Late at night, Hyuga Clan compound, study.
"Rakawa, tomorrow I'll arrange for you to go to the Ninja Academy. I'm entrusting everything to you. As for that matter, let fate decide."
Hyuga Chiyo, the current Head of the Hyuga Clan's Main Family, said this. Other high-ranking members of the Hyuga Clan were also in the study.
Standing before Hyuga Chiyo was Rakawa, the most secretive person in the clan, whose appearance bore a slight resemblance to Hyuga Neji, but his eyes were black.
Rakawa's heart was calm, suppressing a strange desire within him. This day was bound to come.
"I will go tomorrow."
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Konoha Ninja Academy, the classroom was slightly noisy.
Hyuga Rakawa walked in from outside the classroom. The Chunin instructor at the podium nodded to him and said, "This is our new classmate, Hyuga Rakawa. Let's give him a round of applause."
Sparse applause echoed in the classroom. Rakawa calmly glanced at the students in the classroom. This was his class, and a few students with decent strength or special identities piqued his interest.
Eight-year-old Hyuga Rakawa appeared to be a child, but his soul was actually that of a young man in his twenties.
Transmigrated into this world, Rakawa's identity was that of a member of the Hyuga Clan's Branch Family, but a rather special one—the only Branch Family member not branded with the Caged Bird Seal.
The moment he was born, his father swiftly found the Head of the Main Family, and then a shocking scene unfolded.
A newborn infant, with blood vessels protruding around his white eyes, and chakra faintly surging, had awakened his eyes naturally at birth.
This news was quickly and strictly sealed. Rakawa naturally survived in this world. However, three days after his birth, tragic news arrived: both his parents died in battle during a mission, leaving him an orphan to be raised by a Branch Family Elder.
As a child, Rakawa displayed a calmness, wisdom, and composure beyond his peers, often making the Elder who raised him feel as if he was conversing with a clear-minded young man.
Shortly after birth, his Byakugan transformed into black pupils, and he could activate the Byakugan at any time. This wasn't what surprised him. What was truly special was that every time he activated his eyes and saw a Main Family member, he would feel a frantic desire to devour them, or rather, to devour something.
From the moment this desire appeared, he began to frantically train his Byakugan abilities, desperately developing its power.
Because he clearly understood that ordinary Byakugan did not have this feeling. This strange Byakugan was by no means comparable to an ordinary Byakugan.
Besides his awakened eyes, Rakawa harbored another secret unknown to others: three elemental affinities.
Earth, Wind, and Fire—three elements that could simultaneously undergo nature transformation, filled with infinite possibilities.
Eight years passed. These eight years caused no small stir within the Hyuga Clan, though outsiders remained unaware. Rarely leaving the clan, he was seen by outsiders as nothing more than a useless Hyuga Clan member without a Byakugan, an object of extreme ridicule.
But he didn't care. What others thought, what their opinions were, had nothing to do with him. He only needed to strengthen himself.
Just last night, Hyuga Chiyo assigned him a mission and informed him of some matters, which is why he came to the Ninja Academy.
The Chunin instructor beside him, seeing Rakawa's unresponsiveness, awkwardly said, "Rakawa, please introduce yourself."
Rakawa nodded slightly and said, "Hyuga Rakawa. I dislike noise. My interests are confidential."
The Chunin instructor broke into a cold sweat, his mouth twitching, lamenting inwardly, "What kind of self-introduction is that? Is he trying to act cool?"
Other students also had strange expressions. Why were there always so many people who liked to act cool? Some, however, were completely taken by it.
"He's so handsome, like a Prince Charming."
A group of girls under ten years old had stars in their eyes, turning into infatuated fans.
Some were displeased, namely the boys in the class.
"What's the big deal? He's just a little handsome. I'm not bad either."
"He's still far from me, the handsome one. Why should he get all the attention? Can being handsome feed you?"
It was blatant jealousy. If the instructor hadn't been present, they would have wanted to tear that handsome face off and stomp on it.
Another person scornfully said, "So he's just a Hyuga Clan failure, a failure without a Byakugan. The Hyuga Clan is pretty much done for, how laughable."
Rakawa's eyes swept over him at these words, a cold glare flashing in his gaze.
Whoosh!!!
In an instant, Rakawa's figure by the podium vanished, appearing directly beside the person, a finger pressed against their left shoulder.
The speaker's voice died down, cold sweat dripping incessantly down his cheeks.
The classroom fell silent, an eerie silence.
Even the Chunin instructor at the podium was startled by this scene, his eyes showing clear disbelief.
"Body Flicker Technique? This kid actually..."
"No, impossible. It must just be ordinary movement. He's a Hyuga Clan member, so it must be that."
The Chunin instructor desperately searched for reasons to cover up his inner shock, but found no explanation that could suffice.
Rakawa looked coldly at the person's back, then said chillingly, "Silence doesn't mean you can insult freely. Next time, be careful, Uchiha brat."
The fan crest represented his identity, representing a powerful faction.
"Rakawa, that's enough!"
The Chunin instructor snapped back to reality and immediately shouted. The Rakawa before him was definitely a genius, but the Uchiha Clan member was also a genius. If anything happened to either of them, he would be in trouble.
If he didn't stop the situation from escalating further, something terrible would happen.
He could clearly see chakra threads emitting a faint white glow from the fingertip pressed against the shoulder.
The Hyuga Clan, a taijutsu powerhouse.
Rakawa glanced at him, then calmly withdrew his finger.
The silent class erupted as his finger was withdrawn. Even the boys who had been openly hostile earlier were now convinced.
"So scary, so fast."
"Couldn't even see him."
"He actually subdued an Uchiha Clan genius in one move. This is the real genius."
The girls went even crazier: handsome, cool, strong—he met all the conditions for a prince.
Uchiha Fugaku, who had been subdued in one move, couldn't stop his pupils from trembling. It was fear, but also rage.
In that instant, half his body went numb, unable to muster any strength. Cold sweat had already soaked his clothes.
Rage. As the young clan head of the Uchiha Clan, he had been subdued by a Hyuga Clan failure in one move, without even the ability to resist. The Uchiha Clan's face had been utterly disgraced.
Hyuga Rakawa, he vowed eternal enmity!