Time flies, and the years pass by quickly.
Before they knew it, childhood was coming to an end.
It was the end of March in the 60th year of Konoha.
The most unique generation of new students had finally reached their graduation season.
"Izayoi-kun, wake up, there's still the graduation assessment today."
Izayoi unusually slept in today.
Deep in his dream, he was pulled back to reality by a soft feminine voice.
The owner of that voice was right beside Izayoi, but she didn't wake him up, indicating how much trust Izayoi had in her, with no guard whatsoever.
As he opened his eyes, the blurry vision gradually became clearer, and the outline of a young girl appeared.
A delicate, beautiful face that had already shed its childhood innocence, filled his sight.
Her long black hair, deliberately grown out over the past six years, draped like silk over her shoulders and waist, revealing fair skin through the white coat and black fishnet inner lining.
Unlike other members of the Hyuga clan, her Byakugan had a faint purplish tint, making her eyes appear like precious jade, clear and translucent.
Her lips, pink as cherry blossoms, curved slightly into a smile, and with her hands behind her back, she bent forward to look at Izayoi, who had just woken up.
For a moment, as Izayoi met Hinata's gaze, he felt disoriented, as if the cute, baby-faced girl from yesterday was still in front of him.
But quickly, his gaze fell downward, and a mischievous smile appeared on his face as he said, "Hinata, did you grow up again?"
"Yah..."
Hinata gasped in surprise, realizing how inappropriate her posture had been.
She quickly pulled the coat's zipper all the way up, her face turning red as she turned around, her voice trembling slightly, "I-Izayoi-kun, hurry up and wash up. I brought breakfast for you."
With that, the girl hurriedly left the room.
Izayoi, who habitually teased his childhood friend, stretched and got up, making his way to the private bathroom in the room to wash up.
While brushing his teeth, Izayoi looked at himself in the mirror.
Six years had passed, and the baby-faced child with black hair and blue eyes had also shed his immaturity. His features were now chiselled and exquisite, handsome in appearance.
His black short hair, just long enough to cover his ears, was slightly messy from just waking up.
His blue eyes, as deep as the ocean, shimmered under the light like ripples in water.
However, in the next moment, these eyes, which were the same color as Naruto's but deeper in hue, suddenly turned white, just like Hinata's.
Under the light, they too had a faint purple hue.
But unlike before, there were no visible veins bulging at his temples.
Whenever Izayoi activated his Byakugan before, veins would always bulge at his temples. But since the beginning of this year, this characteristic had disappeared.
Izayoi slightly squinted his eyes, and then a light screen appeared before him, one that only he could see and could not be reflected in the mirror.
[Host: Izayoi]
[Talent Entries: Otsutsuki Bloodline (Red), Sage Eyes (Red), Prince of Byakugan (Red), Six Paths Potential (Red), Bloodline Limit: Byakugan (Gold), Chakra Control (Gold), Uzumaki Bloodline (Purple) " + ", All Attribute Constitution (Purple) " + ", Medical Genius (Blue) " + "]
[Points: 12,391]
After six years in the ninja academy, Izayoi's panel had become even more luxurious.
In addition to the original Otsutsuki bloodline, he had gained three more red entries.
The first was the Sage Eyes (Red) from Uchiha Sasuke, followed by the Prince of Byakugan (Red) that was automatically renamed after fusing with Hinata's Byakugan two years ago, and finally, the Six Paths Potential (Red) that Izayoi had personally upgraded.
While others only had ninja potential or didn't even have a talent entry, Izayoi possessed four of the currently known highest-level red entries.
Even someone like Naruto Uzumaki, who had Asura's chakra, half of the Nine-Tails, and the Uzumaki bloodline, was far from his level.
But looking at this panel, one would notice that it had been nearly five years since Izayoi fused with the Sage Eyes (Red).
Yet, the entry for the Sharingan (Purple) was still not unlocked, nor did he have the Uchiha Bloodline (Purple).
The reason, naturally, was because of the Bloodline Limit: Byakugan (Gold).
At the end of June in Konoha's 58th year, Izayoi had received a belated birthday gift—the red entry had finally appeared from Hinata.
After the fusion, the entry's name had changed, and in the next two years, the chakra within Izayoi's body changed almost every month.
Izayoi didn't know just how extraordinary the chakra of a Sage Body was, but he was certain that without half of the Nine-Tails and without malnutrition, Naruto Uzumaki's chakra amount would definitely fall far short of his.
The vast chakra naturally included Yin Release chakra.
If Izayoi's Yin Release chakra were converted to a numerical value, it would have already reached the level needed to awaken the Sharingan, or even evolve it into the Mangekyō Sharingan.
However, he had not awakened the Sharingan.
All the Yin Release chakra secreted by his brain was absorbed by his Byakugan, unable to gather in his eyes to produce new ocular techniques.
But the Byakugan, which absorbed this Yin Release chakra, had quietly upgraded from purple to gold in the 59th year of Konoha.
Since fusing with the Prince of Byakugan (Red), Izayoi's Byakugan's long-range vision had changed over time.
Now, his Byakugan's long-range vision had reached an astounding 80 kilometers.
It was also a 360-degree panoramic view, far surpassing the Kamui Heart Sight of the Uzumaki Clan.
Without a doubt, Izayoi's sensory techniques had reached the peak of this era.
It had almost been a year since his Byakugan upgraded.
"Not much longer..." Izayoi muttered, wiping his mouth after rinsing and drying his face with a handkerchief.
He reached up to touch the corner of his right eye, looking at his Byakugan in the mirror with a faint purple tint and said, "I have a feeling that the first stirrings are about to arrive soon."
Now, Izayoi's abilities were undoubtedly far superior to Otsutsuki Shion's.
By the age of nineteen, Otsutsuki Shion's potential had already been fully realized, and his Otsutsuki bloodline, like the Sage Body, had been developed to a high level.
That was why he could awaken the ultimate ocular technique—Rinnegan—within just a few days.
But now, whether it was Izayoi or Otsutsuki Shion, their potential had not yet been fully realized.
Even if they transplanted Hinata or Hanabi's Byakugan, it would not trigger a rapid evolution into Rinnegan, like in the movies.
However, if they transplanted the Byakugan simultaneously, Izayoi would awaken the Rinnegan much faster than Otsutsuki Shion.
The Sage Eyes (Red) was Izayoi's trump card.
Having both the Sage Eyes and the Prince of Byakugan meant that Izayoi was essentially using two speed boosts simultaneously.
At the age of twelve, he already had the potential to awaken the ultimate ocular technique.
This was even more outrageous than Uchiha Itachi awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan at the age of eleven.