There was the sound of someone moving in my ears.
Hinata Shingo woke up from his drowsiness and wanted to open his eyes, but found that his limbs had lost consciousness at this moment, and the only thing that could function in his whole body was probably his brain.
I didn't even have the strength to open my eyes.
He could hear someone walking next to him, but he didn't know who it was or where this place was.
I could only feel that the place where I was lying now was very cold, and there was a smell similar to disinfectant in my nostrils, as if I was in a hospital.
A cold and serious atmosphere surrounded him.
It seemed that he noticed the slight movement of Hinata Shingo's body on the operating table. Standing next to a table, the young man wearing a white hooded coat looked towards the operating table and continued to lower his head to mix the medicine.
This boy is Shiraishi.
Because the next step is to crack the caged bird experiment, many conditions need to be prepared in advance.
First of all, he needed a living body of a ninja from the Hyuga branch. After all, he couldn't directly use Ayane's body to do this dangerous experiment that was completely unsafe.
Although he has tested it on human subjects before, when the human body loses chakra, it can use natural energy to replace life energy.
But those are just ordinary human bodies, and what is needed is only a general conclusion, and the details still need to be penetrated.
Not only did he want to save Ayane's life, but he also had the extremely precious Byakugan, which he couldn't give up easily.
Therefore, he asked the five insect men to hunt the ninjas of the Hyuga branch. The ninjas of this family all have Byakugan. There is no possibility of hiding in the eyes of ordinary people and ninjas.
Even the Sharingan is far inferior when it comes to insight.
However, the five insect men don't just rely on chakra to fight. For them, abandoning chakra only limits their ability to use secret techniques, but their physical skills are equally impressive.
And natural energy is not afraid of tapping acupuncture points.
The Hyuga clan's acupuncture points can only cut off the flow of chakra, and the five insect men have a natural advantage against Hyuga Shingo.
Using natural energy to perform taijutsu would be equivalent to making Hinata Shingo's soft fist useless.
In that case, Hinata Shingo's physical power was greatly reduced, and it was only a matter of time before he was hunted.
The person who provided the list was Ayane, but the person responsible for monitoring was the clay doll named 'General Earth' by Shiraishi.
In terms of latent ability, Shiraishi believes that the ability of 'General Earth' is not weaker than that of a white creature that combines elements of wood escape and tailed beast.
As long as the whereabouts of the Hinata branch ninjas can be determined, the rest will be very simple.
After the hunt is successful, the general will quietly transport it back to Konoha, send it to the laboratory, and hand it over to Shiraishi for disposal.
After Shiraishi mixed the medicine, he put it into the medicine tray that already contained the equipment. He walked to the operating table with the medicine tray, put the tray away, and then began to carefully observe Hinata Shingo's body.
Hinata Shingo was sent here an hour ago. According to the time when Hinata Shingo's team returns to the village, it should normally return to Konoha on time tomorrow night, or the morning after tomorrow, and report to the Hokage Building.
If Konoha discovers that Hyuga Shingo is missing, he will definitely tell the Hyuga clan about it. As for what will happen after that, Shiraishi cannot guarantee 100%.
To be on the safe side, the time left for Shiraishi was not very sufficient.
It can be seen that Hinata Shingo, who is lying on the operating table, is very nervous, because as a jounin, he must have noticed that someone is watching him.
His forehead protector has been taken away, and a green crossed curse mark is revealed on his forehead, with two opposite green hooks next to it.
This is the Caged Bird Curse Seal engraved on the Hyuga branch ninjas.
This is also a problem that Shiraishi urgently needs to solve.
The chakra in Hinata Shingo's body was in a blocked state, and he could not activate his Byakugan. In addition, because he could not open his eyes, he could not see clearly who was standing next to him and where he was.
Shiraishi picked up a transparent glass bottle from the medicine tray, which was made of a material that can easily absorb chakra. He attached a sealing spell to the glass bottle and placed the mouth of the glass bottle towards Hinata Shingo's chest.
Chakra flows through the palm of his hand, triggering the spell on the bottle, which immediately produces a powerful absorption effect. At a speed visible to the naked eye, the chakra in Hinata Shingo's body converges towards the glass bottle at a constant speed.
