Uchiha Nan, like a busy little bee, kept dropping boxes containing Byakugan from the cabinet into his sealing scroll.
Hyuga Takuma, on the other hand, stood by and helped with his tasks, his expression blank.
Finished collecting the last box of Byakugan.
Hyuga Takuma looked at the rows of cabinets in the room, all of them empty.
His heart was breaking.
This is the wealth accumulated by the Hyuga Clan thousands of years, and in just one day...
That's all!!!
but
If the Byakugan passed down through generations of the Main Family is simply kept here as an inanimate object, it will ultimately be a useless thing. The evolution of the Byakugan, as recorded in the family records, has always been a mystery, which is probably just wishful thinking on the part of our ancestors.
Now
If offering these Byakugan to Konoha could earn the Lord Hokage's forgiveness, it would be the best possible outcome for the Hyuga Clan right now!
At the very least, the prosperity of the Hyuga Clan will not change!
At most, it will only be a few years of obscurity!
I am still the assistant to the Hokage of Konoha!
Second only to one person, above ten thousand!
Uchiha Nan, satisfied, put away the sealing scroll and then looked up at Hyuga Takuma, regarding the aftermath for the Hyuga Clan.
There is still a series of finishing touches that require Hyuga Takuma's cooperation.
"Takuma, have you thought about how to handle the internal relationships of the Hyuga Clan from now on? I have clearly stated at the Hokage Building that the Hyuga Clan's 'Caged Bird' will be abolished. From now on, the Hyuga Clan will no longer have the concepts of the Main Family and branch family."
"Any Hyuga Clan Head Family who uses the Caged Bird Jutsu on the Hyuga Branch Family without my orders will be treated as a rogue ninja!"
Hyuga Takuma smiled bitterly after hearing this. He woke up to find himself locked up in solitary confinement, and the next day, Uchiha Nan led Anbu ninjas to surround the Hyuga Clan Compound and began to interrogate him.
Everything happened too fast, too suddenly; he wasn't prepared at all!
Now he's making him clean up the mess Hyuga Clan? That's a really tough mess to clean!
Damn it, those idiots!
If only we had just been honest from the start!
" Lord Hokage, whatever you say, I'll do. I'll do whatever you say!"
Hyuga Takuma spoke sincerely!
Uchiha Nan was very satisfied with Hyuga Takuma the world!" he said. Then he said, "First, regarding the release from the Caged Bird, we must find a way to implement this as soon as possible!"
" Lord Hokage, according to the clan's records, the Caged Bird was never designed with a solution in mind. The ancestors of the Hyuga Clan not only used their family's secret techniques to design the seals for the Caged Bird Seal, but also personally sought guidance from the Uzumaki Clan on Sealing Jutsu."
"Removing the spell from the Caged Bird should be possible in a short time."
Hyuga Takuma revealed the origin of the Caged Bird Seal, explaining that breaking Caged Bird seal is no easy task.
Throughout the millennia of the Ninja world, countless ninjas have sought to seize the Byakugan and break the Caged Bird.
But without exception, they all failed.
The reason is still
When the ancestors of the Hyuga Clan designed the Caged Bird, they never intended to untie it; they simply tied a Caged Bird that could not be untied.
They really didn't leave any way out for their descendants.
"However, I can hand over all the Cursed Seal of the Caged Bird and try to break Caged Bird together with the Sealing Jutsu master of the Uzumaki Clan."
Hyuga Takuma quickly Hand Seals, summoning an ancient-looking booklet, and then handed it to Uchiha Nan.
"This is the Caged Bird Cursed Seal Technique. Lord Hokage, please accept it."
Hyuga Takuma has laid himself out completely.
Caged Bird Technique has already been handed over, so be it. The situation can't get much worse anyway.
Uchiha Nan stared blankly at the booklet in Hyuga Takuma's hand. First, he handed over the Hyuga Clan's ancestral Byakugan to Konoha, and now he handed over the Hyuga Clan's foundation Caged Bird Seal. It was as if he had given Uchiha Nan all of the Hyuga Clan's wealth.
Hagito, you really are
So Uchiha Nan patted Hyuga Takuma on the shoulder, and everything was understood without saying a word.
Loyalty!
From this day forward...
The Hyuga Clan are the most loyal little brothers of my Uchiha!
The Uchiha eats meat, and your Hyuga Clan at least gets a piece of bone; you'll certainly enjoy your wealth and glory!
"Okay, let's do it that way then."
"If there's truly no way to break the curse, the only option is to start with the next generation of the Hyuga Clan's newborns, ensuring that neither the Main Family nor the branch family imprints the Caged Bird them."
Uchiha Nan took the booklet, nodded, and spoke.
The sins committed by their ancestors must be borne by their descendants. If the Caged Bird cannot be freed, then this generation of Hyuga members, marked with the image of the Caged Bird, can only be considered unlucky.
