"Master Guang, when did you come back?" Ning Qi put away the short blade and asked the visitor with a smile.

Hyuga Hikaru is a member of the Hyuga clan. He has a similar background to Hyuga Ling who bullied Neji in the ninja school. His father is also a senior figure with a pivotal position in the Hyuga clan. He himself is also extremely talented and has a calm personality. Ning Qi is only three years older and just became a Jounin of Konoha this year.

Ning Qi looked at him. Although Hinata Hikaru had not offended him, there was nothing he could do about it. Who gave him a pair of extremely pure white eyes?

"I just came back not long ago." Hinata Guang paused, not noticing the malice in Ning Qi's eyes, but feeling a little confused.

He had just returned from a three-month mission. The first thing he did after handing over the mission to the Third Hokage was to come to the Hizu clan leader to report his work. However, before he could speak, the clan leader sent him to find him. Ning Qi continued.

Hyuga Hikaru admitted that Ning Qi was extremely talented and beautiful, and the two prides of Konoha were worthy of their reputation. The fact that one person could make the entire younger generation of the Hyuga clan unable to hold their heads up was a fact that could only be achieved with a fist.

Of course, many of the young people of the clan who once stood opposite Ning Qi have now died inexplicably, but Hinata Hikaru is one of the few exceptions. He is calm and upright, and does not like to bully the small. Although he is different from Ning Qi, They are familiar with each other and don't interact much with each other, but there is no conflict. After experiencing many life and death crises during the mission, he also increasingly understands the preciousness of life and the importance of companions. For someone as powerful as Ning Qi, sooner or later he will be able to support himself. The elites of the same race who want to create a whole world have no objections.

But the so-called geniuses are, after all, just ordinary people whose huge potential has not yet been realized. No matter how good-tempered Hinata Hikaru is, he is still a jounin. His qualifications and status are here. After all, when he reports his duties to the clan leader, when will he be needed? Is the genius of the separated family "listening to politics behind the curtain"?

Mr. Patriarch, do you value this Ning Qi so much?

The two walked side by side, but Hinata didn't feel comfortable with it, so he simply asked directly: "Do you know why the Rizu clan leader asked you to come over?"

Because there is a new pair of white eyes that I am ready to receive... Ning Qi looked at him, this thought flashed in his mind.

"Maybe it's because of the recent cases of missing people in the clan." Ning Qi casually made up a reason.

Hinata Hikaru was stunned. He didn't expect this answer, and the resentment rising in his heart dissipated instantly.

He was away on a mission for a long time and had just returned. He didn't know about the recent tragedy that happened in the separation family, so he quickly asked the reason, and Ning Qi briefly described the matter:

"Someone is secretly targeting our Hyuga clan."

"Three corpses have been discovered in the village this month, Hyuga Tokuma, Hyuga Tsubaki and Hyuga Yue. They are all members of the branch family. Among them, Tokuma and Tsubaki are both ANBU troops directly under the Hokage. They did not have any tasks when they died. In body."

"There are actually more missing members of the clan than those whose bodies have been found. I have reason to suspect that all the missing Hyuga clan members have been killed, but their bodies have not yet been found."

"The opponent is a very cruel and cunning guy. We don't know when he started targeting our Hyuga clan. Master Guang, do you still remember? In the early years, the Hyuga clan also had incidents where many clan members disappeared one after another. , almost the same as today, when even the body was not found..."

"The past few years have passed, and similar things have happened again. They have attracted great attention from the Hokage. I don't know when the results of the investigation will be available. The Rizu clan leader may feel that we can't just wait. The crisis of this incident still requires Let’s handle it ourselves.”

Ning Qi pretended to analyze.

"Even Tokuma..." Hyuga Hikaru didn't expect that things would be so difficult. Although Hyuga Tokuma is a member of the branch family, he has extremely pure Byakugan. He is currently second only to Ning Qi among the younger generation of the branch family. A genius, I didn’t expect that even he would be killed.

"So the clan leader wants us to work together to find the mastermind this time?" Hinata frowned, thinking about the subtle look that Hokage-sama looked at him when he returned from completing his mission not long ago, "Why didn't Hokage-sama tell me? Have you ever experienced these things?”

