From Ino's perspective, Hinata, who was picking up rice grains on the floor, looked very supple. If Sakura were in her place, she would definitely look like orz. Hinata was different; she was or2.
The increase in Dojutsu Power wasn't showing too many changes for Ino yet, but for members of these legendary eye clans, it was an all-around improvement.
Stronger, faster, better physique.
Hinata's height suddenly shot up from 1.50 meters to 1.59 meters, and her baby face showed signs of maturing. Originally, only her chest was well-endowed, but now her entire body had become much more shapely.
"How about I use Wind Release to blow the rice grains away?" Seeing Hinata pick up the rice grains one by one, Ino felt the efficiency was too low, and it wasn't right for her to just sit there, so she offered to help.
Hinata quickly refused: "No, absolutely not. They must be picked up cleanly."
When it came to housework, her attitude was exceptionally firm; not even Ino, or anyone else for that matter, could sway her.
Ino had no choice but to sigh inwardly and join her in picking up the rice grains.
That was a lot of rice to spill!
After picking up four or five grains, she started to get impatient.
Watching Hinata meticulously pick up the rice grains, carefully place them on a tissue, and then thoroughly wipe the floor where the rice had fallen, Ino was completely speechless. If they kept this up, it might be dark soon! Her sister and father would be back, and then it would be difficult for her to do what she needed to do.
She could only open the tissue and, like flicking marbles, control the force to flick the rice grains onto the tissue one by one, comforting herself that this was a weakened version of 'carrying rice,' called 'flicking rice.'
Picking up rice, wiping the floor—the little interlude passed. After Hinata finished eating, and after Ino repeatedly assured her that it wouldn't harm her body or make her blind, Hinata finally allowed her to possess her body.
Ino had absorbed Dojutsu Power twice from Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan, both times not fully, and both times from a single eye. However, even this amount of Dojutsu Power already exceeded the Dojutsu Power currently within Hinata's Byakugan.
The two types of Dojutsu Power are not interchangeable. It's hard to say about their ancestors, but from the Six Paths Sage and Hamura Otsutsuki onwards, the two eyes were considered officially separate branches.
As two major prestigious families in the legend of eyes, having experienced the Warring States Period and having fought each other fiercely, the Hyuga Clan and Uchiha Clan must have experimented with each other's eyes. It would be normal for them to have done so; it would be strange if they hadn't.
Ino's idea was not groundbreaking; someone had already experimented with this 800 years ago.
If the predecessors couldn't do it, she wouldn't have a chance now either.
The two Dojutsu Power were clearly distinct. If the Uchiha's Sharingan was like a scorching fire, the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan could be likened to calm water; there was no tendency for them to merge at all.
Even though she didn't possess any Sharingan at the moment, her Dojutsu Power could not be transferred to Hinata. And as the Byakugan, being a semi-independent organ dependent on the body, given the major premise of Hinata's body, she could not draw Dojutsu Power from the Byakugan. This path was a dead end.
Unless she dug out Hinata's eyes... that was truly too evil, and she couldn't bring herself to do it.
Fortunately, there are always more solutions than problems. Ino remembered a guy named Ao from Hidden Mist Village who seemed to have a pure Byakugan. If she took that eye and transplanted it onto Kimimaro—a Byakugan on the left, a Mangekyo Sharingan on the right, and the Shikotsumyaku within his body—good heavens, what would he ultimately become? Would the corpse awaken a completely new consciousness?
Ino shook her head. Thinking about these things was too far off for now; future matters would be dealt with later.
Dojutsu Power, in her opinion, was equivalent to inner strength. As long as one's inner strength was profound enough, even a wild boxing style could become unrivaled!
Ao also acquired his Byakugan from a Hyuga Main Family Ninja. Ino taking it back now presented no moral issues. The problem was that this Hidden Mist Ninja rarely left his Village and was extremely cautious. Killing him and taking his eye without a sound was truly difficult, and she needed to consider it carefully.
This was not a matter of hiring the Akatsuki Organization to kill someone; she had to do it herself, and she also needed to find a scapegoat in advance.
Ino needed to carefully formulate a plan. She had to figure out a way to make Danzo focus his attention on the Byakugan, and on Hidden Mist Village.
Konan falling into Konoha's hands didn't worry Nagato, didn't worry Obito, but only worried Danzo greatly!
Putting himself in her shoes, he believed that Konan, to save her life, would definitely tell Jiraiya all the information, and this would surely expose his collusion with Hanzou and the subsequent ambush of the Akatsuki Organization.
From Konoha's perspective.
If Jiraiya were to use Konan's situation to attack Danzo, it certainly wouldn't work. Konan was a Hidden Rain Village Ninja, and now a Rogue Ninja. To Konoha, she was an enemy, a force of evil. Danzo, however, was a Konoha Village Ninja, one of their own, a force of justice.
Even if Konan was his disciple, Jiraiya, as the Fifth Hokage, couldn't side with an outsider. For the sake of an outsider, would he feud with the Village's "respected" Advisor? Then he must be crazy! The Advisor had the right to remove him from his Hokage position, and the entire Ninja World would condemn him.
Logically, this was the case, and Danzo believed that if he were Hokage, he would definitely be very rational. The problem was that he wasn't Hokage; the one currently sitting in the Hokage position was a stupid, vulgar, lecherous, and reckless fellow.
This was very dangerous!
Danzo worried that Jiraiya wouldn't be as "focused on the big picture" as he was.
Due to the Kibichu incident, the Aburame Clan, whose ancestral bug valley was extensively damaged by numerous Ninja, had recently developed strong grievances against Danzo.
Danzo's personal charisma wasn't nonexistent, but it wasn't as great as he imagined.
By relying on his high position and authority, he could suppress many smaller Ninja Clans. When he coughed, the smaller Ninja Clans' legs would buckle in fear.
The Aburame Clan was not a small Ninja Clan; they were just usually low-key, and their bodies were covered in Chakra-infused parasitic insects, which made them appear particularly gloomy.
Danzo had previously promised compensation to the Aburame Clan, but after his trip to the Land of Earth, he lost his crucial Mangekyo Sharingan, and his trusted subordinates suffered heavy casualties. His attitude towards the Aburame Clan became particularly impatient.
Shibi Aburame was very displeased! Back then, he was also a teammate of Minato Namikaze and Akimichi Choza, an experienced Jonin in the Village, and his clan was currently the only insect-controlling clan in the Ninja World. We suffered such a great loss for no reason, and you, Danzo Shimura, are unwilling to offer even a little something to appease us?
If you are unkind, I will be unjust.
Shino Aburame's participation in the This Country operation was a sign of the Aburame Clan actively aligning with the Hokage.
With the Yamanaka Clan's ambiguous stance and the Aburame Clan's dissatisfaction, Danzo could be said to be facing both external and internal troubles.
If the Mangekyo Sharingan were still with him, he could try to rewrite Jiraiya's will, not only turning the crisis into an opportunity but also secretly manipulating Konoha Village.
But now, he couldn't.
After using Izanagi multiple times, four of the Sharingan on Danzo's right arm had permanently gone blind.
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