As the color of the chakra in the glass bottle becomes darker and darker, it proves that more and more chakra is gathered inside.
Shiraishi ignored this, turned on his perception to the maximum, and stared at Hinata Shingo's every move.
He had to feel for himself how the caged bird curse mark appeared.
According to Ayane, there are two ways to trigger the Caged Bird Curse Seal. One is triggered by the clan ninja.
You can choose to make the Hyuga branch ninja miserable, or you can choose to destroy the eyes and brain nerves of the Hyuga branch ninja.
This is actively triggering the Caged Bird Curse Seal.
Another way to trigger it is when a ninja from the Hyuga branch dies, or when his eyes are removed, the Caged Bird Curse Seal will directly destroy the eyeballs and brain nerves of the ninja from the branch.
This is the exact opposite of active triggering.
It's a very scary spell.
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"
Suddenly, when the chakra content was low enough to be life-threatening, Hinata Shingo's body broke through the limit controlled by the special anesthetic, and he let out a pitiful scream in extreme horror.
At a speed visible to the naked eye, the curse seal on his head glowed green, producing a form of chakra that Shiraishi had never seen before.
After this chakra was generated, in Shiraishi's perception, it began to flow directly into Hinata Shingo's brain, and it was very destructive.
It is completely different from the way chakra flows when Ruri opens the Sharingan.
Shiraishi stopped absorbing the chakra in Hinata Shingo's body, and the chakra in the glass bottle began to flow back. The caged bird curse mark on Hinata Shingo's forehead returned to calm, and the chakra also retracted towards the curse seal.
Shiraishi picked up the glass bottle that absorbed chakra. There were clearly visible cracks on it. It shattered in Shiraishi's hands, and the glass residue fell to the ground piece by piece.
"This is indeed the case."
Seeing Hinata Shingo unconscious in extreme pain, Shiraishi let out a breath.
The preview of things did not go beyond his expectations.
The so-called 'technique', no matter how it evolves, is actually an application of chakra.
Take the genjutsu of the Sharingan as an example. When the condition of "looking into each other's eyes" is met, one's own chakra is used to invade the target's cranial nerves, and the chakra flow in the designated target's cranial nerves is controlled.
If there is no chakra in the target's body, only natural energy, then the Sharingan's genjutsu will be useless.
This is because the preconditions for controlling the target are lost.
This is not just the Sharingan, but other genjutsu as well.
The premise is that the opponent must have chakra energy in his body. Although natural energy and chakra are similar, they have not been merged into celestial chakra, so the 'systems' of both parties cannot interfere with the other party.
If it were an illusion performed using fairy magic, that would be a different matter.
The magic system that combines natural energy and chakra can naturally control targets with only natural energy.
No matter what kind of illusion it is, it has timeliness.
The chakra sent out is not unlimited. No matter how hard you try to maintain it, the consumption of chakra is still a problem.
This means that as long as time continues to extend, the ninja who performs the illusion will be able to break the illusion due to insufficient chakra.
Chakra cannot sustain the concept of genjutsu.
Ninjutsu and Curse Seal Technique are also of this template.
Timeliness.
The flames emitted by Fire Release only last for a short time unless there is something flammable that can keep the flames burning for a long time.
Because these flames are not real flames, they are essentially a ball of chakra, which only forms the concept of 'jutsu'.
The maintenance of the curse seal technique does not last forever, and there must be a 'timeliness' mechanism.
But how to make the Caged Bird Curse Seal achieve the condition of being time-effective? After the observation just now, that is the moment when the Cage Bird Curse Seal is activated.
Shiraishi used the perception generated by the spiritual transformation technique to discover that the special chakra generated when the caged bird curse seal was activated just now was staying in Hinata Shingo's brain nerves.
But this didn't last long, and this special chakra disappeared from the opponent's brain.
A smile appeared on Shiraishi's face.
The experiment was a bit dangerous, but the results didn't seem too bad.
At the moment when the curse seal technique is activated, materialized chakra will be produced in the system formed by the curse seal technique.
