Chapter 787: Chapter – 780 What Can a Cripple Do?
Aoki's Prison Cell, Underground Dungeon, Hyuga Clan
It was a small cell with an area of about 9 meters square. Closed from four sides with 2-meter walls. The only point of entry and exit was the small barred opening on the roof.
Sitting in his wheelchair, Aoki looked at the full moon through the small opening on the roof, and sighed lightly, 'Haaaaa.'
All traces of anger, resentment, and hesitance had disappeared from his face, his heart had calmed down and his expression had also become clear. Aoki has finally accepted his reality, 'It turns out that no matter how I much try, I really can't be like them, I just can't. I wonder why did I even try in the first place?'
With such thoughts in his mind, Aoki recalled the event that changed his life forever.
It was during the latter stage of the third great shinobi war. Konoha was winning on all four fronts all thanks to the efforts of Yellow Flash and it was predicted that the war would soon end. At that time, he and his brother Aoba were assigned to the front line. Their main task was the protection of the only son of one of the elders of the main family of the Hyuga Clan–who was going to the front line.
Normally, the children of the main family don't go to the battlefield, especially not to the front lines. However, the third great shinobi war was a war like never before, it caused a heavy loss of manpower. Although Konoha was winning, however, all was not well. Protecting itself on all four ends, Konoha lacked human resources, therefore the Hyuga Clan had no choice but to send even the children of the main family to the front line.
After arriving on the front line, they were assigned a small mission. It was a simple reconnaissance task. The mission was completed without a hitch thanks to their Byakugan, and they were on their way back to the camp to submit the report. That's when it happened, they discovered the kidnapping of the disciple of Yellow Flash. Kirigakure shinobi were planning to do some serious damage to Konoha by sealing the three-tailed turtle inside her and releasing it when she returns back to the village.
Knowing the harm that the three-tailed turtle can cause to Konoha, they knew they couldn't just sit back and watch. They had to do something. And so, they decided to save the girl. Of course, they weren't going to act recklessly, so they discussed for a while and split into two teams. Aoki took charge of staying back and keeping a track of the Kirigakure Shinobi, while his brother and the child of the main family were tasked with bringing reinforcements.
The plan was perfect. Konoha's camp wasn't too far so it was definitely plausible, all Aoki had to do was not lose the track of Kirigakure's shinobi, which was an easy thing to do with his pair of Byakugan.
And so, they split into two teams. But who would have thought, their plan had one major flaw, and that's something they only realized by the time everything was over.
Aoki doesn't understand how they did it, but Kirigakure Shinobi spotted the three of them a long time ago, and just after they split into two teams, and it was just him, hundreds of Kirigakure shinobi appeared out of nowhere and attacked him. The other team consisting of his brother and the child of the main family were also attacked.
Surprising thing was, these shinobi were extremely weak, so they were easily dealt with, however, their numbers were never decreasing, it was as If they had no end to them, and continued to come at them.
The three of them could only deal with so many, but there was no end to Kirigakure Shinobi, by the time reinforcements from Konoha arrived, all the damage was done. He was crippled, his brother was injured but alive, and as for the child of the main family, not only was he dead but one of his Byakugan was also stolen.
This was a scandal. When the news about this incident reached the main family of the Hyuga Clan, the main family was furious.
The one to bear the brunt of everything was he and his brother.
Aoki and his brother tried to explain everything. The failure wasn't his or his brother's fault, they were doing what was necessary! They were trying to protect the village! But they were outnumbered. But the main family didn't listen to them at all. They were adamant about punishing the two of them for their failure to protect the members of the main family and the secrets of the Hyuga Clan.
He was still fine, after all, his legs were seriously injured and he had lost the ability to walk, so he was only imprisoned for three years, but his brother wasn't the same. His brother was executed for the failure. It's not that his brother didn't try to resist, however, he was powerless to do so because of the 'Caged Bird'.
After his brother's death, Aoki's spirit collapsed, he was consumed by anger and a desire for revenge against the main family.
He knew that he himself is powerless against the main family because of the existence of the 'Caged Bird' so he planned to use others and thus he became a traitor.
He tried to use Kumogakure's greed in an attempt to cause harm to the Hyuga Clan. Although the plan for Hyuga Hinata's kidnapping failed because of the intervention of Amatsukami, Aoki didn't give up and continued to look for opportunities.
