Inside the secret chamber.
Zou Hyuga stopped his experiment and looked toward the scroll lying a short distance away.
That scroll was a treasure Hyuga Yu had left him, even more precious than the Pure Byakugan.
It recorded the formula for activating the Caged Bird Seal, the method involved, and how to inscribe a new seal.
Only after reading it did he understand why Hyuga Yu had said the Caged Bird Seal could not be removed. It was a formula engraved on the soul, and matters involving the soul were even more troublesome than restraints within the brain.
Zou Hyuga also surmised that it was his powerful soul that allowed him to resist and weaken the Caged Bird Seal's restraints.
As for the records passed down within the Main Family on activating those restraints, Zou Hyuga felt deeply helpless.
His current position was full of contradictions. He could use the Caged Bird Seal to control the other members of the Branch Family, yet he was a member himself and could not erase his own seal.
Fortunately, the Caged Bird Seal's effects on him were relatively minor, allowing him to accept all this calmly.
He had once considered asking Oto to help activate the Caged Bird Seal's restraints, but quickly dismissed the thought. The fate of the Hyuga Branch Family could not be placed in an outsider's hands.
So, to study the Caged Bird Seal further, he could only experiment on himself.
He hoped to find a breakthrough soon and put an end to this almost self-destructive behavior.
He activated the Caged Bird Seal's restraints, and a faint, stabbing pain arose in his brain. Unable to activate his Byakugan, Zou Hyuga could only use natural chakra to observe the state of his body, unconsciously entering Sage Mode in the process.
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