80: Missing

There was the sound of someone moving.

　　Shingo Hyuga woke up from the drowsiness and wanted to open his eyes, but found that he had lost control of his limbs at this moment, and the only thing that could function in the whole body was probably his brain.

　　I didn't even have the strength to open my eyes.

　　He could hear someone walking beside him, but he didn't know who it was or where it was.

　　I can only feel that the place where I am lying is very cold, and there is a smell similar to disinfectant in my nostrils, as if I am in a hospital.

　　A cold and serious atmosphere surrounds him.

　　He seemed to notice the slight movement of Hyuga Shingo's body on the operating table. Standing beside a table, the boy in a white hooded coat looked over at the operating table and continued to lower his head to prepare the medicine.

　　This boy is Shiraishi.

　　Because the next thing to do is to crack the seal of caged birds, many conditions need to be prepared in advance.

　　First of all, there must be the living body of the Hyuga branch ninja. After all, it is impossible for him to directly use Ayane's body to do this dangerous experiment that is completely unsafe.

　　Although he has tested it with the human body before, the human body can replace the life energy with natural energy in the case of losing chakra.

　　But those are just ordinary human bodies, what they want is only a general conclusion, and the details still need to continue to be understood.

　　Not only did he want to save Ayane's life, but she also had an extremely precious white eye, which she couldn't give up easily.

　　Therefore, he let the five insect men hunt the ninjas from the Hyuga branch. The ninjas of this family all have white eyes, and ordinary people and ninjas have no possibility of hiding in the white eyes.

　　In terms of insight, even the sharingan is far inferior.

　　However, the five insect men did not rely on Chakra to fight, abandoning Chakra, for them, it only limited their secret skills, but their physical skills were equally good.

　　And natural energy is not afraid of acupuncture.

　　The acupuncture points of the Hyuga family can only cut off the flow of chakra, and the five insect men have a natural advantage against Hyuga Shingo.

　　Using natural energy to perform physical art is equivalent to making Hyuga Shingo's soft fist useless.

　　Under such circumstances, the power of Hyuga Shingo's Taijutsu was greatly reduced, and it was only a matter of time before he was taken down.

　　It was Ayane who provided the information, and the one who was monitoring it was the clay doll named 'General Tu' by Shiraishi.

　　In terms of lurking ability, Shiraishi believes that the ability of the 'General Tu' is not weaker than that of the white creature that combines the elements of the wood escape and the tail beast.

　　As long as the whereabouts of the Hyuga branch ninja can be determined, the rest is very simple.

　　After the hunt is successful, General Tu will quietly transport it back to Konoha, send it to the laboratory, and hand it over to Shiraishi for disposal.

　　After Shiraishi had prepared the medicine, he put it in the medicine tray with the utensils already in it, and walked to the operating table with the medicine tray.

　　It was an hour ago that Hyuga Shingo was sent here. According to the time when Hyuga Shingo's team returned to the village, it should normally be tomorrow night or the next morning to return to Konoha on time to report to the Hokage Building.

　　If Konoha finds out that Shingo Hyuga is missing, he will definitely tell the Hyuga clan about it. As for what will happen after that, Shiraishi cannot guarantee 100%.

　　To be on the safe side, the time left for Shiraishi is not very sufficient.

　　It could be seen that Shingo Hyuga, who was lying on the operating table, was very nervous, because as a Jonin, he had already noticed that someone was staring at him.

　　His forehead guard has been taken away, and a green crossed curse mark appears on his forehead, and there are two opposite green hooks next to it.

　　This is the seal of the caged bird engraved on the Hyuga branch ninja.

　　It is also a problem that Shiraishi needs to solve urgently.

　　The chakra in Hyuga Shingo's body was blocked, and he couldn't start rolling his eyes. In addition, because he couldn't open his eyes, he couldn't see who was standing next to him and where he was.(T/N - The author wrote rolling eyes to represent when the Byakugan was activated, do you guys want me to leave it as is or change it to something else?)

　　Shiraishi picked up a transparent glass bottle from the medicine tray, which was made of a material that could easily absorb chakra, engraved a seal on the glass bottle, and placed the mouth of the glass bottle towards Shingo Hyuga's chest.

