Naruto: Uzumaki Menma walks out of the infinite moon reading - Chapter 272

c262 Loyalty is precious, but life is more valuable if it is for freedom

Poof!

Menma used chakra to guide the natural energy throughout Neji’s body, and then replaced the chakra in his meridians.

“It seems to be going well.” Menma looked at the monitoring equipment aside and breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that the body’s condition was stable.

The natural energy extracted and purified from “Grael’s Stone” is very gentle.

Although Neji is still unable to move, he can maintain physical activity.

“In this case, you can proceed to the next step…”

Menma formed a seal with his hands, and relied on the “Spiritual Transformation Technique” to separate his spirit body from his body, directly connecting with Neji’s spiritual world without his consciousness.

The “Spiritual Transformation Technique” is indeed a very convenient S-level forbidden technique, and it is much easier to use than the “Heart Turn” secret technique of the Yamanaka clan.

Not only does it involve the soul and spiritual realm, its functions are also very special and comprehensive.

Compared to the secret techniques of the Yamanaka clan, although the danger has become higher, its uses have also become wider.

Menma speculates that the “Spiritual Transformation Technique” may be a forbidden technique created by Senju Tobirama based on the secret technique of the mountain clan in order to study “reincarnation in dirty soil”.

It’s a pity that Konoha guarded the treasure mountain without knowing it, and only used “Spiritual Transformation Technique” as a control-type ninjutsu.

“Caged Bird” is a technique that is carved into the soul, so Menma can use the “Spiritualization Technique” to find a breakthrough for “Caged Bird”.

“interesting.”

Menma looked at Neji’s mental world and narrowed his eyes.

Different from the spiritual world of normal people, Neji’s spiritual world has something more.

Countless tall stone pillars stood in front of Menma in an orderly manner, forming a maze-like angular terrain.

This is the “materialization” of the “Caged Bird” curse seal, just like the “cage” used to imprison the Nine-Tails.

This type of “sealing technique” was the first time Menma had seen it.

But I don’t know why, but I always feel an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.

Thinking of this, Menma began to try to touch the “stone pillar”.

“Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!”

Almost instantly, Neji’s body broke through the limit controlled by the special anesthetic, and he let out an extremely painful scream.

Moreover, the curse seal on his head glowed with green light.

According to the confidential information of the Hyuga clan, there are two ways to trigger the Caged Bird Curse.

One is for the ninjas of the clan to take the initiative to activate the technique, destroying the eyeballs and brain nerves of the ninjas of the Hyuga branch, making the ninjas of the Hyuga branch miserable.

Another trigger method is when someone tries to remove the eyes or break the curse seal, the caged bird will directly destroy the eyeballs and brain nerves of the ninja.

This is a passive triggering mechanism that is completely opposite to active.

Obviously, Menma has now encountered the passive trigger mechanism of “caged bird”.

“Caged Bird” detects that someone is breaking the curse seal, so it wants to directly destroy Neji’s white eyes and brain nerves.

The sensitivity of the “caged bird” and the pain caused by touching the soul were somewhat beyond Menma’s expectations.

“It’s really an extremely perfect seal. I don’t know who developed it.”

But Menma was not surprised and ignored this.

He turned his perception to the maximum and stared at the changes in Neji’s body.

Things didn’t go as planned.

The Caged Bird Curse Seal was only activated for a moment, and the remaining chakra in the body was transformed by the curse seal, turning into destructive special chakra and flooding into Neji’s brain.

But, too little.

This extremely thin special chakra has completely dissipated before it reaches the brain.

Apparently, the remaining chakra in Neji’s body was not enough for the curse seal to destroy his eyes.

“This is indeed the case.”

Seeing Neji wake up from the extreme pain and then pass out from the pain, a smile appeared on Menma’s face.

It’s a little more dangerous, but the results are still good.

After all, not even the developers of the Caged Bird Seal would have imagined that anyone could survive draining all their chakra.

In this way, it will be easier to handle.

Now that the bomb’s “fuse” was cut off, he could safely dismantle the bomb.

Menma placed his palms on the stone pillars and sensed the structure of the caged bird in detail.

After a while.

“This layout…”

Menma frowned slightly and said in a strange tone: “Five Elements and Bagua Formation?”

No wonder the formation of the stone pillars seemed familiar to him before.

The Five Elements and Bagua Formation is derived from the Tai Chi Diagram, and is laid out according to the directions of the Nine Palaces and Bagua and the principle of the Five Elements’ generation and restraint. It is a more sophisticated formation.