That part of the chakra cannot be recovered by the Caged Bird Curse Seal, and it is equivalent to being completely consumed.
As long as this is repeated back and forth, sooner or later the Caged Bird Curse Seal will lose the chakra that maintains the concept of 'jutsu' and will be decomposed from the inside.
"The Caged Bird Curse Seal has not been fully triggered. It seems that the death method of disappearing chakra can also be regarded as one of the triggering forms of the Caged Bird Curse Seal."
If you think about it this way, it will be much easier to handle.
The conditions and assumptions are established.
He also has a complete life energy method to replace chakra, which can ensure that the human body survives safely after giving up chakra.
Shiraishi put his palm on Hinata Shingo's forehead and sensed his brain nerves in detail.
Only this situation is a bit bad, and it is also the most important part of the experimental process.
The chakra extraction was interrupted in time to prevent the Caged Bird Curse Seal from completely erupting, but that special chakra went straight to Hinata Shingo's brain nerves and destroyed it.
Here's the trouble.
If the experiment could be repeated over and over again, it would not be difficult to decompose the Caged Bird Curse Seal through the continuous flow of chakra. Instead, now we have to consider how to ensure the safety of the brain nerves of the experimental subjects when the Cage Bird Curse Seal is triggered.
Shiraishi began to think deeply, then squatted on the ground and picked up the glass fragments on the ground.
The prop used to absorb chakra shattered, and on the glass fragments, in addition to Hinata Shingo's own chakra aura, there was another chakra residual aura.
It was the collision of two different chakras that caused the glass bottle to break.
"I was partially attracted, but it seems that the adsorption force is not strong enough... It seems that I need to choose props with stronger adsorption force."
Shiraishi walked to the shelf next to him, picked up two chakra bottles, then grabbed a syringe from the medicine tray, and started injecting medicine into Hinata Shingo's body.
This is a drug used to maintain body activity.
Because the next experiment is more dangerous than before, Hinata Shingo's self-recovery ability must be improved.
Otherwise, if this continues, the subject will die during the experiment before the experiment is over.
With Hinata Shingo unconscious, Shiraishi started the second experiment.
This time Shiraishi is going to use two chakra bottles. One chakra bottle with regular adsorption power is placed on Hinata Shingo's chest according to the rhythm just now, and the other chakra bottle with stronger adsorption power is placed on his forehead. .
As long as the Caged Bird Curse Seal is triggered again and special chakra is generated, absorb that special chakra to see if it works.
As a result, Hinata Shingo's painful screams could be heard from time to time on the operating table.
"..."
About two hours later, after looking at the dying Hinata Shingo, Shiraishi stopped the experiment.
If he continues, it feels like Hinata Shingo will die from the pain.
Shiraishi couldn't help but frown in thought.
Through the experiments he had just conducted, he discovered that the special chakra produced when the caged bird curse seal was triggered had a very strong attachment to Hinata Shingo's body.
Even if you keep switching to chakra bottles with stronger adsorption power, the effect will be minimal.
If this continues, even using better adsorption tools will not be of any use.
As for Hinata Shingo's ability to persist in several tests in the future, Shiraishi can't make any guarantees.
The moment the caged bird curse seal is triggered, the pain and fatality caused to the human body are far beyond Shiraishi's imagination.
"Is it a curse seal technique specially developed for Byakugan?"
If this is the case, it is not difficult to imagine the close connection between the Caged Bird Curse Seal and the White Eyes.
Through the experiment just now, Shiraishi has a certain degree of confidence in how the Caged Bird Curse Seal can destroy the Hyuga Branch Ninjas and how to control risks.
"This is going to delay too much..."
Shiraishi did not dare to try to directly let Hinata Shingo die to conduct a more thorough observation.
This means that Shiraishi has to constantly capture the ninjas of the Hyuga branch, and he can fool them once or twice. More than three times, no matter how stupid the people of the Hyuga clan are, they should know that someone is acting against them.
By that time, the Hyuga branch ninjas will probably no longer leave the village to perform missions.
It would be very difficult to obtain experimental subjects at that time.
Moreover, after analyzing it to this point, there is no need to study the body of the Hyuga branch ninja.
