"How dare you, Hizashi Hyuga! You actually dared to attack the First Elder! Damn you!"
As the First Elder was blasted away and coughed up blood, everyone else glared furiously at Hizashi Hyuga.
At the same time, they formed hand seals and activated the Caged Bird Curse Mark.
The excruciating pain caused Hizashi Hyuga's Byakugan to turn blood-red, yet his eyes remained wide open, like a machine incapable of feeling. Step by step, he walked toward another elder.
It was one thing to bully him, but laying a hand on his wife and child was unforgivable.
"Hizashi Hyuga, you actually dared to attack an elder! Your crime is grave! If you still want your wife and child to live, you'd better stop. Otherwise, I can't guarantee what might happen to them!" A Hyuga Clan elder stared at Hizashi Hyuga and shouted in frightened fury.
Hizashi had gone mad. The Caged Bird had already been activated to its limit, yet he was still holding on. If it had been anyone else, they might have already died.
They were truly afraid—afraid that before the Caged Bird could kill Hizashi Hyuga, he would kill them first!
At the same time, these elders wondered what kind of will could allow someone to endure the Caged Bird Curse Mark for so long without collapsing.
Under the threat of death, they could only use the lives of Hizashi Hyuga's wife and child to threaten him!
"Neji... my wife..."
Sure enough, upon hearing them mention his wife and child, Hizashi Hyuga's blood-red Byakugan seemed to pause slightly, and traces of reason returned.
He could still hear Neji and his wife screaming and crying out in pain.
Helplessness and despair erupted from the depths of his heart.
He understood. For the sake of his wife and child, he