Escape from Konoha.

A short while later, the boat carrying the five civilians approached.

Shingo Hyuga and the other three Konoha Chunin merely glanced at them before paying them no further attention.

Just as the ship passed each other by, five people on that ship suddenly rushed towards them at high speed.

Almost nothing but afterimages could be seen as the three Konoha Chunin let out painful screams and fell into the sea, disappearing without a trace.

Shingo Hyuga's expression suddenly changed. What he saw shattered his worldview. These guys didn't have much chakra, so how could they have such terrifying speed and power?

He quickly jumped off the ship, gathered his chakra in the soles of his feet, and stood on the undulating sea, assuming a Gentle Fist stance.

He could no longer care about the situation of his three companions; none of the five people surrounding him were mediocre.

Based solely on the speed and power of their attacks, even he wouldn't dare say he had an absolute chance of winning.

"Who are you? Why are you attacking us Konoha ninja?"

While mobilizing his chakra, Shingo Hyuga tried to find a breakthrough through conversation, at least to find out the identities of these guys.

To his surprise, the five men's expressions remained unchanged throughout, and they kept silent, but they exuded intense hostility towards him.

"superior."

With just a simple command, the five of them launched a coordinated attack on Hyuga Shingo.

Even when Shingo Hyuga found himself deep in enemy territory, he remained completely calm. His extensive combat experience, along with his Byakugan and Gentle Fist techniques, were the sources of his confidence in facing his enemies.

However, after engaging in combat, he discovered that these five people were incredibly strong, and that his pressure point techniques were ineffective against them unless they struck their chests.

It's incredible, but these guys use powerful taijutsu, which they don't actually rely on chakra to activate.

Rather, it's due to their inherent physical attributes.

Having carried out missions for many years, this was the first time Hyuga Shingo had encountered this type of opponent.

Damn it! Shingo Hyuga broke out in a cold sweat.

In this way, his soft fist technique had little effect on these guys.

The majority of the Hyuga clan ninjas' strength lies in Gentle Fist and pressure point techniques.

This is a very bad opponent for the Hyuga clan.

If he knew the Baguazhang·Huitian special soft fist technique, he might have a chance of winning. After all, it is an absolute defense with no blind spots, and it can also counterattack the enemy, tearing open an opening for escape.

However, as a member of the branch family, even as a Jonin, he was not qualified to learn this technique.

That was a top-secret technique that only members of the main family and a few branch family ninjas were qualified to learn.

His only recourse now is to roll his eyes in defense against enemy attacks, but if this continues for too long, the situation will remain unfavorable to him.

"what!"

Ignoring the pressure point techniques contained in his soft fist, the opponent traded blows, striking his face and sending him flying.

Then the other two quickly circled around to where he was about to land, one throwing a punch and the other raising a leg, fiercely attacking him from both sides.

Shingo Hyuga rolled on the surface of the sea, accidentally swallowing salty and bitter seawater that mixed with the blood in his mouth.

His refined image was shattered, and despair welled up inside him.

"Who...who are you?"

Unwilling to give up, he asked again, wanting to know the identities of these five people and their reasons for attacking the Konoha ninja.

The five people remained silent, and absolute silence enveloped the sea.

Chapter 80 Intrusion

I could hear people walking around.

Shingo Hyuga awoke from his daze and tried to open his eyes, only to find that he had lost all feeling in his limbs. The only part of his body that could function was his brain.

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

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

All I could feel was how cold the place I was lying on was, and a faint smell of disinfectant had entered my nostrils, making me feel like I was in a hospital.

A cold and serious atmosphere enveloped me.

Seemingly noticing the slight movement of Shingo Hyuga on the operating table, the boy, wearing a white hooded coat and standing next to a table, looked towards the operating table before continuing to prepare the medicine.

This boy was Shiraishi.

Because the next step is to conduct an experiment to solve the problem of caged birds, many conditions need to be prepared in advance.

First, there needs to be a living Hyuga branch family ninja, since he couldn't possibly use Ayane's body directly for this completely unsafe and dangerous experiment.

Although he had previously experimented on humans, he found that when the human body loses chakra, it can use natural energy to replace life energy.

However, those are just ordinary human bodies, and what we need is only a general conclusion, while we still need to delve deeper into the details.

He not only had to save Ayane's life, but also the invaluable Byakugan, which he couldn't easily give up.

Therefore, he had the five insect men hunt down the Hyuga branch family ninjas. The ninjas of this clan all possess the Byakugan, and ordinary people and ninjas have no chance of hiding in the eyes of the Byakugan.

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

However, the five insect men do not rely solely on chakra to fight. Abandoning chakra only limits their use of secret techniques, but their physical skills are equally impressive.

Moreover, natural energy is not afraid of acupoint stimulation.

The Hyuga clan's pressure point techniques can only cut off the flow of chakra, giving the five Insect Men a natural advantage against Hyuga Shingo.

Using natural energy to perform taijutsu is equivalent to rendering Hyuga Shingo's Gentle Fist technique ineffective.

