Chapter 177: The cage is opened and the bird flies away (Second update!)
Hinata Hizashi was in pain.
He didn't know what he should do.
He wanted to persuade Neji to give up the idea of "unlocking the bird in the cage", but when they were alone in private, he couldn't say such words at all.
If it weren't for the fact that Minato Namikaze's child came from the future, he would have wanted to ask Naruto to unlock his curse seal as well.
Yes.
Which imprisoned bird doesn't want to escape.
I want to, too.
But on the other hand
He was a little jealous.
The tip of the iceberg of the future was already in front of him.
I would sacrifice for the Hyuga family.
I couldn't unlock the "bird in the cage".
This negative emotion lingering in his heart, almost became a real obsession, making him subconsciously want to stop it.
One month later.
Xiao Li and Tiantian were discovered.
Loulan Kingdom, the tower that sealed the "Dragon Vein".
"Are we going back?" Xiao Li was shocked, "We just came to this era!"
"I still want to see the young teacher Kai."
Kakashi rolled his dead fish eyes: "No need to look, just look in the mirror."
"Are you really not Kai's child?"
"Of course not." Xiao Li pinched his waist, shyly and proudly laughed, "Are I so similar to teacher Kai?"
Ten-Ten didn't speak, looking up at Neji.
The boy with the white eyes.
No, after four years of growth, the boy has become an adult.
He looked at Naruto, bowed and asked: "Lord Naruto, please help me untie the caged bird here."
"Lord Hinata, do you really support Neji?" Hizashi Hizashi said.
Naruto ignored him and waved his hand.
Ningji knelt in front of him.
Hinata didn't want to answer, but she looked at Naruto, then at Karin, and thought of what she said that night, and clenched her fist: "I support him."
"This thing called 'protection' is no different from imprisonment."
"It shouldn't exist anymore."
"And"
"This is what Naruto agreed to."
"Don't say me or Uncle Hizashi, even the Hyuga family doesn't have the ability to change Naruto's will."
While she was talking.
Naruto stretched out his hand and touched the "curse seal" on Neji's forehead.
In the body, a vague shadow emerged.
It was his soul.
However, Naruto didn't pull it out completely, only a head left the body.
But even the "soul".
"Bird in a cage" was also engraved on the forehead, even more vivid.
"Spiritualization technique?" Akimichi Choza murmured.
Naruto glanced at him, his hands moving non-stop.
The fingertips unfolded the technique, and the few chakras in the soul surged, forming a formation, completely covering the curse seal of "Bird in a cage".
The green "diagonal cross" seal was erased bit by bit.
This is a transformation from the depths of the soul.
Erase something that has been deeply rooted in the soul for decades and is extremely stubborn.
Just as Naruto said.
The seal is not complicated, but Neji's soul and power are too weak, and he suffered great pain in this process.
The soul trembled and flickered.
Until the last bit of "green" was also erased.
The pain was stopped.
Naruto stuffed Neji's soul back into his body: "That's it."
Hizashi Hizashi murmured: "It turns out that the 'bird in a cage' can really be cracked."
"All seals and confinements have ways to crack." Naruto looked at him and answered casually, "No one has done it before."
"Because you don't want to learn."
"Others don't dare to risk offending the Hyuga clan."
Hizashi Hizashi looked at him: "Aren't you afraid of offending the Hyuga clan? We are..."
He couldn't finish his words.
The reactions of the people around him made him hesitate.
Karin couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Naruto smiled and shook his head.
Neji clicked his tongue.
Hinata looked at herself worriedly.
As if what she just said was a "joke".
"I'm not afraid of the Hyuga clan." Neji held the floor and supported himself with difficulty, "Let alone Naruto."
Hyuga Hizashi lowered his head and said nothing.
"In fact, you should have guessed it." Neji continued, raising his hand to touch his forehead.
Tenten took out the mirror and handed it to him.
Neji took it and reflected his smooth, white forehead.
Hyuga Hiashi said softly: "Well, I guessed it."
"You are my child."
"As for Hinata-sama, she is my brother's child."
Ningji was reluctant to let go of the mirror, and looked past it and looked at his father: "I have dreamed many times how happy I would be after breaking this abominable curse."
"But"
"I can't simulate the emotions that appeared in those dreams now."
"Originally, I planned to return to the future and then ask Naruto-sama to remove the curse."
"Until I stood here and was about to go back, I realized that I had to let you see it with your own eyes."
"The cage of the branch family has been completely broken from today."
Naruto stretched out his hand and clapped, summoned a scroll, and threw it into Neji's arms.
"This is the technique to break the bird in the cage." He introduced, "Even without my help, an ordinary jonin can break this curse."
