Updated for the second year, April 1st...
It's not April Fool's Day in the Naruto world, but today is still a little special for Konoha, that is, the Hyuga clan will "decide" the candidate for the future main family today.
Of course, it's called "decision", but in fact everyone knows the result. It's just that today, at the level of the "caged bird" curse seal, Hanabi's inheritance rights will be confirmed.
As for whether it violates Konoha's laws to impose a controlling curse seal on Konoha ninjas?
Obviously, Konoha is not so rule of law, and there is no rule of law in the ninja world. With the "size" of the Hyuga clan, Konoha will not interfere in its internal affairs.
The regular monthly clan festivals are not so large-scale. After all, if a newborn is imposed with the "caged bird" or something, there is no need to pull all the branches to watch every time. Isn't that looking for excitement?
But this time, it includes such a big event as deciding the succession rights of the main family. In addition, Konoha has been "clenching its fists" recently, and all kinds of outbound missions have been reduced. Although the Hyuga clan, as Konoha's eyes and ears, cannot be withdrawn completely, 80% of the Hyuga clan ninjas all participated in the clan festival in the clan land.
How many ninjas are there in the Hyuga clan? Thousands! And the proportion of jonin and special jonin is very high, as many as 40 or 50 people. There were six jonin and special jonin who attacked Jūgo and Taketori Sora and were killed by Kan Ryuen! After all,
the Hyuga clan has a very high chance of opening their Byakugan. As long as they can become ninjas and practice step by step, more than half of the Hyuga clan ninjas can open their Byakugan.
After opening their eyes, their perception will directly surpass that of ordinary ninjas. In terms of clan studies and the perfect soft fist inheritance, the Hyuga clan continues to emerge with new forces.
Unlike the Uchiha clan, which needs drastic emotional fluctuations to open its eyes, the Hyuga clan actually prefers peaceful development.
The Uchiha clan became stronger faster in war, and in peacetime, the expansion of the Hyuga clan was more obvious.
At this time, more than 600 ninjas who had opened their Byakugan were in front of the altar square. Other ninjas who had not yet opened their eyes, as well as ordinary people's families, or ninjas who had "married back" to the Hyuga family, were all in the side halls around the altar square...
As for some Hyuga clan members who married into other families, they were also not present at this time. According to the customs of the ninja world, when a woman marries or a man marries into another family, they will change their surnames. In theory, only people with the surname "Hyuga" are in the clan territory now.
Of course, most of the women of the Hyuga clan who married out were not ninjas.
"Hyuga Arata" was set as a role model, and his "caged bird" level would be adjusted at the ceremony, so he was given the honor of standing in the first row...
Like all ceremonies, there was no direct entry into the topic at the beginning. First, there was an endless speech by Hyuga Hiashi and the three clan elders, as well as representatives of the younger generation of the branch family, who took turns to "hypnotize" on stage.
In short, it is to summarize that the development of the Hyuga clan in recent years is very good, and then start to praise the ancestors and the main family, and discuss the superiority of the Hyuga clan's "bird in a cage" system from the legal and emotional aspects.
Whether they believe in these specific things or not, Guan Liyuan doesn't know, but at this time, except for a certain Ningci, even if someone has deep resentment in their hearts, they will not show it.
As for Ningci, he was arranged in the corner at this time. In fact, this is also for the protection of Hyuga Hiashi. If he is allowed to put on a stinky face in the first row, even Hiashi will not be able to "cover up" him.
Looking at Ningci in the corner, Hyuga Hiashi can't help but think of the "back then". When he and Hizashi were young, the two brothers used to have a good relationship.
However, those memories have become blurred, because after they grew up, the mark on Hizashi's forehead and the general environment of the Hyuga clan completely separated the relationship between the two brothers...
There was even a clan competition, when Hizashi openly attacked the young Hinata. Although he was immediately subdued by Hiashi with the "bird in a cage", if you think about it carefully, maybe Hinata really felt the existence of the "bird in a cage" from that time, and her personality began to become more and more introverted.