After he stole some books from the forbidden library of the Hyuga Clan, Aoki learned a very important secret about the main family and the 'Caged Bird'.
Upon learning that secret, Aoki became hesitant.
The secret was about the true purpose behind the existence of the main family and the 'Caged Bird'.
Although Aoki hated the main family and 'Caged Bird', he didn't want to destroy the entire Hyuga Clan, especially the children of the branch family, they were innocent and had nothing to do with his hatred.
So, Aoki decided to keep his hatred within and decided to end it with him. Besides, when he had stolen the books from the forbidden section, he had already killed the elder who was responsible for the execution of his brother, so part of his revenge was completed, and he no longer wanted to create trouble for the branch family.
With such intentions, Aoki restrained himself and started living a normal life.
He would talk with his fellow clansmen and tried his best to integrate with them, revenge and other things were no longer on his mind. This is why when Kuroto continued to look for the traitor of the Hyuga Clan, he found no one for so long.
Aoki believed that he was happy now, and he didn't need to care about his past thoughts. But that's the thing… he believed that he was happy, but is he?
The clan meeting a few days back changed everything. Hyuga Kuroto's outburst changed everything. Aoki admired Kuroto for the kind of courage Kuroto showed at that time. More so, he really liked Kuroto's intention of protecting Neji, a member of the branch family from the wrath of the main family
Of course, Aoki only admired Kuroto, he had no plans of supporting him or anything, nor was he influenced by Kuroto.
But who would have thought that that's only what he believed?
When Elder Aoyama slapped him along with the rest of the branch members, all the anger, the suppressed desire for revenge and all the negative emotions once again surfaced. At the same time, Aoki also realized that he had been strongly influenced by Kuroto's actions. He can no longer bear the scolding and humiliation.
This is why he thinks that he can't be like them. Like the rest of the branch members who can swallow the anger and humiliation.
'Well, at least I tried. But I suppose it's time to stop with this stupid façade.' Thought Aoki as a relieved smile appeared on his face.
As Aoki made up his mind, the sound of footsteps resounded from the roof, and not long afterward, Hizashi appeared on the other side of the metal bars. He looked at Aoki through the bars, and said, "Aoki… you did something foolish today!"
"..." – Aoki remained silent.
Hizashi wasn't surprised, and sighed, "You… don't have to worry too much. I have talked with the Patriarch when the matter subsides, you will be released. Until then, stay peaceful, and try not to do anything."
Aoki smiled, and said, "My sentence is being shortened?" and asked, "Is it because Patriarch doesn't consider me much of a threat due to my disability?"
Hizashi tried to answer… but… he didn't know how to explain. Hizashi used Aoki's disability as an excuse in order to persuade Hiashi. And Aoki's disability is the only reason his sentence is being pardoned.
Hizashi didn't need to answer, Aoki saw through his hesitation, and said in a sarcastic tone, "I guess I should be grateful to you, Hizashi-san."
Hizashi sighed, "Just… don't make things difficult."
Aoki chuckled, and asked as looked at Hizashi, "Say Hizashi-san, don't you hate Patriarch?"
Hizashi frowned, "What do you mean?"
Aoki explained, "The two of you are twin brothers. And in my understanding, you are obviously stronger than him, yet he is the Patriarch, not you… why? Because of the stupid rules of the main family! Just because he is only a few seconds older than you, he is the Patriarch, while your entire life is limited to serving him because of that 'Caged Bird'. If anyone was in your position, he would hate Patriarch, right?"
Hizashi shook his head, "There is no use thinking about these things."
"Right!" said Aoki, and added in an aggressive tone, "I really pity you Hizashi-san. You are imprisoned to such a degree that you can't even express your hatred towards them. But you know what… all your efforts, the efforts of your son… everything is in vain… in front of 'Caged Bird' everything is useless… we are all prisoners, and we can never escape this destiny. We can try to resist it, just like Hyuga Kuroto did… but we can never escape it, even he can't!"
Hizashi was seriously confused now, and questioned Aoki, "What are you trying to say?"
Aoki took a deep breath, as he said, "That's a very good question. What am I trying to say, huh?" and muttered, "I… don't know… I just know that I can't become like you… and I have resigned trying to be… this is not just in my fate."
