"Go!"
Kairen took the lead, about to slip away with the two young ladies of the Hyuga family.
Hanabi followed right behind him. She still had some common sense:
"Kairen, if we're escaping, shouldn't we be using the back door?"
Kairen laughed. "Hanabi, there's a powerful force hidden inside your body. Once it's released, no one will be your match."
"Come, walk in front. As long as you see someone and glare at them, they'll pass out."
Hanabi's little head went blank. "Really?"
"How could Kairen ever lie to you?"
They walked out of the Hyuga family's inner residence. Many members of the main and branch families were around—some striking wooden posts, some sparring in Gentle Fist practice.
Kairen carried Hinata and led Hanabi straight toward the Hyuga family's main gate.
Some people were completely baffled. Why was this young man carrying the main family's young lady?
What was going on?
"Hey!" Several branch-family guards surrounded them, wanting to ask what was happening.
Kairen ordered, "Hanabi, glare!"
Hanabi stared fiercely at the branch-family guards.
Hanabi: (눈‸눈)
Behind her, Kairen cast a genjutsu. With a single look, he made those guards collapse to the ground.
Hanabi's face was full of disbelief. "Did I really do this? I defeated all of them."
Kairen rubbed her head. "That's right. Little Hanabi is the reincarnation of the Six Paths, with unimaginable power hidden inside her."
Hanabi was thrilled. Hands on her hips, she swept her gaze around, staring straight at everyone.
Kairen cooperated from behind her.
With just one glance from her, all the Hyuga clan members present fell unconscious.
Hanabi beamed with joy. "Haha… I'm invincible! I'm invincible!"
Kairen said, "Let's go! Right now, Hanabi is the strongest ninja in the ninja world."
Hanabi stood with her hands on her hips, like a heroic woman among heroes.
"Follow me!"
She took the lead and stepped out of the Hyuga family's main gate.
...
Hyuga Hiashi came out of the inner room with several elders, preparing to plant the Caged Bird Seal on Kairen.
This outsider—regardless of his identity—should be controlled with the Caged Bird first. No matter how mysterious he was, they could interrogate him afterward.
The moment they came out, they were all stunned.
Every single member of the Hyuga family had passed out.
Panic surged in Hyuga Hiashi's heart. He rushed to Hinata and Hanabi's rooms, and finally an angry roar rang out.
"Bastard, you actually kidnapped both of my daughters!"
"All Hyuga clan members, hear my order—go after that damned bastard!"
"Yes, Clan Head!"
...
Kairen led Hanabi out of the Hyuga estate.
Little Hanabi's confidence had now inflated enormously, as if those Byakugan had evolved into the Tenseigan.
Any living creature she saw, she had to glare at.
Along the way, cats, dogs, and even people all fainted uncontrollably. This strange phenomenon finally drew the attention of Konoha's ANBU.
All the ninja converged toward Kairen and Hanabi's direction.
As the two approached Konoha's main gate, several hundred ninja surrounded them.
Hanabi's eyes were so strained that she kept rubbing them.
"What do we do, Kairen? My eyes are dry—I can't glare anymore."
Hanabi's cuteness made Kairen laugh. Even surrounded by powerful enemies, he didn't take them to heart.
"Kairen, what are you doing? Put Hinata down right now!"
Before the standoff even began, Naruto spoke first—pointing at Kairen as if he were a great villain.
Kairen turned around. His eyes shifted from the Byakugan to a sky-blue color, and the oppressive presence of the Tenseigan instantly covered the entire village.
Everyone in Konoha was shocked. It felt as if they were standing at the mouth of a volcano, about to erupt, making everyone tremble in fear.
Several Hyuga elders arrived at the confrontation site together with Hyuga Hiashi, and at a glance they saw Kairen's godlike eyes.
One elder cried out in shock, "The Tenseigan! How is this possible?"
Hyuga Hiashi's face was also filled with horror. The Tenseigan was a secret of the Hyuga clan—only the upper ranks had the chance to know about it.
Those were the eyes of Ōtsutsuki Hamura, the younger brother of the Sage of Six Paths, said in legend to possess world-destroying power.
According to descriptions in ancient texts, Kairen's eyes were indeed the Tenseigan.
A blonde, voluptuous woman stepped forward, staring gravely at Kairen, then turned to the Hyuga clan and asked, "What is the Tenseigan?"
The Hyuga elders looked at each other. None of them wanted to expose the clan's secrets.
Tsunade roared, "Speak!"
The momentum of the Fifth Hokage burst forth instantly. The Hyuga elders were terrified and hurriedly explained the history of the Tenseigan.
One elder said excitedly, "The Tenseigan is the ultimate evolution of our Hyuga clan's Byakugan. The power it possesses is no less than the Sage of Six Paths' eyes—the Rinnegan."
To be able to see the Tenseigan in this lifetime—there were no regrets left.
Tsunade only focused on the danger of the Tenseigan. She stared solemnly at Kairen.
She felt he seemed oddly familiar, as if he had done her many times in her dreams.
Tsunade asked, "Your name is Kairen, right?"
Kairen looked at Tsunade, who was completely unfamiliar with him. This was a parallel world.
Kairen smiled. "The Fifth Hokage truly has a broad chest—able to gather so many people's hearts."
Tsunade snorted and asked about his purpose.
"What are you planning to do? And please return Hinata and Hanabi."
Kairen smiled. "They want to follow me and escape the Hyuga family, because they don't want to become slaves of the main family."
"Isn't that right, Hanabi?"
Hanabi hid behind Kairen's backside, not daring to look at the Hyuga clan.
Hearing Kairen's words, she gathered her courage and shouted,
"I hate the Caged Bird, so I want to leave the Hyuga family and leave Konoha Village."
Hyuga Hiashi pointed at Hanabi anxiously. "Hanabi, come back now!"
Hanabi looked apologetically at Hyuga Hiashi.
"I'm sorry, Father. I don't want to stay in that clan anymore."
A Hyuga elder cursed loudly, "Hanabi, the Caged Bird is something that protects the clan. Every branch-family member accepts the Caged Bird willingly—don't talk nonsense."
Hanabi glared at that elder, and he immediately fainted.
She then kept glaring at the main-family elders she had disliked before.
Every person she glared at fell unconscious.
Hanabi lifted her little nose. "Now you know how powerful I am, right!"
Everyone's gaze did not rest on her, but instead gathered on Kairen's face.
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