blogombal Chapter 5 Road Choices
Chapter 5 Road Choices
At dawn, the bright sunlight shines on the earth, and all things begin to revive. A gentle breeze sweeps across the Hyuga clan's territory, and birds sing and flowers bloom everywhere.
The entire Hyuga clan exuded a sense of tranquility and peace.
Sunlight streamed through the window, breaking the darkness in the room and shining directly on Hyuga Kanan's somewhat tender face, which was sitting cross-legged on the bed, giving it a rosy glow.
Hyuga Kanan slowly opened her eyes, a faint blue light flashing across them. She shook her head groggily, trying to shake off the fatigue from a sleepless night of training.
After last night's transformation of the ancient jade, the caged bird curse mark on my forehead is now just for show.
Just as Hyuga Kanan was about to continue his training, a knock on the door interrupted him, and someone pushed the door open and entered.
"Jianan, you're awake!"
“Mother.” Hyuga Kanan looked up at the person who had entered before quickly getting out of bed.
"It's me! You've been unconscious for a whole day and night. I thought you hadn't woken up yet!" A middle-aged woman with a concerned expression answered softly to Hyuga Kanan, then quickly asked, "How are you feeling now? Are you alright? And you haven't eaten anything for a whole day and night, you must be hungry now!"
Hyuga Kanan hadn't paid any attention at first, but this reminder caused his stomach to rumble loudly, making him feel somewhat embarrassed.
"Okay, wait a little longer, they'll bring it over right away." With Hinata Kanan now awake, the middle-aged woman visibly relaxed, touched his face, and then asked, "By the way, besides being hungry, is there anything else bothering you?"
“Aside from being a little thirsty, I feel fine, so Mother, you don’t need to worry too much.” Hyuga Kanan looked at her mother, a beautiful woman who was not yet 40. Unlike her father, Hyuga Kagaku, she was not stern and her face was full of love and concern.
This was the only person in the entire Hyuga clan who showed him exceptional care. His father and older brother always had serious expressions and never cared about a child's life or feelings.
"Hmm! Jianan, don't blame your father. The burden of the Hyuga clan rests on his shoulders. He's doing this for the sake of the clan's rules. Never mind, wait a little longer. I'll go and urge them to send the food over quickly."
Seeing Hyuga Kanan's indifferent expression, the beautiful woman got up and walked out.
After a while, Hyuga Kanan casually asked while eating the food in front of her, "Mother, did anyone come to see me while I was unconscious?"
"Well, your father is very busy right now, and your two older brothers are about to take their graduation exams and need to prepare. Everyone else is busy with other things, so I didn't let them come."
Hearing this, Hyuga Kanan felt speechless. She had expected her father and brother to not come, but she usually treated the servants very well, yet none of them had come to see her.
After much deliberation, Hyuga Kanan gave up. He had originally planned to achieve enlightenment and bring prosperity to his entire family and friends. In any case, he was pursuing the path of immortality and ascension to heaven. If no one cared, so be it; this path was ultimately a lonely one.
Looking at Hyuga Kanan's indifferent expression, the middle-aged beauty fell silent, only reaching out her right hand to gently stroke the childlike cheek with a hint of reluctance.
After confirming several times that Hyuga Kanan was alright in the morning, the middle-aged woman left, as she still had to serve her husband, Hyuga Kagaku.
"From now on, I need to learn to live alone!"
Looking at the empty room, Hyuga Kanan felt a pang of emotion. The Hyuga clan was truly cold-hearted; a clan so devoid of human warmth had no hope of growing strong.
You should think about your future cultivation!
Hyuga Kanan decided to temporarily ignore the will of the Otsutsuki clan within his bloodline to avoid attracting the attention of that cunning old fox, but he also couldn't train to extract chakra.
Chakra is a kind of energy hidden in a ninja's body. It is a combination of physical energy and spiritual energy. However, a ninja's spiritual energy is not pure. It contains the will of Hagoromo Otsutsuki. Extracting chakra is equivalent to providing one's refined physical energy to the Sage of Six Paths.
Now, Hyuga Kanan faces a dilemma: if he doesn't train in chakra extraction and cultivate his own techniques, he might remain powerless for a long time, unable to practice ninjutsu, making survival in this chaotic ninja world created by the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, extremely difficult. However, training in chakra extraction would essentially mean giving away his painstakingly refined bodily energy for free, ultimately costing him his life.
No matter which path he chooses, Hyuga Kanan feels that his life is not easy to save.
From a probabilistic point of view, I should choose to train and extract chakra to become a ninja. As long as I can survive the wars that follow, I can live for many more years.
Having a family, he possesses family secret techniques and the Byakugan bloodline limit. He can learn basic ninjutsu and several techniques for developing and utilizing bloodline limits from his family. If he performs well, he might receive a better early education and even acquire the main family's secret techniques, thus reducing his survival pressure.
In reality, ninjas who possess family secret techniques and bloodline limits are elite ninjas at any stage of their ninja career, and their mortality rate is not that high.
His adoptive father was, after all, the head of the Hyuga clan, which gave him an advantage that others could only dream of. He could provide him with a far better ninja education than ordinary clan members, and he could also more easily acquire the secret ninjutsu techniques that could only be learned by members of the Hyuga main family.
Hyuga Kanan was actually much luckier than most ninjas from commoner backgrounds or ordinary clans.
But it's Konoha Year 31 now, which means the Second Shinobi World War will begin in less than six years, and I'll only be about 10 years old then. At that age, going to the battlefield basically means being cannon fodder, and the chances of successfully fighting my way out from among countless cannon fodder are pitifully low.
In particular, when the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, went to discuss an alliance with the Second Raikage of Kumogakure in the Land of Lightning, he was surrounded and killed by Kinkaku and Ginkaku of Kumogakure with their elite forces. Before his death, he passed the Hokage position to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who came from a small family and was the Third Hokage. After that, the lives of the large families began to become difficult.
The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was not an easy person to get along with. He was a smiling tiger who could kill people without leaving any evidence against himself, and he was very good at establishing himself in a glorious and dazzling position.
The Senju clan suffered too many casualties and went into hiding, the Uchiha clan suffered heavy losses and was severely weakened, and the Hyuga clan also lost its place in Konoha and dared not utter a word. It can be said that all the major clans in Konoha were suppressed to the point of being unable to raise their heads because of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
If you choose to refine chakra and become a ninja, you must be careful that the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, doesn't use you as cannon fodder and send you to the battlefield to lose your life.
However, not becoming a ninja is tantamount to giving up one's current identity. Even the son of the Hyuga clan head would have a very low status if he didn't become a ninja, even lower than a clan servant.
Moreover, in the early stages of cultivating immortality, one is very weak and can only perform basic physical training, pursue the unity of essence, energy, and spirit, and focus on the evolution of life, without the destructive power of ninja techniques.
In this world where human life is worth less than a dog's, lacking strength is extremely dangerous. Looking at how the Hyuga clan treats its members, it's likely that without strength, one will soon become just another name on a memorial tablet.
Most importantly, he feared attracting the attention of the Sage of Six Paths, who might personally intervene to eliminate this anomaly.
"Whatever, I'll just follow it! I've already transmigrated to such an amazing world, what's the point of giving up my cultivation path if I hesitate and look back!"
Hyuga Kanan made up his mind that he was determined to pursue the path of immortality and ascension to godhood. No one could stop him; whoever tried to stop him would be his enemy. So what if he was the Sage of Six Paths? If he dared to stop him, he would break his plans once he became an immortal.
Instantly, the suppressed emotions in his heart were swept away, and his soul power became more active.