Chapter 91
After making arrangements with Karin, Zixu also had to start working on Chinano's art.
"Didn't you get any information about the Hyuga family in Konoha?"
The clone closed his eyes and shook his head. Those Hyuga people acted as if nothing had happened and just did what they were supposed to do. Perhaps they were confident in the Caged Bird Seal and believed that their Byakugan would never fall into the hands of outsiders?
He didn't know. Anyway, the clone didn't get any information about the Byakugan. Even Zixu didn't find any detailed records of Byakugan usage in Sarutobi's memory. Naturally, he also didn't know how to break the Caged Bird Seal. Being Hokage was just a title—it didn't make someone all-knowing or all-powerful.
However, he had learned some things about the Byakugan and the Caged Bird Seal from Sarutobi's memory. Normally, the Byakugan granted a 360-degree field of vision, but the branch family members who bore the Caged Bird Seal had a 1-degree blind spot.
This might not matter much in ordinary missions, but in a battle between masters, that 1-degree blind spot could be the deciding factor between victory and defeat. As long as this flaw existed, the branch family would never be able to match the main family, never able to rise to the top.
Zixu couldn't help but sigh at the ruthlessness of the ancestor who originally created the Caged Bird Seal. It was essentially a way to impose a hard limit on all branch family members—a genetic lock, so to speak.
The highest level a branch family member could ever reach was predetermined. That 1-degree blind spot was an insurmountable wall, just like the gap between the branch and main families.
Even if someone managed to temporarily override the seal's brain-destroying command and survive, they would still never surpass the main family. The Hyuga clan would always be ruled by the main family, and no matter how hard the branch family tried, their efforts would be meaningless in the eyes of their oppressors.
It was all preordained. It had always been this way. That's why Neji always emphasized the idea of fate.
Zixu's steps felt heavier. If he took Chinano away but couldn't ensure her clan's future, it would be irresponsible. But mistakes still needed to be punished.