Warlock Invasion of Naruto.

Hiashi's brows soon furrowed, because he could clearly see that Hinata was no match for Neji at all; the gap was too great.

Hinata learned the complete Gentle Fist from him, the clan leader, including all the advanced physical techniques such as Baguazhang.

Neji, on the other hand, studied at the academy under the guidance of the branch family's Jonin. Branch family ninjas could only learn a portion of the Gentle Fist training methods.

As for the Bagua Palm technique, Neji had already mastered the Bagua Sixteen Palms on his own, even after only learning the first Bagua Palm.

Hinata, on the other hand, couldn't even master the Eight Trigrams Second Palm technique.

It's not that Neji is clumsy despite his skill; it's just that he's too outstanding.

'It's a pity he's not a member of the main branch of the ninja clan.' Hiashi sighed inwardly, Neji's excellence reminding him of his younger brother, Hizashi.

"stop!"

Suddenly, an elder from the Zong family shouted.

After blocking Hinata's palm strike, Neji turned around and struck Hinata's chest with his own palm. This palm strike, infused with chakra, was far more serious than the minor external injuries caused by normal taijutsu; it could potentially damage her internal organs.

Neji stopped fighting upon hearing the sound and bowed to the elders of the main branch and Hiashi beside him, saying, "I'm sorry."

"Father, Elder, it's not Neji's fault. He was letting me win the whole time. Neji is much stronger than me!"

Hinata quickly spoke up for Neji, but the kind-hearted girl didn't realize that her words wouldn't do Neji any good.

thump!

"Ah~!"

Neji fell to the ground, clutching his head in pain, sweating profusely from the agony.

"Mind your place and get out." The elder of the Zong family stopped activating the Caged Bird Technique.

"Yes!" Neji scrambled to his feet, head bowed, and walked out of the backyard.

He couldn't suppress the malice he felt towards Hiashi and the elders of the Sojo family, especially when he saw them up close; he would always think of how his father had died a humiliating death.

Hinata watched Neji's departing figure and said, "Father, Neji-nii-san..."

"Shut up!" Hiashi suddenly snapped, "Neji could have escaped punishment. As the eldest daughter of the main family, you have truly disappointed me!"

With that, Hijikata turned and left.

On the other side, Neji left the clan head's mansion and headed towards his own home.

He had just stepped into the backyard when he suddenly heard a sound behind him.

Are you content to live such a humiliating life?

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"Who goes there?!"

Neji was startled by the sudden voice and immediately activated his Byakugan.

As he channeled his chakra, the veins around his eyes bulged, and in an instant, he took in all the sights within a 359-degree field of vision, but found no trace of anything.

The Byakugan has extremely strong reconnaissance and support capabilities. Due to the presence of the Caged Bird Seal, branch family ninjas will have a 1-degree blind spot.

However, it can still see the flow of chakra in the surrounding environment, and has the ability to see into the distance and see through things, and can see the opponent's meridians, nerves and acupoints.

By utilizing chakra to amplify the power of the eyes, the Byakugan can see things within a radius of one kilometer, while a high-purity Byakugan can see even further.

However, because the Byakugan possesses the ability to see through objects, the Hyuga clan members generally do not activate it in the village unless they are on a mission or during a battle.

After all, each clan in the village has its own unique secrets, and casually casting a disapproving glance could easily offend others.

Of course, while the Byakugan possesses the ability to see through objects, only a small elite of the Hyuga clan can truly control the distance of its observation and see meridians and acupoints. Naturally, these people would not use the Byakugan to do anything immoral.

Although Neji was only 8 years old, he was exceptionally talented, and his use of the Byakugan even surpassed that of many adult ninjas.

Even Hiashi, the head of the main family, felt it was a pity. He believed that if Neji had been born into the main family and his Byakugan purity had not been affected by the Caged Bird Seal, the main family would definitely have produced a top-tier Kage-level powerhouse comparable to the Warring States period.

Therefore, Neji can at most become a bodyguard who follows Hinata in the future.

"How is this possible?!" Neji's gaze swept from near to far, until he had seen through the entire house where he lived, but he still couldn't find the source of the sound. However, the sound just now came from beside him, so that person must still be in the yard.

“Answer my question, Neji.”

A steady voice rang out from the backyard, and a ninja shrouded in black robes suddenly appeared on the veranda. He gently lifted the hood covering his head, revealing a white, swirling mask.

The visitor was none other than Hyuga Hizashi, who had come to Konoha following Shiraha's orders. After discussing with Hyuga Hideto, he felt that it would not be easy to get the Hyuga branch family back on its feet.

Because many members of the branch families have been brainwashed over the years, they have developed a servile mentality and dare not resist the authority of the main family.

Although Shiraha taught Hizashi and Eito the technique to break the Caged Bird Seal, they needed to break the seal one by one, which made it easy for them to be exposed.

To liberate the Hyuga branch family, they must achieve great things in one fell swoop. This is also a test for Hakuba and his team. So, at the beginning, Hizashi and Eito decided to proceed cautiously and start with the younger generation of the branch family.

After all, young people have a fighting spirit, and the time they are under the spell of the caged bird is relatively short.

Therefore, Hizashi immediately thought of his son Neji.

