The Uchiha clan, which was wiped out entirely, lacked vision.

Chapter 96 Hyuga Neji's Resentment

"Neji, how has the clan treated you?" The elder of the main branch asked with a friendly smile.

Neji kept his head down and bowed obediently, saying, "The clan has shown me great kindness and care."

"That's good." The elder nodded in satisfaction. "Neji, you know the situation in the village now; it's very bad!"

"The clan urgently needs to increase its strength as soon as possible to turn the tide and save the village."

Are you willing to contribute your efforts to the village?

What could Neji say but pledge his loyalty?

"Neji is always willing to go to the battlefield for his clan and his village, even if it means dying a hundred times without regret."

"Good boy!" The elder patted Neji's shoulder with satisfaction, comforting him, "But don't worry, the clan hasn't fallen so low that it needs a ninja academy student as young as you to go to the battlefield."

"Where the leaves dance, there is no rest!"

"You are all tender shoots of Konoha! You need the protection of your clan. How can we let you fight on the battlefield at such a young age?"

"It's just that the family does need your contribution."

"Come here, Neji. Look, even Hinata, who is so young, has to contribute to the clan as the acting head of the clan. Of course, you can't be an exception."

Neji glanced at Hinata, who sat blankly in the head seat, and noticed that she was covered in medical equipment. He was immediately startled and dared not look any longer. He quickly lowered his head and continued to pledge his loyalty:

"Elder, just tell me what you need me to do. I dare not refuse."

"Alright, Neji, come forward and transfer all the power from your Byakugan to the acting clan leader's Byakugan."

"What?!" Neji was taken aback and looked up abruptly, staring in horror at the smiling elder of the main family.

"What, is there a problem?" The elder of the Zong family still had that friendly demeanor, but there seemed to be a hint of coldness in his smile.

"Elder, Neji is willing to fight for the clan, even to the death. But once I transfer my eye power elsewhere, my eyes—"

Seeing Neji's hesitation, the elder of the main family tightened his grip on Neji's shoulder.

"Neji, you should think like this."

"Once you dedicate your eye power, you will no longer need to risk your life to fight on the battlefield. You can stay safely in the rear, and the family will take good care of you."

"From now on, you can live a perfectly ordinary and happy life!"

"Don't worry about your eyes. Your family will give you a pair of normal eyes to transplant later. You won't be blind."

"This matter is very important to the family, and also to the village!"

"—All for Konoha!"

"But—." Neji still wanted to struggle a bit more, but the elders of the main family had no interest in continuing to waste words with him.

He simply raised his hand and made a hand seal, and Neji immediately felt as if a thousand needles were piercing his brain. He screamed in agony and rolled on the ground in pain.

"ah--""

"I know I was wrong!"

"I do!"

"I'm willing to offer up my eye power!"

"Hmph, you should have done this earlier, why did you have to waste my time!" The clan elder snorted coldly and stopped the "Caged Bird" spell.

Neji lay on the ground covered in cold sweat, his heart filled with sorrow, and he hated the detestable family rules to an unbearable degree.

He was unwilling to lose his Byakugan and completely cut off his future as a ninja, but he was powerless and had no idea how to change his fate.

Anger burned fiercely in his heart. He wished he could simply let those enemies storm into Konoha Village and burn the entire Hyuga clan and even Konoha Village to the ground!

But he is not an Uchiha, so his anger cannot be converted into power, and he cannot directly unleash his full potential.

His anger could only be a form of impotent rage in the end!

After convulsing for a while, Neji regained some strength, obediently got up from the ground, and walked towards Hinata, who was sitting in the clan leader's seat.

Neji sighed inwardly as he looked at the bewildered and trembling little girl sitting in the clan leader's seat.

Some people are just lucky; they're born with everything and don't need to do anything. They can easily get what others are willing to risk their lives for.

Some people are just unlucky; no matter how hard they try, all they ever get in the end is pain and helplessness.

This is the fate of a family that separates!

Even if Neji was unwilling, he had no choice but to submit to fate.

He obediently walked up to Hinata, removed the cloth strip from his forehead, revealing the obvious "Caged Bird" curse mark.

"Neji-nii-nii—" Hinata looked at Hyuga Neji walking towards her with some fear, then looked helplessly at the main branch elder behind him, "Um—I can—"

"Alright, Hina, don't overthink it. Just close your eyes and focus on your senses."

The elders of the main family spoke to comfort Hinata, while waving their hands to instruct the medical ninjas to step forward and collect data.

Feeling the intense, almost tangible gaze behind him, Neji could only suppress his anger.

He lowered his head, pressed their foreheads together, and then reluctantly poured all his eye power into Hinata's eyes.

"Ah, I feel a little bloated!" Hinata exclaimed softly.

The elder of the main family hurriedly patted Neji on the shoulder and warned him:

"Slow down, slow down!"

"Acting Clan Chief, you must control the speed at which your eye power is transferred, and absolutely must not cause any harm to the Acting Clan Chief!"

"Do you understand?"

"Hmm, I understand," Neji replied in a muffled voice.

As Neji's pupil power diminished, his eyes gradually began to sting.

Whether it was from the pain or from the sadness, tears streamed down Neji's face like a broken string of beads, falling all over Hinata.

"Ah, Neji-nii, you're crying!" Hinata exclaimed in surprise, reaching out to push Neji, trying to stop the transfer of her eye power.

But a large hand reached out from the side and grabbed Hinata's hand.

"Hinata, your Neji-nii brother is happy!"

"He's very happy that he can enhance your pupils!"

"He was very happy to be able to contribute to his family!"

"He was happy to be able to sacrifice himself to protect the village!"

"Really?" Hinata was confused and somewhat hesitant to believe what she was hearing.

"Yes, it's true!"

Blood tears were already streaming from Neji's eyes, tasting salty and metallic in his mouth, but he still had to maintain a smile on his face.

"I'm so excited to be able to enhance Hinata's eyes!"

"I'm so happy to be able to contribute to my family!"

"I'm so happy to be able to sacrifice myself to protect the village!"