From the night of genocide, marching towards the strongest.

"The Hyuga clan's crest?"

As Otsutsuki looked up the steps, a large gate bearing the Hyuga clan crest came into view.

The Hyuga family crest is based on the "Tai Chi symbol," although the design itself doesn't immediately suggest that.

However, when the Hyuga clan's taijutsu, Baguazhang, was combined with their family crest, it became an inverted triangle enclosing flames.

"This is... the ancestral home of the Hyuga clan?"

Otsutsuki frowned slightly, and then, as if sensing His arrival, the stone gate slowly opened.

A purple stone, engraved with a blue cross and two opposing hooks, appeared in her sight, radiating light.

When it turned purple, it was surrounded by countless dense lines, lines formed by Yin Release power.

"This is... the Tenseigan."

Upon seeing this, Otsutsuki was taken aback for a moment, then murmured to herself.

"This is the Tenseigan of the Hyuga clan!"

The right eye was given to the Otsutsuki clan, and the left eye to the Hyuga clan. This is the Tenseigan that Otsutsuki Hamura left for the Hyuga clan.

The purple Reincarnation Eye Stone has a blue cross mark and two opposing hook patterns.

There are also countless densely packed lines connecting it.

Otsutsuki looked puzzled at first, then suddenly realized.

"So that's how it is. This is the mystery of the caged bird, the truth behind the caged bird's inability to be solved."

Each generation of the Hyuga branch family leaves a mark on their purple Tenseigan when they are branded with the Caged Bird Seal.

After each generation of the Hyuga branch family dies, their ocular power is transmitted here via the connection of the threads.

The purple Tenseigan at present is the source of all this!

Chapter 328 Hamura Otsutsuki's Goodwill? Team 7's First Encounter with Obito

The blue cross-shaped markings and the pattern of two opposing hooks are precisely the image of a caged bird.

And those countless densely packed lines connecting it, each line representing a person, an identity of a member of the Hyuga branch family,

What is a caged bird?

When did caged birds first appear?

This question is unknown to most people. All that is known is that after the Hyuga clan officially appeared in the ninja world, the Caged Bird Seal has been present ever since.

There is no solution to the problem of a caged bird.

This is a fact universally acknowledged; for thousands of years, many have coveted the Byakugan power of the Hyuga clan.

With the main family being few in number and well-protected, they turned their disdainful attention to the branch families.

But without exception, they all failed, because they had no way to break the caged bird curse.

Over time, the unsolvable problem of the caged bird became a recognized fact.

In fact, Sasuke learned from Orochimaru's memories that it all started with the Second Hokage, a master of ninjutsu.

The Third Hokage, who succeeded to the throne, and his close friend Danzo, both had conducted some research on the Caged Bird Seal.

After all, the fate of the Hyuga branch family is entirely in the hands of the main family.

In a sense, this is seriously inconsistent with the declaration that Konoha and Konoha have always been united.

From a power perspective, no ruler can tolerate a military force that they cannot control.

Even if a member of the Hyuga branch family makes a mistake, it should be dealt with by the village, not by the Hyuga main family deciding their life or death.

This is vigilante justice!

The ninja from the Hyuga branch family.

When faced with a choice between the village and the clan, what will happen?

The answer is self-evident!

However, neither the Second Hokage, the founder of the Konoha ninjutsu system, nor the Third Hokage, who succeeded him as the Doctor of Ninjutsu, made any progress in their research on the Caged Bird Technique.

Left with no other choice, the two Hokage had to temporarily halt the research on the Caged Bird Seal, while simultaneously suppressing the Hyuga clan both overtly and covertly.

The most obvious example is that even Uchiha Kagami, who came from the Uchiha clan, once served as a high-ranking official in Konoha and squeezed into the center of power.

The Hyuga clan, let alone being at the center of power, has never served as a staff member or even a guard in the Hokage's team in the more than sixty years since the village was founded.

Orochimaru, who was dedicated to learning all the ninjutsu in the world, naturally also studied the Caged Bird Seal, which was said to be unsolvable.

He even had several corpses of Hyuga branch family members who died in the Fourth Shinobi World War in his hands.

Orochimaru's research naturally did not make any substantial progress.

However, one phenomenon caught his attention: he realized that the caged bird was more formidable than he had imagined.

The caged bird effect not only affects the physical body and brain, but also takes root deep in the soul.

When a member of the Hyuga branch family dies, the cursed mark on their forehead disappears. (For example, Hyuga Neji)

But this does not mean that the cursed seal has truly disappeared.