Ning Qi didn't speak, and Ri Xiangguang realized it immediately.

The victims listed above were all members of the Hyuga branch.

For some reason, Lord Hokage doesn't seem to trust his clan member very much.

But he clearly went out on a mission and had a perfect alibi.

Could it be that.

Is it just the Hyuga clan that Lord Hokage doesn't trust?

Can.

Why?

Hinata became increasingly confused.

The air was a little quiet for a while, and the two entered the mansion of the head of the Hyuga clan through a side door.

"Go this way." Ning Qi led the way.

The head of the family's mansion occupies a large area and has quite complete facilities. The lights on both sides of the road are dim and unclear, not even as bright as the moonlight, but they are still trying to emit their own light, as if they want to tear this desperate and illusory moon veil.

There was a strange smell in the air. The moment Hinata took a step forward, he paused. Then it was as if he had entered another world and was replaced by another person. He suddenly couldn't remember the problem he was thinking about just now. .

He shook his head and simply didn’t think about it anymore.

"You are more familiar with this than me, a member of the clan." Hinata muttered.

"It's just that Master Guang, you come back too few times." Ning Qi in front tilted his head, with a bright smile on his black and white face shrouded in shadow.

Hinata looked at the many newly planted flowers, plants and trees on both sides and nodded:

"I didn't notice it before. I haven't been back for three months. The changes here are really big."

"More and more trees are being planted in the courtyard, and the atmosphere is becoming more and more deserted."

Ri Xiangguang euphemistically described the gloomy atmosphere in the courtyard as deserted, and Ning Qiruo said meaningfully:

"Yes, the patriarch has recently fallen in love with garden art."

The attendant on duty nearby seemed to hear the conversation between the two people. He turned around and greeted Hinata Hikaru, his left arm swinging wildly, and his expression could not be seen clearly:

"Master Guang...is that you?"

"Quick...run...this is all an illusion..."

"You...you...the one next to you...is...a devil."

Hinata Hikaru heard every greeting from the other party and responded with a smile:

"Long time no see, Semima, you are still as beautiful as before."

After the two of them walked past the woman on duty for a while, Ri Xiangguang complained to Ning Qi in a low voice:

"Senma was the guard assigned to me by the Zong family when I was a child. We have a very good relationship, but we haven't seen each other for so long. I don't even know when she painted her eyes black. It's really ugly..."

He didn't realize anything was wrong. It was more like he mistook Hinata Summa's "completely black eyes" for some kind of woman's colored contact lenses.

Ning Qi raised her eyelids, put one hand behind her back, and pointed her finger at the woman. Then Semir's frightened expression gradually returned to calm. She no longer struggled to catch up and reminded her Master Guang to be careful of the men around him. Instead, he really stood there like a loyal attendant, with a dull look on his face.

"Don't look back. It's not good for people to know that we are talking about her behind her back." Hinata reminded, and Ning Qi nodded to express that you should be polite.

There were servants working in the forest not far away. Hinata watched them chop up tree stumps that were as tall as one person, and then buried them in the soil, waiting for them to sprout. They were working so enthusiastically that she couldn't help but sigh in her heart about the patriarch's care for the garden. Love of art.

The two entered the east room side by side. As they walked, a figure in front gradually became clear. After seeing each other clearly, Hinata asked:

"Xiaoxia, what are you doing?"

The maid Hinata Xia was vigorously rubbing the blood-red stains on the floor outside the study. She didn't look back when she heard this, and just said softly:

"Tokuma accidentally spilled paint on the floor and I was cleaning it up."

"That boy Tokuma is always sloppy," Hinata Guang nodded, but didn't take it seriously. He pointed to the study and asked, "I brought Ning Qi over. Is the patriarch in there?"

"Tokuma accidentally spilled the paint on the floor, I'm cleaning it up." This is what Ning Qi heard, but Hinata, who was deeply involved in the illusion, obviously heard other words.

