Ninja village

the sun had just rose..

Near the Konoha grand entrance gate, Hagane Kotetsu was yawning, slightly sleepy, he continued staying guard there

Izumi was out of shifts for now, and he was the only one here currently, shortly after an hour or so someone should come

And it's not like someone can invade the village with the Yamanaka clan protecting them in the shadows

As he was thinking this, he heard a baby's crying

It was at first a bit inaudible, but ringing very soon

Hearing it, he hesitated, ninjas will be attracted out of safety with all sorts of methods

And a crying baby was the most common among the bunch

Even though weak, he too was a true ninja

Still, not checking a crying baby's situation will make him inhumane, so he did some hand signs and summoned a single shadow clone with all his effort

And send it in search,

After a while, the clone returned while holding a fit infant still crying in his hands

Looking at the baby that seemed less than a year, still incapable of even walking, he sighed in pity

But he still didn't go and take it in his hands, preferring to rather keep it and the clone some distance away from him and the gates

What if it was a bomb child?

Seeing this, Fang Yuan grumbled in his heart

'Too Catious'

...

After reporting to the village about the current situation

Within minutes a Hyuga chunin was sent to investigate

Byakugan was the best at finding errors

...

Hyuga Ko reached the village gates and nodded to Kotetsu before focusing on the distant child with his Byakugan

'hmm..he has a bit more chakra than ordinary infants should, but nothing dangerous,

He should be somewhat talented in ninjutsu though'

He thought

And Fang Yuan, feeling the creepy sensation under his skin cursed in his heart

'just as I expected, Hmph!'

He had expected this beforehand and removed all the chakra from the aperture, making it inconspicuous to the byakugan

But, if it was filled like before, it would have stood out

It was a needed sacrifice to get into the village

Thankfully, the Hyuga ninja didn't truly understand chakra pathways, otherwise, he would have completely found out the differences in fang yuan's pathway after adding the aperture

But even if someone with that understanding came, they would only take him as a kekkei genkai user

But he wanted to avoid that if possible since it will bring too much attention to himself

...

Hyuga Ko nodded to the clone "it's completely safe"

The clone sighed to himself in relief and then wondered what to do with the child

Should he hand him over to the Konoha orphanage, or adopt him?

'Whatever, I should discuss this with Izumi'