After entering the forbidden secret room, Hiashi's face relaxed, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.
The secret room where the 'Cage Bird Curse' spell scroll is stored was not opened by the intruder, which is a blessing in misfortune for Hiashi.
"Byakugan, open!"
After activating Byakugan, Hiashi carefully looked at the secret room.
The secret room of the Hyuga clan is not large, almost the size of an ordinary hall, because there are not many items that are qualified to be stored here.
The 'Cage Bird Curse' spell scroll is stored in a treasure box in the deepest part of the secret room.
There is a very exquisite sealing technique placed on the treasure box. In the entire Hyuga Clan, only the patriarch of the Hyuga Clan, Hiashi, and a few elders of the Hyuga Clan can remove this sealing technique.
Carefully observing the treasure box where the 'Cage Bird Curse' spell scroll is stored, Hiashi's expression became solemn.
Because he found that the seal on the treasure box has been triggered by someone. The alarm he heard before should be the alarm triggered by the seal after the intruder triggered the seal on the treasure box.
Moving his gaze away from the treasure box, Hiashi observed other areas of the secret room.
Soon, he found that the bookshelves in the secret room containing the Millennium history and secrets of the Hyuga clan seem to have been turned over.
He walked over quickly and counted the books on the bookshelves, and immediately his face became solemn.
After a simple count, he found that at least three ancient books on the bookshelves were missing, and these three ancient books all recorded the secrets of Byakugan and 'Cage Bird Curse'.
Hiashi secretly thought, "The purpose of the intruder is very clear!"
From the theft of several ancient books that recorded the secrets of 'Cage Bird Curse', to the fact that the seal on the treasure box containing the 'Cage Bird Curse' spell scroll was triggered, it can be seen that the purpose of the intruder is very clear, that is, the 'Cage Bird Curse' spell scroll.
After checking the secret room for the last time and confirming that no other items were lost, Hiashi walked out of the secret room with a gloomy face.
At this time, the outer hall of the secret room was full of Hyuga clansmen, several elders of the Hyuga clan also rushed over after hearing the news, even the elder of the Hyuga clan who lost a Byakugan in the third shinobi war was among them.
Everyone was checking the body of the murdered elder, and seeing Hiashi coming out of the secret room, they asked, "Is the 'Cage Bird Curse' spell scroll okay?"
Hiashi nodded.
After getting an affirmative answer from Hiashi, the members of the Hyuga clan breathed a long sigh of relief.
Although they all knew that the treasure box that contained the 'Caged Bird Curse Scroll' was set up with a very intricate sealing technique, under the situation where they couldn't break the sealing technique, the possibility of an intruder stealing the 'Caged Bird Curse Scroll' was very small.
But thinking that the 'Cage Bird Curse' spell scroll may be stolen, the members of the Hyuga clan couldn't help but shudder.
Seeing that the members of the Hyuga clan are so worried about the 'Cage Bird Curse' that can control the life and death of the branch family, Richa, who is a branch family member, had a complicated expression on his face. He is disgusted with the control of the Hyuga clan over the 'Cage Bird Curse', but he is also worried that the 'Cage Bird Curse' will fall into the hands of others.
At this time, Hiashi came to the murdered elder and asked, "How did the elder die?"
An elder of the Hyuga clan stepped forward and peeled off the collar of the murdered elder, revealing two black teeth marks on his neck and said, "Judging from the teeth marks, it should be a poisonous snake!"
Hiashi subconsciously said, "How is this possible?"
Not to mention other people, even ordinary Hyuga clansmen can't easily get close to the Secret Treasury of the Hyuga Clan, not to mention other people, even ordinary Hyuga clansmen can't easily get close to the Secret Treasury, plus the elder who is stationed in the Secret Treasury is an experienced ninja, so it's really inconceivable for Hyuga to die from a sneak attack.
Another member of the Hyuga clan glanced at Richa and ordered, "The people of the branch family, temporarily withdraw from the Secret Treasury!"
Richa said angrily, "What do you mean, do you suspect that we are the branch family?"
In the face of Richa's questioning, the members of the Hyuga clan were silent, but the suspicion and fear on their faces were not concealed in the slightest.
There is no doubt that although the intruder failed to steal the 'Cage Bird Curse' spell scroll, it has planted the seed of suspicion between the Hyuga Clan and the branch family.
Considering that the intruder did come for the 'Cage Bird Curse' spell scroll, Hiashi said coldly, "Richa, you retreat first!"
Richa had no choice but to lead the patrol team of the branch family to leave the Secret Treasury.
After all the members of the branch family left, a member of the Hyuga clan asked Hiashi, "What was stolen from the Secret Treasury?"
Hiashi did not conceal anything and told everyone about the stolen ancient books that recorded the 'Cage Bird Curse'.
The one-eyed member of the Hyuga clan said with an embarrassed expression, "Humph, sure enough, they came for the 'Cage Bird Curse' spell scroll!"
Another member of the Hyuga clan said, "I have checked the visitor list, there are no outsiders in the mansion today, so the intruder can only be a member of our branch family!"
Hiashi shook his head and said, "It is too arbitrary to determine that the murderer is a member of the branch family now."
Hiashi is not blindly shielding the branch family, but the elder of the Hyuga clan who is in charge of the Secret Treasury also knows the 'Cage Bird Curse', so it is difficult for the members of the branch family to sneak attack an elder of the Hyuga clan who has mastered the 'Cage Bird Curse'. After all, as long as the elder of the Hyuga clan activates the 'Cage Bird Curse', he can instantly subdue any member of the branch family.
One of the members of the Hyuga clan who first discovered the cause of the death of the elder of the Hyuga clan said, "To be able to kill the elder of the Hyuga clan with poison in an instant, the venom of this poisonous snake is by no means ordinary. Don't you think of anyone?"
Hiashi's face changed, "You mean Orochi Maru?"
The member of the Hyuga clan nodded and said, "Yes, before Orochi Maru defected, he attacked you and injured you. I think everyone still remembers that incident!"
The member of the Hyuga clan was naturally referring to the last time before Orochi Maru defected a few years ago to collect materials for Hyōjin's Tenseigan experiment. In that incident, Orochi Maru personally attacked Hiashi and obtained a part of Hiashi's flesh and blood, allowing Hyōjin to collect all the special gene sequences.
At that time, because Orochi Maru was in a high position and had a sensitive identity, the Hyuga clan did not publicize this matter, but everyone in the Hyuga clan knew about it.
Hiashi said, "You suspect that there are members of the branch family who colluded with Orochi Maru and tried to obtain the 'Cage Bird Curse'?"
All the members of the Hyuga clan nodded, showing their suspicion of the branch family.
After pondering for a long time, Hiashi said, "Richa was by my side when the incident happened, so he can be trusted. I will ask him to cooperate with us and carry out an investigation on the branch family!"
At this time, a member of the Hyuga clan said seriously, "I heard that many people in the branch family have been questioning our family's tradition recently, and some people even publicly questioned Soft Fist …"
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