Himawari Uzumaki awakened the Byakugan after being stimulated, but when she wasn't using this power, her eyes remained blue.
This was completely different from the rest of the Hyūga clan, who didn't have to maintain the Byakugan perpetually.
Pakura immediately gasped for air, never having felt that free air was so precious.
"W-What are you doing?" Pakura's voice held a note of panic.
Kiyoshi had actually leaned his head close to her neck, grasping a handful of her hair to smell it.
She instinctively began to gather chakra, attempting to push Kiyoshi away.
*Crack!*
Electric arcs flashed across Kiyoshi's index and middle fingers, flowing from Pakura's neck and coursing through her entire body.
"Ugh!" Pakura groaned.
The chakra she had just managed to gather was instantly disrupted by the electrical current, scattering loosely into the various meridians throughout her circulatory system.
She was paralyzed by the current, her body slack, and her toes curled tightly.
"Why ignore my warning?" Kiyoshi asked.
His eyeballs were throbbing, constantly surging with a feeling of warmth.
Kiyoshi had no intention of being gentle.
During his fight with Pakura, she had aimed straight for his eyes. A moment of negligence and he would have lost his eyes, been blinded, or even died right there.
Being merciful to an enemy was cruelty to oneself.
"J-Just kill me. I won't reveal any Hidden Sand information." Pakura took several deep breaths, speaking with surprising fortitude.
Regardless of the sharp pain from the kick to her abdomen or the paralyzing electricity, Pakura stood firm in her belief.
She was a Hidden Sand ninja and would not yield to Kiyoshi!
"Do you think you can retain information under the illusion of the Sharingan?" Kiyoshi said calmly.
"W-What do you want?" Pakura fell silent.
That was true.
She was completely paralyzed, unable to use Ninjutsu, and couldn't even commit suicide.
The Uchiha clan's Sharingan could compel her to reveal information, and the Yamanaka clan's secret techniques could extract everything about her.
The Bloodline was an objective fact.
Objective facts don't change based on human will.
At that point, whether she chose to talk or not was irrelevant.
"Hmm... I want to study the genetic modifications of Scorch Release on the human body, to see if every part of your body has heat resistance."
Observing Pakura's transition from arrogant and triumphant to her current state of lowered eyes and regret caused Kiyoshi's Dōjutsu power to ripple uncontrollably.
*Crack!*
Sunlight filtered through the trees, casting a shadow across Kiyoshi's face.
Making his smile appear a bit more sinister.
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*Drip.*
A drop of dew fell from a green leaf on an ancient tree, hitting the damp soil and splashing a tiny wave.
Kiyoshi shook his hand, wiping the moisture clean, and walked away without looking back.
"You have acquired a new Trait: [Ruthless Fire Extinguisher (White)]"
A semi-transparent panel appeared before Kiyoshi.
[Trait: Ruthless Fire Extinguisher (White)]
[Requirement Achieved: Extinguish the arrogance of Pakura of the Scorch Release.]
[Progress: (Completed).]
[Effect: The power of your "Fire" Release chakra nature transformation is increased by 10%.]
[Note: Can be further evolved later.]
[Evolution Route One: Fuse with "Battlefield Rose (White)" and "Ruthless Iron Hand (White)" to evolve into "Burning Heart (Green)."]
Kiyoshi felt a fleeting, burning sensation in his circulatory system.
The mechanical female voice of the Trait panel slowly began to announce the Trait. Kiyoshi decided not to immediately investigate the Evolution Route One that appeared with the new Trait.
He dismissed the panel and said to Pakura behind him:
"No one is around, but I advise you to get up quickly."
With that, Kiyoshi didn't linger. He leaped onto a thick tree trunk, constantly leveraging the branches to speed along, heading toward Kurenai's direction.
This was what was called "slow and steady wins the race," which could provide Kiyoshi with a stable channel for Dōjutsu power and a Trait refresher.
In the ninja world, Scorch Release users were extremely rare.
Kiyoshi couldn't bear to let Pakura die just like that.
Humiliating Pakura was just the first step. He needed to continually deepen the shame and maintain further contact.
This was one of the techniques in so-called "manipulation."
While speeding along, he could see a new comma-shaped pattern forming in his left eye. It was clearly the two-tomoe Sharingan!
The dark comma slowly rotated. The patterns of the leaves, the insects on the soil—everything was reflected in the crimson pupils, as if encompassing all of existence.
Kiyoshi felt a surge of warmth spread from his left eye throughout his entire body.
Each evolution of the Sharingan was a qualitative change.
The performance of the two-tomoe Sharingan was inherently superior to the one-tomoe.
Whether it was dynamic vision, insight, or the Genjutsu it cast, they were vastly improved.
"I've grown stronger again." Kiyoshi freely exerted the instantly increased amount of chakra and accelerated his pace.
And the bottleneck on his maximum chakra capacity was still continuously breaking.
Kiyoshi's thoughts were clearer than ever.
He vaguely felt the changes in his own circulatory system.
He had a premonition that if he were to use the Great Fireball Technique again, the resulting fireball would be approximately one-tenth larger.
By continuing to upgrade these Traits, there might come a day when a single fireball could be even larger than the Majestic Destroyer Flame!
"However... my situation is somewhat different."
Kiyoshi's right eye did not evolve alongside his left; it remained a one-tomoe Sharingan.
Yet, the Dōjutsu power contained within his left eye was clearly the maximum Dōjutsu power that a complete two-tomoe could bring.
This was an intuition.
Just like an Uchiha who awakens the Mangekyō Sharingan can immediately name their new Dōjutsu power.
"Does this mean my Dōjutsu power will be double, or even more, than that of other Uchiha?" Kiyoshi pondered.
His situation was akin to that of Indra's reincarnates, like Madara Uchiha or Sasuke Uchiha.
They were naturally stronger than other Uchiha, clearly not starting with a cannon fodder template.
Uchiha like Inabi, although possessing the three-tomoe, were instantly defeated by a young Itachi Uchiha, who was fighting three opponents at the time.
This was a fundamental, or rather, a difference in innate talent.
To put it simply, even if Kiyoshi slacked off from now on, his talent would essentially feed him, and his achievements wouldn't be too shabby.
Kiyoshi believed many factors contributed to this change in him.
Perhaps it was the Yin Release change brought about by his two lifetimes and extraordinary soul, or perhaps the Yang Release change brought about by the vigorous life force of the Yotsuki clan.
It could also be the modification from the Trait panel.
Of course, the most likely scenario was that all these factors combined to create Kiyoshi's unique manifestation.
After all, Madara and Sasuke had the added chakra boost of Indra's reincarnation, but could they continue to exhibit these special traits once that chakra disappeared?
After Hashirama died, Madara only managed to awaken the Rinnegan by living long enough, and there was no further growth besides that.
And Sasuke, after the Great Ninja War and reconciling with Naruto, frequently ran out of chakra in *Boruto: Naruto Next Generations*.
He even resorted to using techniques like the Uchiha Bodyslam.
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