"Besides."
"For the foreseeable future, the relationship between the Hyuga Clan Head Family and the Hyuga Branch Family will likely be very tense, to the point where they may even see each other as enemies. You should be prepared for that."
When Uchiha Nan mentioned the Hyuga Clan Head Family and the Hyuga Branch Family, he said that compared to the tangible Caged Bird, the intangible Caged Bird within the Hyuga Clan was more difficult to deal with.
Hyuga Takuma looked somber after hearing this.
This is indeed a super difficult problem!
If not handled properly...
The Hyuga Clan Head Family is in grave danger!!
Because the Caged Bird isn't solved for a day
The Hyuga Clan Head Family will forever hold the power of life and death over the Hyuga Branch Family family, and the Hyuga Branch Family's anger will never subside. However, the Lord Hokage has now explicitly forbidden the Hyuga Clan Head Family from using the Caged Bird Jutsu on the Hyuga Branch Family.
It's hard to guarantee that some extreme Hyuga Branch Family might emerge, rallying the Hyuga Clan and Hyuga Branch Family to do things that no one wants to see against the Hyuga Clan Head Family.
" Lord Hokage, if the Caged Bird truly cannot be removed, then let all members of the main Main Family be imprinted with the Caged Bird."
Hyuga Takuma frowned, pondered for a moment, then hardened his heart and mustered great courage to say that he really couldn't think of a better solution.
He had no hope of getting rid of the Caged Bird Caged Bird. If there were a way to get rid of it, there would have been a solution long ago, and it wouldn't have been left until today.
If they truly cannot break the Caged Bird, then the Hyuga Clan Head Family will be difficult from now on. Not only will they have to endure the villagers' gossip, but they will also have to constantly guard against the Hyuga Branch Family.
As long as the Hyuga Branch Family lives like Caged Bird, the Hyuga Clan Head Family will never have a moment's peace, and they'll probably have to sleep with their eyes open even at night.
The Hyuga Clan Head Family can't keep living in constant fear, can they?
Since the situation is already this exciting, let's keep the excitement going.
The Hyuga Clan all have the image of Caged Bird carved on their bodies.
To say that everyone is inferior is to say that everyone is equal!
"Including you?"
Uchiha Nan asked instinctively.
"Including me!"
"Isn't this a bit too extreme?"
Uchiha Nan suddenly felt the booklet in his hand was burning hot.
If the entire Hyuga Clan were to be branded with the Caged Bird, wouldn't that mean I would control the lives of the entire Hyuga Clan from then on?
Isn't this inciting me to commit a crime?!
"This is proof of the Hyuga Clan's Konoha!"
Hyuga Takuma spoke loudly.
The Hyuga Clan has already given their pledge of allegiance so thoroughly, who would dare say that the Hyuga Clan is disloyal to the Lord Hokage now?
Lord Hokage, you have to tear his mouth apart!
"Ahem, well, you can handle this matter as you see fit."
Never push yourself.
Uchiha Nan coughed.
Just hand this matter over to Hyuga Takuma. As long as he can maintain the internal stability of the Hyuga Clan, let him do what he wants.
Lord Hokage, you should avoid any appearance of impropriety now.
Afterwards, Uchiha Nan bid Hyuga Takuma and left the Hyuga Clan's territory with the Anbu ninja.
That evening
Uchiha Nan returned to the underground laboratory.
" Tobirama, Izuna, stop what you're doing and open your eyes wide! Don't blink!"
"Look at my spoils after a whole day's work!"
As soon as Uchiha Nan saw Tobirama Senju, Izuna Uchiha couldn't wait to take out his sealing scroll and take out one by one the small boxes containing the Byakugan.
Small boxes gradually filled a laboratory room, and an extremely intense Byakugan power permeated the air.
"That eye power feels so familiar."
"Inside the box. Oh my god, I roll my Byakugan!"
"All Byakugan?"
"So much?"
Izuna Uchiha started shouting and yelling.
Even after so many years of fighting on the battlefield, he had never seen such a thrilling scene!
"Really? Move aside, don't block my way!"
"Ugh! Uchiha Nan, what have you done?!"
Looking at the room full of Byakugan, Tobirama Senju's face suddenly turned ashen, his expression filled with disbelief.
So many Byakugan?
Where did it come from?!
Uchiha Nan finally started to go mad.
He truly is a born evil Uchiha brat!
"Spoils"
"What spoils of war?!"
" Uchiha Nan, you inherently evil Uchiha brat, are you going to wipe out the Hyuga Clan?"
Tobirama Senju Uchiha Nan's nose and roared.
"Hey, Tobirama Senju, don't make baseless accusations! Do you think I'm like you, spending all my time in the lab researching forbidden techniques to deal with the Uchiha?!"
