"From this day forward, the Hyuga Clan will no longer have the Caged Bird Seal."
Once he saw that Madara really could remove the Caged Bird Seal on his own, Hyuga Iwame stopped resisting. Any further resistance would mean making an enemy of the entire Hyuga Branch Family!
From that day forward, there would no longer be any distinction between the Branch Family and the Main Family within the Hyuga Clan.
Seeing Hyuga Iwame finally compromise, Hyuga Hiashi glanced from afar at the delighted faces of Hayato and Neji.
Little brother, Neji and Hayato are truly free now! If only you were still here.
"Hey, are you going to remove our Caged Bird Seals yourself? I don't really care. Just remove Neji's. I'm already used to putting my life on the line for you."
After the meeting ended, Madara Uchiha had Neji and Hayato stay behind.
Madara had modified their Caged Bird Seals long ago, so only he could remove them himself. Seeing that Madara was about to remove his Cursed Seal, Hayato started wisecracking again.
"Aren't you afraid I'll stop risking my life for you once you remove this Cursed Seal?"
"I'm the Hokage now. Are you planning to defect from the village?"
Madara Uchiha smiled helplessly at Hayato's antics, then removed the Cursed Seals from Hayato and Neji.
With talents like Neji and Hayato, Madara preferred to earn their genuine loyalty rather than control them with Cursed Seals.
At least for now, Madara was quite confident in the bond he shared with the two of them.
"Uchiha Itachi removed the Hyuga Clan's Caged Bird Seal? Hehehe, interesting. Truly fascinating. Now I even want to go back to Konoha and take a look."
On a street in a town somewhere in the Land of Fire, Orochimaru read the