Chapter 188 A Particularly Pleasant Night
If Orochimaru's intentions are only directed at a specific person, like him, then it's a minor matter.
What I fear most is that they're arresting people for human experimentation, which is intolerable.
While it's normal for ninjas to fight each other, the units in various ninja villages that hunt down rogue ninjas or torture them use all sorts of unspeakable cruel methods.
Even if Orochimaru conducts human experiments... in this world, it's not too outrageous.
The key point is that he conducted human experiments, which represents a shift in Orochimaru's thinking, and whether he has entered a state of being completely ruthless and indifferent to all life.
Once Orochimaru has a belief in what he thinks is right, no one can change his mind.
He's not a delusional teenager; beating him up won't make him suddenly change his ways.
During his time with Akatsuki, although Pain's immense power deterred Orochimaru from making any rash moves, this only forced Orochimaru to conceal his intentions.
When he felt the time was right, he left Akatsuki without a word.
In the original work, Orochimaru only saw Kabuto inherit everything from him in the end, pushing the path he wanted to take to its limit, ultimately resulting in a disgraceful failure. Only then did he finally give up on the endless exploration of ninjutsu and life and death.
But now there aren't such conditions to give Orochimaru a chance to reflect deeply.
Undeniably, Orochimaru possesses extraordinary talent and is considered an irreplaceable top-tier talent in the development and research of ninjutsu.
However, if Orochimaru is completely obsessed with exploring ninjutsu and his mind cannot be changed, then the only option is to ask him to disappear.
Although Orochimaru's whereabouts are currently unknown, someone like him is unlikely to die and will reappear sooner or later.
Hopefully, there will still be room for maneuver, and we won't have to kill such a rare talent.
During this period, although he was very busy with official business, Souji still took the time to meet with Hyuga clan leader Hyuga Saizo and discuss his marriage to Tsukiyo with him.
Although it was only on the surface, the Hyuga clan was ultimately the most prestigious clan in Konoha, and Hyuga Saizo was also a high-ranking member of Konoha.
At this time, he was naturally very clear about the establishment of the Land of Ninja.
The mere fact that he was the Hokage was enough to make Hyuga Saizo obedient to him.
If he were the Shinobi King who would unify the ninja world, he would be so desperate that he would kneel down and beg Souji to marry Tsukiyo.
Therefore, unlike the previous meeting where there were many polite words and probing questions, this time Hyuga Saizo stopped beating around the bush and instead kept talking about the time and arrangements for the marriage, almost more anxious than Souji himself.
However, he was too busy during this period, and besides, he was going to become the Ninja King, who was even higher in status than the Hokage, so Souji planned to get married after that.
Hyuga Saizo had no objection to Souji's idea; after all, it was a good thing for the Hyuga clan.
When Souji asked him to remove the Caged Bird Seal from all the branch families, Hyuga Saizo became hesitant.
Although it was somewhat unexpected that even all the branch families were freed, Hyuga Saizo had anticipated that Souji would ask him to release Tsukiyo from the Caged Bird Seal, so he didn't hesitate much and frankly told her that the Hyuga clan only had the technique of inscribing curse seals, but no way to remove them.
From the very beginning, when the Caged Bird Seal was created, there was no intention to have a way to remove it, because that would be an unnecessary weakness.
Hyuga Saizo was very nervous when he told this story, after all, he couldn't fulfill the first request of the current Hokage, the future King of Shinobi, which made him very uneasy.
However, Souji remained quite calm.
There was no way to free the caged bird, which was expected long ago.
Anyway, he had a countermeasure.
The system had given him three rewards for deducing ninjutsu, but he only used one of them to deduce Flying Star.
Deducing ninjutsu requires a foundation of his knowledge and ninjutsu skills, which he lacked previously, so he put it aside for now.
However, now that he has received many rewards from the system, he has met the requirements.
With the system's ability to manipulate the power of causality, it can easily deduce a technique to release the caged bird.
Indeed, the system immediately deduced the dispelling technique after Souji used one deduction opportunity, without taking even a second, showing no respect for the creator of Caged Bird Sequence.
The so-called main family of the Hyuga clan actually consists of only the current clan head and the next clan head; everyone else is classified as a branch family, even if they are all children of the current clan head.
The Hyuga brothers, Hiashi and Hizashi, were both sons of Hyuga Saizo.
However, Hiashi, as the eldest son, would become the next clan head and thus belong to the main family, while Hizashi, as the second son, would only belong to the branch family and would also be subject to the Caged Bird seal.
Although it is said that if the eyes are removed or the person dies after being captured by the Caged Bird Seal, the power of the seal will completely destroy the recipient's eyeballs and brain, leaving no chance for the enemy to gain the Byakugan, some people believe that this can reduce the number of people who would target the Hyuga clan and protect the branch family members.
But in Souji's view, this was just pure fooling.
Forcing you to accept restrictions that could kill you at any time is all for your protection.
Anyone who believes such an outrageous claim is a fool.
Furthermore, ninjas are inherently risking their lives on every mission.
Once a Hyuga ninja enters the battlefield, the enemy will naturally want to kill him, regardless of whether he can obtain the Byakugan.
Perhaps it was the Hyuga branch family who first said these words, just trying to find some reason to accept the truth.
In any case, the claim of protecting the Hyuga branch family is untenable, and this practice is undoubtedly too evil.
Using cursed seals to forcibly control all the clansmen is a classic example of demonic practices!
Souji had long considered the Hyuga clan issue as one of the things that needed to be resolved, but before he became Hokage, interfering with the Hyuga clan would cause a great conflict, so there was no other way.
Now it doesn't matter anymore.
With just one order from the Hokage, Hyuga Saizo and Hyuga Hiashi have no choice but to accept it, whether they like it or not.
The Hyuga clan has several hundred members, and it took Souji a considerable amount of time to remove the curse seals from each of them one by one.
Almost everyone was filled with disbelief.
They never expected that the Hokage would interfere in the affairs of the Hyuga clan so soon after taking office, especially with such a major matter as resolving the Caged Bird Seal!
Of course, while they were surprised, no one objected, since no one wants their life to be controlled by others.
Although the Hyuga main family rarely uses the Caged Bird Seal, very few people have actually suffered because of it.
So when the cursed seal was lifted, they weren't so excited as to cry tears of joy, but almost everyone looked relieved.
For these Hyuga branch family members, the caged bird was more of a long-term form of oppression than actual suffering.
But starting today, all of that is over.
The same was true for Tsukiyo.
Although she wasn't too excited, she was still quite happy, so Souji and Tsukiyo had a particularly pleasant night.
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