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Tobirama reassured Hiashi Hyuga, indicating that these matters would be discussed after Konoha stabilized, at which point the question of whether to abolish the Caged Bird Seal or retain it would be addressed.

That's probably the job of the next Hokage.

He couldn't interfere, since he was already dead.

Two days later.

The light screen lit up again.

But this time it's not news.

[#The Sixth Hokage was assassinated. What are your thoughts on the Hyuga Caged Bird Seizure incident?#]

[OP: As everyone knows, the recent big news is that on the day the Sixth Hokage went to the news station for an interview, he was attacked by five Hyuga clan members on his way back when he passed through the former Uchiha clan territory. Fortunately, the Sixth Hokage was unharmed, and the assassins have been apprehended. However, the reason they would do something as foolish as assassinating the Hokage is because of the recently announced Caged Bird Seal Removal Plan. What are everyone's thoughts on this plan?]

"Thankfully, Kakashi-sensei is alright. But why did they want to assassinate him?"

Naruto, who was training in ninjutsu with Jiraiya, looked completely bewildered, unable to understand what was written on it. "What is this 'Caged Bird'?"

Jiraiya was silent for a moment. "Let's keep watching. They'll bring it up eventually."

The matter of the caged bird is too complicated to explain, and Jiraiya was too lazy to bother with it.

(Hashirama Senju: I'm number one again!)

(Uchiha Madara: Tch, who's going to argue with you?) So what if you have a thousand hands?

(Hashirama Senju: The Caged Bird. I knew about Hyuga Uchiha from the very beginning of the village's founding. It's good that it's been changed; it really wasn't a good thing.)

At that time, Konoha had just been established, and the sense of belonging of clans to the village and the Hokage was not strong. He did not have the ability or the conditions to reform the Caged Bird system.

Seeing that future generations have made such efforts was a great comfort to him.

"Madara, I told you before, you can entrust everything to the person behind you," Hashirama said to Madara with a smile, a hint of pride in his eyes.

Ban snorted coldly, "I'm not used to having people standing behind me."

Chapter 66 Neji's Death, A Tragic Division of the Family!

[1L: Speaking of the caged bird removal program, we need to talk about the caged bird policy itself first, otherwise many people may not understand why caged birds need to be removed.]

[2L: What's a caged bird again?]

[3L: See? Some people don't even know what a caged bird is.]

[4L Science Popularizer: I'm from the Caged Bird Studio at Konoha University. I can give you a little background information on Caged Birds. To understand Caged Birds, you first need to know about the Hyuga clan's branch family system.]

Upon seeing the term "branch family," Neji's eyes dimmed for a moment. His teammates, Rock Lee, Tenten, and Guy all looked at the boy with concern.

They were not very familiar with the Caged Bird Seito and the Hyuga clan's branch family system.

But there is a vague understanding that it is a very unfair system, and something that Neji hates immensely.

[Science Popularizer: The Hyuga clan practices a strict system of main and branch families. What is the main family? In ancient times, the eldest son of the main wife was the head of the main family. Later, with the disappearance of concubines, it gradually became the case that the eldest son was the head of the main family, and the younger sons were the branch families.]

[Science Popularizer: Simply put, if you're born early, you belong to the main family; if you're unlucky and born late, you belong to a separate family.]

[5L: Isn't that just a matter of being born into the right family?]

[6L: Yeah, it's just that unfair. The most obvious example is the Hyuga twins, Hiashi and Hizashi. They were born on the same day, but just because Hiashi was born a few minutes earlier, he became a member of the main family, while his twin brother was only able to be branded with the Caged Bird Seal and become a member of the branch family.]

Seeing his father's name appear on the screen, Neji clenched his fists even tighter.

[7L: But what's the difference between the main family and the branch family?]

[8L Science Popularizer: The difference is huge. The main family is the master and the head, while the branch family is the servant and the slave. The branch family must completely obey the orders of the main family. The Hyuga clan also has many extremely inhumane family rules.]

For example, a branch family serves as a shield for the main family; those who branch out should die for the main family!

[Those who disobey the division of the family rules may be executed by the head of the clan!]

"Hiss!" The ninjas looking at the light screen couldn't help but gasp, secretly glad that they hadn't been born into the Hyuga clan.

If someone is unlucky enough to be forced into a branch family, wouldn't they just become a meat shield for the main family?

(Uchiha Madara: Heh, only the Hyuga clan enjoys having their own people act like dogs.)

Ah this...

The words may be rough, but the principle is sound.

The main elder of the Hyuga clan was furious, but dared not actually curse Madara Uchiha, this monstrous god.

(Hashirama Senju: Sigh~)

(Uchiha Tajima: I remember the Caged Bird Seal was to prevent the Byakugan from leaking out? What does that have to do with the main and branch family system?)

Tajima was not very familiar with the system of the Hyuga family.

It's probably because like repels like.

