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Chapter 60: Uchiha Is Gone
The three-year period is a cumulative process. The efforts made during this cumulative process will determine the final result. This is a progress bar where only hard work will pay off. Without hard work, the possible transformation will be minimal. This is the second transformation, and Ryosuke speculated about the progress bar in his mind. Of course, whether it is true or not can only be concluded after the third transformation.
This time, during these three years of training, Ryosuke will pay attention to the direction of his efforts and the areas he has not focused on, to see if the gap between the two will be significant by then.
"How do you feel?"Hiashi asked impatiently when he saw Ryosuke coming out of the dead silent forest. "the technique you displayed just now, must be very taxing on your body right?"
Any use of force will have a certain price. According to Hyuga history records, during the Warring States Period, Uchiha Madara was blind for a period of time after awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan. It is suspected that this was caused by his body being unable to bear the burden of consumption after awakening the Mangekyō. Although no one knows how he solved this problem later, Hiashi is very afraid that Ryosuke will encounter the same thing.
After all, it took thousands of years for the Byakugan to evolve and acquire new abilities, and Ryosuke was the only one in the Hyuga clan who could do it.
"Father, don't worry, I feel fine. Apart from the consumption of chakra, my body has no other burden," Ryosuke replied with a chuckle. Although the noise just now was huge, the chakra in his body has not been completely consumed. In other words, even if he had to do it again now, he could definitely do it.
In this transformation, both the body and the mind have been upgraded, and the ability of the Byakugan has also been enhanced, which means that the amount of chakra has also increased. Ryosuke's current chakra amount is about three times what it was before, which has surpassed the level of an ordinary ninja.
"You should be more careful when using your Byakugan," Hiashi said, clearly not reassured. "Many diseases caused by bloodlines are accumulated from small details. You'd better pay more attention to it. If those tiny burdens accumulate and explode one day, I'm afraid your body won't be able to bear it."
Ryosuke nodded, "I understand." He may know better than Hiashi how terrifying the so-called bloodline disease is. Whether it is the Shikotsumyaku, Ice Release, or bloodlines such as the Sharingan and Rinnegan, they all have obvious bloodline sequelae. So he would pay attention without Hiashi saying much.
In the past, every time he trained, he was extremely careful about the changes in his body while using the Byakugan, but when there was sufficient chakra, using the Byakugan did not bring any burden to his body, both visually and physically.
"Let's go back first. It's about time to rest,"Hiashi looked Ryosuke up and down with his Byakugan again. After confirming that there was no problem, he closed his Byakugan. "These past few days, I've been like you, and I haven't slept a wink."
"You should go back and rest quickly. There is still some time before dinner," Ryosuke nodded and also retracted his Byakugan.
Two figures, one tall and one short, slowly walked out of the training ground. As for the commotion caused by Ryosuke just now, someone will naturally come to clean it up.
"I won't have dinner. I have to get up in the evening to deal with some matters that have accumulated recently. I may have to work all night. I'll eat after I get up," Hiashi looked very tired, and his walking posture was not as straight as before, but a little loose.
"You should deal with it when you get up tomorrow," Ryosuke looked at him worriedly. "Dealing with these things takes a lot of energy. If you don't get enough rest, it will have a great impact on your body."
"If it's just some ordinary little thing, I can put it off until tomorrow," Hiashi's tired expression slowly returned to seriousness. He turned to look at Ryosuke, "During the few days when you transformed, the Uchiha clan was eradicated, and you will never guess who the murderer is."
"Uchiha Itachi," Ryosuke said without hesitation. The smile on his face faded a little, but he uttered a name without hesitation.
Hiashi, who originally wanted to keep it a secret, paused but soon smiled helplessly, "Yes, your eyes can see it, but you... why didn't you try to stop it from happening? Although the Uchiha have been our long-time rivals, their genocide may not necessarily be a good thing for us."
"But it's not necessarily a bad thing either," Ryosuke smiled and replied. "We Hyuga should not get involved in this matter. Father, you should go to bed early and get up to deal with those matters tomorrow."
Before they knew it, they had arrived at their doorstep from the training grounds.
"...Okay, I'll listen to you,"Hiashi hesitated for a moment and nodded. "But I want to remind you that the story behind this is not that simple. This may be... the involvement of other people in the village. Regarding this matter, the information collected by the clan on this matter are on my table.
"From now on, you don't have to report to me about the things in the study. You can read them at will. There is a secret door at the back of the third bookshelf, the highest row. There is some important information inside. Pay special attention to the red and black volumes."
"Okay," Ryosuke nodded.
After entering the house,Hiashi went back to his room to rest. Neither mentally nor physically did he feel exhausted by the torture during this period. Instead, he was full of energy because of the transformation.
Hinata hadn't come home yet, so he thought about it and decided not to go play with Hanabi but went straight to the study. Following his father's instructions, Ryosuke found the secret door on the third bookshelf. Inside the secret door, there were several scrolls of different colors. There were no other colors, so he directly took out the black scroll and the red scroll that his father had mentioned.
He climbed down from the elevated ladder and came to the desk. He sat down where his father used to sit and turned on the desk lamp. First, he spread out the red scroll and placed it on the table.
The first thing Ryosuke saw was the four big words "Sarutobi Hiruzen." The smile on his face grew wider. Sure enough, the information about some high-level officials in the village was definitely not as simple as what Ryosuke had encountered before.
What he had read through the intelligence chain before were all well-known trivial matters. This scroll records in great detail everything about the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, from his studies in the Ninja Academy, to his graduation from school and apprenticeship to the Second Hokage, and then to his becoming the Third Hokage... and so on.
Regarding this record, the first compiler was Hinata's father in the strict sense, that is, Hiashi's father. The contents of these records are quite messy, mixed with some views and opinions of the two compilers. However, these views and opinions are constantly changing. Sometimes they think that Sarutobi Hiruzen is a hero who is willing to give everything for the village, but sometimes, they differ on him being a selfish hypocrite.
(End of this chapter)
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