In the dark alley, Hinata Kei's eyes were dim, but when he got the scroll given by Orochimaru, his heart was on fire.
Although I haven’t read the contents of the scroll yet. But Hinata Kei had a hunch that the things recorded in this scroll would illuminate his path forward.
If the caged bird really involves souls, it would be almost a dead end for other Hyuga branches, but for him it is the key to breaking the situation.
Putting the scroll in his arms, Hyuga Kei said: "Teacher, I will try my best to help you collect information about Itachi Uchiha. If there is nothing else, I will leave first?"
White Snake shook his head, and Orochimaru's voice came out: "Don't worry, I have one more thing that I need your help with."
"What's up?"
"You have the old man's attention now, and you will definitely be assigned more tasks by him in the future. I need you to gain his trust to collect his intelligence, especially the intelligence of the ANBU and Shadow Guards."
Hyuga Kei rubbed the blind crutch in his hand. Orochimaru's request coincided with his plan. Before he can fully grow up, he really needs to take advantage of the third generation's trust in him.
However, Orochimaru wants to collect information about Sarutobi Hiruzen at this time, which only shows that Orochimaru may have already wanted to prove himself to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
On the surface, Orochimaru launched the plan to collapse Konoha for three reasons. The first is to destroy Konoha, the second is to kill Sarutobi Hiruzen, and the third is to bewitch Sasuke.
But Hinata Kei felt that the reason was not that simple.
Orochimaru pursues immortality, and he is a more 'pure' scientific researcher than other ninjas. In Orochimaru's eyes, interests are more important than emotions, so he should not simply want to destroy Konoha, which will not do him any good.
Bewitching Sasuke, Hinata Kei felt that this was just a side link of Konoha's plan to collapse. If Orochimaru really wanted to, he could seduce him secretly. With his ability, it would be easy to do this without exposing himself at all.
Therefore, the most important reason for Konoha's collapse plan is that Orochimaru wants to 'kill' Sarutobi Hiruzen.
This kill does not mean a superficial kill. In Hyuga Kei's view, rather than saying that Orochimaru is taking revenge on his teacher, it is better to say that Orochimaru wants to prove to the third generation that his path is the right one.
However, the theory of proof is just conjecture after all. I'm afraid only Orochimaru himself knows what the specific reason is.
Shaking away the thoughts in his mind, Hinata Kei said: "Teacher, the Third Generation is someone I admire. You don't know, right?"
"Qijun, don't I know who you are?" An anthropomorphic mockery appeared on White Snake's face.
Hinata Kei shrugged his shoulders, tilted his head and said: "Teacher, you misunderstood me. I may have other thoughts, but my respect for the Third Generation is unquestionable. So you asked me to be detrimental to my idol, no Do you think it’s a bit excessive?”
"Don't beat around the bush with me, I'm not one of your patients." Bai Snake, who was controlled by Orochimaru, narrowed his eyes slightly: "What exactly do you want?"
Hinata Kei showed a gentle smile and said, "Teacher, you arrested the villagers in order to study the first-generation cells, right?"
Orochimaru, who was thousands of miles away, was slightly startled, and then he said: "I saw it right, you really look like me."
"They are all taught well by teachers." Hinata Kei said.
Orochimaru could not deny it and once again controlled White Snake to open his mouth and spit out a scroll.
"do not let me down."
White Snake's golden vertical pupils stared closely at Hinata Kei, and Snake Letter kept hesitating for about ten seconds. Orochimaru controlled White Snake to crawl deeper into the alley.
"Teacher, go slowly." Hinata Kai said goodbye with a smile.
Sensing that Orochimaru's figure had completely disappeared, Hinata tightened the two scrolls in her arms.
Orochimaru is indeed his cheap teacher. Anything exposed from his mouth has a great effect on him.
Not to mention the research on caged birds, which was the key to his breakthrough. The first-generation cells can be used to stop water.
Although Shisui has no Sharingan for the time being, given the blood relationship between Uchiha and Senju, the first-generation cells should be able to help Shisui as long as they are used properly.
He had spent so much time on Shisui and treated him again and again, and he would definitely get it back with interest. Otherwise, this investment would be too bad, and he has never been a loser.
After saying goodbye to the little white snake controlled by Orochimaru, Hinata Kei couldn't wait to turn around and go home. The research materials on Caged Bird were in hand, and he didn't want to wait any longer to read them slowly tomorrow.
