Scheming

Hyuga Clan Compound.

Clan head's courtyard.

This had originally been Hyuga Hiashi's residence, but after the New Bud Plan was successfully carried out, everyone in the Hyuga Main Family except Hinata and Hanabi had died.

It was now used for office work.

Hyuga Neji knew that Ao, the acting clan head, worked here, so he came to the courtyard alone.

"Lord Ao, it's Neji."

"Neji? Come in. I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Neji pushed open the door and walked inside. The moment he saw who was in the room, his pupils abruptly contracted.

"Lord Mitsunobu, Lord Sota!?"

Disbelief filled Neji's voice. Two people who had died years ago were now standing alive before him.

However, their bodies looked somewhat younger. Neji instinctively activated his Byakugan, only to discover that their Chakra felt incomparably familiar. They were unmistakably the same two people from back then.

"It's us, Neji. You've grown up."

When Mitsunobu died, Neji had still been in the Ninja Academy. In the blink of an eye, Neji had already become a jonin.

His build had also changed tremendously. He was already an adult.

A look of immense shock filled Neji's eyes.

"What... is going on!?"

Sota gave Ao a look, and the two of them left together.

Only Mitsunobu and Neji remained in the room.

"The Fifth Hokage, Orochimaru, and Tsunade have already developed a forbidden technique that can revive the dead."

"The Fourth Hokage was revived through it as well."

"Sota's and my revival came at the cost of Ao and the others handing over all the Byakugan of the main family in exchange for two slots."

Neji remained stunned for several seconds before gradually accepting this shocking truth.

His brows were tightly furrowed, but he did not question why there had been no