Time back to three o'clock in the afternoon during the day.

Xunyi suffered a loss under the hands of the snake clone, and was forced by the attack of snake venom, so he had no choice but to leave Orochimaru's house and walk in the direction of the family with his head down.

In the streets and alleys, the faces of the pedestrians were full of elation, and even the shouts of the vendors became much more powerful than usual. Occasionally, children of a few years old are scurrying around on the side of the road, chasing after me, playing and playing, and pieces of laughter and laughter make the whole Konoha full of vitality.

Listening to the sound of the children's playing, Xunyi threw away the unhappy things and smiled from the bottom of her heart.

Because, the war will soon be over, and peace will come soon.

Life is about to be liberated.

"Hmm......"

At this time, there was a pain in the neck.

Obviously, this is Orochimaru's curse mark, and it is flareing up again.

Cold sweat broke out on Xunyi's forehead, she clenched her teeth, held back her trembling body, and stretched out her right hand to cover the dull pain.

After a few minutes, the pain gradually subsided.

Xun Yi let go of his hand, patted his pale cheek, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

From yesterday afternoon until now, she has been living this kind of time, enduring pain all the time.

Listening to the doppelganger of Orochimaru, she has passed the dangerous period that will cause her body to collapse, but the spell mark still needs some time to stabilize, and during this period, she must use her willpower to overcome it, otherwise once she can't bear it anymore, she may have a mental breakdown.

"Damn ......"

Xunyi gritted his teeth and kicked off the stone at his feet.

Orochimaru, this hateful villain, how many other things do to hurt nature and reason?

He even invented something so evil!

Curse Seal......

Xunyi's thoughts fluttered, and he subconsciously remembered the seal of the caged bird of the Hyuga clan, shook his head, and sighed.

Forget it, let's go home first.

Step by step, Xunyi walked along the neat streets of Konoha and returned to the residence of the Hyuga clan.

Entering the gate, I took a deep breath, and the fragrance of moon flowers came from the air, which made people feel refreshed.

"Xunyi, why didn't you come back until now!" A man's voice sounded in my ears.

Hinata came back to his senses, only to see a young man standing in front of him, with an anxious look on his face.

Hinata Hinata Hiza, the second son of the Zongjia, and Xunyi, who is also the same family as Xunyi, is also Xunyi's cousin. Since all of her relatives died in the war, she was adopted by her father. Hiza also has a brother called Hizo, who is her companion since childhood, or a comrade-in-arms.

"I'm sorry, brother Hisashi, something happened." Xun Yi said in an apologetic tone.

"Let's go and apologize to my father!" Hiza said worriedly, "You haven't been home since yesterday afternoon, and I'm afraid my father isn't in a good mood." ”

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Xunyi's face was solemn, and he answered, and quickly walked towards the house where the Hiza family lived.

Soon he came to the living room and knocked on the door.

"Come in." The voice of a half-centenarian came from inside the door.

Xunyi opened the door, and saw an old man sitting on a futon in the center of the living room, with an old-fashioned and serious face.

"Where did you go yesterday?" The old man opened his eyes slightly, and there was a stern look in his eyes.

Xun Yi walked up to the old man and knelt down and replied respectfully: "Yesterday, there was a temporary task in the dark department, so I worked overtime for a day, which made my father worried. ”

"That's ......"

The old man bowed his head, was silent for a moment, and sighed.

"Your father died too early, and he has been working hard for you all these years."

"No, my father brought me up." Xunyi still sat on his knees and obediently replied.

"Don't be too modest, your efforts are seen by everyone in the family."

"Everything depends on my father's teachings."

“……”

The atmosphere was silent for a while.

The old man didn't speak again, and Xunyi just lowered his head, looking well-behaved to accept the admonition.

In this way, after a long time, the old man broke the calm and let out a long sigh.

"Seeking Refuge...... The next head of the family, the clan has already made a decision. ”

“……”

Hinata's strong body trembled suddenly.

After a while, she forced her trembling body and closed her eyes.

"Everything is up to my father."

……

What is fate?

Hinata has been thinking about it for a long time.

The system of the Hyuga clan is very strange, and it seems that since a long time ago, there have been rules in the clan that divide family members into clans and families. It is said that this is an ancient cultural tradition called the patriarchal system, in which the eldest son of the head of the family is called the "big clan", and the other children are called the "small clan", which gradually evolved into the system of the clan and the division of the family. The division of the family is to engrave a kind of curse mark on the forehead, called the caged bird, and then under this restriction, the clan will be protected from generation to generation, until the moment of death, the caged bird will be liberated.

Originally, there was only one clan, and only the head of the clan and its heirs could become clansmen.

The heir of the clan is only the eldest son, and when the family is separated, it will be engraved on the caged bird.

However, ninjas are different from ordinary people after all, and they have accidents and particularities. There are drawbacks to this system, according to legend, a hundred years ago, the Hyuga family swept the first generation and made tens of millions of enemies, and there were enemy ninjas who seized the weakness of the eldest son of the eldest son, and sent a large number of killers to kill the eldest son of the clan.

Since then, the Hyuga family has no leader, so in the end, they have no choice but to abandon the system of inheritance by the eldest son, and the style of the Hyuga family has gradually endured.

However, the tradition of the clan dividing the caged bird from the family remained.

The children born to the clan will no longer decide the heir from an early age, nor will they have the concept of "heir", but will directly decide the next head of the family according to the potential, ability, and leadership of the clan members.

After the head of the family is determined, the rest of the next generation is determined to be divided and then engraved with a caged bird.

The next generation of the separated family will not have such an extent, and will be carved directly from the young age to the caged bird.

The head of the Hyuga clan, due to the war period for many years, has not been decided in the generation of the father of the Hinata family, and is currently in charge of the grandfather of the refuge, that is, the father of the father of the Hinata clan.

However, as soon as the war is over, the day of the caged bird will come, and the fate of the family will be decided.

Fate, what an impermanent thing.

Late at night, Xunyi sat on the threshold in front of the house, looking at the moon in the sky, in a trance.

Once upon a time, she also wanted to change her fate, to change the fate of the ninja.

Are ninjas weapons of war, designed to kill people?

Xunyi saw his parents and younger brother with his own eyes, and the moment they died in front of him.

Blood dripped from the corners of the mouth, fishy and sweet.

Humans, what fragile creatures.

Later, Xunyi joined the Shadow Ministry, a high-level state organ and an administrative department with power.

She used to think that maybe when she became the supreme leader of the Shadows and had a certain right to speak, she could change the fate of the ninja from within.

However, now it is too late.

Because, the caged bird is about to be carved into her head.