With his thoughts collected, Hyuga Kyo’s gaze focused on the Truth-Seeking Orb he was playing with his hand.
The essence of a Truth-Seeking Orb was a highly condensed chakra sphere containing the properties of Yin Release, Yang Release, and the five elemental chakra natures.
In theory, the Truth-Seeking Orb possessed the ability to alter any material.
Therefore, its nature surpassed single elemental chakra techniques, Kekkei Genkai (two-element combinations), and even Kekkei Tota (three-element combinations).
This represented a qualitative difference, making the Truth-Seeking Orb almost impossible, except in rare circumstances.
For this reason, once he mastered the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, Hyuga Kyo considered an idea.
If he ultimately couldn’t master the Uzumaki clan’s sealing techniques, he could forcibly break through the Fourth Hokage’s seal on the Dragon Vein using the Truth-Seeking Orb in Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
However, after today’s attempts, he dismissed that idea.
First, in the ninja world, sealing techniques were incredibly enigmatic.
Almost anything could be sealed, whether it was powerful Tailed Beasts and demons, Edo Tensei’s resurrected beings, or ethereal entities like souls.
Even ‘Chakra Ancestor’ Kaguya Otsutsuki couldn’t escape sealing techniques.
Thus, Hyuga Kyo needed help to guarantee that his Truth-Seeking Orb could break the Fourth Hokage’s seal on the Dragon Vein.
Second, estimating from the consumption required to activate the Truth-Seeking Orb, even if Hyuga Kyo’s Truth-Seeking Orb could break the Fourth Hokage’s seal on the Dragon Vein, he would exhaust all his chakra.
Once the Fourth Hokage’s seal failed, the vast chakra of the Dragon Vein would erupt.
At that point, even if Hyuga Kyo had mastered all the sealing techniques on the Artificial Tailed Beast scroll, he could only watch helplessly without chakra.
In such a state, it would be impossible to subdue the vast chakra of the unsealed Dragon Vein.
If he couldn’t steal the Dragon Vein’s chakra quickly, the unsealed Dragon Vein’s chakra reaction would surely alert the surrounding major ninja villages.
Especially Sunagakure, which was nearby!
In that scenario, Hyuga Kyo would be left with nothing but trouble.
While contemplating, he suddenly sensed a chakra rapidly approaching, so he immediately exited Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
Before long, an Anbu ninja appeared before him and said, “The Hokage summons you!”
Hyuga Kyo nodded, following the Anbu ninja out of the Forest of Death and to the Hokage’s office.
Upon entering the office, he realized that the Third Hokage had summoned not only him but also the other three members of Team Eleven, who were already present.
Once everyone was gathered, the Third Hokage put down his pipe, his sharp gaze sweeping over the four of them, and asked, “Did you conceal anything in your report on the secret mission?”
Kakashi’s expression immediately tensed.
He assumed the Third Hokage referred to his awakening of the Mangekyo Sharingan, which made him feel somewhat guilty.
Team Eleven had already agreed to keep Kakashi’s Mangekyo Sharingan a secret.
No one knew how the Uchiha clan would react to an outsider possessing the Mangekyo Sharingan. It could provoke extreme actions, further straining the already tense relationship between the Uchiha and the village. Thus, even Shisui, an Uchiha, agreed to keep it secret.
Guy hung his head, not daring to meet the Third Hokage’s gaze, thinking it was also about Kakashi’s Mangekyo Sharingan.
Hyuga Kyo and Shisui, however, remained calm, knowing the Third Hokage was likely referring to the incident where Hyuga Kyo wiped out an entire valley, killing hundreds of Kumogakure ninjas.
Seeing the silence, the Third Hokage tossed the information he had received from Danzo in front of the four and said sternly, “Look for yourselves!”
After reading the information, Kakashi and Guy were stunned and then turned to Hyuga Kyo and Shisui in shock.
During the battle in the valley, Hyuga Kyo and Shisui stayed behind, while Kakashi and Guy needed to be made aware of the details. Seeing descriptions like ‘the entire valley was leveled’ and ‘hundreds of ninjas obliterated,’ their shock was understandable.
Hyuga Kyo flipped through the information, thinking, “So it’s about that.”
Shisui suddenly stepped forward and said, “Hokage-sama, I did this. To hide my Mangekyo Sharingan, I didn’t mention it in the mission report.”
The Third Hokage remained silent, scrutinizing Kakashi, the captain of Team Eleven.
Shisui quickly explained, “At that time, Captain Kakashi was unconscious, so he didn’t know.”
The Third Hokage finally nodded and took a puff from his pipe.
In the Third Hokage’s view, if anyone in Team Eleven possessed the power to kill hundreds of Kumogakure ninjas overnight, it would be Shisui with his Mangekyo Sharingan.
Although he acknowledged Kakashi, Hyuga Kyo, and Guy’s skills, he didn’t believe they had Kage-level strength.
“Since everything is clear now, let’s not mention it again.” Concluding the matter, the Third Hokage continued, “This time, your Team Eleven did an excellent job, making a significant contribution to the village. The village has decided to reward you with an opportunity to learn advanced ninjutsu. You don’t need to decide immediately; you can come to me anytime after you’ve made up your mind.”
The four members of Team Eleven responded in unison, then left the Hokage’s office one by one.
Outside the Hokage building, Guy quickly asked, “Shisui, did you really take down hundreds of Kumogakure ninjas by yourself?!”
Shisui glanced at Hyuga Kyo and then nodded to Guy.
At this moment, Kakashi said softly, “Thank you.”
Though shocked by Shisui’s power, Kakashi was more grateful for Shisui keeping his Mangekyo Sharingan a secret.
Shisui said, “I did it for the Uchiha clan.”
When Shisui learned about Kakashi’s Mangekyo Sharingan, he felt intense negative emotions. If the Uchiha clan found out, the consequences would be unimaginable.
After chatting briefly, Guy dragged Kakashi off to spar while Hyuga Kyo and Shisui headed to a quieter place.
Thoughtfully glancing behind them, Hyuga Kyo whispered, “Thank you.”
Shisui sighed, “I’ve already become someone they fear; one more thing doesn’t matter…”
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