Caged Bird curse mark won't fail on the Tenseigan?"
"We cannot take this risk!"
"Indeed we cannot take this risk. Looks like we can only use Miss Hinata."
The person who made the suggestion silently nodded, also accepting this conclusion. But he immediately asked with concern:
"But this is somewhat dangerous—will Miss Hinata agree?"
"How could she not agree?"
Everyone glared at the elder who kept singing contrary tunes, shouting sternly: "Since she's acting clan head, naturally she must lead by example!"
"The position of clan head inherently requires bearing responsibility. How can one shirk their due responsibilities based on personal preferences?"
"Moreover, Miss Hinata has such a weak personality and no talent for being a shinobi. Besides serving the clan this way, what other use does she have?"
Seeing he'd provoked public anger, that elder quickly shut his mouth and lowered his head, not daring to speak further.
Seeing the increasingly tense atmosphere in everyone's words, an elder spoke to smooth things over:
"Besides, being young isn't without benefits—it means great potential and strong malleability. At worst, we'll just use medication to accelerate her maturation."
"What the village needs is a pair of powerful eyes. As for whose body these eyes are in—that's actually not very important."
Understanding the implications in these words, all main family elders simultaneously licked their dry, cracked lips, their hearts stirring with excitement.
Finally, after heated discussion, all main family elders unanimously agreed—passing with a full vote—to begin the Tenseigan evolution experiment using acting clan head Miss Hinata as the vessel.
After finishing deliberations, the main family elders went to find Hinata.
At this moment, Hinata was in her room hugging her knees and secretly crying. Seeing everyone arrive, she quickly wiped her tears and ran out to greet them.
"Um... is there news about my father and sister?"
Seeing Hinata's timid appearance, the main family elders all couldn't help but frown.
The lead elder bowed respectfully:
"Young Miss, please rest assured. The person who took the clan head and Miss Hanabi away was also a Byakugan shinobi—likely exclusive forces belonging to the clan head. The clan head and Miss Hanabi won't be in any danger."
"But why haven't they returned yet?" Hinata asked anxiously.
"This..."
Regarding this point, the main family elders also felt vaguely anxious, feeling their judgment seemed off somewhere. But at this moment, they couldn't speak it aloud and needlessly add pressure to Hinata.
So the main family elder smiled reassuringly: "Perhaps something important is detaining them!"
"It's also possible they're training in a secluded location. Maybe next time we meet, Clan Head Hiashi will have greatly increased in strength!"
"Let's not discuss these matters first. We came to find Young Miss because we have important matters to discuss with you."
They said "discuss," but the current Hinata knew nothing, with such a weak personality that she could only agree to whatever the elders said.
After resolving matters with Hinata, numerous main family elders escorted her to sit in the clan head's position. Then they privately invited a group of medical ninja over, connecting various instruments and equipment to Hinata's body to record relevant data at all times.
Finally, they summoned a group of branch family shinobi, having them wait outside the hall, preparing to have them offer their ocular power to Hinata one by one.
The first called into the hall was Hyuga Neji.
The reason for selecting him was partly because his current strength was weak—merely an academy student, at most genin level.
The village was currently at war with external enemies. Every jonin was precious combat strength that couldn't be casually wasted. They could only use genin first for trials to accumulate more experience and data.
On the other hand, after careful research, the elders unanimously determined that what affected Byakugan evolution—the quality of ocular power—should be more important than quantity.
A pair of pure Byakugan should work better than mixed Byakugan.
So how to judge whether a pair of Byakugan was pure? Naturally by looking at closeness of relationship to the main family.
Hyuga Neji's father, Hyuga Hizashi, and the current clan head Hyuga Hiashi were twin brothers. That bloodline was absolutely closest to Hinata.
So using his Byakugan for the first attempt was most appropriate.
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