Chapter 66
Just as Neiki was about to continue practicing the Flying Thunder God Technique to speed up his progress, he suddenly sensed something and stopped.
The moment he activated his Byakugan, he connected to a white main branch surrounded by countless eyeballs. The scene was soon filled with a flickering void space, where numerous eyeballs, like television screens, flashed together. Two adjacent eyeballs reflected the images of Zabuza and Haku.
"Why did you activate the Eye Rings? Is there something important?" Neiki, now wearing his wooden mask, inquired.
Yes, the Eye Rings, capable of communication over great distances, were connected to the Byakugan Divine Tree planted in the back mountain of Hidden Sword Village.
Just like how the Byakugan essence would be reclaimed by the Byakugan Divine Tree upon the death of anyone marked with the Byakugan Curse Mark, regardless of where they were on the planet, the Eye Rings used a similar principle for communication.
The eyeballs on the rings came from the Byakugan Divine Tree, and Neiki had transformed them by slightly reversing the principle. No matter how far apart the users were, they could see the void space inside the Byakugan Divine Tree through these eyeballs.
Of course, from the users' perspective, they only saw each other in a void space, not realizing this void was the internal space of the Byakugan Divine Tree.
Zabuza curiously looked around the surrounding darkness. Hearing Neiki’s question, he focused back and explained:
"After eliminating a few members of the Kirigakure hunter-nin squad, we discovered they left tracking signals along their path, indicating that there should be more Kirigakure ninjas around. Normally, hunter-nin squads operate solo. If one squad considers the Land of Waves their territory, they wouldn’t allow other hunter-nin squads to be there."