"Only you would think that way!"
"Don't think of me as dirty and filthy as you."
Uchiha Nan immediately denied it.
The Hyuga Clan is already the most loyal ninja clan to me!
"Where do all these Byakugan come from?!"
Tobirama Senju's expression softened slightly as he continued to press for answers.
"Of course, those are heirlooms passed down from the Hyuga Clan. They've been stored for over a thousand years, and Hyuga Takuma gave them all to me!"
"Still dare to argue?"
" The Hyuga Clan values Byakugan as much as their own lives; they even use the Caged Bird to enslave their clansmen."
" Tobirama, I know this is hard for you to accept. After all, this is a treatment you'll never experience in your entire life. Compared to me, your prestige in Konoha is like a mayfly seeing the blue sky!"
There's absolutely no comparison!
Uchiha Nan scoffed and spoke to Tobirama Senju without any politeness.
"You're talking nonsense!!"
"I am the founder of Konoha, the Second Hokage of Konoha!"
"He's already the Second, so he's still considered the founder?"
Izuna Uchiha couldn't help but complain.
" Izuna Uchiha, you defeated foe, who gave you the right to interrupt? You're old enough to be buried by now. I personally oversaw the construction of every single Konoha and tile in Konoha back then, and my brother was only nominally Hokage!"
"Are you going to swear again? Do you want to fight?!"
Izuna Uchiha was furious. This evil Senju Tobirama Senju was rubbing salt into his wounds again!
"Okay, okay, that's enough with the noise!"
"Let me finish explaining!"
Uchiha Nan skillfully acted as a peacemaker; he was used to this kind of thing.
"This is what happened."
"A few days ago, and then today Hyuga Clan Head Family summoned the Hyuga Branch Family in an attempt to surround the Hokage Building."
Uchiha Nan found a comfortable position and leaned back on the sofa, then recounted the whole story from beginning to end.
"Are you sure it was Hyuga Takuma who initiated it?"
"Of course."
I think you're using coercion and enticement!
Tobirama Senju a disdainful (envious) expression.
" Uchiha Nan, what's the use of collecting so many Byakugan?"
Once Izuna Uchiha's initial excitement wore off, he lost interest in the Byakugan before him.
Byakugan are indeed very rare.
The sheer number of Byakugan he received was unprecedented.
But it's not very useful.
Even if the Byakugan's Kekkei Genkai is strong, it can only grant X-ray vision and increase visual range, essentially providing a support item. It offers very limited improvement to a ninja's combat power. Ordinary ninjas might envy it, but for the Uchiha...
snort!
The Sharingan of the Uchiha is invincible!
His Sharingan not only grants him dynamic vision, allowing him to copy his opponent's Ninjutsu and Taijutsu, but also significantly enhances his own genjutsu.
Most importantly, the Sharingan can evolve!
Once you evolve to the Mangekyō Sharingan, you can awaken your own unique Mangekyou eye techniques and summon the ultimate power residing within the Mangekyō Sharingan, Susanoo!
What can the Byakugan possibly use to compete with the Sharingan?
Tobirama Senju picked up a box and carefully examined the Byakugan inside. Based on his understanding of Uchiha Nan, he knew that Uchiha Nan would never go to such lengths to collect these "useless" Byakugan.
After a brief thought
Tobirama Senju slowly said, " Uchiha Nan, I remember you once told me that the ancestor of the Hyuga Clan was the younger brother of the Sage of Six Paths, and that their clan once lived on the moon before returning to the Ninja world."
" With the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan of your Uchiha, combined with the power of my elder brother Hashirama Cells, there is a chance to awaken the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths — the Rinnegan."
"Logically speaking, the eyes of the Hyuga Clan also have a chance to awaken and evolve. But what exactly are the eyes of the Sage of Sage of Six Paths' younger brother?"
Uchiha Nan narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at Tobirama Senju, and couldn't help but praise, " Tobirama, as expected of you! Your insight is as sharp as ever!"
"Hmph, of course!"
Do you think I'm some second-rate Izuna Uchiha?
Tobirama Senju's face showed pride, and he continued his attack on Izuna Uchiha.
"Hey, hey, hey, you two are treating me like I'm not there, you're just talking back and forth, what are you even saying?"
"Can the Uchiha's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan evolve further? The Rinnegan? What is that? And how did the Sage of Six Paths appear? When did he have a younger brother...?"
"And how did the Hyuga Clan come down from the moon?"
Izuna Uchiha immediately turned displeased, and he launched into a barrage of questions.
This happened last time too!
Uchiha Nan and Tobirama Senju were talking to themselves in a language that I couldn't understand, completely disregarding my feelings and leaving me aside!
How awful! Absolutely awful!
I'm superfluous again!!
Onii-chan... Waaaaah... They're all bad people!!!