Starting from the annihilation of the clan, Hinata became a rebel ninja

Chapter 7 No, but it could be...

"Brother, this kid wet the bed last night."

As soon as Neji got up, he complained loudly to Ning Qi.

The perpetrator, Hinata Hanabi, was hiding behind the door, sniffing quietly.

Being brought to this small attic from the clan's mansion, it may be that the two brothers have Byakugan whose characteristics are obviously similar to his own, or it may be the residual influence of Naraku's art here. Hanabi did not show any fear or crying emotions, but just looked at When Neji pointed at him, he would purse his lips and look at the two of them aggrievedly.

Ning Qi was preparing breakfast. At this time, he raised his head and caught a glimpse of large water stains on Ning Ci's body. He clicked his tongue and said in disgust:

"You change your clothes and wash them before you talk to me."

While the three of them were having breakfast around the dining table, a few pieces of clothes and a sheet were hung up on the balcony.

"Brother, whose family does this child belong to? How long will he stay with us?" Ningci couldn't help but ask as he gnawed on the corn. This was the first time an outsider had lived in the house since his father Hizashi passed away. , which made him quite uncomfortable.

"You don't need to worry so much. Hanabi won't be able to live with us for long. As a brother of the same clan, you should take care of her during this period." Ning Qi glanced at the man next to him who was quietly holding a cup and sipping milk. Hanabi said casually.

The purpose of taking Hanabi away was to scare the hardcore Nizu into handing over information. This little guy is only 2 years old this year, his Byakugan has just opened, and his ability to provide Byakugan essence is extremely limited.

"Hanabi? Are you the second young lady of the clan?" Neji's eyebrows suddenly darkened. He had also met Hinata and Hanabi during the Hyuga Clan Festival in previous years, although he was not angry because of his father's affairs. Innocent, but obviously not looking good.

Ning Qi ignored him and just stuffed the bun into Hua Huo's mouth.

The little girl didn't know that the man in front of her was the murderer who killed her mother and imprisoned her father. She was very well-behaved, her mouth was full of oil when she ate, and she would whisper thank you when Ning Qi brought a tissue to wipe her mouth.

Neji observed the movements of the two people, and suddenly seemed to understand something, his voice was suppressed with anger:

"So you are going to be her bodyguard now?"

The clan will allocate powerful members of the branch family to serve as bodyguards for the noble clan members. This is a concrete manifestation of the branch family serving as the "spear and shield" in the hands of the clan. What makes Ningji particularly unbelievable is that even if he is as strong as Ning, Isn't it strange that someone like this can't resist the orders of the clan?

For a time, Neji's dissatisfaction with the Hyuga clan grew to the extreme.

Hanabi grabbed Ning Qi's sleeves, lowered her head in fear, and secretly observed the angry Neji across the table with her peripheral vision, wondering what was going on.

Ning Qi raised his eyebrows:

"Are you dizzy?"

"I came to my own home as a bodyguard?"

Oh...that makes sense.

Neji immediately realized that he was confused because he was concerned.

His elder brother Ning Qi occupies a particularly important position in his mind. He now has a bright future in the Anbu. He is expected to become a Jonin this year. This promotion speed is only one year later than the fastest Kakashi. If he is transferred within the clan at this time, Neji could not accept the prospect of being ruined as a private soldier to protect the second young lady Hanabi.

"Where are you going?" Neci couldn't help but ask as he watched Ning Qi get up after eating.

"What's going on? You haven't been such a mother-in-law before." Ning Qi glanced at Ningji with some surprise. You are the elder brother and I am the elder brother. Where should I go to report to you?

"Oh." Ningci was a little disappointed. He was going to a ninja school today, but he still didn't know how to face the aggressive Hinata Ling. He felt quite irritable. He asked casually, "What should I do with this kid? Let him go. Should she stay home alone or be sent back to the clan?"

"I...I don't want to go back..." Hanabi said quickly.

Neji ignored her, but Ning Qi paused for a while and then suddenly turned around, touched Hanabi's head with interest, and asked:

"Why don't you want to go back?"

"Dad is sick, and so is my sister...Mom...Mom, she is asleep. She has been sleeping for many days...Sister Xia, Sister Senma, many of them are sick. They planted many trees in the yard at night... ...I...I'm afraid they will plant me as a tree..." Hanabi said intermittently.

Hearing this, Neji frowned. He was afraid that they would plant him into the soil like a tree, so he didn't want to go back?

What kind of fantastic ideas are these?

Fingertips traced Hanabi's eyebrows, and Ning Qi stared at the girl's eyes that kept flashing because of shyness.

This is a pair of extremely pure white eyes.

"You are very talented." Ning Qi praised.

But talent alone is obviously not enough to support Hanabi's resistance to what happened in the family head's mansion... Is it because the other party is still young?