"Don't talk nonsense about fate and belief. Just live the rest of your life peacefully… Living is the most important!" said Hizashi, trying to calm down Aoki.
Aoki chuckled, "Yes… you are right, now I am going to do just that. I will not resist anymore." And added, "But you know what… you made a mistake… he made a mistake too… he should have killed me when he had the chance, now there is no going back."
As he said these words, Aoki's eyes became extremely clear. It's as if he knew what he had to do now.
Hizashi was getting a very bad vibe from Aoki. He started to panic, and questioned, "Aoki… what are you trying to do?"
Aoki looked at Hizashi and said with a twisted smile, "What can a cripple like me do Hizashi-san?"
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Chapter 788: Chapter – 781 Aoyama and Mizuki Colluding?
As the turmoil caused by the Summons gradually came to an end, the atmosphere at the Konoha Ninja Academy returned to the days before the Combat Assessment.
Whether the trainees who acquired powerful Summons–Naruto, Sasuke, or Neji–or the trainees who have yet to acquire any powerful summons–Shikamaru, Lee, Sai, and the others–all of them suppressed their desires and focused on training themselves and increasing their personal strength.
Except for a few children with very poor talent, almost all the trainees have mastered the basics of Shinobi Arts. An average student of Ninja Academy has mastery of three basic Ninjutsu, knows the basics of Chakra control, and has a basic understanding of combat arts. The exceptional ones have even begun to learn skills like tracking, stealth, assassination, and other advanced techniques that are generally taught to them by the captains of the squads they are assigned to.
Compared to Cannon, where the trainees were required to master only the three basic ninjutsu in order to graduate, the trainees of this timeline have come a long way. In Kuroto's expectations, the average graduate of the academy will be several times stronger and more skilled compared to their cannon counterparts.
This remarkable progress made by the Konoha Ninja Academy has been observed by the higher-ups of the village, and they are very happy to see this progress, especially in troubled times like these. And this is also the very reason why despite causing trouble from time to time, no one tries to bother Kuroto. After all, children of all backgrounds are enrolled in the academy, and no one wants to create trouble for Kuroto and affect the future of their children.
But of course, there are a few exceptional ones… these exceptional ones can also be called the foolish ones for they don't understand what they are getting themselves into, as we will see now.
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Knock! Knock!
A brief knock came from the other side of the door of Kuroto's office.
Well aware of the identity of the person who knocked, Kuroto didn't even bother to raise his head, and simply said, "Come in."
With Kuroto's permission, the door was opened, and it was none other than Shisui who came in. Noting that Kuroto doesn't seem to be too busy–by busy Shisui means that the one present in the office was not a Shadow Clan of Kuroto–Shisui walked closer and reported, "Kuroto-san, Mizuki is not accepting the transfer."
Hearing Shisui's report, Kuroto raised his head with a frowned expression, and asked, "He refused to follow the order?"
Shisui nodded, "Well…"
That's correct, Mizuki is being transferred from the Ninja Academy to some other department. Which department to be exact? Kuroto neither knows nor cares because Mizuki's transfer had nothing to do with him. It was Hokage-sama's order and he just passed the document to Shisui and left the matter on the young Uchiha's capable shoulders.
As for the reason behind Mizuki's unexpected transfer? Well, that's something Kuroto knows. Mizuki's actions in the combat assessment were witnessed by everyone. As soon as he encountered the members of 'Akatsuki' he ran away, leaving behind children in danger. Sandaime felt that such a person who would abandon their fellow villagers in times of danger was not suitable to teach at the academy and chose to transfer him. Therefore, after the matter of assessment and related issues came to an end, he sent Mizuki's transfer order.
Kuroto had no opinion on this, and simply signed the transfer as he left the matter in Shisui's hands, but who would have thought that Mizuki had the courage to defy Hokage-sama's order and refuse to leave the Ninja Academy?
Kuroto couldn't help but mutter, "I wonder what brought him such courage?"
At Kuroto's question, Shisui took a step forward and said in a low voice, "I received a message from one of the members of the police force… Recently, Mizuki had a secret meeting with Elder Aoyama of the Hyuga Clan."