Under those circumstances, Shingo Hyuga's taijutsu power was greatly reduced, and it was only a matter of time before he was hunted down.

The list was provided by Ayane, while the person in charge of surveillance was a clay doll named 'Shogun' by Shiraishi.

In terms of stealth capabilities, Shiraishi believes that the 'Earth General' is no weaker than that white creature that combines Wood Release and Tailed Beast elements.

Once the whereabouts of the Hyuga branch family ninjas can be determined, the rest is very simple.

After the hunt was successful, General Tsuchiya secretly transported the items back to Konoha and delivered them to the laboratory, where they were handed over to Shiraishi for disposal.

After preparing the medicine, Shiraishi placed it in a medicine tray already containing the instruments. He then carried the tray to the operating table, placed the tray in place, and began to carefully observe Hinata Shingo's body.

Hyuga Shingo was sent here an hour ago. According to the time it takes for Hyuga Shingo's team to return to the village, they should normally return to Konoha on time tomorrow night or the morning after tomorrow to report to the Hokage Building.

If Konoha discovers that Hyuga Shingo is missing, they will definitely inform the main branch of the Hyuga clan. As for what will happen after that, Shiraishi cannot guarantee 100% that it will happen.

Just to be on the safe side, the time allotted to Shiraishi is not very long.

It's clear that Shingo Hyuga, lying on the operating table, is extremely nervous, because as a Jonin, he must have sensed that someone is watching him.

His headband had been removed, revealing a green cross-shaped curse mark on his forehead, with two reversed green hooks next to it.

This is the Caged Bird Seal engraved on the bodies of the Hyuga branch family ninjas.

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

Shingo Hyuga's chakra was blocked, preventing him from activating his Byakugan. Furthermore, because he couldn't open his eyes, he couldn't see who was standing next to him or where he was.

Shiraishi picked up a transparent glass bottle from the medicine tray. The bottle was made of a material that easily absorbs chakra, and he had an incantation mark on the glass bottle. He then placed the bottle's opening towards Hyuga Shingo's chest.

Chakra flowed through his palm, triggering the incantation on the bottle, immediately producing a powerful absorption effect. At a speed visible to the naked eye, the chakra within Hyuga Shingo's body converged steadily into the glass bottle.

As the chakra in the glass bottle deepens in color, it indicates that more and more chakra is accumulating inside.

Ignoring all of this, Shiraishi began to use his senses, watching Hinata Shingo's every move.

He wanted to use sensory ninjutsu to carefully understand how the Caged Bird Seal appeared.

According to Ayane, the Caged Bird Seal has two triggering methods, one of which is activated by the main family ninja.

You can choose to inflict unbearable pain on the Hyuga branch family ninjas, or you can choose to damage their eyeballs and brain nerves.

This is the deliberate triggering of the caged bird's curse.

Another trigger is when a member of the Hyuga branch family dies, or when their eyes are removed, the Caged Bird Seal will directly damage the branch family ninja's eyeballs and brain nerves.

This is a passive triggering form that is the complete opposite of active triggering.

It is a very terrifying curse.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

Suddenly, when his chakra level had dropped to a life-threatening level, Shingo Hyuga's body broke through the limits of the special anesthetic, and he let out a horrifying scream.

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

After this chakra was generated, it flowed directly into Hyuga Shingo's brain, as perceived by Shiraishi, and was extremely destructive.

It is completely different from the way chakra flows when Ruri awakens her Sharingan.

Shiraishi stopped absorbing the chakra from Hyuga Shingo's body, and the chakra in the glass bottle began to flow back. The Caged Bird Seal on Hyuga Shingo's forehead finally calmed down, and the chakra also retreated into the seal.

Shiraishi picked up the glass bottle that absorbed chakra. It had clearly visible cracks and shattered in Shiraishi's hand, with shards of glass falling to the ground.

"As expected."

Seeing Shingo Hyuga fall unconscious in extreme pain, Shiraishi let out a soft sigh.

Things did not unfold as he had anticipated.

The so-called 'techniques', no matter how they evolve, are actually all applications of chakra.

Take the Sharingan's genjutsu as an example. Once the condition of 'eye contact' is met, one can use their own chakra to invade the target's brain nerves and manipulate them.

Within this, chakra forms the concept of 'jutsu', which allows one to control the enemy's brain nerves.

A powerful illusionist ninja can even hypnotize the target's brain at will, achieving the desired effect.

This applies not only to the Sharingan, but also to other genjutsu.

Whether it's a genjutsu triggered by sight, smell, or touch, or other types of genjutsu involving the five senses, it requires one's own chakra to flow within the enemy's brain to achieve hypnotic control.

Depending on the caster's chakra control skills and the different formations of the 'jutsu' within the target's brain nerves, there are many different types of illusion techniques.

However, there is one point that must be noted.

That is, no matter what kind of illusion it is, it has a limited lifespan.

The chakra that can be sent out is not unlimited. No matter how hard you try to maintain it, the chakra that is sent out will eventually disappear.