Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

Chapter 89 The Bookshelf

Sungai tribe.

Deep within the main family mansion, in a seemingly ordinary room.

Hyuga Neji activated his Byakugan to observe from a great distance.

Today is a day off.

No need to go to school.

He planned to take this opportunity to sneak into the main family's secret library and steal the secret techniques inside. Hui Li was still growing, so ensuring her safety was the most important thing.

Therefore, his goal is also very clear.

Baguazhang - Returning to Heaven.

One of the secret techniques of the Hyuga clan, known as absolute defense.

It can generate a hemispherical chakra shield that covers its entire body from the ground to protect itself. It has a strong defensive effect against most ninjutsu and can also reflect physical attacks.

The white of the eye's pupils is dilated.

The world has become clear and transparent.

Only the secret chamber in front of them still stood, its surface filled with flowing chakra that completely blocked their view.

Neji was not surprised.

He was like this the last time he came.

The room's thick walls and doors were impenetrable, clearly indicating that a sealing technique was used to isolate the Byakugan.

He activated his Byakugan not to do anything pointless, but mainly to observe the guards hidden around the secret room.

hum!
The invisible eye power acted like sonar, transmitting all the dark corners of the room back into Neji's mind.

Two bright, four dark.

There were six guards in total.

Neji was familiar with them all.

Due to the restrictions imposed by the main family's secret techniques, there were not many skilled members in the branch family to begin with; most of them were his father Hyuga Hizashi's trusted former subordinates.

After my father passed away.

These people often visited him or invited him to their homes. Some of them even treated him as the future head of a branch family.

He used to dislike the identity of the head of the branch family, always feeling that he was aiding and abetting evil.

Now, he is actually somewhat relieved.

Without this identity, the hope of separating from the family and freeing the caged bird would probably be even more remote.

Neji scanned the surroundings, checking for any traces of the main branch of the family.

His uncles, who had separated from the family, wouldn't care that he had secretly learned secret techniques, but he knew that secretly learning secret techniques was no small matter.

The difference between conspiracy and dereliction of duty is enormous.

People turning a blind eye is out of respect for his deceased father; he can't take advantage of his status to act recklessly and cause trouble for others.

"Neji-nii-san, I'm a little scared."

"Shut up."

Hinata looked miserable, lowered her head, and stood obediently behind Neji.

This morning we practiced soft boxing together.

Neji threatened to reveal the secret technique to outsiders, demanding that Neji take him into the secret library to secretly learn the technique.

That place is an extremely important hiding place for the Hyuga clan's secret techniques. It contains all of the Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist techniques from the Warring States period to the present, except for the Caged Bird Seal.

Some soft boxing techniques are incomplete, only half-developed, and some are extremely difficult to practice and inherently dangerous.

Therefore, even if the main family wants to enter, they must first obtain permission from the elders or the head of the family.

If someone is caught secretly learning something, they will be severely punished.

Hinata was terrified.

However, considering Hui Li's fear of death and the fact that she had the leverage to reveal the clan's secret techniques, the so-called crime of stealing secret techniques was still too light.

Between two evils, choose the lesser. With no other choice, Hinata could only follow Neji and help him steal the secret technique.

Neji observed for a moment, then turned to look at Hinata behind him:

"Have you memorized all the sales pitches I taught you?"

"Hmm~ I'm almost, almost forgetting everything."

"..."

Neji rolled his eyes, nearly choking on his own breath.

There were only two sentences, and I'm already forgetting them all right after I taught them.

Such a person is the future heir to the main family, or even the future leader of the Hyuga clan. Can you imagine how terrifying that is!
Neji suppressed his resentment.

Some things shouldn't be thought about too much; the more you think about them, the more unbalanced you feel.

The only consolation he found was that at least Hairi wasn't as foolish and cowardly as Hinata. If Hinata and Hairi were to switch places, he would rather believe that the main family would release the Caged Bird Seal on their own than believe that Hinata could lead him to overthrow the main family.

Think about it.

Hinata being like this might be a good thing.

With such an heir in the main family, wouldn't it save me and Hui Li a lot of trouble?

Neji changed his perspective, suddenly understood, and his gaze towards Hinata softened considerably.

"Then I'll tell you again, remember, it was the clan chief who sent us here..."

"Ok!"

Neji's gentle voice eased Hinata's tension slightly.

Listening to Neji's gentle and soft-spoken story, Hinata felt as if Neji from three years ago had returned.

Does that mean Neji isn't angry with me anymore?

Hinata was overjoyed.

Since Neji was branded with the Caged Bird Seal, the two who grew up together could never go back to the past, but unexpectedly, things seem to have taken a turn for the better.

"Do you remember everything?"

Neji frowned as he looked at Hinata, who was lost in thought.

"Huh? I... I didn't hear you." Hinata shrank back in fear. Neji's current appearance was exactly like her father scolding her, and muscle memory made her voice tremble.

Neji gritted his teeth, his fists hardening.

I don't know whether I should be happy or sad.

Hairi is the same age as Hinata.

One can already kick a Jonin to pieces, while the other can't even learn to speak properly.

The vast difference between his two younger sisters was something he found extremely difficult to adapt to.

But Hui Li's secret technique cannot go wrong. No matter how many times he has to practice, he must memorize the Bagua Palm: Return to Heaven completely and send it to her as soon as possible.

"Hey~"

Neji let out a long, leisurely sigh:

"It's okay, Hinata, let's try again. Make sure you remember this time, okay?"

"Hmm~Okay!"

Hinata nodded obediently, her cute little face showing a bewildered expression.

Ning Cisheng looked utterly dejected, his handsome face appearing to have aged more than ten years.

The two of them, one teaching and the other learning, spent a long time getting Hinata to remember.

The subsequent theft was not difficult; rather, the biggest challenge was getting Hinata to keep from trembling and blurting out the lie.

That's how it is.

One is the future head of the main family, and the other is the future head of the branch family.

Did they conspire to steal the family's secret techniques and give them to outsiders?

It's funny to even talk about it.

Who can believe it?
As for stealing knowledge...

If they want to learn, then they can learn; it has nothing to do with them anyway.

When Hinata and Neji appeared in front of the secret room, they asked the guards at the door to open it.

The guards opened the door without even asking any questions.

He gave them a few warnings, such as not bringing paper and pens to copy things down and not damaging the sealed scroll. Seeing them nodding vigorously, he let them swagger in.

Apart from the bookshelf displaying secret scrolls, there were only two cushions in the room.

The bookshelf in the center of the room has three shelves.

The bottom layer records basic soft fist techniques such as the Soft Fist Method and the Thirty-Two Palms of Bagua.

The middle section contains intermediate secret techniques such as acupressure and reversal of death, which can only be practiced by members of the main family.

The topmost layer is a huge sealed scroll, which, according to the older generation, contains a large number of extremely dangerous secret techniques of the Soft Fist.

The profound meanings of Yang Bagua, namely "Soft Fist - Mountain Breaking Strike" and Yin Bagua, namely "Soft Step Double Lion Fist", are both contained within it.

This scroll requires a spell to break the seal.

Even taking them down required a specific technique. Neither of them were first-timers at the library, so they naturally understood the rules and didn't rashly touch anything.

Subsequently.

Hinata, the "tool person" who entered the room, sat to one side, looking nervous.

Neji, on the other hand, found the scroll that recorded the return to heaven, and the memories he had to fight against time to preserve.

If he has enough time, he plans to try to memorize the training methods of Bagua Kongzhang as well.

(End of this chapter)