83: The Future

The moment he saw the mark on his forehead disappear, Shingo Hyuga understood that the 'caged bird' that had plagued him for many years had completely become a thing of the past.

But there are still many doubts that remain unresolved.

"Are you confused? Actually, there is no need to be grateful to me. It just happened that you became one of my experimental subjects."

It seemed that Shingo Hyuga was in a confused and complicated state of mind, Shiraishi explained.

"Why do you want to..."

"Unlock the caged bird?"

When Shingo Hyuga heard Shiraishi's rhetorical question, he understood a little.

He is not ignorant of Shiraishi either. As Konoha's top-ranked Jonin Hatake Sakumo, his prestige is even higher than that of Sannin, and Konoha pays a lot of attention to his every move.

Even a wealthy family like Hyuga spoke highly of Hatake Sakumo and did not dare to neglect him in the slightest.

As one of the former members of Sakumo's squad, Shiraishi is a completely inconspicuous and transparent person in status, but a lot of his information will be collected by others.

After all, medical ninjas don't need any high combat ability, they only need to be proficient in medical ninjutsu.

Compared with regular ninjutsu, medical ninjutsu is more difficult to master.

Because it involves a lot of professional knowledge, it also requires continuous practice and accumulation of experience. The formation speed of a medical ninja is much slower than that of a regular ninja.

"Is it for Ayane?"

As a leader of the younger generation of the Hyuga clan, at the age of sixteen, she was already a Jōnin in the village, and one of the former members of Sakumo's team, it is impossible for Shingo to not know anything about it.

After all, she is also a genius of the branch family, not a genius of the clan.

"Stop talking about this, what are you going to do next?"

Shiraishi wasn't very interested in discussing this, and instead asked about Shingo's future plans.

Next?

The joy and excitement of Shingo's liberation from the 'bird in the cage' has slowly died down as he returned to his composure and has fallen into contemplation.

What to do in the future?

"If you don't have a place to go, do you want to come and work for me?"

"Do I have a choice?"

Shingo smiled bitterly.

This boy of the same age as Ayane is not an ordinary guy.

He didn't know how Shiraishi cracked the caged bird, but he also knew how hard it was.

"It seems not. Because if you return to the Hyuga clan now, you will definitely be tortured to extract a confession and then executed. Because of the release of the caged bird, your existence has become an extremely unstable bomb for the Hyuga clan. You can even implicate your parents, your wife and your children."

This kind of thing does not need Shiraishi to remind, Shingo is also very clear.

After the caged bird is cracked, the Hyuga family will definitely be divided.

The long-standing rule of the clan will be shaken, because in the branch of the Hyuga clan, there are many people who do not want to have ugly marks on their foreheads.

Resentment, hostility, cannibalism.

At that time, the high-level Konoha will intervene.

What they will choose to do with the Hyuga family, Shingo does not know.

Whether to help the clan or the branch, or balance the two, Konoha will add another Hyuga clan ruled by the original Hyuga branch.

These things are possible.

As for taking refuge in another ninja village, or wandering in the ninja world, let alone whether he can survive safely, what about his wife, parents and children? Are you letting them stay in the Hyuga clan?

If he brought them, it was also a question whether he could get out of the Hyuga clan.

Even if they were lucky enough to escape the Hyuga clan, how to leave Konoha and the country of fire which would be blocked by Konoha ninjas and hunted by Anbu.

There is only one dead end.

"If I agree to be your subordinate, can I save my family?"

Shingo looked at Shiraishi with hopeful eyes.

Shiraishi gave him a positive answer, smiled and said: "Of course. Because your family is in my hands, I can make you faithfully work for me without casting a curse on you."

Hearing Shiraishi say this, Shingo didn't know whether to be happy or to smile bitterly.

Forget it, it's a lot more free than it used to be.

And living in this world, where is there true freedom?

"I will arrange you in the country of demons, an organization has been established by me there. You are stationed at the headquarters of the organization to be a security officer. You cannot be seen in the public eye for the time being."

In just a few words, Shiraishi decided the whereabouts of Shingo.

He has the strength of Jōnin, and now he has white eyes with no dead ends. It is perfect to be a guard at the headquarters of the organization.

At least in terms of the organization's high-end combat power, there has been personnel replenishment.

"Yes. Then my family..."

"Don't worry, I don't plan to leave Konoha for the time being. But it's coming soon, so you won't be left waiting too long."

"Understood."

Shingo had to give up.

"By the way, there must be a lot of branch ninjas who are hostile to the Hyuga clan now. You can make a list of these people, which will be of great use to me."

After listening, Shingo gave Shiraishi a deep look.

He didn't need to ask, he knew what Shiraishi planned to do next.

Recruit all the branch ninjas of the Hyuga family that are hostile to the clan.

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Among the Hyuga clan, Ayane was stopped by her colleague Hyuga Touma as soon as she returned from outside.

He frowned and asked as calmly as possible:

"Ayane, what are you doing out?"

"What, is Senior Touma interested in my whereabouts?"

Ayane didn't answer, just looked up at him with a gentle smile, not dissatisfied with Touma's rigid attitude.

Rather, in terms of reception etiquette, she has always been demanding of herself to be perfect.

"After all, you, like me, are the guards of Lord Hiashi. This kind of activity should be avoided as much as possible."

"However, I have already asked Lord Hiashi for leave, and Lord Hiashi agreed."

"That's not the problem."

"This is a permission order from the future patriarch, isn't it the highest priority in the clan?"

Ayane asked back with a smile.

Touma was speechless.