Ning Qi was thinking about another possible loophole in the illusion he developed. Because he is too young and has limited logical thinking ability, is he less likely to be misled by the natural reality that has been "modified" by Naraku's technique?

How likely is this?

Ning Qi pondered, thinking of Hinata Samma who suddenly "awoke" after seeing Hinata Hikaru last night, and Hinata Hinata who had been missing all this time, and suddenly came back to her senses.

A little mouse is about to escape from the snare he has woven...

While thinking about these things, Ning Qi got dressed and was about to go out. When he turned around, he saw Ningci looking at him worriedly.

Ning Qi clearly knew what Neci was afraid of. He thought about it and said:

"Don't go to school in the past few days. Please take leave."

"Huh?" Neji's eyes suddenly widened.

Ask for leave?

Then couldn't he think of a way to face Hinata Ling who bullied him again?

As the thought came together, Ningci felt a little ashamed for a moment. The Hyuga Ling from the Zong family held the secret order to control the caged bird, which was like a huge mountain that weighed him down.

...Is he actually afraid of the other party to this extent?

"The situation in Konoha is not stable. Please stop running around before the clan meeting next week. Stay home and play with Hanabi for two days."

Ning Qi didn't care what Neci was thinking, and just said it meaningfully.

"The teachers at the ninja school will understand..."

"——After the Hyuga clan meeting next week."

…

Today is the day that Ning Qi returns to the team after his injury leave.

As the leader of a combat team at the root, he first wanted to report to Danzo.

"Ning Qi, who do you think is stronger between you and Uchiha Itachi, the two prides of Konoha?" In the dark hall, Danzo turned around silently, his plain voice disturbing the candle light, in the hall echoed.

This is a question that countless people have asked countless times.

Public information shows that Ning Qi and Itachi have been rivals since they were in the ninja school. Even after becoming chuunin, the two are still evenly matched, with each other winning or losing.

It wasn't until Itachi joined the ANBU and became Kakashi's subordinate, and Ningqi joined the ANBU and was responsible for handling some less visible matters, that they gradually lost their confrontation and began to contribute their own share to the development of Konoha. strength.

As for privately...

"He is stronger." Ning Qi lowered his head and said respectfully.

"Oh?" Danzo looked half-smiling, "When I asked Itachi this question, he said you hid it deeper."

"I'm curious, what are you hiding?"

"I wonder what Lord Danzo is referring to?" Ning Qi responded.

"Did you do the recent disappearance of the Hyuga clan?" Danzo asked straight to the point.

"No," Ning Qi looked confused. He seemed to feel ridiculous that he was being suspected. He shook his head and denied, "I am also looking for the murderer of the tribe."

"Well, then you'd better take the initiative to avoid suspicion recently, and don't always be the first to appear next to those victims of the Hyuga clan. This will cause many people to misunderstand." Danzo suggested casually.

In a report submitted by the ANBU, Ning Qi was listed as one of the key suspects in the disappearance of many members of the Hyuga clan. The reporter also cited many evidences and details to support the report. The report had no clue except for Ning Qi's motive. Except for this, all other content is done perfectly, so perfect that it can make people think wildly.

Danzo didn't care whether Ning Qi actually killed several of his clan members, but the report was placed on the Third Hokage's desk. After seeing Ning Qi's name on the report, Sarutobi turned around and threw the report away. To myself, the meaning is obvious:

Keep your men in check.

Whether it was him or not.

Danzo knew very well that this was not for Ning Qi, but for himself. Someone wanted to take advantage of the Hyuga clan's problems at this time to ease the opposition between Konoha and Uchiha. Well intentioned...

"Yes." Ning Qi lowered his head.

"No matter what you plan to do, Ning Qi, now is not the time." Danzo glanced at him sideways, his voice was calm, but there was no doubt about it.

"The Uchiha clan is about to rebel, and no one wants to see the Hyuga clan rebel at the same time... Do you understand what I mean?"

The Uchiha clan is plotting to launch a coup. This is a key matter of concern to Konoha's top brass. Regarding how to solve the Uchiha problem, Danzo and Sarutobi will have fierce disputes every day. In private, of course, various actions are frequent. That letter The report that suspected Ning Qi was the murderer of the missing members of the Hyuga clan was obviously the work of some people from the Dove faction.

"I understand." Ning Qi bowed expressionlessly.

Of course he understood what Danzo meant, the focus now was not Hinata, but Uchiha.

Regardless of whether Ning Qi was responsible for the murder and disappearance of members of the Hyuga clan, Danzo doesn't care. Anyway, if something goes wrong, it will be on Ning Qi. It's up to you to deal with it.

