Naruto: Start With Tenseigan C60 (Patreon)

Chapter 60: Hyuga Makoto's Strength

Black Zetsu indeed felt that Hyuga Makoto was somewhat eerie.

Setting aside the fact that this guy seemed like a bit of a jinx...

Just the Chakra aura he released last time, along with those strange black tattoos on his body, reminded Black Zetsu of one of his mother's techniques!

Although Black Zetsu was distressed that he didn't have the full information on this technique, he had some deductions.

Furthermore, he now had a further suspicion!

"What if—I'm just saying what if—this kid is a power being left to grow by that guy, to be reclaimed in the future?"

Black Zetsu thought to himself; after all, once his mother was unsealed, she would also need a massive amount of power!

"So, if this kid realizes the truth, what choice will he make?"

Black Zetsu fell into deep thought; he felt he might be able to investigate in this direction...

While they were conducting their investigation and surveillance, Hyuga Makoto wasn't idling either.

"Seriously, why do I have to be with you two?"

Inside a Hot Spring House in Konoha.

Hyuga Makoto looked at Kakashi, who had half his face buried in the water, and then at Jiraiya, who was drooling while peeping through the gaps in the wooden boards.

He rubbed his brow in some pain and spoke with great emotion.

"And if you're going to peep, shouldn't you be peeping at Uchiha Itachi instead of here?"

"Tsk, what do you know?"

Jiraiya snorted softly, then pressed his face against the wooden board again with great enthusiasm.

"This is called balancing work and rest. If you keep staring at them, you'll probably attract their attention!"

"True."

Kakashi nodded from the side. At some point, he had surfaced from the water, a towel draped over his face.

"While the Byakugan is useful, powerful Ninjas can sense something is off. It's inevitable that we'd alert them otherwise."

"..."

Hyuga Makoto looked at Kakashi speechlessly; this guy's movements were really fast.

"Whatever you say. I'm the one who'll suffer in the end anyway. I really envy how relaxed you guys are..."

"Hey, you're going too far!"

Jiraiya immediately couldn't hold back and turned around, speaking with a look of displeasure.

"I've taught you quite a lot these past few days. This Immortal rarely has time to teach others like this, okay!"

"Besides, didn't you take most of the funding?"

Kakashi also rolled his dead-fish eyes, joining in on the complaints from the side.

"You said you were buying medicine to recover Chakra, but the people I know from the Nara Clan didn't mention any money coming in."

"You still need to recover Chakra? Your Chakra is clearly ridiculously abundant!"

Jiraiya craned his neck and looked over, while Kakashi's dead-fish eyes remained fixed on him.

"Makoto, exactly how much did you embezzle?"

"This is mission funding, how can you call it embezzlement..."

Facing the questioning of the two, Hyuga Makoto could only laugh it off.

As the Hyuga Commissioner...

He naturally wouldn't be polite with this money!

Although he hadn't used it yet, he could imagine his expenses wouldn't be small in the future.

After all, Shisui was about to return, and according to the feedback he provided, he had performed quite a few missions along the way to'subsidize the household.'

The equipment costs were much higher than imagined; Hyuga Makoto's single 'Asuma' couldn't handle it at all!

Before Gato ran off to the Land of Waves for the time being, he could only settle for being the 'Hyuga Commissioner'...

"Instead of talking about this, let's talk about the Uchiha. That guy has come again."

"You mentioned it; he's had contact with Uchiha Itachi again."

Speaking of the Uchiha, Kakashi couldn't help but sigh.

"And the situation with the Uchiha is becoming increasingly unstable. Are they planning something?"

"Sigh, if only Minato were still here."

Jiraiya couldn't help but sigh, a comment that left Kakashi silent, though Hyuga Makoto nodded.

If nothing else, Minato Namikaze had Uchiha Obito as his subordinate, and Uchiha Mikoto and Uzumaki Kushina were on very good terms.