When Orochimaru summoned him using the Impure World Reincarnation technique, he was surprised to find that the Caged Bird Seimei, which had disappeared from the corpse, had reappeared. (Impure World Hyuga Hizashi)

This proves that the caged bird's confinement extends deep into the soul; even death is only a temporary escape, and it can never be eradicated.

It's impossible for the Hyuga clan to create such an unsolvable cursed seal; there must be some extraordinary force at play behind its unsolvability.

This rendered many forbidden technique masters, such as him and the Second Hokage, futile throughout the ages.

This is Orochimaru's perspective.

Orochimaru, however, couldn't figure out what the power behind the Caged Bird Seal was.

Now, when Otsutsuki saw the Tenseigan Stone and those threads, she understood.

When members of the Hyuga branch family have their eyes gouged out or die, the Caged Bird technique completely destroys their eyeballs and brain.

The cells in its eyeballs and brain will all die instantly, with no possibility of repair whatsoever.

The cells died instantly, but not a single trace of the pupil power they contained remained.

The very nature of chakra dictates that even after its owner dies, the chakra will persist for a period of time.

If measures are taken in advance, it is not a problem for them to survive in the world for decades, such as Minato Namikaze.

The only truth is that their pupil power was absorbed by something.

"The Otsutsuki branch family on the moon, after each generation of Otsutsuki branch family dies, they offer up their Byakugan, with Hamura's right eye as the core link, to create the Tenseigan Stone belonging to the Otsutsuki branch family."

"As for the Hyuga clan, through the Caged Bird technique, the eye power of each generation of Hyuga branch family members does not disappear for no reason after death, but is transmitted here through these threads."

"The reason why the White Eye of the branch family is flawed and cannot fully exert its effect is because its soul itself is lacking a certain point. When the Caged Bird Seal was engraved, this point became these lines connecting to the eye."

Otsutsuki Yuuki's tone remained completely unchanged, as if stating an established fact. Her pure and flawless Byakugan gazed at the purple Tenseigan before her, as if she could see the will behind it through the purple Tenseigan.

In response to Otsutsuki Naru's words, the Tenseigan Stone only flickered slightly, its reaction unclear.

Otsutsuki seemed to understand its meaning, and said calmly:

“I have noted this place down. I will come back after the ceremony is completed.”

"If there is any need in the future, I will definitely repay you."

After leaving behind these words, Otsutsuki no Mikoto's will vanished into the mysterious underground palace.

After Otsutsuki disappeared, the Tenseigan Stone flickered once more, and then the entire underground palace fell silent again.

"..."

At the top of the giant pit tower, Otsutsuki, having regained consciousness, opened her eyes again, looking towards the northeast with a thoughtful expression.

Why did Hamura Otsutsuki suddenly express goodwill towards me?

Rather than being attracted by the resonance between bloodlines, the Reincarnation Eye Stone drew her will to it.

Otsutsuki Yuki believed it was done by Otsutsuki Hamura, the master behind the Tenseigan Stone.

So what does he want me to do for him?

Otsutsuki Mikoto had some doubts, but since Otsutsuki Hamura hadn't come forward in person, it was clear that she couldn't guess the answer just by guessing.

Of course, Otsutsuki Mako did not refuse this offer of goodwill.

After she completes the ritual, she will retrieve it, based on her bloodline and talent.

Once the power of that Tenseigan is absorbed, the resulting qualitative change will make him far stronger than Toneri Otsutsuki.

"It will take some more time..."

Otsutsuki took a deep breath, slowly closed her eyes, and calmed her somewhat anxious heart.

..........

Meanwhile, Team Seven, having just dealt with the meteorite, rushed towards the giant crater without even having time to rest.

A person was already standing quietly in front of them on the road, waiting for their arrival.

The figure standing still seemed lost in thought or reminiscing.

The newcomer was none other than Obito Uchiha, who arrived at this place before everyone else using his space-time eye technique.

"Kakashi..."

Obito Uchiha murmured the name.

"I think it's time to end my childishness."

"The bond between you and me, and Rin, and Minato-sensei, will continue in another perfect world."

"The perfect world I created!"

Thinking this, Obito Uchiha raised his head again, his eyes filled with determination.

He had already decided that he would retrieve his other Mangekyou Sharingan from Kakashi later.

Once his eyes are focused, his eye power will increase significantly, and he will be able to use Susanoo, taking his strength to a new level.