Thinking about it this way, it seemed all past Indra were the same. Indra awakened his eyes after seeing a dog die to protect his younger brother, and Madara Uchiha awakened his eyes to protect Izuna Uchiha and to fight alongside Hashirama Senju against Zetsu.
As for Sasuke Uchiha in the original story, aside from the one-tomoe Sharingan and the Mangekyo Sharingan caused by Itachi's Tsukuyomi and death, the other awakenings were all because of Naruto Uzumaki. Later on, Sasuke Uchiha's daughter Sarada Uchiha was even more absurd, awakening simply because she was about to see her long-absent father.
"Interesting." Yunchuan Hyuga smiled to himself. "I wonder what kind of changes this Sasuke will bring."
A Sasuke whose mind was not filled with nothing but revenge, and a Sasuke whose goal was to protect his clan and ensure the continuation of the Uchiha Clan. It almost felt like his fate had been exchanged with that of Naruto Uzumaki.
When he saw ANBU approaching from afar after receiving the news, Yunchuan Hyuga quietly slipped away into the crowd.
Time passed like sand slipping through fingers. The village reconstruction moved forward in an orderly way, the smell of smoke faded, the burned ruins were cleared, and new buildings rose overnight.
In the early morning, faint sunlight shone as thin mist covered the quiet Hyuga compound. Inside a silent room, Yunchuan Hyuga sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.
When the first golden ray of sunlight pierced the mist and fell on his face through the window, Yunchuan Hyuga slowly opened his eyes. Those pure Byakugan eyes shone with a cold light, blue like the sea after melting ice.
Name: Yunchuan Hyuga. Age: 18. Bloodline: Otsutsuki Clan (21 percent). Chakra limit: S rank.
Chakra attributes: wind, fire, water, earth, lightning, yin, yang. Ninjutsu: various techniques including Lightning Release Kunitsukami (S rank), Linghua Technique (S rank), and others. Secret techniques: Cero, black cavity, Shadow Domain, Auswahlen.
Bloodline Inheritance: Gale Release, Tenseigan (80.3 percent), with abilities including Mental Puppet, Chakra Beads, Silver Wheel Reincarnation Burst, and Tenseigan Chakra Mode. Items: Box of Ultimate Bliss of Las Noches, Seven Deadly Sins of Greed. Divine art: Growth. Remaining Reality Points: 13547.
Yunchuan Hyuga looked at the panel before him as the blue in his eyes quietly sank away. Last night, Tenseigan had shown its fourth fetal movement, and based on Toneri Otsutsuki's experience, the fifth would be the moment of full awakening.
He no longer needed to rely on the power of Giant Tenseigan to use the "Tenseigan Chakra Mode" like before. However, without something like Toneri Otsutsuki's Giant Tenseigan and without the infusion of Dojutsu Power, the awakening speed of Tenseigan was clearly slowing.
"Hopefully Danzo Shimura and that old man move faster," Yunchuan Hyuga thought. "Whether it is Byakugan or the soul, I need both."
In addition, his strongest abilities, Wind Release and Lightning Release, had reached the extreme in their nature transformations. After fusing, they became "Gale Release."
"Kekkei Genkai" techniques were usually inherited through bloodlines, and aside from those of the same lineage, others could not learn them. However, when two Chakra nature transformations reached their extremes and fused, they could also produce a "Kekkei Genkai," something only a very few Ninja could develop on their own.
The reason Onoki, as the Third Tsuchikage, was so powerful was because he mastered wind, earth, and fire to their limits and fused them into "Dust Release." This was known as "Kekkei Tota," a level above "Kekkei Genkai."
Yunchuan Hyuga had not yet tested "Gale Release." Instead, he focused more on Shadow Domain and "Auswahlen."
Shadow Domain worked by injecting mental energy into the shadows of two people or objects. One could dive into their own shadow and appear in the shadow of the other, but only for a short time before being forcibly pulled back.
The ability of Auswahlen was simple and direct, allowing him to take the mental energy of "Xu" for his own use or grant it to other "Xu." In other words, the more "Xu" there were in the Ninja World, the stronger his mental energy became.
However, this body was still human, not a "Xu." He could not directly turn mental energy into power like they could. Doing so would only cause the body to burst, turning him into a "Xu" like the others, with a form like Uzumaki and the rest, but no longer flesh and blood.
"It seems I still need to find a way to convert mental energy directly into physical strength. But before that..."
With that thought, Yunchuan Hyuga stood up, walked to the door of the quiet room, and gently pulled it open.
The creak of the door echoed clearly in the still morning. Outside, the courtyard was far from empty.
A dense crowd stood there like silent statues, all wearing the clan uniform of Hyuga with Forehead Protectors tied across their foreheads. Without question, they were members of the Hyuga Branch Family, including Genin, Chunin, and Jonin.
At this moment, their burning gazes were all fixed on Yunchuan Hyuga. Recently, the treatment of the Branch Family had clearly improved, and in their eyes this was all because of him.
After receiving the notice from the Third Hokage to gather all registered Ninja, these Branch Family members came to find Yunchuan Hyuga together instead of following the Main Family as before. What they did not realize was that not everyone could accept former servants suddenly standing as equals.
Some from the Branch Family had lived humbly for half their lives, and when power came, their attitudes easily shifted into disrespect or hostility toward the Main Family. Old grievances began to surface, and conflicts between the two sides grew more frequent.
In the past, the Caged Bird could suppress everything, but now there were not even clear rules for reward and punishment. For now, the Branch Family only dared to argue verbally, while the Main Family restrained themselves out of fear and under someone's instructions.
As the Hyuga Branch Family grew more rampant and the Hyuga Main Family more stifled, the entire Hyuga Clan was like a powder keg, ready to blow one side apart. But was that not exactly what Yunchuan Hyuga wanted?
Yunchuan Hyuga's expression stayed calm as he scanned the courtyard and stepped down the stairs. The Branch Family made way for him, and he walked toward the Hokage Building.
"Let's go," he said.
"Yes," they replied, their voices low but perfectly in unison.
They followed behind Yunchuan Hyuga as a silent current. At the gate of the compound, they met Hiashi Hyuga and the grim-faced Main Family behind him.
Yunchuan Hyuga and Hizashi Hyuga exchanged a glance. One gaze was calm, the other complicated.
Neither spoke, and ignoring the hostile looks from behind each group, they led their people toward the Hokage Building. Along the way, someone from the Main Family tried to speak but was grabbed by the arm.
The one who stopped him was none other than Hizashi Hyuga.
Hizashi Hyuga watched the backs of Yunchuan Hyuga and the Hyuga Branch Family, a dark look flashing through his narrowed eyes. Keep being arrogant, you disobedient dogs, the more arrogant you are now, the worse you will die.
Behind Hizashi Hyuga, Hyuga Aoi frowned slightly when she noticed her father's unusual behavior. Thinking of the recent atmosphere among the Main Family, unease rose in her heart.