Neji displayed astonishing talent when he was three years old, which made Hizashi angry and regretful. If it weren't for the damned caged bird and the main family's division system, or if Neji had been born into the main family, he would have had a completely different future.

The special chakra contained in the Caged Bird Seal combines with the brain nerves, and the longer it lasts, the greater the damage to the Byakugan. Therefore, Hizashi could foresee that Neji's talent would be wasted as he grew older.

Unfortunately, he had just developed ill will towards Hinata when he was tortured to the point of wishing for death by the Caged Bird Seal, so he was unable to resist. In the end, when the Cloud Village delegation launched an attack, he chose to die in pursuit of ultimate freedom.

"Who...who are you?"

Neji's voice trembled slightly. Although the mysterious person in front of him had completely covered his face, he was all too familiar with that long-lost, familiar voice and the tall figure he remembered.

Neji, however, was not sure if the person in front of him was his father.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

"It's only been a few years, and you can't even recognize my voice anymore, Neji?" Hizashi said slowly, removing the white swirling mask from his face, revealing a smile.

"Father!" Neji exclaimed in disbelief, "Is it really you?"

The fact that his father, who had been dead for almost five years, had come back to life left Neji completely stunned, his mind going blank.

"Neji, I'm back."

Hizashi said.

Neji burst into tears of joy and rushed forward to hug Hizashi tightly. Only when he touched Hizashi's body did he truly believe that Hizashi had not died.

"Father! It really is you!"

Hizashi gently patted Neji's back. Although he was happy inside, he kept a serious expression on his face: "Now is not the time to cry. My son should not be like this."

"Yes, Father!" Neji quickly released Hizashi, wiping away his tears haphazardly with the back of his hand, and then asked, "Father, back then you had already... even the Caged Bird Seal had lost its connection to you, could it be...?"

“I died, but now I’m alive again! I chose to die for freedom, and now I’ve embraced freedom again, so… I’m back.” Hizashi said, “All of this is thanks to Shiraha.”

Then, Hizashi continued, "Now answer my question: are you willing to continue like this, and one day die in place of the main family because of a mission or war?"

"I'm not reconciled, but what can I do?" Neji clenched his fists, then stared wide-eyed at Hizashi: "Father, you have a way, don't you?!"

"As expected of my son. I would be very disappointed if you were content with the status quo." Hizashi said with satisfaction, reaching out to pull off the white cloth wrapped around his forehead, revealing his clean forehead.

"The Caged Bird Seal... has disappeared?!" Neji exclaimed in surprise.

Ri Xia nodded: "This is why the main family thought I was dead. Bai Yu has already broken the Caged Bird Curse."

"The Caged Bird Seal can actually be broken?" Neji found it hard to believe, because in his mind, only death could release the caged bird from its bondage.

"I've come here to liberate all the oppressed ninjas of the branch families."

There was a fire burning in Hizashi's eyes.

......

parallel world.

Valley of the End.

The valley, originally formed by the battle between Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, expanded several times over during Naruto and Sasuke's final battle.

In the years immediately following the end of the Fourth Shinobi World War, people from various countries would often come to visit this enormous valley, which seemed to have been created by a miracle.

More than a decade has passed, and now the Valley of the End has been re-covered with vegetation. Due to the steep terrain formed by the battle, the center of the valley is rarely visited.

However, this valley, which had been silent for many years, has become lively today.

Naruto and Sasuke stood in the center of the valley.

boom!

boom!

boom!

One after another, giant beasts the size of small mountains slowly walked towards the center of the valley from all directions. Although their movements were very light, they still produced a series of loud noises.

A large, tanuki-colored raccoon with a tail made of many spikes and its entire body covered in sand, known as Shukaku.

It has two blue flame-shaped tails and its whole body looks like it is burning with blue flames. It is the two-tailed Matatabi.

A gray turtle with three crayfish-like tails and multiple sharp horns on its body, known as the Three-Tailed Isobu.

A red-haired ape with four dinosaur-like tails, a headband, and two large canine teeth, known as the Four-Tailed Monkey King.

The Five-Tailed King Mu is a white steed with five pure white tails, composed of a dolphin's head, deer antlers, and a horse's body.

A slug with six milky-white tails, a body covered in mucus, and seven pores on its chin that release dissolving liquid, also known as the Six-Tailed Rhinoceros Dog.

The six tailed beasts converged on Naruto and Sasuke from all directions in the center of the valley.

In the sky, a beetle with a blue upper body, an emerald green lower body, six wings and a long tail flew swiftly in—Seven-Tailed Chongming.

On the other side, a nimble figure moved swiftly through the forest. Before he even arrived, his powerful rapping voice could be heard: "Yo~ yo~ Long time no see, the tailed beasts reunite..."

It was Killer Bee, the younger brother of the Fourth Raikage of Kumogakure. After all these years, he was already over fifty years old and looked much older, but he still looked like a rapper full of youthful energy.

"Shut up, Bi!"

An embarrassed voice came from Killer Bee's body.

After all, it was already used to Killer Bee's annoying rap, but it still felt a little embarrassed in front of so many tailed beast companions.

Especially after more than a decade, Kirabi's rapping skills have declined rather than improved.