During the Warring States period, the Uchiha and Hyuga clans, both being families with the same eye technique, disliked each other, but they were not as hostile as they were to the Senju clan.

It's just a situation where I look down on you, you look down on me, and neither of us talks to the other.

(Hashirama Senju: I remember the main family could activate the Caged Bird Seal engraved on the heads of the branch families; the process was very painful.)

This was also why he initially wanted to reform the Caged Bird Seal; such a cursed seal was too disgusting.

(Senju Butsuma: Hashirama, are you close to that old bastard Tajima?)

It's one thing to be all lovey-dovey with Madara Uchiha, but he's also so eager and enthusiastic to answer questions for Tajima Uchiha.

I felt awkward just looking at him.

[9L: Oh, isn't this just like being a slave?]

[10L: I've never heard of such disgusting family rules before.]

[11L: I saw this during the Third Shinobi World War; the Hyuga main family used their clan members as meat shields.]

[12L Science Popularizer: That's right, this is the tragedy of the branch family. Other ninjas fight to protect the village, to protect their families, and to protect peace, but they go to the battlefield solely to protect the main family.]

[13L: But aren't the main family and the branch family also family? Isn't the branch family meant to protect the family?]

[14L: But this protection is mandatory, you know? If you don't get this protection, you're violating the family rules, and you'll face trial and punishment from the clan head when you return.]

[15L Science Popularizer: That's right. Besides, all the family's resources are also completely tilted towards the main family.]

[Science Popularizer: The main branch of the Hyuga clan enjoys all the prestigious resources of the Hyuga clan and learns the most complete ninjutsu. However, those in the branch family who lack talent can only serve the main branch. Even those with talent are in a worse situation; they cannot learn the ninjutsu passed down through generations of the main branch, such as the Resurrection technique. They can only watch helplessly as those incompetent and foolish members of the main branch learn ninjutsu that they are not allowed to learn.]

[16L: Like Neji, it seems he figured out the Rotation technique on his own, which is somewhat different from the Rotation technique of the Hyuga main family.]

[17L: Is Neji a member of a branch family?]

[18L: You guys just realized that? Otherwise, why would Tomato-sensei say his death was tragic? Because you could also say he died protecting Hinata from the main branch of the family.]

Neji twitched his stiff lips and sneered, "So, even in death, you couldn't escape your fate?"

He hated the main branch of the family! He also hated Hinata, that cowardly and useless girl!

She didn't understand why she would do something to protect the main family. Was this fate?

His eyes dimmed, his heart filled with resentment, and he once again succumbed to absurd fatalism.

"Neji!! Waaaaaah!!!" Neji, who still had a cold face, was immediately pounced on by Guy and Lee and hugged tightly.

"No, Neji, you can't die!" Rock Lee cried to him. "You're my most respected rival, how can you die?"

Guy also shed two tear-like tears, "Neji! I've decided to teach you my ultimate technique, so let's run wild with youth! Work hard on your body, so you won't die!"

Neji's lips twitched slightly, the resentment and other negative emotions that had accumulated in his heart were somewhat dispelled by his two idiot teammates.

He sighed softly, and after desperately tearing off the two green kappa fools, he thought, "Whether they live or die is not something I can control."

The disheartened voice made the scene somewhat tense.

The next second, Neji looked up and met Tenten's teary eyes. Unlike the two green kappa, Tenten's crying was very genuine.

His eyes were completely red, "Neji, don't die, waaaaah..."

She rubbed her eyes and threw herself into Neji's arms.

"Hey, Tenten!" Neji's ears turned red. He wanted to push her away but didn't know where to start.

On the other side, Kai and Xiao Li hugged each other disgustingly. "It's so nice, my students have such a good relationship! Is this what youth is all about?!"

Neji: "......" That's enough!

And another place in Konoha Village.

Hinata crouched in the grass, hugging her knees and crying. "Neji-nii-san, will I die?" She didn't want this, especially since he was dying to protect her.

It's all because she's too weak.

But in the Pure Land.

I quietly watched the rising sun in the sky, took a deep breath, and gritted my teeth.

The image of her older brother, Hijitsu, flashed through her mind, and her expression became somewhat sorrowful.

His resentment towards his brother was real, but so was his love for him.

That's why he was willing to die for his brother, and he could also tell his brother that it was his own choice to die in order to protect his family.

He was free at that moment.

He could use this rhetoric to comfort his brother and himself.

But he couldn't accept Neji ending up like him.

[19L: This is another difference between Tomato and Uzumaki. Uzumaki said Neji died protecting him, not Hinata.]

[20L: Let's talk about that later. Right now, the important thing is the caged bird. I still don't understand what a caged bird is!]

[21L Science Popularizer: The Caged Bird Seal system is linked to the branch family system; this cursed seal has two functions...]

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Don't rush to criticize me. I'll explain Neji's death later.

Chapter 67 Madara Uchiha: The Hyuga are all lunatics!

He died protecting Naruto?