Fortunately, the powerful perception ability like the mind's eye after losing his sight helped him. So even if he has no eyes, he can still 'see' clearly, and the same is true for the words on the scroll.
Orochimaru is indeed a scientific researcher. He completely recorded his research experiments on caged birds:
[The first round of experiments uses chakra brute force to break the caged bird curse seal. 】
[Experimental Subject No. 1, after being invaded by chakra, the Caged Bird Curse Seal began to occur. Before touching the core Curse Seal of the Caged Bird, there was no abnormality in the experimental subject.
When the chakra touches the core of the curse seal, the subject suffers from a severe headache.
Continuing to increase the infusion of chakra into the core area of the caged bird and forcibly cracking it, the subject's headaches worsened, the cranial nerves were burned, and the white eyes were destroyed. Experimental result: Failure. 】
[Experimental Subject No. 2, repeat the brute force cracking process of Experimental Subject No. 1, experimental result: failure]
【……】
[Experiment summary: Once the caged bird encounters an external invasion, it will trigger a curse seal defense depending on the degree of invasion. Before touching the core curse seal of the caged bird, there was no obvious abnormality. Further intrusions will cause the caged bird to trigger, causing symptoms such as headaches. Any attempt to contact the core of the caged bird will cause the seal to self-destruct. 】
Hinata Kei saw Orochimaru's first round of experiments on caged birds, especially the summary of the experiments, and thought of his monthly eye examination.
When the Zong family sent people to check, they would secretly inject chakra into his Caged Bird Curse Seal every time. But it didn't disturb the caged bird, and he didn't get a headache.
This gave Hinata Kei two conjectures.
First, members of the clan possess special chakra infusion techniques. By injecting chakra into the caged bird through a specific method, the integrity of the caged bird can be confirmed without the spell seal of the caged bird occurring.
Second, like Orochimaru, the Zong family only uses chakra on the outer area of the caged bird to determine whether the caged bird is intact. Since the chakra did not penetrate deep into the core, the curse seal did not occur.
Both conjectures are possible, but Hinata Kei prefers the second one.
Because if it is the first type, it means that the caged bird can actively shield it, and then it is possible to crack it. As long as the experimental samples are enough, a specific chakra injection route can eventually be simulated.
Since the Hyuga clan has set up a caged bird, they probably won't leave such a loophole. Of course, this is just his conjecture and cannot be proven yet.
"However, according to Orochimaru's research, just using chakra to explore the peripheral area of the caged bird will at most cause a headache, and will not directly burn the brain nerves."
"So as long as you are careful, you can carry out simulation attempts. You just need to find someone else to confirm. Otherwise, if there is a problem with the experimental data, it will be terrible."
Hinata Kei had some simple clues and continued to read the experiment log:
[The second round of experiments used sealing techniques to isolate the connection between the Caged Bird Curse Seal and the White Eyes. 】
[Experimental Subject No. 15 applied a sealing technique to the caged bird and began the white eye removal surgery. When the Byakugan was tried to be taken out, the caged bird activated, the subject's brain nerves were burned, and the Byakugan synchronization was destroyed. Experimental result: Failure. 】
[Experimental subject No. 16, applied sealing technique to the white eyes, and began to remove the white eyes. When the Byakugan was tried to be taken out, the caged bird activated, the subject's brain nerves were burned, and the Byakugan synchronization was destroyed. Experimental result: Failure. 】
[Experimental Subject No. 17, applied sealing technique to the caged bird and Byakugan for double isolation. When the Byakugan was tried to be taken out, the caged bird ignored the sealing technique and activated the experimental subject's brain nerves, and the Byakugan was simultaneously destroyed. Experimental result: Failure. 】
【……】
[Experiment summary: The connection between the caged bird and the white eyes is special and cannot be isolated by the sealing technique. Once either White Eyes or the Caged Bird is touched, both parties will be destroyed simultaneously. 】
[Experimental speculation: The caged bird is not actually set up in the brain nerves and white eyes. The curse mark on the forehead is only an appearance, and the curse mark really exists in the soul. The curse mark on the soul has not been erased and cannot be isolated and self-destructed. 】
Seeing this, Hinata Kai frowned. Violent cracking was not feasible, and the sealing technique was also ineffective, so the possibility of breaking the caged bird was very low.
However, Hinata Kei still saw the record that interested him the most and was the most exciting, which was the final experimental speculation.
Orochimaru speculated that the caged bird was related to the soul level, so it could not be broken. If this is the case, it can be proven in the original work.
