Chapter – 615 Piece of Cake

After converging his divergent thoughts, Kuroto sorted out the clues he had up to now.

According to his speculations, if the ancestors of the Hyuga Clan really created a Giant Tenseigan, and hid that Giant Tenseigan to keep its existence a secret from the rest of the Shinobi World, the books in the forbidden library must have some clues about it.

And based on the timeline, the clues about the Giant Tenseigan are likely to be hidden in the books that were written during the period three centuries ago to a century ago.

This fact eliminates most of the books and scrolls stored in the library and narrows down the scope of the search to a few hundred books and scrolls from the initial thousands.

With this thought in mind, Kuroto came to the bookshelves storing the source material of that particular time period and after making sure that no one was spying on him, he activated his Tenseigan without any hesitation.

The reason for using the Tenseigan while carrying out the search for clues is that Kuroto isn't particularly aware in what form the clue about the Giant Tenseigan might have been left by the ancestors of the Hyuga Clan, it's possible that only those who have extremely high insight and penetrative vision might be able to find it.

Of course, it's not necessarily true, and there's no guarantee that he will find it just because he has activated the Tenseigan, in the first place, there is also no guarantee that the clue even exists, but there's nothing wrong with trying, and using the Tenseigan while carrying out his search will at least guarantee that if there is a clue left by the ancestors of the Hyuga Clan for their descendants of the later generations informing them of the whereabouts of the Giant Tenseigan, Kuroto won't miss it.

With such a thought in his mind, Kuroto started to thoroughly search the books with the hope that he might be able to find something, but as time passed, the sound of pages flipping continued to echo in the silent room, and the book in his hand continued to change, yet, there were no signs of progress… gradually, Kuroto's eyebrows started to wrinkle, and his expression turned into a frowned one.

The reason was not that he hasn't yet found anything, the reason was that several books and scrolls of this particular period were missing.

Kuroto found that the Chronicles of Hyuga Clan gave a detailed description of the events from three centuries ago to two centuries ago, supposedly, more than eleven books were written, however, strangely enough, only three were present in the library, while the rest were missing.

And not only those more than eight volumes, but several other travel notes and miscellaneous scrolls recording the details of the battle that the Hyuga Clan fought were also missing.

'It's quite weird… why are so many books of the same section and of that particular time period missing?'

Ding Ding Ding Ding

Before Kuroto could continue to ponder over this issue, the bell of the library rang…

After listening to the sound of the bell, Kuroto deactivated his Tenseigan and put back all the books in their original places.

The bell was rung by the member of the main family who was guarding this library, and the reason why he rang the bell is that he is urging Kuroto to come out as the duration for which he can access the forbidden library is already up.

The secret library is considered forbidden and can only be accessed by the high-level management of the Hyuga Clan, as such, even if Kuroto had the permission of the Patriarch of the Clan, Kuroto, being part of the branch family cannot stay here for too long at once.

With a helpless sigh, Kuroto walked out of the library and then met up with the Hyuga Patriarch.

Hiashi who was sitting leisurely looked at Kuroto's coming back from the library, and asked, "Were there any gains? Did you find something worthy of attention?"

Kuroto pondered for a moment, then decided to question Hiashi, "Hiashi-sama, when I was looking through the genealogy of our Clan, I noticed that the population of our clan seems to be declining every year… is there any reason in particular why such a thing is happening?"

Hiashi frowned slightly, then answered with a thoughtful expression, "Back when I was young, I noticed that detail too… and as far as I could think, wars were the culprit behind the decline in our population… Countless Shinobi have perished in wars, many clans have been destroyed over the years because of wars… We too, because of our Byakugan are considered a high-level threat by the enemy Shinobi, and are targeted… So…"

Looking at Hiashi's expression, Kuroto can guess that the Hyuga Patriarch was not lying, and this is what Hiashi genuinely thinks…

'It seems that even if the main family is aware of the declining population of the Hyuga Clan, they don't know the real reason behind it… so, all they can blame is war, which, if you think about is indeed one of the reasons…'

Senju Clan perished, Uzumaki Clan was annihilated and scattered all over the Shinobi World, the Kaguya Clan incited a civil war and was annihilated… If such major shinobi clans suffered destruction and disappeared, then the declining population of the Hyuga Clan is not that strange either.

The main family is aware of this problem, but they couldn't do anything about it, which is reasonable.

From another perspective, this can also confirm that the current members of the main family of the Hyuga Clan are not aware of the existence of the Giant Tenseigan, which means that the Giant Tenseigan of the Hyuga Clan is really hidden from the entire clan.