Later, under the threat of the Hidden Cloud Village, Hizashi used his life to exchange for the opportunity to increase his son's authority.
Hyuga Hiashi couldn't tell whether he accepted Hizashi's deal or really wanted to use this deal to have a suitable "excuse" to increase his nephew Neji's authority.
He remembered the scene a few months ago when one of Hizashi's eyes appeared in front of him again...
[Ah. ] Hiashi sighed in his heart.
As the head of the main family, he could only sigh in his heart. Some things were not something he could decide. For example, if he announced now that he would no longer control the branch family, even if the people who were controlled now could not remove the curse, how would they educate their children who were not controlled behind their backs?
I am afraid that the backlash caused by the "bird in a cage" will make the next generation of the Hyuga clan the generation with the highest rate of rebellious ninjas!
Since they have enjoyed the absolute control brought by the "bird in a cage", they must accept the possibility of this backlash, and as the head of the family, what they have to do is to completely avoid this "possibility".
Thinking of this, he looked at Hanabi and Hinata again...
silently hoping that Hinata would not have too much shadow, and also hoping that Hanabi would mature soon and understand the mission she was responsible for.
As for the other children of the branch family who almost all had the same expression, Hiashi did not dare to look at them carefully or think carefully, otherwise it would be difficult to find one who did not hate and resist the main family and the bird in the cage in his heart...
Oh! No, there really is... For example, "Hinata Arata" in the first row, Hinata Hiashi suddenly found that his smile was very natural.
As if he had noticed that Hyuga Hiashi was looking at him, "Hyuga Arata" actually made eye contact with the head of the family, and nodded to him with a smile.
For some reason, Hyuga Hiashi suddenly felt a little... cold?
But he didn't have time to think about it, as they had already arrived at the most important part, the inheritance ceremony of the main family of Hanabi.
When passing by Guan Liyuan with an "encouraging" look, Hanabi hummed again in a low voice.
What was somewhat beyond Guan Liyuan's expectation was that in addition to Hyuga Hiashi, the three elders of the clan also played some auxiliary roles in the inheritance ceremony of the "Cage Carrier".
After the ceremony headed by Hyuga Hiashi and assisted by the three elders, the pattern of the curse seal flashed in Hanabi's white eyes, and then disappeared.
At the same time, when Hanabi looked at the three elders again, the "caged bird" curse seal on their heads flashed. When she scanned the children of the branch families below, including Guan Liyuan, everyone's "caged bird" flashed when they were swept by Hanabi's eyes...
That's right, when participating in the clan festival, no one would block the "caged bird" curse seal, and only Neji still wore the forehead protector at this time.
The next project should be to apply the "caged bird" to Hinata and several other babies.
But at this moment, Hanabi interrupted and said, "Father, as the new head of the family, I can also say a few words later, right?"
"Well? Sure..." Hinata Hiashi said after frowning slightly.
Because the inheritors of the family may even be children, they don't need to speak in the normal process.
The three elders also felt that something seemed to be happening, but since Hanabi wanted to say a few words at this time, they had no reason to stop her.
Of course, if Hanabi said something like exempting her sister from being a "bird in a cage", they would not pretend not to hear it!
The three elders also glanced at the head of the family, and Hinata Hiashi gave them a "reassuring" look, indicating that he knew the importance of the matter...
At the same time, Hinata Hiashi also expected that Hanabi could be more "mature" and not say anything too radical at this time. It would be better to just say that she would lead the family to glory!
"Everyone here should recognize me. My name is Hinata Hanabi, and I am the second daughter of the current head of the family, Hinata Hiashi. Today, I received an ignominious curse here, and inherited the curse that has accompanied the Hyuga family for thousands of years..."
Upon hearing this, Hinata Hiashi and others widened their eyes. Apparently, his expectations did not work at all, and Hanabi hit the minefield in the most direct way!
"Shut up!" Hinata Hiashi shouted.
At the same time, he wanted to step forward and knock Hanabi out first... As for how to end it later, Hinata Hiashi got a headache just thinking about it.
However, his headache was unnecessary. Just as he was about to chop at the back of Hanabi's neck with his hand knife, a figure suddenly blocked him and grabbed his wrist directly.
