Caged Bird

In Hyuga Hiashi's view, as long as he could lead the Hyuga Clan's elite forces to wipe out the enemy ninjas before him, his Hyuga Clan would be qualified to compete with the Uchiha Clan for a prestigious position. Hyuga Hiashi's confidence stemmed entirely from his Shimura Danzō. In the deal between Hyuga Hiashi and Shimura Danzō, there was a condition for suppressing the prestigious Uchiha Clan and promoting the Hyuga Clan to become the new prestigious Konoha.

However, when Hyuga Hiashi was trading with Shimura Danzō, he also secretly conducted a mysterious transaction.

That is, Hyuga Hiashi pay the price of losing his Byakugan and use the ninjas of Kumogakure and Iwagakure to eliminate dissidents within the Hyuga Clan!

However, the Byakugan that Hyuga Hiashi was preparing to trade away were all discarded Byakugan that could not be used for research. Within the Hyuga Clan, the status of the Main Family and the branch family is very clear. The Main Family members of the Hyuga Clan can even arbitrarily take the lives of the Hyuga Clan. And the method by which the Main Family of the Hyuga Clan can perfectly control the branch family is the secret technique of the Hyuga Clan, the Caged Bird!

As the current head of the Hyuga Clan, Hyuga Hiashi went to great lengths to obtain the method of using the Caged Bird Technique from the Hyuga Clan elders. Therefore, all the Byakugan that Hyuga Hiashi was preparing to trade were those affected by the Caged Bird Byakugan. In this way, even though Hyuga Hiashi to trade his Byakugan in exchange for the Byakugan, his deal was still a guaranteed profit, since the ninjas of Kumogakure and Iwagakure would never know just how powerful the Hyuga Clan's Caged Bird Technique truly was.

Immediately afterwards...

As the battle within intensified, Hyuga Hiashi's confidence grew stronger.

Moreover, just as Hyuga Hiashi's eyes shone with confidence, his trusted confidant, Hyuga Rimian, suddenly appeared before him. Hyuga Rimian immediately knelt before Hyuga Hiashi and said, "Hiashi, our forces are fully assembled. With just your command, we can annihilate those enemy ninjas before us."

"So."

Then, Hyuga Rimian looked up and observed Hyuga Hiashi's expression. Noticing a slight smile on Hyuga Hiashi's lips, he mustered his courage and said, "So, Hiashi, could you help me remove the Caged Bird Technique from me? After all, Hiashi, your plan is about to succeed!"

"Oh? Corona, are you in a hurry?"

His gaze fell on Hyuga Rimian, Hyuga Hiashi said with a hint of amusement, "If you're in a hurry, I can release you from the Caged Bird right now?"

Hearing this from Hyuga Hiashi, Hyuga Rimian's eyes lit up with joy, and he nodded, saying, "Then Hiden thanks Hiashi!"

As soon as Hyuga Rimian finished speaking, Hyuga Hiashi indeed lowered himself and came to stand in front of Hyuga Rimian, which made Hyuga Rimian even more excited.

However, just when Hyuga Rimian thought that Hyuga Hiashi was about to undo the Caged Bird Technique for him, Hyuga Hiashi unexpectedly leaned down in front of Hyuga Rimian and whispered, "Hiroto! Do you know why Elder Riming failed? The reason is that Elder Riming taught me the Caged Bird Technique without reservation! Otherwise, Elder Riming would never have died. Do you understand what I mean?"

A cold smile crept across Hyuga Hiashi's lips, and he continued in a low voice, "So, Corona, I will never remove the Caged Bird Technique from you! If you behave well in the future, I might consider not using the Caged Bird Technique against you! Otherwise, your fate will be the same as Elder Riming's, understand?"

"Yes, yes!"

Under the threat of Hyuga Hiashi, Hyuga Rimian could only grit his teeth and not let Hyuga Hiashi find any opening.

However, how could Hyuga Rimian's actions escape Hyuga Hiashi's notice?

However, Hyuga Hiashi had absolutely no interest in paying attention to Hyuga Rimian in front of him; his attention was entirely focused on Uchiha Yue and the others inside.

At this moment, Uchiha Yue and his companions were in dire straits. Even the elite Anbu sent by Jiraiya had all perished at the hands of the enemy ninjas. However, the enemy ninjas had also paid a heavy price to annihilate Uchiha Yue and his group's Anbu. But the enemy ninjas outnumbered Uchiha Yue his group several times over. Even though the enemy suffered greater losses, Uchiha Yue and his group's crisis had not eased; in fact, it had worsened.

Furthermore, besides the complete deaths of Jiraiya's elite Anbu, Uchiha Yue Uchiha Yue's side was also severely injured. Among them, Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka suffered the most serious injuries because their Jiraiya's secret techniques posed a significant threat to the enemy ninjas. Therefore, the enemy ninjas concentrated their firepower, intending to eliminate Shikaku Nara Inoichi Yamanaka Inoichi Yamanaka first, resulting Inoichi Yamanaka Shikaku Nara severe injuries.

Inoichi Yamanaka's condition was slightly better, but Shikaku Nara's injuries were so severe that even Uchiha Yue couldn't help but gasp in shock.

Even now, though Shikaku Nara can fight on his own, the crisscrossing scars on his body are terrifying to anyone who sees them. Moreover, not only are his injuries severe, but his face is also covered in countless wounds from the enemy ninja's hidden weapons. Clearly, even if Shikaku Nara from his facial injuries, his appearance will likely never be fully restored, forever bearing those horrific scars.

Aside from Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka, whose injuries were quite serious, Choza Akimichi was the most severely injured.

Originally, Choza Akimichi was tasked with the defensive role within the Ino-Shika-Cho trio. Therefore, when the enemy ninjas attacked, Choza Akimichi used the Akimichi Clan's Expansion Jutsu to block countless attacks. It's estimated that if Uchiha Yue hadn't been constantly healing Choza Akimichi, he might have perished there. However, even though Choza Akimichi isn't dead now, he's completely incapable of fighting and can only recover under the protection of Uchiha Yue Choza Akimichi the others.

However, despite suffering heavy casualties, Uchiha Yue and his group, even if they failed to break through, had somewhat alleviated their crisis. Inside the Hyuga Clan's compound, they found a relatively easy-to-defend position, forcing the enemy ninjas' attacks to come only from the front. So, taking advantage of the slight easing of the situation, Uchiha Yue the wounds of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio in front of him, hoping to help them recover their fighting ability as soon as possible.

But...

When Hizashi Hyuga used his Byakugan to observe the enemy ninja's movements, Uchiha Yue suddenly noticed a change in Hizashi Hyuga's expression.

Immediately afterwards...

Uchiha Yue heard Hizashi Hyuga in front of him mutter in disbelief:

"No, that's impossible! It's Caged Bird!"