"I heard that the Hyuga clan is going to hold a clan meeting?" After finishing the discussion, Danzo looked up and asked as if he remembered something.

Ning Qi nodded. This news had been notified to all the Hyuga clan members via carrier pigeons last night. Of course, in case the senior Konoha officials were suspicious, Sarutobi, Danzo and others were also notified.

"Yes."

"...that guy Rizu is really in a hurry," Danzo said with emotion as he passed by Ning Qi on crutches, "But the situation in Konoha is not right now, and we really can't mobilize too many people to help him. Helpful.”

When he said this, Danzo had a smile on his face. He was the key pusher among Konoha's top leaders who advocated the destruction of the Uchiha clan. He had also coveted the Sharingan for a long time. Naturally, it was impossible to destroy the original Uchiha clan under such circumstances. The root members of the Uchiha clan were transferred to the Hyuga clan to monitor them.

"This is a disaster for your Hyuga clan. You have to take care of yourself. It would be best if the murderer can be caught to prove your innocence. If not, hehe, it doesn't matter. After all... you are just a Hyuga clan member."

There was a trace of ridicule in the corner of Danzang's mouth. Ning Qi's status as a branch determined that his upper limit was there. Just like no master would allow a slave to stand higher than himself, Ning Qi, who was restrained by the caged bird's curse seal, was destined to only Can become a chess piece for others to manipulate.

The original intention of the Caged Bird Curse Seal of the Hyuga branch was to protect the Byakugan's bloodline from leaking out. It artificially turned the Hyuga clan into a clan and a branch, with different responsibilities.

Among them, once the branch member who was planted with the caged bird dies, the Byakugan will be destroyed by the Cage Bird Seal. The enemy cannot obtain the Byakugan from the branch member, and naturally has no intention to hunt the branch member anymore. If he wants to get the power of the Byakugan, He could only focus on the members of the Hyuga clan.

The caged bird system actually protected some members of the Hyuga branch from disaster, but on the other hand, it also turned the Hyuga branch into a subordinate of the clan.

The so-called spears and shields are the servants of the clan who can be squeezed at will - the mansion of the head of the Hyuga family is full of maids and guards served by members of the branch family, and some young masters and ladies of the clan are also surrounded by many who can sacrifice their lives for the clan at critical moments. of servants.

This is a perfect system with the purpose of protecting the blood inheritance of the Hyuga clan.

Of course, this system also has less obvious limitations, that is, the party that is planted with a caged bird will inevitably become increasingly dissatisfied as a victim of the group's interests.

If the Hyuga clan has always been dominated by the strong master and the weak servant, that would be fine, but if the clan is weakened and a character really appears in the branch family, such as Ning Qi in front of him, then he will not be willing to be controlled by the caged bird, and anything he does will be As you can imagine.

In Danzo's view, if the disappearance or killing of the Hyuga clan members was really caused by Ning Qi, then the motive could only be that he was dissatisfied with the caged bird curse mark on his forehead. The missing Hyuga clan members were probably just caught in a corner. It's just an experiment - Danzo is familiar with it due to his experience working with Orochimaru.

This is not something too critical. Rather, if Ning Qi can really get rid of the caged bird, it will be a good thing for Danzo.

As long as there is no restraint from the caged bird, all the Hyuga branch families will become his experimental subjects, not just the Sharingan. Danzo may not be able to try to seize the power of the Byakugan...

"Back off." Danzo was not interested in talking anymore. Although the Byakugan was good, the focus now was not on Hinata, but on Uchiha. No matter what the truth was about the disappearance of members of the Hyuga clan branch family, he was not Very concerned.

But Ning Qi made no move.

Danzo saw his hesitation, paused and asked:

"Is there anything else you can do?"

Ning Qi pursed his lips and said:

"Takizawa Yamaaki, who was responsible for investigating the disappearance of Hyuga Tokuma and others, is dead."

Um?

Danzo was extremely surprised.

He now really believed that the disappearance of a branch of the Hyuga clan was indeed not the work of Ning Qi.

This is too arrogant!

Takizawa Yamaaki was not very strong, and the third generation did not really expect him to find out anything when he was sent here. However, even though he was such a harmless candidate, the mastermind behind the scenes still killed him...

What's this?

This is Hongguoguo’s provocation!

"How did you die?" Danzo asked, but in fact he was extremely angry. The more trouble happened to the Hyuga clan, the more conservative Sarutobi would be about how to deal with the Uchiha clan's troubles.

If Uchiha is not exterminated, where will he find so many Sharingans?

Ning Qi took a breath and explained first:

"Died from a stab wound and a blow to the head."

"Do you know who did it?"

Noticing Danzang's ugly expression, Ning Qi felt that he might have entered into a misunderstanding, and reminded him softly:

"...It could be the Uchiha clan."