"You... you want my eyes!?"
Neji's face was filled with surprise, his eyes full of confusion.
Hyuga Kagami, hidden in the shadows, stared fixedly at Neji. "I need a pair of pure, living Byakugan to ease the injuries my body is currently suffering!"
"But I'm from the branch family!" Neji hurriedly said. "I've already been branded with the Caged Bird Seal!"
Hyuga Kagami fell silent again for a while before slowly saying, "That's right. Because of the Caged Bird Seal, if you choose to offer your eyes to me, death will be your only fate!"
Neji's mind was thrown into turmoil. He had never imagined that Hyuga Kagami had summoned him here for his eyes.
Watching Neji's face shift between struggle, conflict, and fear, Hyuga Kagami did not urge him any further. He remained curled up in the shadows, waiting quietly.
Hyuga Kagami would not repeat Madara Uchiha's mistakes. Therefore, his Tenseigan had to be entrusted to someone absolutely trustworthy. If there was truly no one he could trust, then it would be better to leave them in a jar and slowly let them lose their vitality than hand them over to someone unreliable.
That was why he had specifically arranged this meeting in the cave.
In truth, even he was unsure what choice Neji would make. Perhaps he would readily agree, perhaps he would firmly refuse, or perhaps he might even turn and run!
Because under such circumstances, any choice Neji made was possible, and none of them would be wrong.
The human heart was the least able to withstand testing, and selfishness was human nature. Thus, before arranging this test, Hyuga Kagami had already prepared himself to accept any outcome.
After an unknown amount of time, Neji asked in a somewhat hoarse voice, "Sensei, can my Byakugan really