Nine is the extreme number, and the number derived from the six lines of three and three is Yi Yi: one is born with two, two begets three, and three begets all things. There is also the so-called Taiji begets two rituals, two rituals beget four phases, four phases beget the eight trigrams, and the eight trigrams will change. The sixty-four lines have been changing endlessly since then.

If you want to solve this formation, you must comply with the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint.

“Isn’t this a coincidence?”

Menma laughed softly and said: “In terms of the Five Elements and Bagua, I am your ancestor.”

For others, this stuff is hard.

But for Menma, who can understand the Book of Changes, this is just the most basic thing.

“Well, let me take a look… Qian Sanlian, Kun Liu Dui, Dui Shangqi, Xun Xia Dui… Qian generates Kan, Kan generates Xun, Duike Zhen, Zhenke Kun…”

Time passes slowly.

The illusive light blue spirit returned to the body.

Menma looked to the side and saw that it was already eight o’clock in the evening.

“Did it take so long?”

Menma rubbed his chin and turned to look at Neji on the operating table.

Hmm.

His pure white eyeballs were bloodshot, and his mouth was drooling.

Although he had been given a special anesthetic, he would still extract chakra to some extent.

And every time he extracted a trace of chakra, the bird in the cage would take it and try to self-destruct.

He couldn’t die, but he must have a lot of headaches.

Fortunately, the experiment was successful.

………………

“Hmm…”

Ningji gradually woke up from his coma and opened his confused white eyes.

Gurgle…

His stomach made a hungry cry, and Neji sat up with some difficulty, looking around blankly.

Cold experimental equipment and the smell of disinfectant.

Where is this?

Am I in Konoha Hospital?

Neji’s mind was blank.

But then, his head hurt so much that he couldn’t help but scream.

This feeling… is like someone dug out his brain and put it back.

There is a strange sense of disharmony.

Even the whole world has an absurd sense of strangeness.

“How do you feel?”

A voice suddenly came from behind, and Neji shuddered all over.

He turned his head subconsciously.

I saw a man in a white coat and a fox mask next to a laboratory table, mixing potions with his head down.

“You…” Seeing the familiar yet unfamiliar mask, Neji froze there with his mouth wide open.

God, Tiannong?

Menma raised his head slightly and glanced at him, took out a mirror from his side and shone it on his face.

“Take a look.”

“What, what?” Neji stepped back a little, but still looked at the mirror subconsciously.

Handsome but pale face, bloodshot eyes, saliva marks at the corners of the mouth, and smooth forehead.

Smooth… forehead?

Neji was stunned.

Then, he slowly stretched out his trembling arm and touched his forehead.

Gone?

Really, gone.

That ugly mark.

Tick-tick…tick-tick…

Ningji was stunned, and the crystal slowly slid down from the corner of his eye.

Then, under Menma’s interested gaze, he gradually changed from sobbing to crying loudly.

——Just like a child.

Freedom!

Something he had never felt since he was planted as a bird in a cage at the age of six.

“Have your eyes changed?”

Menma walked over, looked at him, and smiled slightly: “Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?”

Eyes?

Hearing this, veins appeared around Neji’s eyes.

“… It feels good, it couldn’t be better.” Neji murmured in a low voice, “I can see farther, my pupil power has increased, and there is no damn blind spot.”

“It’s like the shackles on my body have been removed, like the dust in front of my eyes has been swept away, and the whole world has become much clearer.”

So, is freedom this feeling?

But with it, there are many unsolved doubts.

Ningci looked up at the man in front of him and asked in a daze: “Why…”

“Why help you get rid of the bird in the cage?”

Seeing the doubt in his heart, Menma chuckled and said: “We met a long time ago, didn’t we? In your eyes, I saw the unwillingness to fate and the courage to resist fate.”

“Of course, I am not the kind of kind person who does not ask for anything in return.”

Hearing this, Ningci’s confused thoughts gradually became clear.

Yes.

He had seen this mask a long time ago.

But he was knocked unconscious after just one encounter, and only saw his father’s back chasing him before he fainted.

But when he woke up, his father kept silent about it abnormally.

At that time, the reputation of “Ame no Michu” had not yet been revealed.

Thinking about it this way…

“Are you doing this for the eldest lady…for Hinata?”

Walking to the window, Menma did not answer, but just looked into the distance.

Ningci hesitated for a moment, walked down the operating table, and came behind Menma.

But he was stunned when he saw the scene outside the window.

From this angle, you can see the whole panorama of the Snow City.

