Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 255 Hinata Hyuga: Neji, brother?

If Hyuga Hizashi still wants to live, he can certainly continue living.

Even with these injuries, as long as he receives timely treatment from a medical ninja, he can be kept alive.

But what's the point?
In what capacity should he have been taken to Neji for treatment, and then allowed to continue to live?

Was it Hyuga Hizashi, who was already dead?

This will only let others know that Hyuga Hizashi, who should have died back then, is still alive, making the Konoha higher-ups realize that there are doubts about the Cloud Village incident and tonight's events.

To render all the sacrifices he, Neji, and the rest of the branch family made so far futile.

Or perhaps it's because of Hyuga Hiashi, who had to die?
No, in today's Konoha, in today's Hyuga clan, there is no place for him to continue living.

Unless he defectes from Konoha with Neji Hyuga, lives in anonymity, and continues to eke out a living, or even becomes a burden to his own child...

But this was a choice that Hyuga Hizashi absolutely could not accept.

"No, no! Why? Why does it have to be this way?!"

Neji let out a painful, hoarse roar: "If, if I had known you were still alive, if I had known that these eyes would cost you your life, I would never have..."

"Neji! Cough cough cough..."

Hyuga Hizashi used his last bit of strength to interrupt him; his violent coughing almost suffocated him, but he still stared intently at his son.

“Hyuga Hizashi, he’s long dead! He died on the day the main family pushed him out as a scapegoat!” His eyes were incredibly calm and deep.

"After that, the only one still alive was a father who didn't want his child to continue to bear the tragic fate of a caged bird, and thus clung to life... cough cough!"

Coughing up another mouthful of blood, Hyuga Hizashi's increasingly unfocused eyes gazed at Neji, as if trying to etch his last will into Neji's soul.

"your eyes……"

His voice was almost inaudible: "I'm still one step away from the true Tenseigan. I don't know how long it will take to take that step, or what I'll have to pay..."

"But I hope you can promise me that, no matter what, you will stay true to yourself."

Hyuga Hizashi's tone was almost pleading and solemn: "Don't let greed consume you, don't become the kind of person you hate, don't harm other innocent clansmen..."

"Especially Hinata and Hanabi, they are just children, they did nothing wrong from beginning to end. I killed their father, I used them, I am the one who wronged them..."

As he said this, he seemed to find a bit of strength from somewhere, and slowly raised his hand, which was covered in blood and dust, and gently wiped away Neji's tears with his fingertips.

But the cold touch caused Neji a burning pain.

"My Caged Bird Seal has been temporarily suppressed." Hyuga Hizashi's voice grew weaker, yet became exceptionally clear. "Gouge out my eyes, and then merge them with mine."

"Then, fly, Neji, break free from this damned fate, and soar to farther and higher skies..."

"Use my eyes to show me the outside world, show me what the scenery is like in the distant and higher sky."

"This is my last wish, and my final meaning." He stared intently at Neji. "Do you understand, Neji?" Hyuga Neji's expression was pained, and he shook his head almost instinctively.

Never before had he felt such profound hatred and disgust for the blood flowing through his veins and for the so-called fate he bore!

why?
Why me?
Why was I born into the Hyuga branch family?
Why was I born to be branded as a damned caged bird?

Why do I have to pay such a heavy price to fight for my own freedom?
Why did we finally see hope, only to find that it was paved with our father's life?

Why, why does fate always play such cruel tricks on me?!
If "gods" truly exist, are they mockingly watching this scene unfold, concentrating all suffering and misfortune upon me alone, and taking pleasure in it?!
A torrent of negative emotions, like the fiercest gale and the coldest downpour, surged into Hyuga Neji's heart, threatening to overwhelm his reason.

Anger at the injustice of fate! Anger at the indifference of the Konoha leadership! Anger at the cruel system of the main clan! Anger at one's own powerlessness!
The anger was too sudden, too complex, and too overwhelming.

Like raging, roaring lava, it surged and crashed wildly inside his chest, burning his internal organs with intense pain, almost burning him completely from the inside out!

"Neji!"

Hyuga Hizashi used his last bit of strength to grab Neji's trembling hand and forcibly pull him up in front of him!
"Do it!" he growled. "Don't let me down! Don't let down everyone who believes in you!"

"Ha ha!"

Hyuga Neji was panting hysterically, each breath feeling like he was swallowing burning embers, the heat in his chest making his throat ache!
The blood flowing through his veins no longer seemed to be blood, but rather molten iron boiling over, and even his breathing felt like flames were churning deep in his throat!
He stared intently at his father's eyes, which were gradually losing focus, his outstretched fingers trembling violently from the pain and struggle, almost uncontrollably.

"what!!!"

A heart-wrenching roar, filled with pain and rage, suddenly erupted from the depths of Hyuga Neji's throat, like the final lament of a wounded beast!
In this roar that vented all his struggles, resentment and anger, he suddenly closed his eyes, and with a cruel determination, his trembling hand thrust forward!
A warm and soft touch came from my fingertips, along with the sticky resistance of flesh being forcibly peeled away.

puff! !
With a sound of flesh being forcibly torn apart, Hyuga Neji abruptly withdrew his outstretched arm.

Almost at the same time he gouged out his eyes.

squeak...

The door to the secret room, which Neji had opened, was gently pushed open from the outside, with a hint of hesitation and timidity.

A thin, frail figure appeared in the shadows outside the door, casting a long shadow in the flickering candlelight.

Those white eyes, which always carried a hint of timidity, now looked into the secret room with a trace of unease and fear.

Then, those pure white eyes clearly reflected the scene before them, a scene that could only be described as bloody and terrifying.

Her pupils clearly reflected Hyuga Neji's back, and in his raised hand, the two Byakugan eyes that still retained body heat, nerve endings, and blood vessels!

Fresh blood seeped from between his fingers, dripping onto the ground and spreading into glaring dark red patches.

And, in front of him, the figure leaning against the wall, as the eyeballs detached from the body, seemed to have lost the last bit of strength, and the body slowly leaned forward...

thump.

　One more chapter

　　
　
(End of this chapter)