An impossible look

For some reason, I feel that Mikoto's gaze towards me changed, and it hasn't been quite right since I asked about Naruto.

Did she discover my lie?

No, I don't think it's that. She would surely be furious if she had found out, but I really don't understand why she's looking at me in such a strange way.

She seemed quite distracted for the rest of the conversation, and when I was about to leave, she appeared conflicted, as if she wanted to ask me something while accompanying me to the entrance of the complex.

Now, it's me who's curious! What the hell happened?

Meanwhile, Mikoto managed to get me to promise to visit again in the future and sighed as she watched me leave.

Kushina, I guess I don't have as much courage as you. My circumstances are more complicated even though I also live in a gilded cage.

I have two children, and the clan would notice the problem if I had a child with blonde hair.

No! What are you thinking, Mikoto?

But... if she managed to keep up with Kushina, how much resistance should Enel have?

Itachi looked down from the treetop at his mother, making various expressions, unable to determine what her thoughts were regarding Enel.

Regret, admiration, remorse...

What Itachi didn't see was Mikoto turning around and biting her lower lip forcefully as she returned home; otherwise, she might have realized everything and charged at Enel with all her might.

Furthermore, Mikoto made a decision: tonight, Fugaku would fulfill his marital duties, whether he wanted to or not!

She had to push away those dangerous thoughts that had been lingering in her mind lately, or she could really get into trouble one day if she couldn't control herself.

"Well, it seems that Naruto's situation is really bad," I said as I rubbed my neck with my hand while walking, letting my feet carry me.

In any case, I should go and check the clans that interest me. I should also take a look at furniture stores; I need a price reference before starting to sell cloud furniture.

Using my Devil Fruit ability, I disappeared from the street after turning a corner and evaded those who were watching me.

The Inuzuka clan wasn't difficult to find; just follow the scent of dogs, and you'll find them. I need to select a suitable subject for genetic sampling, and after some thought, I decided on whom I would take samples from: Tsume Inuzuka and Kuromaru.

Kiba's mother is currently in her prime, and being the matriarch of the clan, she is undoubtedly the best specimen. As for Kuromaru, he's Tsume's canine companion despite having the appearance of a wolf.

The members of the Inuzuka clan were training with their partners and taking care of them when suddenly a small white light passed through their complex and alerted them.

An intruder? But they didn't smell anything!

If Enel could hear their thoughts, he would just roll his eyes.

What does an elementized state smell like?

How does lightning smell?

The clan matriarch only had time for her skin to crawl before she felt a prick. Her companion barely looked up in alertness as he also felt a prick.

"Kuromaru?"

"No, I don't sense any strange scent in the air."

Tsume frowned when she heard her companion deny the possibility of tracking their intruder. The prick she felt wasn't from a mosquito; it was clearly a needle used for medical purposes.

The question is: Were they injected with something or was blood taken from them?

No, it's better to go to the hospital to be sure. And call the clan veterinarian.

While the clan tried to figure out what had happened, Enel contemplated the collected blood, resting silently in the vials, before opening one of the scrolls on his waist and using the seal Mariko taught him to safely store the blood away from prying eyes.

"Now, where can I find the Nara clan?

I mean, I have a rough idea of what their complex looks like, but I don't know much about their members aside from the well-known father and son. I also remember there was one with shadow jutsu during the Fourth Ninja War, but since he was sent to the front lines instead of staying with the intelligence department, I think he definitely wouldn't be a good choice.

"Shikaku could piece things together if I prick him and he finds out everything, so getting some of his wife Yoshino's blood might be safer. Although I need to find out if she was already a Nara before marriage or adopted the last name as Temari did; if so, her blood won't be useful to me."

It wasn't too difficult to discover this information; I just talked to some elderly women living near the Nara clan, and once I engaged them in conversation, they started gossiping non-stop.

I did well to ask; it turns out Yoshino adopted the last name and therefore doesn't have the Nara blood I'm looking for.

Wait, Shikamaru should have already been born. But taking so much blood from a baby shouldn't be good for him. I'll just cut some of his hair so his parents don't notice.

My Mantra mastery is getting better; now I can distinguish between adults and children, and finding a baby wasn't too difficult. Since Shikamaru was sleeping, I simply took out some scissors and cut a good tuft of his hair.

Before Shikamaru could open his eyes in surprise and start crying, I was already gone.

Now I just need to get a sample from the Hyuga clan.

The Senju clan? Even if I opened their cemetery graves, I don't think there would be anything useful left after Danzo made his purchases a long time ago.

No, for that, I'll have to get something from Tsunade when I find her.

My target for the Hyuga clan is clear: Hinata.

If I understood correctly from Toneri (although I fell asleep for most of the movie out of sheer boredom), Hinata is the one with the best blood purity in the clan in centuries.

Or was it Hanabi? Either way, all I know is that Hiashi seems to have the ability to make his daughters super talented or something.

And Hanabi hasn't been born yet, so it will be Hinata.

Although... Hinata's mother should still be alive. I think they never mentioned her name, but I remember a picture where she held baby Hanabi in her arms, so maybe it would be a good idea to get samples from both mother and daughter.

The question is, I don't know how the Byakugan will be able to see me since I don't have chakra. According to official data, the standard range of this dojutsu is about 50 meters, but I can't take that as a reference since I remember that it was mentioned that Neji achieved an astonishing 800 meters.

Although at what age he did it, I have no idea.

I think the most prudent thing would be to be at least more than a kilometer away before moving, but in a crowded place like the Hyuga clan, it will be more difficult to locate Hinata since I doubt she's the only baby, unlike the Nara clan.

And indeed, I had to spend more than an hour to deduce where Hinata and her mother were. Furthermore, they were in an inner room with guards watching, and I couldn't just enter through the window like with the others.

But lunchtime was approaching, and they would have to open the doors; those few seconds are my window to enter and exit.

Twenty minutes later, the branch servants brought trays of food, and the moment they pushed the doors aside, my moment arrived.

I even made the servant stumble to distract them from the prick. But surprisingly, I think Hinata glanced at me in the fraction of a second when I took a blood sample from her mother and carefully cut some hair from her bangs.

But that should just be my imagination, right?