Hyuga Shin Is Released, the Branch Family Member's Fury

...Hah!

Hyuga Shin jolted awake.

He tried to get up, but the sensation of having been killed once was still so vivid.

"Was it... a dream?"

"Why would I have such a dream?"

Hyuga Shin looked around.

Yet, to his disbelief, the pain in his eyes had lessened considerably. Previously, he could not open them at all, but now he could.

Although his entire body still hurt...

Crackle!

Streams of Lightning Release Chakra spread uncontrollably from his body.

Then, Hyuga Shin instinctively memorized every one of those sensations.

This was the highest level of "hand-in-hand teaching."

Hyuga Shin stared in shock at the hand emitting crackling lightning—

"...Liger Bomb?!"

It was not a dream!

An evil god lives inside me!

Hyuga Shin was deeply shaken.

But joy welled up within him.

"Hyuga Main Family..."

It had saved Hyuga Shin's life, killed his enemy A, and now it would help him change the world. As for Hyuga Shin, what he needed to do now was destroy the Hyuga Main Family and change everything about the Hyuga Family!

So what if it was an evil god?

That being was his savior!

Hyuga Shin adjusted his sitting posture and silently began regulating the energy within his body, slowly condensing his chakra.

At the same time, he calmly began to think everything through...

Sea of Corpses and Blood.

Su Nuo still lazily propped his chin up with one hand, while extending the other into the air, black mist coiling around it.

"My control over releasing and absorbing emotions is becoming more and more proficient..."

"After this, I can indefinitely maintain Hyuga Shin in the 'Multi-faceted Person' state."

"First, the absolutely kind 'Goody-two-shoes,' then the 'Hidden Ninja,' who stands at the brink of rampage but can still restrain himself, and finally the 'Berserk Maniac,' filled with hatred and resentment until he goes berserk."

"Goody-two-shoes can be used for disguise."

"Hidden Ninja can be used for schemes and calculations."

"These two will be the normal states."

"In the Berserk Maniac state, this guy's combat strength will rise by around thirty percent, catching enemies off guard..."

"Hmph..."

"It's just like playing a game. I can switch player states."

Su Nuo withdrew his hand, closed his eyes, and began to rest... anticipating everything that would happen tomorrow.

The next day.

Within the Sea of Corpses and Blood.

Su Nuo played with the black mist in his hand, which contained all the emotions he had drawn from Hyuga Shin.

Meanwhile, in the outside world, Hyuga Shin was undergoing his final interrogation. In his Goody-two-shoes state, Hyuga Shin was subjected to one last questioning.

Yamanaka Inoichi.

A jonin.

The young Clan Head of the Yamanaka Clan, and currently a member of the Konoha Intelligence Department.

Compared to his identity as a member of the Yamanaka Clan, his identity as a member of the Konoha Intelligence Department drew even more attention.

"Hmph..." Su Nuo curled his lips.

A contest was silently unfolding.

Ten minutes later.

Yamanaka Inoichi withdrew the hand he had used to perform the Mind Reading Jutsu.

"Well?" Hyuga Hiashi could not help asking from the side, while the Hyuga Clan Patriarch narrowed his eyes and looked over.

"There's no problem at all..." Yamanaka Inoichi said. "There really are no specific memories related to A's death in his memories. There's nothing wrong with him."

Then.

Yamanaka Inoichi looked at the Hyuga Clan Patriarch. "Regarding this matter..."

"Please report truthfully to the Third Hokage. I'm counting on you." The Hyuga Clan Patriarch bowed slightly.

"I understand." Yamanaka Inoichi nodded neither obsequiously nor arrogantly, then took his leave.

Only then.

Hyuga Shin was released from his restraints and left on the ground.

Afterward.

The Hyuga Family treated his wounds, and Hyuga Hiashi personally came to talk him through it, saying that these were all necessary examinations. Anything could happen in the Shinobi World, and every threat had to be ruled out.

Hyuga Shin showed a gentle smile. "It's all right."

At last, Hyuga Shin staggered out of the Hyuga Main Family's territory.

When he returned to the branch family and intended to get some sleep.

He found everyone staring at him.

Some Branch Family Members had fury burning in their eyes. Some could not bear to look directly at Hyuga Shin. Some were puzzled, while others were uneasy...

But most of all, they were angry.

Hyuga Shin did not speak to anyone, but many people had seen him staggering home.

After returning home, Hyuga Shin collapsed onto his bed and was finally able to have a peaceful sleep.

"The Yamanaka Clan's secret technique was quite powerful."

"But..."

"Unfortunately, Hyuga Shin wasn't Itadori Yuji."

Amid the Sea of Corpses and Blood, Su Nuo let out a cold laugh.

Sukuna's original host had been Itadori Yuji, and Itadori Yuji had actually been a carefully manufactured "Vessel," possessing a powerful ability to suppress Sukuna. He was called a Vessel, but he could just as well have been called a Prison.

This was also one of the reasons Sukuna later abandoned Itadori Yuji's body and switched to Fushiguro Megumi's.

Hyuga Shin did not possess Itadori Yuji's suppressive power. Su Nuo could control his body whenever he wished.

However, Su Nuo had also completed an experiment concerning the Yamanaka Clan's memory-searching technique.

Sure enough... anything that searched memories was connected either to the brain or to the soul.

Su Nuo could already freely browse through Hyuga Shin's memories.

As an experiment, he used Cursed Energy to cover part of those memories, concealing a portion of them.

If Yamanaka Inoichi insisted on examining that part of his memories, he would encounter resistance.

And that portion of memories was only from last night.

"If only I could erase Hyuga Shin's memories... that would be ideal."

"Unfortunately, I don't have that kind of ability."

Su Nuo idly sent out several slashes, cutting the wreckage within the Sea of Corpses and Blood into pieces that flew everywhere.

"But blocking them works too."

"As long as it achieves the desired effect."

As expected, Yamanaka Inoichi did not specifically investigate the memories of "the night he was imprisoned last night."

Yamanaka Inoichi's investigation had focused on A's death.

At that time, Hyuga Shin's body had been controlled by Su Nuo, so he had no memories at all. Thus, what Yamanaka Inoichi saw was indeed that after he woke from unconsciousness, A was already lying on the ground.

"Emotions... the body... the only thing Hyuga Shin could actually control was his way of thinking."

"My starting position was actually a little better than Prison Sukuna's."

"After all... the people of the Shinobi World didn't know there was a 'King of Curses' like me."

Moreover, there were no two closed eyes beneath Hyuga Shin's eyes.

In terms of intelligence, Su Nuo had an overwhelming advantage.

Compared to Sukuna's starting position...

Swallowed by the "Vessel," Sukuna discovered, with no information to go on, that the brat Itadori Yuji could actually suppress his control. He immediately realized he had been imprisoned.

With the power of only one finger, he encountered the strongest of the modern era—Gojo Satoru.

At the same time, Sukuna knew nothing about the state of the current age.

Even Sukuna managed to handle such a hellish start.

Now, however.

Su Nuo, whose true form was a Soul Devourer and who had devoured Sukuna's soul and digested all his memories, had even higher stats than Sukuna.