"Old head, the future belongs to the young, so let's listen to what the new head of the family says." Guan Liyuan said with a smile.
"You..." Hinata Hiashi was also stunned for a moment. He didn't expect "Hinata Shin" to have such skills.
Hinata Hiashi immediately realized that something was wrong, and immediately formed a fighting seal with his left hand, first to directly control the "bird in the cage" of "Hinata Arata".
However, Guan Liyuan also formed a seal with one hand at the same time, and the two of them shouted at almost the same time...
"Freeze!"
"Open!"
Then Hinata Hiashi was horrified to find that the strength of "Hinata Arata" pinching his wrist did not decrease at all, and... the "bird in the cage" on the other's forehead gradually disappeared!
"How is it possible?" Hinata Hiashi exclaimed.
It's not that Hinata Hiashi lacks adaptability or calmness, but the removal of the "bird in the cage" caused too much conflict to him!
No one knows better than him what this means. If everyone's "bird in the cage" disappears, the "backlash" is definitely not something the Hyuga clan can bear!
The children of the branch families who saw this scene under the altar were completely silent. Gradually, as if they realized something, their eyes began to change in a complex way. They looked at "Hinata Arata" and Hanabi, who was obviously about to say something important, nervously and expectantly...
"Catch him immediately!" Hinata Mitsuyoshi ordered hurriedly, but found that no one moved. Hinata Mitsuyoshi
wanted to go up himself, but found that his son was pulling him behind him. He turned around and shouted angrily: "Xiaohu, you..."
However, he saw his youngest son, whose "white eyes" were almost red with bloodshot. He stared at him and said: "Father, don't be so anxious, we can wait and see!"
"You, you want..." Hinata Mitsuyoshi wanted to say something else, but found that everyone behind him had a wrong look in their eyes, including his eldest son and eldest grandson, who were staring at him at this time.
Everyone present... The only difference was that the young people's reactions were more obvious at this time, almost writing their hopes and expectations on their faces, while the more sophisticated ones were still trying their best to cover it up!
Guangyi suddenly felt that if killing himself could free the bird from the cage, he would not even show mercy to his own son.
"Now I want to announce..." Hanabi was still facing the ninjas of the branch family, wanting to say something.
However, at this moment, Hyuga Hiashi behind her had already shouted, "Shut up!"
As he spoke, his Byakugan was already activated, and at the same time, amazing chakra burst out from the acupuncture points all over his body, rushing towards Guan Liyuan!
Soft fist! The Hyuga clan developed a unique physical technique based on the bloodline limit "Byakugan" to understand their own chakra acupuncture points and meridians. It can burst chakra from any acupuncture point in the body and cut off the opponent's chakra meridians.
But at this time, after Hyuga Hiashi burst out chakra all over his body, he couldn't even shake off the hand of "Hyuga Arata" that was holding his wrist!
And when the chakra erupted from Hyuga Hiashi's body, shooting into the body of "Hyuga Arata" in the form of a thousand chakras, intending to cut off the opponent's chakra meridians, his "white eyes" saw "endless" chakra pouring out from the opponent's waist, and his own eight trigrams were like a drop in the ocean!
As for why the chakra was not pouring out from the chakra center, but from the waist, Hyuga Hiashi had no time to think...
"Everyone, please listen to me! Please also be quiet for a while, father!" Hanabi said domineeringly.
All the children of the branch family looked at Hanabi with hope at this time. No one was willing to speak at this time. The few who wanted to speak were stared at by the people around them. There must be more than one person who was willing to sacrifice their relatives for the sake of justice at this time...
There was even some commotion in the crowd immediately. It seemed that a clan member who wanted to warn Konoha had just moved his feet and was pressed to the ground by the people around him!
There were also clan members responsible for guarding outside the clan's territory. However, after the news spread quickly, outsiders only found that for some reason, the Hyuga clan members who were originally guarding outside the gate and the clan's courtyard wall looked at each other and then turned back inside the wall. The gate was also completely closed...