　　Chakra flows through the palm of the hand, triggering the seal on the bottle, and immediately produces a strong absorption effect. At a speed visible to the naked eye, the chakra in Hyuga Shingo's body converges into the glass bottle at a constant speed.

　　As the chakra in the glass bottle gets darker and darker, it proves that more and more chakra is gathered inside.

　　Shiraishi ignored this, turned his perception to the maximum, and stared at Hyuga Shingo's every move.

　　He had to personally perceive the appearance of the caged bird seal.

　　According to Ayane, there are two trigger forms for the caged bird seal, one is launched by the clan ninja.

　　You can choose to make the Hyuga Branch Ninja feel unbearable, or you can choose to destroy the eyeballs and brain nerves of the Hyuga Branch Ninja.

　　This is to actively trigger the caged bird seal.

　　Another way of triggering is when the ninja of the Hyuga branch dies, or when the eyes are removed, the caged bird seal will directly destroy the eyeballs and cranial nerves of the branch ninja.

　　It's a very terrifying seal.

　　"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

　　Suddenly, when the chakra content was so low that it could be life-threatening, Hyuga Shingo's body broke through the limit of the special anesthetic control, and screamed in horror.

　　At a speed visible to the naked eye, the curse mark on his head glowed green, producing a form of chakra that Shiraishi had never seen before.

　　After this chakra was produced, in Shiraishi's perception, it began to flow directly into Hyuga Shingo's brain, and it was very destructive.

　　It is completely different from the chakra flow produced by Ruri opening the sharingan.

　　Shiraishi stopped absorbing the chakra in Hyuga Shingo's body, the chakra in the glass bottle began to flow back, and the caged bird seal on Hyuga Shingo's forehead returned to calm, and the chakra also retracted into the seal.

　　Shiraishi picked up the glass bottle that adsorbed chakra, and there were clearly visible cracks on it. It shattered in Shiraishi's hands, and the glass residue fell to the ground piece by piece.

　　"So that's what happens."

　　Seeing Shingo Hyuga pass out in extreme pain, Shiraishi let out a sigh of relief.

　　The events that occurred did not exceed his expectations.

　　The so-called 'seal', no matter what kind of evolution, is actually an application of chakra.

　　Take the illusion of sharingan as an example, after achieving the condition of 'seeing each other', use one's own chakra to invade the target's cranial nerve, and control the flow of chakra in the designated target's cranial nerve.

　　If there is no chakra in the target, but only natural energy, then the illusion of sharingan will be useless.

　　This is due to the loss of preconditions for manipulating the target.

　　It's not just sharingan, it's the same with other illusions.

　　The premise is that the other party must have the energy of chakra in the body, and although the natural energy and chakra are similar, but the two have not merged into the senjutsu chakra, then the 'system' of the two parties cannot interfere with the other party.

　　If it is an illusion performed by senjutsu chakra, then it is another matter.

　　The immortal system that combines natural energy and chakra can naturally perform illusion manipulation on targets that only have natural energy.

　　No matter what kind of illusion, it is time-sensitive.

　　The chakra sent out is not infinite, no matter how hard you try to maintain it, the consumption of chakra is still a problem.

　　This means that as long as they continue to prolong time, the ninjas who perform illusions will be stopped due to insufficient chakra.

　　Insufficient chakra cannot maintain the illusion.

　　Ninjutsu and seals are also similar.

　　Timeliness.

　　The flame released by the fire escape is very short-lived, unless there is something that supports combustion, which can keep the flame burning for a long time.

　　Because these flames are not real flames, they are essentially a mass of chakra, which just forms the concept of 'jutsu'.

　　The maintenance of the spell seal is not always continuous, and there must be a 'time-sensitive' mechanism.

　　But how to make the caged bird seal reach the condition of being time-effective, after the observation just now, that is the moment when the caged bird seal is activated.

　　Using the perceptive power of spiritual transformation, Shiraishi discovered that the special chakra that was produced when the caged bird mantra was triggered just now was staying inside Hyuga Shingo's brain nerves.

　　But this didn't last long, and this special chakra disappeared from the opponent's brain.

　　A smile appeared on Shiraishi's face.

　　The experiment was a little more dangerous, and the results didn't seem so bad.