"That's an odd combination." Muttered Kuroto with a frown.
Shisui nodded, "Exactly. They met up in a private room at the old tea house, and discussed something for about fifteen minutes!"
"Hmm. Do you know what they discussed?" asked Kuroto with a thoughtful expression.
Shisui shook his head, "No, it was risky for that guy to spy on a Hyuga, especially on an elder, so he didn't do that."
Kuroto nodded, "Fair enough." Then said, "No matter… instruct Itachi to keep a watch on the two of them, Mizuki and Elder Aoyama couldn't have met up for no reason, whatever they are planning, I don't want to deal with it. If it has nothing to do with me, then I will leave them alone, and if it has anything to do with me, I would prefer to nib the bud before it takes root."
Shisui nodded, "I will pass the message to Itachi."
Since the last clan meeting, the situation within the Hyuga Clan has become quite delicate. Although the Hyuga Clan is still the very same Hyuga Clan on the surface, internally the situation is different altogether. The recent incident with Aoki is direct proof.
Moreover, how can those arrogant elders swallow the humiliation? Hizashi has informed him that those elders are planning something in order to deal with him, perhaps this meeting with Mizuki is part of their plan, as Mizuki might play some role.
To be honest, Kuroto doesn't care too much about their small movements. They can't really do any harm to him. He is free of the 'Caged Bird', the only person they might think they can use to harm him is Yui, but they won't be able to do anything to her either, Kuroto has taken sufficient measures. So, whatever they are planning is going to be useless.
In fact, if Kuroto wants, he can easily put an end to this fiasco. But that would attract attention which is something Kuroto doesn't want. Unless he is compelled, Kuroto doesn't want to do anything to the Hyuga Clan.
Of course, this doesn't mean that he will completely ignore them. if they really dared to do something to him or to Yui, then he would purge them and take control of the Clan.
With that decided, Kuroto left the matter to Shisui and continued with his work.
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Night, Kuroto's home.
Back home, Kuroto continued the study of the Yin-Seal.
After research and development, Kuroto has finally completed the development of the Yin-Seal.
Now that the development is completed, it's time to jump to the next phase, that is… using it.
But the thing is, Yin-Seal not only revolves around all the chakra meridians of the body, but it also affects the most sensitive, and fragile part of the human body, that is the brain. No matter how confident Kuroto is in his Fuinjutsu skills, he wouldn't dare to directly use Yin-Seal on his main body, that's too risky, if something goes wrong, then his main body would be damaged irreparably.
For others, this is a serious problem and they might be willing to take the risk of using Yin-seal on themselves, however, for Kuroto, this is not a major trouble. After all, he has a lot of clones hanging around in his laboratory. Apart from the Chakra clones that have been developed and cultivated, there are other clones as well that are just floating in Capsules. They can be used for testing the Yin-Seal.
"I guess I will put those clones to some use." Muttered Kuroto as he left a Shadow Clone in the village and came to Ancor Vantian.
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Ancor Vantian.
Arriving at the floating fortress, Kuroto didn't directly go to his laboratory, rather, he went to the area where Karin and Gaara live and checked up on Karin's state. She had a pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan transplanted to her and wanted to see its state.
"Kuroto-sama?" muttered Karin in confusion as she looked at Kuroto looking at her.
Kuroto patter the young Uzumaki's head, and asked, "How have you been? I am sorry I haven't been able to visit more often."
"I… I think I am doing fine. With these eyes, I don't need to rely on my spectacles anymore." Replied Karin.
Kuroto nodded, and asked, "Did you notice anything unusual about these eyes?"
Karin pondered for a while, and then replied, "Well… I don't know how to explain it. Sometimes I feel that these eyes have their own thoughts, which is strange..."
"Own thoughts, huh?" muttered Kuroto and then asked, "It's as if these eyes are alive, right?"
Karin nodded, "Yes, exactly!"
"Hmm, let's see." Said Kuroto and explained, "There are two main reasons why you feel as such. First, you are not the biological owner of these eyes, so they are a bit repulsive towards you. Second, the visual prowess of these eyes is very strong, therefore, they have indeed gained certain alive characteristics."
"I see." Mutter Karin.
Kuroto nodded and took a step closer to observe the pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. But this time, he was checking using his Byakugan.
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