Escape from Konoha.

He looked down at his hands.

Am I still alive?

He fell into a state of deep thought, and then his head started to ache.

He always felt that his body was very stiff, like a zombie.

"Of course, how does it feel to return from hell?"

A young male voice suddenly came from the side, startling Shingo.

Shiraishi walked over without warning, looking him over with a strange smile, as if he were carefully observing something.

Shingo wanted to jump aside, but his body wouldn't allow him to do so.

He was not only very hungry, but also had very little strength in his body.

Shiraishi didn't say anything, but simply took out a mirror and gave it to him.

"?"

"Look at your own face."

Shingo held the mirror in his hand. Although he was puzzled by Shiraishi's actions, it seemed that there was no other way but to comply.

He looked at his face in the mirror.

He was handsome and young, but his complexion was a little pale.

Apart from that, nothing was different from usual.

What are you asking me to look at?

"Didn't you notice?"

"what?"

"Forehead."

"Forehead?"

What's on the forehead?

Zhenwu subconsciously didn't want to face this kind of thing.

Because every time he looks in the mirror, he ignores his forehead.

For him, the thing on his forehead reminds him of painful memories from long ago.

But Shiraishi's request put him in a difficult position, so he could only look at his forehead.

He was stunned.

Gone.

The mark on my forehead is gone.

Nothing at all.

He touched his forehead; it wasn't smeared on, it was really gone.

Startled, she looked at herself in the mirror and couldn't help but shed tears.

For him, there was nothing more capable of making him weep and wail.

After being branded as a caged bird at the age of six, this was the first time he had felt something familiar yet strange that he hadn't experienced for over twenty years.

A flavor that transcends all others, making him addicted and unable to extricate himself.

free!

Chapter 83 The Future

The moment he saw the mark on his forehead disappear, Shingo Hyuga understood that the 'Caged Bird' that had troubled him for so many years was now a thing of the past.

However, many questions remain unresolved.

"Are you confused? There's really no need for you to be grateful to me. It just so happens that you became one of my test subjects."

Seeing that Shingo Hyuga was in a state of confusion and complexity, Shiraishi began to explain.

"Why do you..."

"Should we untie the caged bird?"

Shingo Hyuga understood something when he heard Shiraishi's question.

He wasn't completely ignorant of Shiraishi. As one of Konoha's top Jonin, Hatake Sakumo, whose reputation even surpassed that of the Sannin, his every move was closely watched by many in Konoha.

Even a powerful clan like the Hyuga held Hatake Sakumo in high regard and dared not show him the slightest disrespect.

As a former member of Sakumo's squad, Shiraishi was an insignificant and invisible figure, but a lot of information about him was collected.

After all, medical ninjas don't need to have high combat abilities; they only need to be proficient in medical ninjutsu.

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

Because it involves a lot of specialized knowledge and requires continuous practice and experience accumulation, the development of a medical ninja is much slower than that of a regular ninja.

"Is it for Ayane?"

As one of the most outstanding young members of the Hyuga clan, Shingo was already a Jonin in the village at the young age of sixteen and a former member of Sakumo's team. It was impossible for him not to know anything about her.

After all, he was a genius from a branch family, not a genius from the main family.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. What are your plans now?"

Bai Shi wasn't very interested in discussing this topic, and instead asked Zhen Wu about his future plans.

Intend?

The joy and excitement of being freed from the 'caged bird' has now gradually subsided, and he has fallen into deep thought.

What to do from now on?

"If you have nowhere to go, would you like to do something for me?"

Do I have a choice?

Shingo smiled bitterly.

This boy, who is about the same age as Ayane, is no ordinary person either.

He didn't know how Shiraishi cracked the caged bird puzzle, but he knew how difficult it must have been.

"It seems not. Because if you return to the Hyuga clan now, you will definitely be subjected to severe torture and then executed. With the release of the Caged Bird Seal, your existence is already an extremely unstable bomb for the Hyuga main family. It could even implicate your parents, your wife, and your children."

Even without Shiraishi reminding him, Shingo was perfectly aware of this.

Once the Caged Bird Seal is broken, the Hyuga clan will definitely be split apart.

The long-standing rule of the main family will be shaken, because there are many in the branch families of the Hyuga clan who do not want to have an unsightly mark on their foreheads.

Resentment, hostility, and infighting.

At that point, the higher-ups in Konoha will intervene.

Shingo doesn't know how they will choose to handle the Hyuga clan's affairs.

Whether to help the main family, the branch family, or balance the two sides, Konoha will now have another Hyuga clan, originally ruled by the Hyuga branch family.

These things are all possible.

As for seeking refuge in other ninja villages or wandering the ninja world, let alone whether they can survive safely, what about their wives, parents, and children? Should they stay with the Hyuga clan?

If I were to bring them along, it would be questionable whether I could even leave the Hyuga clan.

Even if they manage to escape the Hyuga clan, they will be blocked by Konoha ninjas and hunted by the Anbu no matter how they try to leave Konoha and the Land of Fire.

There is only one dead end.

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

Shingo looked at Shiraishi with hopeful eyes.

Shiraishi gave him an affirmative answer, smiling as he said, "Of course. Because your family is in my hands, I can make you loyal to me without casting a curse on you."

Upon hearing Shiraishi's words, Shingo didn't know whether to feel relieved or give a wry smile.

Well, at least this is much more freedom than before.

Moreover, where in this world can one find true freedom?

“I will arrange for you to go to the Land of Demons. There is an organization I have established there. You will work as a guard at the organization's headquarters. For the time being, you cannot appear in the public eye.”

Bai Shi's few words determined Zhen Wu's future.

He possesses the strength of a Jonin and now has the Byakugan, which allows him to see from any angle. He is perfectly suited to be a guard at the organization's headquarters.

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

"Yes. And my family..."

"No need to rush, I don't plan to leave Konoha for the time being. But it will be soon, and I won't keep you waiting for too long."

"understood."

Zhenwu had no choice but to give up.

"By the way, there must be quite a few branch family ninjas in the Hyuga clan who are hostile to the main family. Make a list of these people; I'll have a great use for them."

After hearing this, Shingo gave Shiraishi a deep look.

He didn't need to ask to know what Shiraishi planned to do next.

They wiped out all the branch families of the Hyuga clan that were hostile to the main family.

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In the Hyuga clan, Ayane had just returned from outside when she was intercepted by her colleague, Hyuga Fuyuma.

He frowned and asked in as calm a tone as possible:

"Ayane, where did you go out to do?"

"What, are you interested in where I'm going, Fuyuma-senpai?"