farewell , konoha

Chapter 188 The release of the caged bird!

Konoha, within the Hyuga clan.

Since that meeting, although the elders agreed, they have been delaying it and seem to have other ideas.

Hizu then pressed on the elders, either to save Hinata and find the other party's traces, or else to immediately release Neji's caged bird and exchange Hinata for Neji.

At first, these elders were lucky enough to try to find traces of Hinata, but they still found nothing, which made Rizu very angry.

Now, Rizu felt that the time was almost up and started the family meeting again.

Facing the elders, Hizu said in a deep voice: "Now, don't you have any news about Hinata?"

The elders looked at each other. Originally, this reason should have been the reason for them to oppress Rizu, but now it has become the reason for Nizu to oppress them. The reason is that the other party agrees with the other's ideas.

One of the elders said: "Hizashi, Hizashi died for Hinata. Now let Neci die for Hinata. Isn't it a bit too much?"

A cold look flashed in Nizu's eyes, and he said, "At the beginning, you promised to pay the penalty, and Hizashi committed suicide to give an explanation. Now you are telling me that it was too much?"

He didn't agree with what happened at first, but these elders explained the situation to Hizashi one step ahead and threatened him.

For the sake of the village, for Hinata, for Neji, if you don't sacrifice to settle this matter, then...

Because of this, Hizashi committed suicide, letting Hinata, the village, and Kumo Ninja give an explanation.

Just because he did what he should do and protected the clan, he sacrificed himself again and ended his life.

Hizu has always felt guilty towards his younger brother, and he feels extremely guilty towards Neji, but he cannot make up for it.

Now that you have the opportunity, why not take a gamble? Then he lowered his eyes and said, "I said last time that as long as you agree, I will handle Ningji's affairs."

"And now you agree, but still don't agree with me to release Neji from being a caged bird. What exactly do you want to do?"

"Do you really want the Hyuga clan's reputation outside to be completely destroyed?"

"You should know that in all these years, the Zong family has never been kidnapped, not even once!!!"

Several elders were slightly silent. They could see Hizu's attitude, and they wanted to give up on Hinata.

But now, under the pressure of Nizu, and after all, they still failed to find any trace or news of Hinata.

Several people looked at each other, and finally an elder, as the representative, slowly said: "Let Neci come over!"

Hizu lowered his eyes slightly and said to the guard outside: "Go find Ningji and ask him to come over!"

There was a response from outside the door, and the figure disappeared at the door. Not long after, there was a gentle knock on the door.

"Clan leader, Neji brought it!"

"Well, let him in."

The door opened softly, and Neji came into the conference room. He looked at the leader, Hizu, and the elders, and bowed respectfully.

"Lord Patriarch, and all the elders!"

Everyone nodded slightly, looking at Neji's face, he looked very much like the two Nizashi brothers, and couldn't help but sigh.

Hizu said solemnly: "I came to you today just for one thing, that is, we agreed to the other party's request and will use you in exchange for Hinata. Do you have any objections to this?"

Neci lowered his head, a look of hatred flashed in his eyes, and said, "Ningci has no objection!"

Hidashi was silent for a moment, calmly, and looked directly at the elders: "Ningji has no objection, so is there anything else you should be concerned about?"

The elders looked at each other and finally said: "In that case, let's get started!"

Hizu looked at Neji: "Come forward and stand in the middle."

Ningji slowly came to the middle of the crowd, and Rizu also stood up and walked forward, looked at Ningci in front of him, and whispered: "Don't resist, you will understand when the time comes!"

Neji was stunned for a moment, frowned, and looked at Hizashi, whose expression was calm, wondering what he wanted to do.

The other elders also stood up one after another, took a step forward, and began to form seals one after another.

As the seal [Caged Bird] that the Hyuga clan now has its roots in, the method of unsealing it is also the most secret.

"Neji close your eyes!"

After Rizu drank, the latter closed his eyes, and he could feel the chakra fluctuations around him, while Rizu and the other elders formed seals one after another.

Neji felt a big hand covering his forehead, and an energy was being drawn out of his eyes.

"untie!"

Hizu took out a ball of chakra from Neji's eyes, which was the essence of the caged bird. It was also a seal, a curse seal formed by the Hyuga clan's proprietary method of injecting chakra.

As soon as his palms were closed, the ball of chakra dissipated, and Hizu looked at Neji in front of him. The caged bird seal on his forehead gradually disappeared, and there was a hint of relief in his eyes.

"Neji, open your eyes!"

When Neji opened his eyes again, the elders had returned to their seats, and only Hizu stood there, looking at Neji in front of him.

Neji opened his eyes and looked at Hizu in front of him. He seemed to see a very complicated expression, but it only passed by briefly. He even wondered if he had seen it wrong.

"The seal of your caged bird has been lifted, but don't publicize it. Then you continue to pretend that you still have the caged bird until the day of the transaction."

"You go back first and continue to cover your forehead. Don't publicize this matter. I will go find you later."

Ningci bowed slightly: "Yes! Clan leader."

As Neji slowly exited the conference room, the door closed, and one of the elders slowly spoke.

"Hizu, if the plan succeeds and Hinata is rescued, Neji must seal the caged bird again."

Hidashi lowered his eyes slightly, but did not refuse: "If it succeeds, I will personally give Neji the seal of the caged bird again, so don't worry about it."

Several elders nodded slightly at this, and one of them said: "In that case, then contact the other party to set a time, and we will also make preparations here."

Rizu said: "I will contact the other party, and the elders will prepare the rest."

"Whether everything is successful or not depends on the performance of the elders. Please be sure to rescue the little girl."

The elders nodded and promised: "Leave this matter to us."

…

On the other side, in Ningji's room.

In front of a floor-to-ceiling mirror, Neji looked at himself in the mirror, looking a little dazed.

You Qi looked at that smooth forehead, as if he was dreaming, and murmured: "It's gone, it's really gone."

Slowly closing my eyes, the image of my father rolling all over the ground because of the bird in the cage when I was young appeared in my mind.

That was Neji's earliest and most profound memory, and he could never forget it.

(End of chapter)