"This is called the Tenseigan. It can only be awakened when the Byakugan evolves to its peak. These eyes are comparable to the Six Paths Sage's Rinnegan."
"The Byakugan can evolve further! Did you use these eyes to undo the Caged Bird Seal?" Hyuga Hiashi asked.
"That's right. Hyuga Hiashi, you may not know this, but we are relatives of the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan, strictly speaking. We all share the same ancestor, and the Bloodline Limits of our three clans all originate from a woman named Ōtsutsuki Kaguya."
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya had two sons. One was Otsutsuki Hagoromo, the Six Paths Sage who later founded the Ninjutsu Sect; the Senju and Uchiha are his descendants.
"The other was Otsutsuki Hamura, the younger brother of the Six Paths Sage, who possessed the same power as the Six Paths Sage. He is the ancestor of our clan."
"Hyuga Hiashi, have you ever wondered why the Senju and Uchiha, with the same bloodline origin, could dominate the Ninja World during the Sengoku era and produce figures like Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara who founded Konoha, while the Hyuga Clan could only exist as their dependents?"
Hyuga Hiashi was momentarily speechless upon hearing this.
"No response? Or are you afraid to answer? Then I'll tell you the answer, Hyuga Hiashi. The reason the Senju and Uchiha could stand above the Hyuga Clan is because you, the high and mighty Main Family members, are too foolish. You only know how to use every means possible to restrict the development of your own clan members."
"Over these thousand years, countless geniuses have appeared in the Branch Family, and countless people possessed high-purity Byakugan, yet you forcefully trapped these geniuses in cages, turning them into your playthings."
"A caged bird has no freedom; how can it speak of limits?"
"So you want to abolish the Caged Bird Seal?" Hyuga Hiashi asked.
"That's right. To be honest, not long ago, I didn't just want to abolish the Caged Bird Seal; I wanted to kill every member of the Hyuga Main Family."
"But I met Ancestor Hamura. He asked me to give you a chance. I owe Ancestor Hamura a favor, so I agreed."
"Now, as long as you hand over the Caged Bird Seal jutsu formula, I can give the Main Family a way out."
"We can also choose mutual destruction. You alone may have activated the Tenseigan and broken the Caged Bird Seal on yourself, but there are so many Branch Family members here, and they all have the Caged Bird Seal on their heads. If we all activate the Caged Bird Seal jutsu formula, even if you kill us all, these Branch Family members will die too," a Main Family member said.
"Is that so? Take off your headbands and show them your foreheads," Asana said, turning to the thirty-odd Branch Family members behind her.
Hearing this, the Branch Family members behind her simultaneously removed their headbands.
Their foreheads were smooth; no curse marks could be seen at all.
"See? With the Tenseigan, I don't need a curse mark to remove the Caged Bird Seal."
The Branch Family members instantly erupted in excitement upon seeing the Caged Bird Seals removed from their fellow clan members.
The Main Family members were now panicked. They could only threaten the Branch Family members with feigned ferocity: "What are you trying to do? Are you rebelling? I can activate the Caged Bird Seal and kill you right now!"
Hearing this, Asana turned and shouted into the crowd: "Hyuga Hizashi, your son must be three years old this year, right? He will soon be branded with the Caged Bird Seal curse mark, just like you. Do you want your son to inherit the same fate as you?"
"Or, as the head of the Branch Family, do you not care about the Branch Family at all and wish to continue being a dog for the Main Family?" Asana shouted, turning toward Hyuga Hizashi in the Branch Family crowd.
Hyuga Hizashi heard this, looked at his older brother, sighed, and said, "Alas! Clan Head-sama, please give us of the Hyuga Branch Family a chance to pursue freedom!"
A Main Family member immediately activated the Caged Bird Seal upon hearing this: "Hyuga Hizashi, you are courting death! I'll kill you right now!"
The intense pain instantly forced Hyuga Hizashi to his knees.
Asana did not intervene; she wanted to see if Hyuga Hiashi would save his own brother.
On one side was the Main Family, and on the other was his own brother. Hyuga Hiashi hesitated for a few seconds, then sighed and grabbed the hand of the Main Family member beside him.
"Enough! Stop it!"
"Clan Head-sama!"
"Are my words useless?"
Hearing this, the Main Family member reluctantly stopped the jutsu they were performing.
Hyuga Hiashi turned to Asana and said, "Asana, whether you believe it or not, we in the Main Family do not possess the jutsu formula to remove the Caged Bird Seal. We only have the methods to implant and activate it."
"Perhaps the jutsu formula to remove the Caged Bird Seal was lost during the thousand years of tradition, or perhaps..."
"Or perhaps the jutsu formula to remove the Caged Bird Seal was never created in the first place, right?" Asana asked.
Hyuga Hiashi nodded.
"Hmph! You Main Family members are truly despicable! You planned to permanently enslave the Branch Family a thousand years ago."
"Asana, when the Caged Bird Seal was created, there truly was no such intention."
"Stop talking. I don't want to argue about meaningless things. Hyuga Hiashi, starting today, the Hyuga Clan will no longer have the Main and Branch Family system. The Main Family will no longer enjoy any privileges, and all of the Main Family's assets must be taken out and distributed to every Branch Family member. Do you agree?"
"I agree."
"Hyuga Hiashi, you don't deserve to be the head of the Hyuga Clan! Without the Main Family, the Hyuga Clan has no reason to exist! You lowlifes can be buried with me!" Saying this, a Main Family member immediately activated the Caged Bird Seal.
Instantly, three Branch Family members fell to their knees from the intense pain.
Several other Main Family members followed suit and activated the Caged Bird Seal.
Seeing this, Asana's expression darkened. She raised her arm, and a pitch-black Truth-Seeking Orb appeared in her hand.
Asana manipulated the Truth-Seeking Orb to pierce directly through the bodies of those few people.
The people struck by the Truth-Seeking Orb instantly turned into dust.
After Asana's attack ended, she did not recall the Truth-Seeking Orb. It floated silently above the heads of the Main Family members, like a Sword of Damocles ready to fall at any moment.
Asana said expressionlessly, "If anyone else wants to try mutual destruction, go ahead and see if you die faster, or if the Branch Family members die faster."
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