Chapter 241 The Sorrow of a Caged Bird

After Hyuga Hiashi finished questioning Hinata, the turmoil of the missing "young lady" was over.

After seeing Hinata being taken back to the room to rest, Neji, with gauze wrapped around his forehead, smiled and said to Hyuga Hizashi: "Father, it's great that Hinata is okay. I thought she was in trouble."

After hearing this, Hyuga Hizashi looked at Neji, and his eyes stayed on his son's forehead for a long time.

Just today, his only son was engraved with the mark of a caged bird. From then on, he became a branch family protecting the main family like himself, and there was no chance of turning over.

Although his son was much better than the weak Hinata.

And all this was because of himself. If he had won the competition with his brother, he would have been the head of the main family now, and Neji would have become the main family naturally.

However, is it really necessary for the caged bird system to exist?

In the distant Warring States period, the caged bird could protect the Byakugan bloodline from leaking out, but with the changes of the times, the Hyuga clan has been protected by Konoha, and many means of stealing the Byakugan by bypassing the caged bird have emerged.

Although the caged bird can control the life and death of these branch families, if the branch family ninjas show mercy outside, the Byakugan will leak out sooner or later.

But the caged bird system has been passed down for thousands of years, and it is not a matter of one day or one night to change it.

At least in his and Neji's generation, there is no dawn of reform, unless they can get the support of the village leaders and even the Hokage.

But the attitude of the Konoha leaders towards the Hyuga clan has always been very subtle, and they will never easily interfere with the caged bird system.

I can't offer enough benefits to impress the Hokage.

Thinking of this, Hyuga Hizashi sighed softly, patted Neji on the shoulder, and then said: "Ningji, you must protect Hinata-sama well in the future, even if it means risking your life."

"In order to protect my loved ones, I am willing to risk my life..."

Ningji nodded in confusion. At this moment, he didn't understand why his father's face was so bad, and he didn't know what the caged bird mark on his forehead meant.

He just nodded in ignorance, and then walked towards the dojo.

It was still early before bedtime, and he wanted to take advantage of this time to practice soft fists again, strive to become the first in the class, and win glory for the Hyuga clan.

While Hyuga Hizashi and Hyuga Neji were talking, White Zetsu underground was also eavesdropping on their conversation.

Because they couldn't open the Byakugan at will in the clan land, the two of them didn't know about the White Zetsu lurking in the dark, nor did they know where their information would be sent.

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In the Akatsuki base, Bai Ye received information about the Konoha Ninja Village.

Bai Ye has three information channels in Konoha, namely Black Zetsu, White Zetsu Afu and Kabuto Yakushi. The information they sent are all the places that Bai Ye cares about the most.

Naruto, Danzo, Uchiha and Hyuga.

Naruto is the absolute protagonist of the original time and space. He has a series of identities such as the son of the fourth generation Hokage, the Nine-tailed Jinchūriki, and the biological son of the Six Paths.

Danzo is his old predecessor. Konoha must have such talents to prosper.

As for Uchiha and Hyuga, they are also full of thunder points. They are two time bombs that may explode at any time.

Among the many pieces of information, the amount of information about Naruto is the largest, but it is of no use to Bai Ye.

Although Naruto has a special identity, he is still young, and even the Nine-tailed Chakra has not leaked. At present, he is just an ordinary Jinchūriki and can't play much role.

Danzo has some big moves. Recently, he even transferred Kabuto Yakushi back from the Hidden Rock Village.

It could be that Danzo wanted to plot against the Third Hokage, or that Danzo was planning to attack Yakushi Nono. Nono knew too much, so he could only send someone to get rid of him.

Uchiha was still arrogant and domineering in daily life, and the security forces under his command often clashed with other departments. Shisui seemed to be active in the Hokage Building, and should have become a bridge between Konoha and Uchiha.

As long as Itachi was gathered to participate in the Chunin Exam and join the Root Organization, Uchiha would not be far from collapse.

However, the information about Hyuga sent by Afu made Bai Ye very interested. He was busy recruiting Uchiha and almost forgot that Konoha still had a treasury called Hyuga.

Although the Hyuga clan only inherited the Byakugan of the Otsutsuki clan, they could always get some different rewards with their numerical advantage.

And strictly speaking, the Otsutsuki clan on the moon also belongs to the branch of the Hyuga clan in the Ninja Realm. Maybe after recruiting the whole clan, they can get the Samsara Eye.

However, the Moon Otsutsuki are different from the Hyuga clan who are kept in a cage. They are a group of branch families that have slaughtered the main family and have focused all their eyes on the Great Samsara Eye for thousands of years.

In comparison, it is more reliable to recruit Uchiha to obtain the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Retracting his gradually scattered thoughts, Bai Ye still wrote the Hyuga clan on the schedule. He always has endless energy to create civil strife in the five major ninja villages.

After writing a simple plan for a while, Bai Ye touched the ring and received a message from Orochimaru.

After half a month of research, Orochimaru finally found a way to open the Paradise Box and invited him to take a look. At the same time, he had new results in Wood Release.

The Paradise Box is a treasure from the Six Paths period that can realize the "wish" of the person who opened it, but it is very difficult to open such a treasure. It requires specific ninjutsu and chakra at the level of the tailed beast.

Tailed beast-level chakra is a small problem for Byakuya, whether it is provided by the two-tailed jinchūriki or provided by himself, it is more than enough.

But in terms of studying ninjutsu, even if he has the talent of a ninjutsu scientist, he can only learn and transform. Orochimaru is the elite in developing ninjutsu.

Without too much hesitation, Bai Ye used the teleportation technique and arrived at a laboratory near the base.

There is a huge sealing array placed in the hall of the laboratory, and the Box of Bliss is placed in the center of the huge array, exuding an ancient and weird atmosphere.

Byakuya's eyes were locked on Orochimaru not far away, and he asked Orochimaru:

"Senior Orochimaru, did you find a way to open the Box of Bliss so quickly? Or are you finally eager to study the inside of the Box of Bliss?"

Orochimaru wasn't angry at all when Byakuya saw through his thoughts.

The reason why he came to Bai Ye this time was to let Bai Ye come and take charge, so that if there were any monsters in the Box of Bliss that he couldn't deal with, Bai Ye could deal with them.

After smiling slightly, Orochimaru said slowly: "I have developed the technique to open the Box of Bliss, but you still need to provide chakra to truly open the Box of Bliss."