At that moment, Hiashi finally understood completely.
He wasn't stupid, he knew well that the Byakugan was useful for reconnaissance.
But what good is strong ability if your own strength is weak? Wouldn't that just make you a lamb waiting for slaughter?
The Hyuga still had to focus on improving their own strength if they wanted to stand firm in the ninja world.
He immediately wanted to refute Obito's words, but Obito seemed to know what he was about to say and gave him a look that told him not to speak, making the words die in his throat.
Then Obito slowly walked toward Hinata and smiled, "Little Hinata, I'll give you a gift. It's a reward for your contribution, something you deserve."
Hinata widened her pale eyes in confusion. She didn't know what contribution she had made, nor did she know what this big brother planned to give her.
At that moment, Obito raised a finger and closed his eyes.
A single drop of blood, looking somehow different from ordinary blood, slowly seeped from his fingertip.
Obito opened his eyes and gently touched that finger to Hinata's forehead. The drop of blood was immediately absorbed into her body.
Afterward, Obito seemed greatly drained. He spoke weakly, "That was a drop of blood containing Otsutsuki information. Don't worry about what I mean, just know that this drop of blood has fused with your lineage and will allow your eyes to evolve."
Hinata was still dazed, but Hiashi couldn't help asking, "Lord Obito, what do you mean by eye evolution?"
Obito glanced at Hiashi, "Naturally, a more advanced form of the Byakugan, one on par with the Rinnegan."
Hiashi was even more shocked. The Akatsuki's number two powerhouse, Uzumaki Nagato, who had reclaimed his clan name, possessed a pair of Rinnegan, their power had been displayed vividly in his recent appearances.
Who in the world didn't know the terror of the Rinnegan now? And yet, someone was telling him that the Byakugan could evolve to that level?
Hiashi found it hard to believe, just one drop of blood, and it could create a miracle?
But Obito merely turned to Hinata and said, "Hinata, try opening your eyes. Channel the power within your body. Use your Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, strike the clouds above you in whatever way feels right."
Hinata looked nervously at her father. Hiashi, after glancing at Obito, said seriously, "Do as he says."
Hinata then looked up at the clouds and activated her Byakugan.
However, her Byakugan suddenly changed, the white became purer, crystal-clear, and faintly shimmered with traces of blue light.
Hiashi stared at Hinata's transformed eyes, now visibly different from an ordinary Byakugan, and was so stunned he couldn't even speak.
'The Byakugan… can truly evolve!'
Before his shock could subside, Hinata followed Obito's instruction and thrust her palm toward the sky.
Hiashi instinctively frowned, her form had at least three errors in power technique. A palm strike like that should've been weak and soft, with no real effect.
Compared to Neji, Hinata was worlds apart.
Hiashi was utterly disappointed. So what if the Byakugan evolved? Without personal strength, it was meaningless.
However, in the next instant, a gust of wind surged from Hinata's palm.
In a flash, it became a terrifying shockwave that shot toward the clouds in the sky.
The falling snowflakes were blown apart, scattering in every direction, leaving a hollow gap in the air, and even the clouds above were pierced straight through.
That single strike was terrifying beyond words.
Hiashi's mouth fell open in disbelief. This was… his daughter, the girl who couldn't even perform Gentle Fist properly, who had disappointed him so deeply, who he'd nearly written off as hopeless?
'How… how could this be possible?'
'If that kind of power hit a person, what would it feel like?'
Who needed to target chakra points? The body would be torn apart instantly.
Seeing this, Obito walked up to Hiashi and patted his shoulder.
"Clan head Hiashi, as you can see, you don't know how to teach your daughter. Hinata can't grow under your Hyuga training. From now on, let her take me as her teacher. I'll teach her."
He paused, then added, "And from now on, how she practices her palm techniques is her choice. That strike shouldn't be called the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, it should be called by its true name: Eighty Gods Vaccume Attack."
"When Gods Vaccume Attack is released eighty times in an instant, it's called Eighty Gods Vaccume Strike. That's the path Hinata should pursue from now on."
After saying that, Obito seemed relieved, as if he'd finished something weighing on his heart. Without another glance, he turned and walked out, leaving Hiashi frozen in place, utterly stunned.
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After leaving the Hyuga estate, Obito went straight to find Minato-sensei.
He spoke seriously, "Minato-sensei, I think the time has come. The ninja profession should be abolished. From now on, the world will only have soldiers who protect their nations, no more ninja carrying out secret missions."
Minato had long anticipated this day. He smiled, "Obito, are you sure? If you're sure, I'll support you."
Obito nodded, "Then it begins with Konoha. After this, I'll go to the Akatsuki and inform Yahiko."
Minato seemed to recall something, and his smile turned wry.
"Then the whole world will erupt with news that the Hokage of Konoha, Namikaze Minato, plans to abolish the ninja system and has struck a secret deal with the Akatsuki, right?"
Obito grinned playfully, "Minato-sensei, if you're smeared like that, just push the blame on me."
Minato's smile grew more bitter, "Even if I do, will anyone believe it?"
"Ah! Well...", he sighed, "It's not like it's the first time I've been slandered. I'm used to it now. Even if I take on every conspiracy in the world, I… won't fear it."
Obito chuckled, "As expected of you, Minato-sensei, a man whose heart can contain six trillion explosive tags."
"Then I'll head to the Akatsuki. Minato-sensei, thank you for your support. You're truly the greatest Hokage Konoha's ever had. I'm just the root buried in the darkness."
As soon as he finished speaking, Obito's figure vanished without a trace.
———
The next day, the entire ninja world was shaken.
Konoha, in alliance with the Akatsuki, officially abolished the ninja profession. And along with it, all customs and traditions related to ninja that might cause harmful influence.
Namikaze Minato once again became the cover figure of the Earth Village Times.
At first, the policy faced intense backlash. But after so many waves of opposition, the Akatsuki still carried on unfazed.
The key was that the Akatsuki was now unimaginably powerful, their command spanned the world, and no one dared defy them. Though people grumbled inwardly, they still obeyed.
After all, there were no more wars to fight, people's lives grew better by the day, resources became richer, and the great villages began realizing that keeping a bunch of ninja, who produced nothing and only knew how to kill, wasn't really useful.
So this policy, miraculously, met almost no resistance and spread widely.
It was as if abolishing the ninja profession had become the will of the people.
From then on, all terms related to "ninja" were rejected. Even the phrase "ninja world" stopped being used.
The land beneath everyone's feet, the home shared by all, was now called Earth.
Many years later, when people recalled that peaceful afternoon, they would remember that slowly fading thing, and wonder, once upon a time, had there really been such a profession on Earth called "ninja"?
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