Inside the tent.
Aokawa sat cross-legged, the ground before him covered in draft papers filled with formulaic scripts.
Over the past few days, he had been like a sponge, frantically absorbing the knowledge of Sealing Techniques taught by Minato Namikaze.
Yin-Yang Seal.
Four Symbols Seal.
In his eyes, the formulas of these Sealing Techniques were gradually being dismantled into individual basic Chakra circuits.
"But this is still not enough."
Aokawa rubbed his throbbing brow.
He closed his eyes, mobilizing the trace of spirit particles that had just recovered within his body.
This power was different from Chakra; it was more hidden, more microscopic.
His vision shifted instantly.
It was no longer the stark black-and-white perspective of the Byakugan, but a brilliant world composed of energy.
Controlling the spirit particles, Aokawa slowly probed toward his own brain.
Even though he was mentally prepared, a chill ran down his spine when he "saw" the scene there clearly.
It wasn't a simple formula.
It was a mass of tangled, dark green roots, resembling a malignant tumor.
The core of the Bird in a Cage Curse Seal did not float on the surface of the skull.
It was deeply rooted in the cerebral cortex, with even a few extremely thin tentacles tightly wound around the optic nerve and deep within the brainstem.
This was the reason Orochimaru had stopped his research.
This was also the source of the Hyuga Main Family's confidence for thousands of years.
This was not a lock at all.
This was a time bomb that had already had its fuse pulled, growing right inside the flesh.
If one followed the conventional logic of unsealing and tried to forcibly remove this mass of "roots."
Pulling one hair would move the whole body.
In that instant, the symbiotic optic nerve would be torn, and the brainstem would suffer irreversible impact.
The best outcome would be turning blind.
The worst outcome would be immediate brain death.
"These lunatics."
Aokawa opened his eyes, the depths of his gaze cold as ice.
The so-called protection of the Byakugan was nothing more than putting an unremovable collar on a slave.
This design was intended for mutual destruction from the very beginning.
As soon as the curse Seal was damaged, the host's brain would turn into mush first.
The path of brute-force cracking was impassable.
At least not until there was Medical Ninjutsu capable of perfectly reconstructing cranial nerves.
Aokawa let out a long breath of turbid air, feeling somewhat irritable.
He stood up and pushed aside the flap of the tent.
The night outside was deep, and the cold wind, mixed with the bloody scent of the Battlefield, hit his face, cooling his heated brain slightly.
Not far away, several Ninjas were busy.
That was the camp of the Communication Corps.
A Jonin from the Yamanaka clan was leading his subordinates in setting up a temporary Sensory Barrier.
They formed hand Seals, and specific Chakra fluctuations spread outward at a certain frequency.
"Pay attention to the frequency synchronization!"
The Yamanaka Jonin shouted in a low voice: "Filter out the noise; we need to establish a pure transmission channel."
Aokawa leaned against a wooden post of the tent, watching absentmindedly.
Suddenly, his movements froze.
It was as if a bolt of lightning had flashed through his mind, illuminating the previously dead-end labyrinth.
Frequency.
Transmission.
Synchronization.
When the Hyuga Main Family activates the Caged Bird Seal, do they need to touch the branch family's body?
No.
As long as they form a specific "Seal," the branch family member will suffer unbearable pain, and even have their brain nerves burned out.
What does this mean?
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