　　At the moment when the seal technique is activated, a materialized chakra will be produced in the system formed by the seal technique.

　　That part of the chakra cannot be recovered by the caged bird spell, which is equivalent to being consumed.

　　As long as this is repeated over and over, sooner or later the caged bird seal will lose the chakra that maintains the concept of 'jutsu' and will be decomposed from the inside.

　　"It seems that the method of losing chakra is also one of the triggering conditions of the caged bird seal."

　　If you think about it this way, it's much easier to do.

　　Conditions and assumptions are met.

　　He also has a complete way of replacing chakra's life energy, and can ensure that the human body survives unharmed after abandoning chakra.

　　Shiraishi put his palm on Hyuga Shingo's forehead and took a detailed view of his cranial nerves.

　　Only this situation is a bit bad, and it is also the most important part of the experimental process.

　　The chakra extraction was interrupted in time before, and the seal of the caged bird was not completely activated, but the special chakra went straight to the brain nerve of Hyuga Shingo and destroyed it.

　　The trouble is here.

　　If the experiment could be repeated over and over, it would not be difficult to decompose the caged bird seal by constantly leaking its chakra, but now it is necessary to consider how to ensure the safety of the experimental subject's brain when the caged bird seal is triggered.

　　Shiraishi pondered, then squatted on the ground and picked up the shards of glass on the ground.

　　The props used to absorb chakra shattered, and on the glass fragments, in addition to the chakra aura of Hyuga Shingo himself, there was another chakra aura that remained.

　　It was two different chakras that collided with each other, causing the glass bottle to shatter.

　　"A part of it was attracted, but it seems that the absorption force is not strong enough... It seems that it is better to choose an item with a stronger absorption force."

　　Shiraishi walked to a nearby shelf, picked up two chakra bottles, then grabbed a syringe from the medicine tray, and started injecting medicine into Shingo's body.

　　This is a medicine used to maintain the body's activity.

　　Because the next experiment is more dangerous than just now, it is necessary to improve the recovery ability of Hyuga Shingo's self.

　　Otherwise, the experimental subject will die in the experiment without waiting for the test to end.

　　With Shingo Hyuga unconscious, Shiraishi started a second experiment.

　　This time, Shiraishi plans to use two chakra bottles, one with regular adsorption, and put it on Shingo Hyuga's chest according to the rhythm just now, and the other with stronger adsorption on his forehead.

　　As long as the caged bird seal is triggered again, when special chakra is generated, try to absorb that special chakra to see if it works.

　　As a result, Hyuga Shingo's painful screams could be heard from time to time on the operating table.

　　"..."

　　About two hours later, Shiraishi stopped the experiment while watching the dying Hyuga Shingo.

　　If I continue, I feel that Shingo Hyuga will die from the pain.

　　Shiraishi frowned thoughtfully.

　　In the continuous experiments just now, he found that the special chakra produced when the caged bird's seal is triggered has a very strong attachment property to Hyuga Shingo's body.

　　Even if you keep switching to a chakra bottle with stronger adsorption, the effect is minimal.

　　If it goes on like this, even if you use better adsorption props, it will not be of any use.

　　As for Shingo Hyuga's ability to persist in the next few tests, Shiraishi did not dare to make any guarantees.

　　The moment when the seal of the caged bird was triggered, the pain and lethality it caused to the human body was far beyond Shiraishi's imagination.

　　"Is it a seal developed specifically for Byakugan?"

　　If this is the case, it is not difficult to imagine the close connection between the caged bird's seal mark and the white eye.

　　Through the experiment just now, Shiraishi has a certain grasp of how the caged bird's seal will destroy the Hyuga branch ninja, and how to control the risk.

　　"It takes too long to go on like this..."

　　Shiraishi did not dare to try the method of directly letting Hyuga Shingo die in order to conduct a more thorough observation.

　　This means that Shiraishi has to keep capturing the ninjas of the Hyuga branch, and he can fool them once or twice. Three or more times, no matter how stupid the people of the Hyuga sect are, they should know that someone is acting against them.

　　By that time, the Hyuga branch ninjas are likely not to go out of the village to perform missions.

　　At that time it was very difficult to obtain experimental subjects.