If it weren't for Kakashi's 'death whispers' in front of the Memorial Stone, it's hard to say if the relationship between the Uchiha and Konoha would have eased under Minato Namikaze's leadership.

Of course, even without the Nine-Tailed, there would probably be other issues; after all, Uchiha Obito had truly gone mad...

"never mind，Let's not talk about these upsetting things.."

Jiraiya shook his head and sighed, then turned his gaze toward Hyuga Makoto.

"Speaking of which, your talent is truly exaggerated, kid. Your learning ability is extremely strong, and you have so much Chakra; it's quite ridiculous."

"Indeed."

Kakashi stopped thinking about those sad things and said with a smile.

"Although Makoto is a bit unlucky, his talent and strength are indeed beyond doubt."

"It seems I'm not the only unlucky one, right?"

Hyuga Makoto stared at Kakashi with his Byakugan. If we're talking about being unlucky, isn't this guy even more so than himself?

Besides, some of those unlucky incidents were actually caused by Hyuga Makoto himself...

However, there was one thing he quite agreed with: his current strength was indeed not bad!

Strictly speaking, even he didn't know which tier he belonged to.

His System didn't have any explanations for this, and it's difficult to provide rankings in the real Ninja world.

A Ninja's battle still depends on combat experience and on-the-spot performance!

"But if I were to rank myself, considering only my Byakugan and my own Chakra, I probably wouldn't fear so-called Elite Jonin or even some Kage..."

Hyuga Makoto rubbed his chin; he really didn't have a clear concept of it.

After all, since obtaining the Tenseigan, he hadn't really fought using only his Byakugan and his own Chakra...

But he felt he wouldn't be bad either; besides, there are differences between Kage and Kage!

Rasa is a Kage, and Senju Hashirama is also a Kage...

Can the two of them even be compared?

"And my own Chakra is something that ordinary Kage can't even compare to..."

After so many upgrades, he couldn't say for sure how many 'Kaka-units' of power he had now.

Maybe he was close to 'Ten Kakas'?

"If I include the Tenseigan, the Moon's Chakra, and my Yin Seal..."

Hyuga Makoto pursed his lips; even if those lunatics on the Moon ramped up the pressure, he could still pin down Uchiha Obito and his lot and beat them!

Even if there was no technique involved, even if it was all pure Chakra output...

"But you'd still have to admit it's a win!"

"After all, aren't the real Otsutsuki the same way? They rely entirely on their powerful Chakra and physical constitution to crush everything in their path..."

Although Hyuga Makoto wouldn't emulate them, he had to admit that doing so felt really good.

"So, if we don't count comprehensive combat literacy, should my full-power state belong to the so-called 'Strong Kage' or even 'Beyond Kage' category?"

Although this category is somewhat broad and vague, he felt that, barring any surprises, he should be included in it!

"Tsk, both of you are quite unlucky."

Jiraiya had no idea what Hyuga Makoto was thinking; he gave a weird laugh and turned back to press against the wooden board.

Immediately, a lecherous expression appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but mutter under his breath.

"Move, move already! Damn mist, it's blocking everything!"

"Does it have to be so troublesome?"

Hyuga Makoto couldn't take it anymore; he pointed at his eyes and said disdainfully.

"If you want to know who has a better figure, just ask me."

As he spoke, he activated his Byakugan, which gave Kakashi a start.

Kakashi immediately stood up, covering Hyuga Makoto's eyes with both hands, and said with dissatisfaction.

"Can't you learn something decent?"

"Exactly."

Jiraiya was also quite indignant and spoke out in annoyance.

"You're just cheating!"

"?"

Kakashi was dumbfounded, but Jiraiya suddenly asked with a grin.

"So, who has the better figure?"

"..."

Kakashi immediately rolled his eyes; he felt that both of them were beyond help.

Hyuga Makoto's expression was also very strange at this moment, because he happened to see Naruto walking slowly past the Hot Spring House.

At the same time, his System flickered...

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