Chapter 187: Interesting Proposal
Hideki opened his eyes wide in slight surprise.
Because he didn't think that Hiashi would ask such gossipy questions that were obviously inconsistent with his personality without any purpose.
Could it be that the Hyuga clan is still trying to see if they can win him over through marriage?
In fact, many ninja clans would use this method to absorb talents among the civilians, improve their bloodlines, or alleviate the problem of close kinship within the clan.
However, ninja clans like the Hyuga clan, which possess bloodline limits, rarely take such actions.
Even if there are any, they will be extremely cautious and picky to avoid deterioration of the bloodline.
Otherwise, after thousands of years, the bloodline originating from Otsutsuki Hamura would have been diluted and disappeared.
A ninja with mediocre talent like him, even if he is extremely smart, normally would not be able to catch their eyes.
This also means that breathing techniques are indeed important to them, enough to outweigh the pickyness about bloodline.
It seems that his guess just now might have unfortunately come true.
This made Hideki want to ask them:
So, is his marriage partner a Yamato Nadeshiko as tolerant and generous as Hinata, or a sister-in-law as playful and cute as Hanabi?
Of course, this was just Hideki's joke to make the situation more fun.
Because the invitation wasn't that good.
In order to prevent the deterioration and outflow of bloodline, he could only marry a member of the branch family, and most likely in the form of a son-in-law.
Although in the eyes of ordinary people, the Hyuga main family did not treat the branch family harshly and maintained a considerable degree of dignity.
Many civilian ninjas would be so happy if they had the opportunity to marry into the Hyuga clan.
But in the eyes of Hideki, who has memories of his past life, this is ultimately just the false kindness of the slave owner, and the treatment may change at any time depending on the master's mood.
As long as the caged bird curse continues to exist, there is no way to change the fact that they are actually slaves and have no control over their life and death.
Of course, Hideki would not do anything bad and asked someone to tie him up with a dog chain.
It seems that the Hyuga clan did not think highly of him after all, and perhaps even felt that this was a gift to him.
But Hideki wasn't angry about it, just a little sad.
It's a pity for this village and the ninja world that have become accustomed to this kind of phenomenon.
I don't know whether Naruto fulfilled his promise in the original work Boruto to change the fate of the Hyuga clan branch after becoming Hokage.
It's a pity that this matter has never been mentioned and no one cares.
Neji... you died such a tragic death!
Thinking of this, Hideki turned his gaze to Neji's father, Hizashi, who also died tragically in the future, and said in a calm but firm tone:
"Although there is no marriage, I am busy with various work now and have no plans to get married for the time being."
"I see."
Hizashi responded, as if it were really just a casual chat.
But in fact, he has been paying attention to Hideki's various subtle expressions since he asked the question.
Even without opening the Byakugan, the Hyuga clan's insight should not be underestimated.
Not to mention that he is a branch family ninja who has to observe people's words and expressions since he was a child.
So even if Hideki tried to hide it, Hizashi could still see through his thoughts...
For example, after the obvious surprise at the beginning, Hideki's eyes quickly looked upwards.
This was to prevent unnecessary things from entering his field of vision so that he could concentrate on his thinking. It seemed that he understood the hidden meaning of his own words.
Immediately afterwards, the corners of Hideki's mouth curled up to an extent that was imperceptible to ordinary people, but it was not happiness, but ridicule for the proposal.
Indeed, for a genius like Hideki, there was no way he would agree to such a proposal.
He had actually warned Hiashi that doing so would only backfire.
However, Hiashi, who has always been lenient towards the separation of the family, obviously has not fully realized the nature of the separation of the family's identity, and probably still thinks that this is a mutually beneficial and win-win situation.
To Hiashi's surprise, after laughing at him, Hideki pursed his lips slightly, revealing a hint of sadness.
Is he worried that the Hyuga clan will use their power to bully others, and is he sad about his status as a commoner?
No...
Hizashi soon discovered that Hideki's gaze was faintly directed towards him.
And this was not the superficial sympathy of many ninjas, but came from the heart, just like looking at a dead person...
That's right, a person who has lost his freedom is just a walking corpse. How different is he from a dead person?
For a moment, Hizashi developed a sense of mutual admiration for Hideki.