Ningji solemnly collected it.
Hyuga Hiashi's eyes moved with the scroll, and he sighed: "This is a disaster for the Hyuga family."
"For the main family, maybe." Neji shook his head, "but for the branch family, it must not be."
Hinata Hiashi said nothing more.
Naruto stretched out his hand and unfolded the spell on the ground.
The dragon vein was opened, and a purple chakra poured out.
"Are we going back?" Namikaze Minato said softly, "Naruto, since you are also good at sealing techniques, you can seal our memories."
"It's safer for you to do it than for me."
Naruto nodded.
After dozens of minutes.
The purple light gradually subsided.
The five members of the team stood there in confusion, a little at a loss.
"Why are we here?" Kakashi looked around, his eyes confused.
I shouldn't have just left Konoha.
How did I suddenly come here?
The spell and seal in front of me looked more and more like a "dragon vein".
Namikaze Minato was the first to react. He could feel that there was a seal in his mind, hiding a "memory".
As expected, this memory is the whole process from leaving the village until just now.
He subconsciously wanted to capture the "seal".
Although
there was no sign of resistance on his body, the "Flying Thunder God Technique" had never been activated, and all the special kunai were in his bag.
This means that he was willing to leave the seal.
Unlocking it would not work.
But he wanted to read some traces from the "seal" to see if he could find any clues.
Unexpectedly.
He could not capture the "seal".
The person who set up this "seal" was extremely skilled, the first person he had ever seen in his life.
Even Uzumaki Mito's level was a little worse than his.
"Teacher?" Kakashi looked up.
"It seems that the rumors are true." Minato said softly, he turned his head and looked at Hizashi Hizashi, "Sorry, Lord Hizashi, before I came here, I concealed a piece of news from you."
"The Byakugan that appeared in Loulan is suspected to be someone who returned from the future."
"Now it seems."
"Indeed."
"And we should have had deep contact with them."
He turned his head: "There are six people, um. There are summoned beasts such as ninja dogs or ninja cats."
The footprints on the ground left a lot of information.
But these are the only ones that can be captured.
Aburame Shiwei raised her hand and said in a heavy tone: "My parasite is missing a part."
"The traces of death are very new."
"I should have wanted to leave the other party's chakra, but they noticed it."
Namikaze Minato looked serious: "Fortunately, the other party found it. This is a very dangerous behavior."
"We should not interfere with the future in any form."
"Continue searching in Loulan."
"Confirm the results and report back to the village."
In the team, the others agreed.
This little twist in the past did not have any impact on the future.
In the abandoned tower of the ancient kingdom of Loulan.
Six people landed smoothly.
"We're back." Tiantian poked his head out. The abandoned centipede puppet was still lying on the ground, without any dust. It seemed that time had not changed.
The dragon vein still glowed with purple light.
Huge, strong chakra surged.
Naruto approached, stretched out his hand, mobilized his spiritual power, and started the technique.
He wanted to seal this "chakra".
"Naruto-sama." Neji approached and bowed to greet him, "I will be away from you for a while."
"Besides the mission, I need to report to Konoha."
"There are also some family matters to deal with."
Naruto nodded: "Go."
"I am very sorry, Naruto-sama." Neji bowed to apologize, "I made a willful and selfish decision."
"If I die in Konoha this time..."
Naruto tilted his head to look at him and smiled slightly: "Don't be afraid of death."
"Be confident and bold to do what you want."
"It's hard to explain now, but you know that Seireitei is an organization of 'souls'."
"Even after you die, you can continue to serve me."
Ningji looked up, looked at Naruto in surprise, and nodded: "Yes, Naruto-sama."
He waved his hand, and the team left instantly.
Naruto carefully sealed the "Dragon Vein".
"Are we going to the Land of Demons next?" Karin waited for him to put away the scroll, and asked on tiptoe as the tower swayed.
"Do you want to see what will happen after Neji returns to Konoha?" Naruto looked at her and smiled.
Karin nodded: "Well, I'm curious."
"Naruto, you didn't just undo his curse."
"You also gave him the secret technique of how to break the caged bird."
"It feels like something big will happen in Konoha."
Naruto pulled her and walked out of the tower in an instant: "I'm also curious about what Neji will choose to do."
"I'm even more curious about what choice the Hyuga clan and Konoha will make at this time."
"Let's go and see."
There's plenty of time.
Fire Country, Konoha.
After half a day of traveling, Neji and his friends returned to the village.
But.
He didn't report the news immediately, but went directly to the Hyuga clan.
(I have a stomachache. I went there six times in the afternoon. There's still one more to do)
