Chapter 21: Team-Leading Jonin Hyuga Hizashi

For ordinary ninja without much of a background, a team-leading teacher is almost the only path for upward mobility to obtain high-level inheritance, but for clan ninja, a team-leading teacher can only be considered their superior.

In this situation, clan students do not have many teaching requirements for their teachers, nor will they demand that their teacher be the same type of ninja as themselves; on the contrary, they hope their teacher's strength is as high as possible—the stronger the team-leading teacher's strength, the higher the safety of the ninja squad undoubtedly is.

Uchiha Feiyu believed that the team-leading teacher assigned to them would absolutely not be some mediocre person—the Third Hokage would always be a bit concerned about his own son's safety.

"Is this the First Squad?"

Just as the three were still discussing, a calm voice came from the doorway. The three looked toward the sound and saw only a young ninja in his 20s with long hair and Byakugan walking in.

"We are the First Squad! I am Uchiha Feiyu, and they are Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai!"

Uchiha Feiyu waved his hand directly, straightened his sitting posture, and spoke with a smile on his face.

"Hello, I am your team-leading teacher, Hyuga Hizashi! From today on, you three are my students and subordinates!"

Asuma and Kurenai looked astonished, their gazes darting between the smiling Uchiha Feiyu and the expressionless Hyuga Hizashi. What were the higher-ups doing? Giving an Uchiha a Hyuga as a teacher?

The Hyuga and Uchiha, as one of the top ninja clans in all of Konoha and even the entire Ninja World, coincidentally were both Dojutsu clans; if these two clans were on good terms, that would be the real strange thing.

However, the Uchiha had always held the upper hand over the Hyuga—the effect of the Sharingan in combat was superior to the Hyuga's Byakugan; this was an ironclad fact, not to mention that the Hyuga Clan had almost completely castrated their own clan's potential because of the Caged Bird.

Added to the fact that the Uchiha Clan had an arrogant personality, and the Hyuga Clan, being the eternal second-best, were not very polite to the Uchiha Clan either, the members of the two clans had always found each other repulsive, and there had never been a teacher-student relationship between a Hyuga and an Uchiha before!

Besides, what could a Hyuga and an Uchiha learn from each other? The Uchiha could not learn the Gentle Fist, and the Hyuga would not go to learn Fire Release and Genjutsu; both were self-contained ninja clans in Konoha, and there was no possibility of them clinging to each other. It was precisely because of this that the two clans were like strangers who would never interact.

Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai were still a bit worried in their hearts, afraid that Uchiha Feiyu and their teacher would have some conflict, yet Uchiha Feiyu was full of joy, looking high-spirited:

"Great, I never thought I would actually have a Hyuga teacher, this is truly awesome!"

Once these words were out, let alone his two companions, even Hyuga Hizashi could not maintain that cold expression and asked with confusion:

"Although both are Dojutsu clans, the Byakugan and Sharingan are completely different systems. I have no way to guide your Uchiha cultivation."

"It doesn't matter, at least having a captain from the Hyuga Clan, the survival rate is definitely guaranteed!"

"The Hyuga Clan is the ninja with the highest survival rate in the entire Ninja World!"

Uchiha Feiyu said with a grin. The Hyuga Clan's Byakugan certainly could not be counted as the most powerful bloodline, but it definitely counted as the bloodline best at saving one's life in the entire Ninja World. A ninja possessing the Byakugan would not only not fall into any ambushes, but their level of escaping was also absolutely first-class.

With such a human radar as his teacher, what else would Uchiha Feiyu be unwilling about? As for the bad blood between the Hyuga and Uchiha, Feiyu, this outsider Uchiha, cared even less.

Anyway, given Hyuga Hizashi's status and position, it was impossible for him to really make things difficult for Feiyu; at most, he would be slightly cold because of his Uchiha identity. How could that compare to the importance of his own life?

After hearing Uchiha Feiyu's words, Hyuga Hizashi always felt it was a bit strange, and Asuma complained directly:

"You guy, are you really a member of the Uchiha Clan? With such strong power and having awakened the Sharingan, you are actually still so afraid of death!"

"Isn't it normal to be afraid of death? If it weren't for this pair of Sharingan, I wouldn't have been sought out by the Uchiha Clan and forcibly dragged over to be a ninja!"

Uchiha Feiyu rolled his eyes and said. At this moment, Hyuga Hizashi coughed twice, and the group's discussion finally stopped.

"Alright, everyone introduce yourselves! Or else I'll go first."

"I already said it just now, my name is Hyuga Hizashi, my rank is Jonin, and I specialize in the Gentle Fist and the Byakugan."

After finishing, Hyuga Hizashi revealed a smile with a hint of self-mockery:

"Of course, I estimate that once you see my eyes, you should know what I specialize in."

"Uh, aren't we going to talk about dreams or something?"

Asuma said tactlessly, and after being glared at by Kurenai, he didn't say another word.

Those from the Hyuga Clan who were in the public eye were definitely ninja of the branch family. Could a branch family ninja's dream be spoken aloud?

The self-mockery on Hyuga Hizashi's face grew thicker, and he spoke softly:

"It's better not to speak my dream aloud. You guys can talk about your own dreams; you can say what you like and what you hate."

"I'll go first. I am Sarutobi Asuma, specializing in Fire Release and Fist and Sword. I don't have anything I like or hate. As for my dream, in the short term, I hope to surpass this guy Uchiha Feiyu, and in the long term, I hope to surpass my father!"

Hyuga Hizashi nodded. Although Asuma didn't say who his father was, he, as the guiding teacher, must have known for a long time. Wanting to break free from the label of "son of so-and-so" was also the ideal of many second-generation ninja, so Hyuga Hizashi was not surprised.

"My name is Yuhi Kurenai, I specialize in Genjutsu, and my dream is to become an outstanding female ninja like Lady Tsunade!"

Regarding Yuhi Kurenai's words, Hyuga Hizashi was not surprised at all; among the female ninja of Konoha, at least half had dreams similar to Yuhi Kurenai's.

Subsequently, his gaze turned to Uchiha Feiyu, who was standing on the edge. Uchiha Feiyu scratched his head and spoke very comfortably:

"My name is Uchiha Feiyu, I possess a Double Tomoe Sharingan, and I specialize in the Body Flicker Technique and Sword Technique. My shortcoming is that I am very afraid of death, and as for my dream... for the time being, I just hope I can live on safely."

Hyuga Hizashi's mouth twitched. His shortcoming is being afraid of death, and his dream is to live on safely... Is the boy in front of him really an Uchiha? Are you sure he isn't a crossbreed from the Nara Clan?

Even among the Nara Clan, those who could be as lazy as the boy in front of him were one in a million, or perhaps even unique!

Fortunately, Hyuga Hizashi didn't care about this—because of the Caged Bird, five out of ten members of the Hyuga branch family had a lazy personality.

(End of chapter)