Like the Rinnegan, the Tenseigan could manipulate both attraction and repulsion.
That was why, when Chiba had used repulsive force to blast away the incoming "Rotation," he had directly borrowed the name "Shinra Tensei."
"How could this happen?"
Hyuga Daxuang, who somewhat resembled Hyuga Xiaoxiang, appeared to be in his thirties or forties, and wore a white robe, had fallen to the ground. He stared at Chiba with utter disbelief written across his face.
He had thought that with the strength of a Jonin, the Eight Trigrams Palm: Rotation he had trained in for years, and the advantage of a sneak attack, he could easily deal with Chiba, the little brat who had deceived the entire Hyuga Clan.
Yet he had never imagined that just as he was about to strike his opponent, some inexplicable force would send him flying away.
His body had even suffered considerable injuries from the impact of that force!
"Wait!"
Hyuga Daxuang suddenly noticed something else. He stared fixedly into Chiba's eyes, his expression growing increasingly astonished. "Your eyes... why have they turned blue?"
Hyuga Daxuang seemed to recall having seen similar records in the Hyuga Clan's confidential archives.
However, that had been a long time ago, and the records had been vague. For the moment, he still did not understand exactly what Hyuga Chiba's blue eyes represented.
The only thing he could be certain of was...
"There's something wrong with those eyes of his!"
Hyuga Daxuang even suspected that all the strange things surrounding Hyuga Chiba might be connected to those pure, dazzling blue eyes.
"Father, are you all right?"
At that moment, Hyuga Xiaoxiang came before Hyuga Daxuang and asked in a worried, even fearful tone.
Clearly, he had never expected that even his own father would be no match for Hyuga Chiba.
Hyuga Xiaoxiang could not help wanting to complain. Damn it, Chiba, if you were this strong, you should have said so! Why didn't you say so sooner?
If you had told me earlier, wouldn't I have avoided provoking you?
"Hmph, I'll deal with you, you unfilial brat, later!" Hyuga Daxuang finally came back to his senses. He shot Hyuga Xiaoxiang, who had caused all this, a cold glare, then rose to his feet and asked Chiba, "Hyuga Chiba, what exactly do you want?"
"What do I want?" Chiba sneered. "What a ridiculous question. Weren't you the ones who attacked me first?"
"Are you saying that you're allowed to attack me, but I'm not allowed to fight back?"
"Forget it. There is indeed something I want to do. First..." Chiba shook his head, then randomly selected a lucky member of the Hyuga Branch Family and raised his hand toward him. "Universal Pull!"
The next moment, powerful attraction erupted. That Hyuga Branch Family member's body involuntarily floated into the air and rapidly "flew" toward Chiba.
"Y-you, what do you want to do?"
The Hyuga Branch Family member spoke with a tense expression. "I only attacked you because I was following the orders of Hyuga Xiaoxiang from the Main Family. I don't actually bear you any ill will."
"Take a deep breath. Don't be nervous!" Chiba smiled as he raised his right hand, now covered in a layer of green Tenseigan Chakra and the power of Yin Yang Release. He pointed a finger at the center of the man's forehead and said, "As a Branch Family member, you must really want to break free of the Caged Bird Curse Mark and regain your freedom, right?"
"I'll help you."
"Though I've never tried it before, so I'm not sure whether I can really do it. You'll have to serve as an experimental guinea pig."
"For freedom's sake, I assume you don't mind taking a risk?"
"What?" The Hyuga Branch Family member looked completely bewildered. Yet he soon sensed some marvelous change occurring on his forehead, along with something else. "My eyes... they seem to have become clearer?"
"What's going on?"
In contrast, many of the surrounding Hyuga Branch Family members could clearly see that the ugly green mark on this man's forehead, which had represented the Caged Bird Curse Mark, was... rapidly disappearing?
"The Caged Bird... his Caged Bird is gone?"
"I'm not dreaming, am I? Hyuga Chiba can undo the Caged Bird?"
"Ah... that hurts. This isn't a dream!"
"Great! We have a chance to gain our freedom!"
As they gradually understood what had happened, the surrounding Hyuga Branch Family members were not only utterly shocked, but also overjoyed and exhilarated.
Some of them even burst into tears of joy on the spot!
"This is bad!"
"We have to stop Hyuga Chiba!"
In contrast, Hyuga Daxuang, a Main Family Elder, underwent a drastic change in expression. As he looked at Hyuga Chiba, several traces of cold killing intent appeared in his eyes.
All Hyuga Branch Family members had always been required to receive the Caged Bird Mark upon reaching the age of three.
This mark was connected to the Hyuga Branch Family members' eyes and cranial nerves.
Once a Hyuga Branch Family member died, or their Byakugan was removed, the Caged Bird Mark would immediately activate and destroy the Byakugan.
As a result, outsiders could basically never obtain a Hyuga Branch Family member's Byakugan.
If that were all there was to it, then the Caged Bird would have been purely protective for the Hyuga Branch Family.
But the Hyuga Main Family also held the method to activate the Caged Bird Curse Mark.
As long as the Main Family wished it, they could cause the corresponding Branch Family member to suffer brain death at any time.
Thus, the Branch Family became Caged Birds, slaves of the Main Family.
Yet the only difference between the Main Family and Branch Family was often the order in which they were born, and that alone determined the difference in their fates.
Take Hizashi Hyuga, Hyuga Neji's father. He had merely been born later than Hyuga Hiashi, and so he became part of the Branch Family.
As a result, his son Neji had also been destined to be part of the Branch Family from birth.
For this very reason, the Hyuga Clan's Branch Family had always deeply hated the Main Family.
In the past, as long as the Caged Bird Curse Mark that controlled their lives and deaths remained, the Main Family never had to worry about rebellion no matter how much the Branch Family resented them.
But things were different now. Hyuga Chiba, who should have been born without eyes, not only possessed a pair of pure Byakugan and Mysterious Blue Eyes, but could even undo the Caged Bird Curse Mark?
"We absolutely cannot let him continue undoing the Caged Bird of other Branch Family members. Otherwise, the Main Family—even the entire Hyuga Clan—will be destroyed."
In the eyes of Hyuga Daxuang, one of the Main Family Elders, Hyuga Chiba, who still looked like a teenager, had become the greatest threat in the Hyuga Clan's history!
And such a threat had to be utterly eliminated!
"Hmm? You want to kill me?"
At that moment, Chiba seemed to sense something. His gaze turned toward Hyuga Daxuang, and his tone gradually became cold. "In that case, I can only... send you to your death first."
As he spoke, Chiba raised his hand and released a green orb of light.
At incredible speed, it flew into Hyuga Daxuang's body.
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