"Senior Touma, you must know that in the future, it will be Lord Hiashi, not the elders, who will rule the Hyuga clan. To be honest, they should retire soon. After all, they have worked hard for the family all their lives, and it is time to enjoy the blessings."

Ayane walked to Touma's side, then stopped, and after saying this, she added:

"I seem to have caught a little cold recently. It shouldn't be a problem to go out and buy some cold medicine, right? This is also to better protect Hiashi-sama."

Ayane deliberately took out the cold medicine she bought.

Touma lowered his head slightly and said, "Sorry, I offended you."

"No, Touma-senpai, who is loyal to his duties, has always been the goal I want to surpass. Please don't take my words to heart.

Despite being praised by Ayane, Touma felt that there was something extra in Ayane's words, but he couldn't figure out what Ayane wanted to express.

Because he knew that this woman's character was incompatible with the entire Hyuga clan.

Why did Lord Hiashi treat her so differently?

He knew that Ayane followed Hiashi earlier than him, but the relationship between the two was not ambiguous at all, and the relationship was only at the level of superiors and subordinates.

I don't understand.

The sun was setting, and it was evening.

Ayane leaves work on time.

Said to be the guard of Hiashi, his work is very boring, and it is almost impossible to encounter any assassination incidents in the Hyuga clan.

It would be more apt to call them existences like tools or weapons.

Touma stayed because he was on the night shift today.

Shortly after Ayane left, he came to Hiashi and suggested to the future Hyuga patriarch: "Hiashi-sama, with all due respect, you are too indulgent towards Ayane."

"Is that what the elders meant?"

Hiashi asked with his face unchanged.

"It's not like that, it's just that I personally think that Ayane is... very dangerous."

Touma is really thinking about Hiashi.

Because this is the future patriarch of the Hyuga clan, as a branch family, he should consider the safety of his master.

"You worry too much, even if there is an accident, isn't there still you?"

Said Hiashi.

Touma had to sigh.

No amount of persuasion can change this.

In any case, it is a good thing that the patriarch has his own considerations.

For what Hiashi said, Touma also agreed with this.

He was indeed too cautious. In terms of strength, Touma has absolute confidence that he can suppress Ayane, who has just become Jonin.

Since he has absolute force in his hands, it would be good to restrict her when she reveals something.

In this way, Lord Hiashi will have nothing to say. Touma thought to himself.

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"You're back, Ayane, how is work today?"

Mother had already prepared the meal, she calculated the time for Ayane to come back, and prepared dinner for her.

"Fortunately, it's the same as usual."

Ayane smiled back.

Go to the kitchen to wash my hands and sit down to eat with my mother.

"Master Hiashi is an excellent person. You must protect the safety of Master Hiashi. He is the hope of our family."

For her mother's sincere words, Ayane just smiled and nodded, indicating that she understood.

Anyway, the family's hope... that's the case with every generation leader.

That hope is too much.

But Ayane didn't expect any decent advice from her mother.

It is estimated that she has long forgotten what the so-called freedom feels like before being carved into a caged bird?

But Ayane will not forget.

And with the passage of time, this desire is getting deeper and deeper, unable to extricate herself.

After dinner, Ayane took the initiative to do the housework and helped wash the dishes. Whether she was a guard or a mother's daughter, in the eyes of outsiders, she was an impeccable person.

After finishing the housework, Ayane went back to her room alone.

In this room there is only a floor, a lamp, an alarm clock, and other than that, there is no furniture.

Enough emptiness to allow her to find the slightest sense of freedom.

Sitting cross-legged on the floor, she took out the cold medicine that she had 'bought' back in the afternoon.

It was the medicine that Shiraishi gave her.

It is no different from ordinary cold medicine, but the effect is completely different.

This is a drug developed to suppress the activation of the caged bird's spell.

There are twelve blue capsules in total.

Each capsule can restrain the caged bird mantra for four hours.

It can last forty-eight hours without being restricted by caged birds.

In the medicine box, there is also an instruction manual, which is a normal cold medicine instruction manual.

Ayane seals with both hands, UU reading www.uukanshu.com uses chakra to unlock the real content on it, and finally touches the piece of paper with one finger to input natural energy.

The text on the instructions began to change and rearranged after being out of order.

"A technique to temporarily prevent caged birds?"

Recorded above is a spell that briefly confines a caged bird.

You can set this technique on your own brain nerves. When the bird in the cage is activated, the technique will be triggered. During the existence of the technique, a protective layer will automatically be formed in the nerves of the brain, which greatly reduces the damage caused by the caged bird when it is activated.

"Just as careful, Shiraishi-kun."

Ayane smiled slightly.

Considering the accident, it is very likely that before she could take the blue capsule, her brain nerves were restricted by the seal of the caged bird, and she died in pain.

And this technique is generated in the brain nerves, and it cannot solve the curse mark of the caged bird at the root, but it can greatly reduce the power of the caged bird.

At that time, after taking the blue capsule, it can last for forty-eight hours without being controlled by the mantra of the caged bird.

Within that time, it was enough to find Shiraishi for the surgery to remove the caged bird.

The method of safe evacuation from Konoha is not difficult for them, and they have been secretly practicing many times.

But this kind of accident, Ayane thinks it is unlikely to happen.

Because the people of the clan have no reason to take action against her, a loyal branch ninja.

Have this stuff just in case.

"Do you still need to wait? I really hope it will come soon, the third ninja war..."

Ayane, who had no interest in war at first, also looked forward to war coming sooner.

I hope that the third generation Kazekage will not let them down.

Let's drag Konoha into the quagmire of war.