As Kuroto was thinking, Hiashi looked at Kuroto and said with a playful smile, "One of the reasons why the population of our Clan is decreasing is that young people like you are focused too much on other matters, and are avoiding family planning…"

Hearing Hiashi's words, Kuroto paused…

Hiashi continued, "Whether it is you… or Yui… both of you are of proper age, the two of you also have a settled life, you are now the Principal of the Ninja Academy, and she is also working at the Konoha hospital as an Iryo-nin under Tsunade-sama… it's about time the two of you should consider marriage and family planning… making her wait for too long is also not a very good thing…"

"Uhh…" Kuroto scratched his cheek awkwardly… this isn't the first time he has heard others' advice… but it's just that…

Kuroto didn't know what to say for a while… and noting Kuroto's silence Hiashi said, "Of course, I am just advising you from the perspective of your elder and Patriarch of the Hyuga Clan… ultimately, it's your decision…"

Kuroto nodded lightly, he knew that the two of them are of that age, and he is making Yui wait for a while now… but… Kuroto is hesitating… he really doesn't feel that he is ready for marriage and children at this point in time… at least not yet, considering that the situation of the Shinobi World is too complicated… and there is no guarantee when Akatsuki will make a plan to attack Konoha or declare war over the entire Shinobi World…

With that Kuroto turned the topic off, and the two became silent… Kuroto was considering how should he mention the fact that several books are missing in the library…

But strangely enough, Kuroto didn't even have to mention, as Hiashi suddenly spoke on his own accord, "Sigh, when the forbidden library was breached and Elder Asahi was killed, several books and scrolls were stolen… That was already a loss for the Clan, but this time when the village was attacked by the Akatsuki Organization and we were fending off the members of the Akatsuki Organization, the clan district along with the entire village was also destroyed and several books and scrolls were damaged and lost… It's really unfortunate…"

Kuroto's eyebrows wrinkled upon hearing this information, and his heart shuddered…

He is aware of the incident when the library was breached by someone, Elder Asahi was murdered, his Byakugan was dug out by the culprit, and several books and scrolls were also stolen… this incident happened sometime before the tri-Alliance attacked raided Amegakure, the former base of the Akatsuki Organization…

At that time, Kuroto didn't pay too much attention to it, because he knew that the person who did that was more than likely the traitor of the Hyuga Clan who is lurking within the Clan.

But the part where several books were lost during the Akatsuki Organization's attack on the Village, this part was news to him… and for some reason, Kuroto felt that rather than lost, it would be more accurate to say that they were stolen again… Moreover, this time, those genealogies were taken away… as if the traitor specifically wanted them…

'Is it possible that the traitor found something important in those books that he stole previously?' such a doubt lingered in Kuroto's mind.

The traitor has been lurking within the Clan for quite a few years now, even the kidnapping incident of Hinata was something he is responsible for… Kuroto can't guess that person's exact thought process…

But from what he knows, the traitor stole several scrolls that were related to the history of the Byakugan and the Bird Cage Juinjutsu… which means that the traitor's objective was to find a way to crack the Bird Cage Juinjutsu (according to Kuroto).

It's possible that he found something important in those scrolls and then wanted to acquire more information to do further research… but to do so, he needed more source material and information… which he can't access without the permission of the Patriarch.

So, he took advantage of the opportunity that the destruction of the Village provided and fulfilled his objective.

The way he only took a few specific books and scrolls and did not touch any other treasures that are normally present in the library clearly indicates that he has a clear purpose.

This is why Kuroto feels that that guy is onto something.

After analyzing these few things, Kuroto couldn't help but sigh…

To be honest, Kuroto is not that worried in regards to the traitor… even if that guy has managed to gain some information and clues of the Giant Tenseigan from the books and scrolls that he stole, and even if that guy manages to search and find the location of the Giant Tenseigan from those clues, it is actually not a bad thing for Kuroto, in fact, Kuroto will actually be very grateful to that guy.

The reason is that just because that person manages to find the Giant Tenseigan wouldn't mean that he would have the highest authority over it.

The highest authority over the Giant Tenseigan will be of the person who has the purest Hyuga bloodline, and the purest Byakugan…

This is the way how the Giant Tenseigan works…

In terms of bloodline purity, and Byakugan purity, Kuroto can claim that he is at the top in the entire Hyuga Clan… and as such, Kuroto will have the highest authority over the Giant Tenseigan of the Hyuga Clan, in this regard, even the Patriarch of the Hyuga Clan or the Byakugan princess cannot compete against Kuroto.

So, if that traitor finds the position of the Giant Tenseigan, and removes the Fuinjutsu placed on it, then Kuroto will be able to sense it immediately because of the pair of Tenseigan in his eyes…

And if he is able to sense it, then taking control over it, thanks to his Tenseigan pair will become a piece of cake…

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