Too bad this doesn't change anything.
Hideki's power is simply not enough to change the fate of the Hyuga branch.
As a branch of the Hyuga clan, he could only faithfully carry out the orders of the main clan and try to gain control of the breathing method promotion plan at the lowest cost...
The two of them quickly walked into the office, sat opposite each other, and began to get down to business.
"Teacher Hideki, I think you already know."
"In order to strengthen the connection with the village, our Hyuga clan hopes to lead the promotion plan of the breathing method."
Hiashi said solemnly,
"Of course, Mr. Hideki, you have put so much effort into developing the breathing method. We will not let you suffer any loss and will provide compensation that will satisfy you."
After that, he took out a list from his sleeve and handed it to Hideki.
Hideki took it curiously and looked at it, and couldn't help but be amazed at the generosity of the Hyuga clan.
There were enough books and materials on various ninjutsu to build a small library, many priceless chakra conduction materials, and even a few high-level puppets seized from the Sand Village.
"It seems that the Hyuga clan is really sincere. These are things I urgently need now."
Hideki sighed and put the list on the table, then smiled and said,
"But please forgive me for refusing."
So fast...
Hiashi was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Hideki Kimura, who came from a commoner family, could remain calm and make a decision so quickly after seeing so much compensation.
Although I could raise the price, I could tell from the other party's firm yet slightly teasing look that the price he had set for the breathing technique was something I couldn't give...
So after a moment of silence, Hizashi decided to skip the pointless argument and said,
"Would you mind telling me the reason for your refusal?"
"This way I can go back and report back."
That's because breathing techniques are the foundation of many of my future plans, so how can I give them up to others?
Hideki said quietly in his heart.
The cheap mass production of chakra capacitors is still a long way off.
Advanced ninja tools basically need to be driven by chakra and are limited by the amount of chakra the user has.
Therefore, if you don't use breathing techniques first to narrow the chakra gap between civilian ninjas and clan ninjas.
Then even if he takes out more good things in the future, it will only make the strong stronger.
After all, the ninjas of the Shinobi clan are restricted by their families and it is impossible for them to be completely on the same page with him.
If you don't build up your own power and increase your voice by training civilian ninjas.
Then the situation like now, where we are taught how to do things by the ninja clan, will probably continue.
So no matter how much compensation the Hyuga clan offered, he would not agree to it obediently.
But of course he couldn't say these words to Hizashi, so he could only half-jokingly say:
"Actually, this is just my personal quirk."
"I won't stop until I have explored the potential of a technique to its fullest extent."
"I still have a lot of inspiration for breathing techniques, and I plan to continue exploring their potential when promoting them."
"So of course I can't give up halfway now, otherwise I won't be able to sleep well at night."
Hiashi was somewhat surprised when he heard this.
Because he could see that what Hideki said was actually half true and half false, with a lot of truth in it.
Obviously the quirk was fake, but the idea of continuing to explore the potential of breathing techniques was real.
However, after listening to the clan leader's previous analysis, Hizashi also felt that Hideki's path of combining breathing method and nature change was a dead end, and there should not be much room for further exploration.
So which of them is right?
Seeing Hizashi's suspicious face, Hideki smiled again:
"It seems that the Hyuga clan also has their own ideas about developing breathing techniques, so they want to take the lead in promoting them."
"Since neither of us will give in easily, I have an interesting suggestion. Senior Hizashi, do you think it is appropriate..."
Then Hideki spoke of his thoughts without waiting for Hizashi's agreement.
The more Hizashi listened, the wider his clear eyes became...
…
A few days later, at the Ninja School bulletin board.
Today is the day when the final exam results will be announced.
Because a lot of points are involved, it should have been the focus of the young ninjas.
But at this time, everyone's attention was focused on the two registration points that were being set up not far away.
Because there was a notice board next to it that read [Registration Office for Chakra Breathing Method Winter Vacation Training].
They had been looking forward to this opportunity for a long time, and finally they got it, so they certainly wouldn't let it go easily.
However, in addition to the excitement, everyone also had some questions.
That's why we have two registration points.
More importantly, there is a sign next to each of them with different words written on it.
One is the [Turtle-style], and the other is the [Crane-style].
What does this mean?
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