During the Fourth Ninja War, Hyuga Hizashi was reincarnated by Kutu, and as a result, there was also the Caged Bird Curse Seal on Kutu's body.
The dirty earth body also has a caged bird, which proves that Orochimaru's speculation is probably correct. The caged bird involves the soul, and even death cannot escape it.
Therefore, Orochimaru decided that unless the curse seal could be erased from the soul level, or the soul could be directly replaced. A caged bird is almost impossible to free.
Replacing the soul is naturally meaningless to others, but he is different. Because although he is Hyuga Kei, he is not the original Hinata Kei.
This is a possibility. Due to his time travel, there was a mismatch between the original owner's caged bird and his soul, triggering the caged bird's activation.
But since the target of the attack was supposed to be the original owner, he was not affected. However, Byakugan was still affected by the caged bird, causing damage to his eyes and resulting in blindness.
"If this is the case, it means that although the caged bird on my head exists, it is actually invalid!" Hinata Kei couldn't help but have this idea, and he couldn't wait to prove it right away.
But out of caution, he decided to be careful. He will not try it on himself until he is completely sure.
Without much divergent thinking, Hyuga Kei continued to read Orochimaru's experiment diary:
[The third round of experiments is to confirm whether the attack of the caged bird will be affected by the physical fitness of the experimental subject and the intensity of the white eyes. 】
[Experimental Subject No. 36 has low physical fitness, low Byakugan intensity, and is a genin. After a caged bird attack, the brain nerves and white eyes are completely destroyed within one second. 】
[The thirty-seventh experimental subject is an adult, with average physical fitness, average Byakugan strength, and Chunin level. After a caged bird attack, the brain nerves and white eyes are completely destroyed within 1.5 seconds. 】
[Experimental Subject No. 38, adult, with high physical fitness, high Byakugan intensity, and jounin level. After a caged bird attack, the brain nerves and white eyes are completely destroyed within two seconds. 】
【……】
[Experiment summary: The experimental subject's own strength and white eye intensity will affect the destruction speed of the caged bird. However, due to the failure to obtain the elite Hyuga Jonin, the experiment was interrupted. 】
[Experimental speculation: The Caged Bird Curse Seal has a certain upper limit of restraint, and it is feasible to be immune to the destructive effects of the Caged Bird's attack. But only if the experimental subject itself is strong enough and the Byakugan intensity is high enough can it be possible to break through the upper limit. 】
[Final conclusion of the experiment: It is basically not feasible to obtain the Byakugan by cracking the caged bird. And compared to the difficulty of cracking, the benefits of white eye ability are not proportional. Research abandonment. 】
At this point, Orochimaru's research on caged birds is almost over.
"In other words, except for changing the soul or directly erasing the caged bird from the soul. The most likely way to get rid of the caged bird is to increase the strength of the Byakugan and improve one's own strength."
Hinata Kai closed the experiment log, put it back into the scroll, and made a judgment.
Orochimaru's third round of experiments was essentially to demonstrate whether he could forcefully break free of a caged bird. According to experiments, even reaching the shadow level is not enough and requires stronger strength.
But for a Hinata, it is difficult to break through the shadow level itself, let alone the super shadow level.
The strongest person in the Hyuga clan who appears on the surface is only at the shadow level, and the strong people in the Hyuga clan who reach the shadow level will be called Hyuga Tennin.
According to clan records, the last Hyuga Tennin was a figure of the same era as Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama at the end of the Warring States Period.
After this, there was no more Tennin in the Hyuga clan.
Now the strongest member of the clan, Hinata Hinatsu, is an elite jounin. As for Hyuga Yasuhiro, he should also be an elite Jonin, but he is older and his strength has declined.
It can be seen that although Hinata's lower limit is very high, it is extremely difficult to break through the upper limit. Then it is impossible to gradually improve according to one's own strength, unless the Byakugan evolves...
As long as the White Eyes can evolve to the point where the caged bird cannot be restrained, then the caged bird can be cracked in disguise.
The evolution of the Byakugan is the Tenseigan.
But with his current strength, it is too difficult to evolve the Byakugan into the Tsangikan.
So the best way is to prove based on the first and second rounds of experiments whether the caged bird is still effective for him who has changed his soul.
If it still has effectiveness, then it can only pursue the reincarnation eye and forcefully break through the upper limit of the caged bird.
If there was no potency, then things would be much simpler.