The moon is bright, the lights are bright, and the crowds are bustling.

Although the moon is already high in the sky, there are still many vendors and people in different costumes, and you can also see patrol teams lined up neatly.

This is especially obvious in the Snow City, the capital of the Snow Country.

It is hard to imagine that the prosperity here exceeds that of the capital of the Fire Country.

The Snow City, which is covered by ice and snow all year round, is now more spring-like and prosperous than the capital of the Fire Country.

Whether it is residential areas or commercial areas, they are all neatly classified, and the whole country is like a machine with a stable structure that runs in an orderly manner.

“How do you feel here?” Menma asked suddenly.

“… Lively and prosperous.” Neji came back to his senses and said frankly to the back, “Besides, the smell of fireworks is very strong, and it feels a little different from Konoha.”

The night of Konoha is only dead silence, and the shadows walking on the tiled houses.

Even in the daytime, it can’t be called “bustling”, it can only be called “peaceful”.

Just standing here and looking around, the Snow City alone has surpassed the Fire Country in many aspects.

“This is the Snow Country.”

Menma looked at the night market in the distance and said lightly: “A country that sprouts and grows little by little in the ice and snow.”

“Compared with the Land of Fire, one is a young man who is still full of hope in a bad environment, and the other is an old man who has countless resources but is gradually decaying.”

“…”

Ningji was silent.

He didn’t know what to say.

He himself is still limited to “one clan” and can’t see “one country” or even “one village” from a distance.

But he is sure that before the Third Ninja World War, the Land of Snow was definitely not so prosperous.

In this way, the changes in the entire Land of Snow should be under the control of the man in front of him.

The outside world knows nothing about this.

“Forget it, let’s not talk about this.”

Menma smiled indifferently, turned to look at the silent Neji and asked: “Since you have broken free from the cage and have freedom, what are you going to do now?”

Ningji also gradually regained his calm from the initial excitement.

“… How long have I been missing?”

“One week.” Menma spread his hands and said, “Konoha should know about your disappearance.”

Hearing this, Neji smiled bitterly.

“Then I have no choice.”

The branch family member who had been missing for a week returned safely and also cracked the caged bird curse seal of the branch family.

There is no doubt that once the Hyuga clan knows about it, the long-standing rule of the main family will be shaken, because there are many people in the branch family of the Hyuga clan who do not want to have an ugly mark on their foreheads.

However, the person who cracked the caged bird is not him.

If he goes back now, he will only be tortured by the main family and then secretly executed.

For the main family, he who has lost the caged bird is an extremely unstable bomb.

At that time, the top leaders of Konoha will intervene.

Neji himself knows this very well without Menma’s reminder.

But he can’t abandon his family and relatives.

“Don’t worry.”

As if he could see what he was thinking, Menma smiled and said: “The Uchiha clan and the Uzumaki clan are also here, I don’t mind taking in another Hyuga branch family.”

“What?!” Neji raised his head in disbelief.

Uzumaki clan? Uchiha clan? ?

Didn’t the Uzumaki clan become extinct?

In addition to Uchiha Sasuke and Uchiha Itachi, there are still living Uchiha clan members? ?

“There are many things you can’t imagine.”

Menma smiled and shook his head, “I will arrange a security guard position for you. When the time is right, I will let you personally take over the clan members. Before that, use your own eyes to see this country that I built with my own hands.”

Menma decided where Ningci would go in a few words.

“…I understand, my lord.”

Ningci exhaled deeply, then lowered his head and knelt on one knee behind Menma.

Without asking, you know what this man is going to do.

He wants to take the branch of the Hyuga clan to the Snow Country.

At the same time, he will also grant “freedom”.

This process will definitely be bloody.

But that’s enough.

Loyalty is precious, but life is more precious. If it is for freedom, both can be abandoned.

“Before that, I have another question for you.”

Menma turned around, looked down at Neji, and chuckled: “In addition to the freedom from the cage, do you want to have the power of flying?”

Ningji frowned, but still said in a deep voice: “Of course I…”

“No, no, don’t be so anxious, think carefully, you must understand that getting power naturally requires a price.”

Menma shook his head and said indifferently: “Have you ever thought about why the Uchiha clan’s Sharingan can evolve, but your Hyuga clan’s Byakugan can’t?”

“Now I can tell you clearly that the Byakugan can also be promoted to a higher level.”

At this point, Menma looked at Neji, who was stunned, and his smile became meaningful: “It only takes a small… organ transplant operation.”