Hundreds of ninjas and thousands of clan members really didn't want the caged birds to be released at this time. Counting Hyuga Hiashi, there were no more than ten. Those who
were slightly suspicious were also stared at by the people around them. Most of the people who were stared at immediately smiled bitterly and explained to the people around them that "in fact, they usually pretended to be like that." They patted their chests and said that they would never make trouble. They would also spit at the main family to show their innocence. There
was no need for anyone to command. Someone immediately took the initiative to watch over other ninjas. The so-called "other ninjas" refer to ninjas who married into the Hyuga family or married into the Hyuga family. Although their surnames are Hyuga, they have nothing to do with "caged birds".
Although in theory it is a good thing that their husbands or wives, as well as children, will no longer be bound by "caged birds", after all, no one can empathize with them, and there is no guarantee that no one will warn the public for Konoha!
From everyone's eyes, it is clear that the iron rule of "not attacking ninjas from the same village" will not have any restraining effect on them at this time. If someone makes a misleading move at this time, there will definitely be countless soft fists "pia" coming at them immediately...
Everyone's overly passionate gazes even made Hanabi, who had been expecting it for the whole night, a little nervous.
Hyuga Hiashi wanted to stop it, but the power coming from the hand of "Hyuga Arata" who had not yet let go of his wrist, and the chakra roaring like a giant dragon from the opponent's waist under the "Baiyan", made Hyuga Hiashi feel desperate.
Obviously, this head of the Hyuga clan, let alone "epic", is still far from the ordinary Five Kage. At this distance, Guan Liyuan is sure to kill the opponent with one blow!
"Who are you?" Hyuga Hiashi stared at "Hyuga Arata" and asked.
According to the common sense of the ninja world, the transplanted pupil technique cannot be opened and closed freely. "Hyuga Arata" should really be a member of the Hyuga clan, but...how could such a strong master be unknown before?
Guan Liyuan smiled but didn't say anything, but at the same time, the curve of his face gradually changed...
Hanabi took a deep breath and said, "From today on, the curse that has entangled the Hyuga clan for thousands of years... ends here! I, as the new head of the Hyuga clan, will personally smash the cage! Whatever you choose from now on, whether to go or stay... you can decide for yourself!"
At the same time, Guan Liyuan suddenly grinned at Hyuga Hiashi who seemed to recognize him, and then let go and feinted at him...
He had promised Neji before, and not long ago, he also promised Hanabi and Hinata that he would not take the opportunity to harm Hyuga Hiashi.
Taking advantage of the gap when Hiashi dodged backwards, Guan Liyuan turned around, bent down, picked up Hanabi, and jumped onto a totem stone pillar with abstract eyes engraved on it on the altar...
"Form a fighting seal with your left hand, and then relax and cooperate with me!" Guan Liyuan said in Hanabi's ear.
Hua Huo had no time to protest against Guan Liyuan's "sudden attack". She bit her lip and then pointed her left hand at her chest. Guan Liyuan put his left hand around Hua Huo's waist and put his right hand on Hua Huo's left hand. He inserted his fingers into the gaps between her fingers and also made a fighting seal.
Hua Huo did not resist and cooperated with Guan Liyuan's finger insertion. Guan Liyuan's right hand flexibly manipulated Hua Huo's left hand and formed a joint seal with his own seals one by one. In the end, Guan Liyuan's eyes flashed with the curse seal pattern in Hua Huo's eyes before...
Guan Liyuan suddenly felt that he could take the opportunity to seize the identity of "cage holder" and control the "bird in the cage", but he just realized this and gave up without hesitation.
"Open!"
With Guan Liyuan's shout, the light green curse marks on everyone's forehead gradually disappeared...
Except for a few people including Hyuga Mitsuyoshi, they all showed extremely happy expressions at this time. Those who only had "red eyes" were considered the calmest group of people, and many of them were scrambling to the ground with their heads down!
It must be said that Hyuga Mitsuyoshi really cares about the main family. This "clan elder" is not wrong to some extent, but now he suddenly realizes that the main family has nothing except the "bird in a cage"...