It was the 48th year of Konoha, and the night sky was covered with dark clouds.
The figure of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox exploded in the sky above Konoha Village.
The ground began to tremble, and the Nine-Tails Rampage, which no one could stop, began to rage.
...
Within the Hyuga Clan's territory.
The Hyuga Ninja, under the command of the clan leader Hyuga Hiashi, rushed out from their respective residences and went to carry out their orders.
At the same time, deep within the clan territory, it was a different scene.
Bang!
The tranquility was broken.
A Hyuga Ninja rushed in frantically, panting, and said, "Lord Hiashi Zongqing, the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki has gone berserk! Lord Hiashi sent me to be your guard!"
The Elder Hiashi Zongqing heard this, glanced at the other party, and angrily said, "Idiot! Your duty is to protect the Main Family, not to waste time here with me!
"As a member of the Branch Family, yet you disregard the Main Family in a time of crisis. If something happens to the Main Family, even if you pay with your life, you cannot bear the responsibility!"
The next second, he heard the other party respond, "Ah, that's right, this is the taste, the decaying Hyuga..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a cold light flashed.
Whoosh!
Pfft!
Wild blood spurted out!
Hiashi Zongqing's neck was instantly pierced by a shuriken.
He looked at the person in front of him in disbelief, clutching his neck as he fell to the ground.
Under the moonlight, he clearly saw the other person's face.
Hyuga Seimiya, a seemingly unremarkable Branch Family Ninja in everyday life.
In his impression, although the other party had some talent in the clan, his strength was mediocre, and he was just a Chunin who had just been promoted.
He never expected him to suddenly rebel today!
"You... why..."
Hiashi Zongqing clutched his neck, blood seeping through his fingers, his voice hoarse.
Saint Mi stood up, revealing a smile.
The veins on both sides of his temples bulged, clearly indicating that he had activated his Byakugan.
"Why? Of course, it's for those eyes you were ordered to guard. Elder Hiashi Zongqing, you hold the 'key' to the clan's secret vault, right?"
Hiashi Zongqing's eyes widened.
This was a secret within the clan, how did the other party know about it?!
The next moment, his hands were firmly pinned to the ground by two shuriken, unable to move.
Saint Mi's movements were astonishingly fast. He raised his palms, enveloped in pale blue Chakra, and struck Hiashi Zongqing's body.
Gentle Fist!
Saint Mi's moves, enhanced by the Byakugan, were incredibly precise, instantly sealing Hiashi Zongqing's Chakra points.
Hiashi Zongqing's face instantly turned pale.
This level of Gentle Fist mastery!
It was definitely not something an ordinary Chunin could achieve.
Saint Mi had actually hidden his strength!
His strength was at least Jonin level!
"Then, let's begin."
After controlling the other party, Saint Mi chuckled, formed a hand seal with one hand, and silently recited in his mind.
"System, activate! Reverse Byakugan Bloodline Limit!"
The system's prompt sound echoed in Saint Mi's mind.
Just like time rewinding, the next moment, large patches of white reappeared in Saint Mi's eyes.
The Byakugan reappeared!
Saint Mi's system could obtain the Bloodline Limit of others by taking their lives.
Naturally, he could also reverse existing Bloodline Limits, actively abandon the ability, and convert it into his own Chakra.
If Hiashi Zongqing had seen this scene, he would have desperately tried to transmit the information.
This was Saint Mi's fundamental goal.
Tonight's Nine-Tails Rampage was the opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time.
Feeling the Byakugan's vision return to his body, Saint Mi took off his forehead protector, casually threw it on the ground, and picked up a mirror in the room.
Looking at his smooth forehead, a slight smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of his mouth.
As expected, the newly acquired Byakugan did not automatically come with the Caged Bird Curse Mark.
"At this moment, I have truly gained freedom! Hahahahaha!"
A moment later, the room was empty, and silence returned.
Only a wide-eyed corpse remained, its belt taken away.
...
Within the Hyuga Clan's secret vault.
All deceased Main Family members of the Hyuga Clan would have their eyes removed and stored within the secret vault.
For the Hyuga Clan, a prominent family of Konoha, the Byakugan was their very foundation.
The secret vault was normally maintained by a Sealing Jutsu only mastered by the Main Family, and the key to the secret vault was held by the clan elders.
However, it was no longer a challenge for the current Saint Mi.
"Release!"
Saint Mi held the access scroll he found on Hiashi Zongqing, and formed a hand seal with his other hand.
As Saint Mi spoke, the seal on the secret vault's door was released. Inside was a room the size of a Japanese-style room.
In the center of the room, the ancestral spirit tablets of the Hyuga Clan were enshrined.
On the shelves around, all the Byakugan of the deceased Main Family members of the Hyuga Clan were stored.
All of this was now in Saint Mi's hands.
Saint Mi smiled faintly and took out the sealing scroll he had prepared long ago.
If they wanted to control the lives of their clan members with the Caged Bird Curse Mark, they should have expected to reap what they sowed one day.
Others were willing to be dogs for the Main Family, but Saint Mi was not.
Since he was leaving Konoha, he might as well dig up the Hyuga Clan's ancestral grave first.
...
At the center of the Nine-Tails Rampage.
In an alley near the battlefield, several Hyuga Clan Ninja had just retreated from the front line.
Their attacks had no effect on the Nine-Tailed, and instead, they lost several clan members due to their rash assault.
"Damn it! This is not going to work at all!"
Hyuga Hizashi said through clenched teeth.
Just then, a figure leaped over from a nearby rooftop.
Hizashi's Byakugan swept over, and he immediately exclaimed in surprise, "Saint Mi? Why are you here? Wasn't your mission to guard the clan territory?"
Saint Mi stopped, smiled at Hizashi and the few fellow clan members, and said in a relaxed tone as if discussing the weather, "Oh, that? Because I defected."
"What?!" Saint Mi's words stunned the few Hyuga Clan members.
Saint Mi nodded at them and continued, "I won't say more, I still have things to do.
"By the way, Hizashi, I really like that kid Neji. If you have time, teach him well. I think he has a lot of talent to be a Ninja."
After speaking, his figure flashed and disappeared into the night.
While the other Hyuga Clan members were still processing Saint Mi's words, Hizashi's face turned extremely pale.
He clearly saw that on Saint Mi's forehead, which was not covered by a forehead protector, it was completely empty.
The Caged Bird Curse Mark inscribed on the foreheads of Branch Family members also meant that their lives and deaths were completely controlled by the Main Family.
However, on Saint Mi's forehead, the Caged Bird Curse Mark, which represented the Branch Family, had actually disappeared!
"Where is his Curse Mark?!"
Hyuga Hizashi muttered to himself, a premonition of disaster rising in his heart.
The Hyuga Clan's sky was probably about to change.