The connection between the Caged Bird Curse Seal and the incomplete Byakugan, including its creation and response methods, has been learned by Shiraishi.
Now there's just a finished sample left to look at.
——Hunting the Hyuga clan ninjas.
Understand the difference between the two white eyes, and you can even use the technique of spiritual transformation to possess their spiritual world, find the secret information of the caged bird, and reversely deduce the formula of the caged bird.
Only in this way can the experiment of breaking the caged bird's curse seal be truly foolproof.
You can't bother Ayane to do this, you have to plan the action yourself.
Compared to the ninjas of the branch family, the ninjas of the Hyuga clan rarely go out to perform tasks. Even if they go out to perform tasks, they are likely to be protected secretly by powerful guards of the branch family.
"Insect Man and the other five alone can't deal with so many powerful ninjas. It's very likely that the target will escape. It seems that I have to find a chance to leave the village."
Shiraishi finished his experiment on Hyuga Shingo and thought about how to hunt the Hyuga clan ninja next.
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Three days passed, in the afternoon.
Konoha Jonin Hinata Shingo disappeared, and when the third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen saw the information presented by the ANBU, he couldn't help but frown.
Because according to the mission he assigned to Hinata Shingo's team, they should have returned to Konoha yesterday morning and reported on the mission process here at the Hokage Building.
However, more than a day has passed since yesterday morning.
According to ANBU operating in the Land of Fire, no trace of Hinata Shingo's team has been found.
There are currently four ANBU ninjas rushing towards the Land of Waves to investigate the disappearance of Jonin Hyuga Shingo.
A jounin disappeared without any reason, which was not a small matter for Konoha.
It just so happens that the environment at home and abroad has been relatively peaceful in recent years, and the workload of the ANBU has been greatly reduced. They don't have to stare at the Fire Country all day long to eliminate dangers.
However, it is estimated that it will take four or five days for the ANBU to investigate the country of Waves before they can come back and report the situation.
Thinking of this, Naruto Hiruzen knocked on the table, and an ANBU ninja jumped out of the shadows, waiting for orders.
"Give this to the head of the Hyuga clan."
"Yes, Hokage-sama."
The ANBU ninja took the scroll handed over by Hiruzen and disappeared from the office.
After the ANBU ninja disappeared, Hiruzen breathed easily.
Although it is not a major event related to the village, the Jonin lost contact for no reason. He is still a ninja of the Hyuga clan, and he must communicate with the Hyuga clan in a timely manner due to circumstances and reasons.
After all, this family of ninjas is a bit special.
The separated ninjas who are restricted by the Cage Bird Curse Seal of the clan, let them judge for themselves whether there is something going on inside.
As the Hokage, it is indeed difficult for him to deal with these relatively sensitive household matters.
In this way, time passed by bit by bit. Hiruzen looked at the sky outside which had turned completely dark before he knew it. He packed up the information on the table and walked outside to go home and rest.
Less than half an hour after Hiruzen left, the office was dark with only a little moonlight supporting it.
Without the slightest sound, a bulge appeared on the floor of the office, and eyes with light golden light that were not dazzling patrolled the office.
The body slowly detached from the floor and turned into a soft and twisted humanoid. It began to quietly search for the mission information recently released by Konoha on the desk.
I don't know how much time passed, but suddenly a black shadow quickly approached, and with a pop, a bright silver ninja sword sliced through the air.
Cut this twisted humanoid into two pieces without mercy.
The upper body flew out and stuck to the wall with a splat.
With a pair of pale golden eyes full of inorganic matter, he stared straight at the sudden appearance of Konoha Anbu.
There was no fear in its eyes, but words that were completely incomprehensible came out of its mouth.
Then, under the surprised gaze of the Konoha Anbu, his lower body stayed beside the desk, mistaking the floor for a swamp, sinking into it and disappearing.
The Konoha Anbu quickly saw this and immediately swung his blade, slashing at the upper body of the humanoid stuck to the wall again.
The upper body, like the lower body just now, treated the wall as a swamp, completely sank into it, and began to retreat.
After the blade cut through the air, it only hit the hard wall and made a crack.