"Oh, wait for us in the main hall, thank you Xiaoxia." Hinata Guang then pulled Ning Qi and went straight to the main hall.

The door was opened, and the light in the main hall was dim. Only one candle was swinging for illumination. The four walls were hung with dim curtains, like tangled spider webs, waiting for the next prey to walk into this already arranged place. In the trap.

The man sitting cross-legged on the main seat slowly raised his head, and the candlelight shone on the left side of his face, making the light and darkness distinct.

At this time, Hinata Hinashi's face was haggard, his body was thin, and his eye sockets were deeply sunken, as if he hadn't slept for several days. His eyes were bloodshot, his robes were full of filth and mold, and his hands seemed to have been broken by something. , and threw it feebly on the desk.

"It's been a long time since I last saw you, Patriarch, and you still look like you." Hinata Hikaru seemed to have not noticed the strange surroundings at all, and flattered him immediately after he sat down.

Rizu glanced at Ri Xiangguang, and then looked at Ning Qi, his pale eyes first filled with grief, and then revealed deep hatred.

Creak.

Creak.

It was the sound of teeth cutting together.

"Yes, I have successfully completed this lurking mission and got the information we wanted. This mission..." In the quiet room, Hinata Hikaru seemed to have received praise from the clan leader and started with excitement. Summary of this work report.

Rizu's eyes moved to Hinata Hikari again, his expression became extremely sad, he opened his mouth, and finally spoke hoarsely:

"How many more people do you have to kill before you are satisfied?"

The debriefing speech was interrupted. Hinata raised his head blankly, glanced at the clan leader and quickly lowered his head, then hesitantly said:

"No, I...I...I've already eaten ramen, so there's no need to eat together."

"It doesn't depend on me." Ning Qi responded lightly.

When he gathers the essence of the Byakugan and improves the purity of the Byakugan to the final stage, he will naturally no longer be interested in the Hyuga clan.

As for now, because Ning Qi is not strong enough to challenge the Hyuga clan or even the entire Konoha, just like Bai Qi of the Qin State killed 400,000 surrendered soldiers of the Zhao State in the previous life, the cruel methods are just for self-protection. He was helpless. After all, if even a little bit of news about hunting his own clan spread, he would no longer be able to stay in Konoha, and his promotion to the Byakugan stage would therefore become far away.

Yes, it’s not just the branch family. Ning Qi’s massacre against the Hyuga clan has already started very early. However, compared to the members of the Hyuga clan who have little status, the consequences of the random death of clan members are particularly serious. Obtaining the essence of their white eyes requires more attention to methods.

As I said to Ningqi at the dinner table before, the Hyuga clan is still one of the top famous families in Konoha no matter what. With the fatal debuff of the caged bird on their forehead, Ningqi has always been able to choose to resist. In fact, there are not many ways to do it. Using illusions to slowly encroach and defeat them one by one is actually a last resort.

Just like this, right now, even if Ning Qi has successfully controlled the entire patriarch's mansion, the tightrope is only halfway through. Once the matter is exposed and a clan elder sacrifices the Caged Bird Curse Seal, Ning Qi will immediately fall into a situation of no return. .

The hinges penetrated Rizu's leg bones and shoulder blades, leaving him fixed in his seat. Rizu tried hard to raise his arms, trying to stand up on the desk, but his broken wrist always slipped away. The broken bones in the meat scraped against the wooden board and made a squeaking sound.

After several failures, Rizu simply put his elbow on the table, leaned forward, stared at Ning Qi closely, and made a sound in his throat, like the curse of an evil ghost:

"You killed my wife..."

"You killed Tokuma, you killed Huomen..."

"You took out all their eyes..."

"You controlled Hinata Xia, and you arranged an illusion barrier around this mansion..."

"You imprisoned me, you imprisoned all the clan elders...and now you want to kill Xiaoguang..."

"You...you beast...you, please kill me!"

There was a bang, and Rizu, who was about to get up, was directly buckled to the desk by the tightened hinges.

"Hey, the patriarch asked you if you have eaten." Hinata Guang secretly pulled Ning Qi's sleeve. Deep in the illusion, he saw Hinata Rizu and Ning Qi saw Hinata Rizu, who was obviously full of emotions. gap.