　　Moreover, at this point of analysis, there is no need to study the body of the Hyuga branch ninja.

　　The connection between the caged bird's curse mark and the incomplete white eye, including the activation and coping methods, etc., have been known to Shiraishi.

　　Only one finished sample is now needed for observation.

　　——Hunting the Hyuga clan ninja.

　　Knowing the difference between the two eyes, you can even use the spiritualization technique to possess the spiritual world, find the hidden information of the caged bird, and reversely deduce the caged bird technique.

　　Only in this way can the experiment of cracking the seal of the caged bird be truly foolproof.

　　I can't trouble Ayane to do this, I have to plan the action myself.

　　Compared with the branch ninjas, the Hyuga clan ninjas rarely go out to perform tasks. Even if they go out to perform tasks, they are likely to be protected by strong branch guards in secret.

　　"Only the five of them can't deal with so many powerful ninjas, and it is very likely that the target will escape. It seems that I need to find a chance to leave the village once."

　　Shiraishi ended his experiment with Hyuga Shingo, thinking about how to hunt the Hyuga clan ninja next.

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　　Three days have passed, in the afternoon.

　　Konoha Hyuga Shingo disappeared, and when the third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen saw the information presented by Anbu, his brows could not help but wrinkle.

　　Because according to the task he assigned to the Hyuga Shingo team, he should have returned to Konoha yesterday morning and reported the task process to the Hokage Building.

　　However, more than a day has passed since yesterday morning.

　　According to Anbu, who was operating in the land of fire, there was no trace of Shingo Hyuga's team.

　　At present, there are four Anbu ninjas who are rushing towards the country of waves to investigate the disappearance of Jōnin Hyuga Shingo.

　　The disappearance of a Jōnin for no reason was not a trivial matter for Konoha.

　　In recent years, the environment at home and abroad has been relatively peaceful, and the workload of the Anbu has been greatly reduced.

　　However, the Anbu team's investigation work in the Land of Waves is estimated to take four or five days before they can report back on the situation.

　　Thinking of this, Hokage knocked on the table, and an Anbu ninja jumped out of the shadows, waiting for an order.

　　"Give this to the head of the Hyuga clan."

　　"Yes, Hokage-sama."

　　Anbu Ninja took the scroll handed over by Hiruzen and disappeared from the office.

　　After the Anbu Ninja disappeared, Hiruzen took a breath.

　　Although it's not a major event related to the village, but a Jonin lost contact for no reason, and he is still a ninja of the Hyuga clan, and it is necessary to communicate with the Hyuga clan in a timely manner.

　　After all, the ninjas of this family are a bit special.

　　The branch ninjas who are restricted by the caged bird seal, let them judge for themselves if there is anything special involved in it.

　　As Hokage, he is indeed not good at dealing with these more sensitive household chores.

　　In this way, time passed bit by bit, Hiruzen looked at the sky that had become completely dark outside without knowing it, then packed up the information on the desktop, walked outside, and went home to rest.

　　Not more than half an hour after Hiruzen left, the office was dark, only supported by a little moonlight.

　　Without the slightest sound, a bulge appeared on the floor of the office, and eyes with a pale golden light that were not dazzling patrolled the office.

　　The body slowly detached from the floor and turned into a soft and sticky twisted humanoid, and began to quietly search for the mission information recently issued by Konoha on the desk.

　　I don't know how long it took, when suddenly a dark shadow approached quickly, and without a sound, a bright silver ninja blade slid through the air.

　　He cut this twisted humanoid into two pieces without mercy.

　　The upper body flew out and stuck to the wall with a squeak.

　　Staring straight at the sudden appearance of Konoha Anbu with a pair of pale golden eyes full of inorganic quality.

　　There is no fear in its eyes, but words that are completely incomprehensible in its mouth.

　　Then, under the surprised gaze of the Konoha Anbu, the lower body next to the desk treated the floor as a swamp, and disappeared into it.

　　The Konoha Anbu quickly saw this, immediately waved his blade, and once again slashed towards the upper body of the humanoid sticking to the wall.

　　The upper body was the same as the lower body just now, treating the wall as a swamp, completely sinking into it, and began to retreat.

　　After the blade cut through the air, it only stabbed the hard wall and cut a crack.