Ning Qi ignored Ri Xiangguang and just shook his head, refusing to bear the responsibility for crimes that did not belong to him:

"I have not imprisoned all the clan elders. After all, there are still some clan elders whose names you haven't given me yet."

The whereabouts of those clan elders are not fixed, and only clan leader Rizu knows where they are going, but it is not easy to dig out information from him.

"You were dreaming..." Rizu spat out blood, "Kill me!"

Rizu's stubbornness was not beyond Ning Qi's expectation. He pursed his lips and talked about another thing:

"There have been recent changes within the Uchiha clan, and it is very likely that they are preparing for rebellion."

"In order to deal with this civil war, our Lord Hokage is secretly recalling most of the ninjas - including all members of the Hyuga family. This is a perfect opportunity to deprive them of their eyes. I don't want to wait any longer."

"So I hope that you, the patriarch, can hold a clan meeting next week and organize all the members of the Hyuga clan to participate. The name of the meeting is to discuss countermeasures for the cases of missing members of the Hyuga clan that have become more frequent recently. What do you think, clan leader? "

Rizu, who has been imprisoned here for almost a month, does not know what is happening in the outside world. His white eyes cannot see through the illusion barrier that envelopes the entire family head's mansion, and everyone around him is deeply trapped in Ning Qi's illusion. Among them, Rizu's only source of information is the rebellious Hyuga clan in front of him - Ning Qi, and every time the other party comes, it means that another Hyuga clan member is about to be poisoned.

"You... must let Hinata exterminate the clan to satisfy you?" The hinges were clicking, and Hinata roared like crazy.

The Uchiha clan is preparing to rebel, which will inevitably arouse all the thoughts of Konoha. Ning Qi plans to kill all the survivors of the entire Hyuga clan in the name of the clan association at that time. In the eyes of Rizu, it is very possible to succeed.

As soon as he thought about it, Rizu could no longer calm down.

It was originally thought that sooner or later, the top management of Konoha would discover the disaster that the Hyuga clan was encountering, but obviously, with Uchiha stirring up trouble there, no one would care about the unusual situation of the Hyuga clan leader's recent retreat. When the clan meeting starts next week, All clan members present will be killed, their eyes will be gouged out, and the entire Hyuga clan will be eaten up by Ning Qi. This is a result that Rizu cannot accept at all.

Is the thousand-year inheritance of my Hyuga clan really going to be destroyed by my own hands?

"The patriarch is joking, I am still alive, how can Hinata wipe out the clan?" Ning Qi corrected softly at this time.

Hizu closed his eyes.

Genocide is not unacceptable.

"It's... such a pity." He kept shaking his head.

"What's a pity?" Ning Qi asked.

"Hizashi died too late." Hizashi said. In the past, he would feel guilty and regretful for the death of his younger brother Hizashi. Now, he only feels that Hizashi really committed a heinous crime and put the entire Hyuga clan into a crisis of genocide.

Why didn't he die sooner?

Ning Qi chuckled softly and understood what the other party meant. He just felt that Hizashi died too late and gave birth to himself, a scourge of the Hyuga clan.

He ignored it and just brought the topic back:

"The matter of next week's clan meeting has been finalized. You don't need to be too pessimistic. I have a lot of Byakugan to collect, and they will not kill indiscriminately. Give me the information on the remaining Hyuga clan elders, and I will go I made them look bad, and in exchange, I let the juniors like Hinata and Neji go. What do you think of this deal, Mr. Patriarch?"

Rizu was silent for a long time this time, and then gave a fair evaluation:

"...You are worse than a beast."

"Tiger poison cannot eat its seeds...but you are not even willing to let go of your own brother."

"In fact, although Ningci is my younger brother, and although he hates the caged bird and the clan deeply, he is the inheritor of the Will of Fire and will never agree with my current approach." Ning Qi spread his hands. He looked helpless.

"But who made me his eldest brother?"

"I still love him very much."

"I ranked him last for eye-roll material."

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