Just at this moment, suddenly, a voice rang out beside their ears.
"Hey, aren't you going to see if there's anyone next to you? Don't just ignore me and chat among yourselves."
The two of them were startled. Looking toward the direction of the voice, they discovered that there were two elderly men standing beside them.
The two instantly became embarrassed. Hinata politely asked, "Have you two also died? Would you like to travel together with us toward the Pure Land?"
The two elderly men's faces darkened. The Sage of Six Paths couldn't help but say, "People after a thousand years, why is it that all of them like to talk about the matter of death?"
After speaking, he then said, "Indeed, you both have already died, and were originally in the Pure Land in deep slumber. But I have drawn your consciousness back from the Pure Land again."
"It is only because the ninja world is still waiting for you to save it. If you also fail, then Infinite Tsukuyomi will truly be decided as the outcome."
Hinata nodded, becoming excited.
She hadn't thought that after death she could still help Naruto. This was really wonderful.
But Neji only said, "Save the world? But I am just an ordinary Konoha genius, not like Naruto, that dead last. With my power, what could I possibly do?"
"Perhaps, the one you should be looking for now is Naruto."
The Sage of Six Paths coughed a few times before helplessly saying, "Naruto, I have already found him, but he still failed. You mustn't belittle yourself. Within you also lies Naruto's power."
Neji, however, became even more self-mocking, "Is that so? Indeed, he said I was a genius, but I am only just a genius, right?"
"I do not have that kind of unpredictability that Naruto possesses. Everything is predetermined. I can only accept my fate."
Hearing Neji say this, Otsutsuki Hamura couldn't hold back anymore. He opened his mouth, "You're referring to that cursed seal that troubled you before, right? That vicious curse, who exactly placed it?"
Neji looked at Otsutsuki Hamura with some confusion, "You don't know?"
"But don't you also possess the Byakugan? Could it be that you are one of the well-protected Main House members?"
'Main House?', Hamura suddenly realized something.
In his branch, there indeed was a Main House–Branch House distinction. The cursed seal placed on Neji didn't seem like the work of an outsider, but rather like it was done by one's own people.
He suddenly became somewhat angry, "So that cursed seal was placed by the Main House people?"
Neji, however, found it very strange, "Otherwise? If not the Main House, could it be the Branch House would place the Caged Bird on their own people?"
Hamura clenched his fists in anger, "To think that my descendants would actually use such vile means to control their own!"
"This cursed seal's method is not very advanced. I will tell you the method to undo it. I hope you will, on my behalf, completely remove this so-called Caged Bird curse seal!"
Neji, however, fell silent.
'Descendants?'
Could it be that the elderly man before him was an existence from an incredibly distant past, so distant that he didn't even know about the Caged Bird?
But how far back would that be traced?
He frowned and asked, "Who exactly are you?"
Otsutsuki Hamura said, "I am your ancestor, perhaps even my name has been forgotten by you. My name is Otsutsuki Hamura. Little fellow, what is your name?"
'Otsutsuki?'
'What a strange name.'
Neji said, "I don't know about any Otsutsuki. I only know that the Byakugan is the bloodline of the Hyuga clan. My name is Hyuga Neji."
'Hyuga?'
'Perhaps it is a name the descendants themselves have chosen?'
Otsutsuki Hamura said, "Then don't concern yourself with these matters. Let's talk about serious matters now. After your death, Infinite Tsukuyomi indeed has already been activated. Fortunately, there is still a chance to remedy it."
'Infinite Tsukuyomi has still been activated?'
Hinata's mood became complicated, 'Then… Naruto-kun must be…'
Neji, however, said helplessly, "That's why I said we cannot stop it."
"Although the Hyuga are called Konoha's greatest clan, possessing the Byakugan as an excellent kekkei genkai, after this incident, I finally understand that the Hyuga are merely frogs at the bottom of a well."
"Compared to the Uchiha's Sharingan, the Byakugan is nothing."
Hamura suddenly looked strangely at the Sage of Six Paths.
Although his power was not as great as his elder brother's, that was because his brother's talent was exceptional, and after learning Sage Techniques and sealing their mother, he had obtained the Ten-Tails' power.
In terms of pure bloodline, they were both from the same lineage. Perhaps each had their own advantages, but the Byakugan was by no means inferior.
He asked in puzzlement, "Why is the Byakugan inferior to the Sharingan?"
Hyuga Neji said, "Perhaps in the beginning, the Byakugan did have more advantages than the Sharingan. After all, its awakening difficulty isn't high. Even people whose talent is not outstanding can awaken these eyes."
Saying this, Neji couldn't help but glance at Hinata, making her face turn slightly red, 'Could it be that the person Neji-nii-san is referring to as having not-so-high talent is me?'
Pausing for a moment, Neji continued, "In comparison, the Sharingan's awakening difficulty is very high. Of course, about the Uchiha clan, I don't know much. Most of what I know is from the elders, and perhaps there is some exaggeration from them mixed in."
"In short, the elders said that although the Sharingan has powerful dynamic vision, capable of capturing and even copying ninjutsu, the Byakugan can see far into the distance as well, which the Sharingan cannot do."
Hamura nodded, "This is indeed the Byakugan's advantage. The person who told you this was not exaggerating."
"So in the end, in what way is the Byakugan inferior to the Sharingan?"
Neji gave a bitter smile, "Because the Sharingan can keep evolving, from one tomoe to three tomoe, from three tomoe to the Mangekyo, and from Uchiha Madara we've learned that the legendary eyes of the Sage of Six Paths, the foremost of the Three Great Dojutsu, the Rinnegan, also evolved from the Sharingan."
"The Byakugan, however, can never evolve. It remains where it is. How can it be compared to the Sharingan?"
"Uchiha Obito was able to fight the entire world alone, relying on nothing more than the Uchiha blood flowing through him, wasn't he?"
After hearing this, Hamura became even more puzzled.
The Sharingan evolving into the Rinnegan, wasn't that perfectly normal? After all, his elder brother had evolved like this too.
It's just…
He said, "Who says the Byakugan can't evolve? Moreover, a pure Byakugan can beat a Rinnegan into the ground all the same."
Beside him, the Sage of Six Paths' face darkened. He recalled the scene of the battle when they sealed their mother, his younger brother's words weren't wrong.
At that time, he had indeed been made quite miserable by his mother, who only had the pure Byakugan activated.
However, Neji didn't think so.
He only said, "After all, those of the Main House only immerse themselves in their own delusions, immersed in the former glory and traditions of the Hyuga clan, unable even now to recognize reality."
Otsutsuki Hamura was quite puzzled, 'What kind of logic is this Neji speaking? It seems that my descendants, the Main House branch of the Hyuga, indeed aren't any good sort.'
Before he could speak, Otsutsuki Hagoromo spoke first, "Young man, I know you are very angry, but have you thought about a question?"
"If the Byakugan were truly as worthless as you say, how could the Main House members you speak of have the qualification to immerse themselves in former glory?"
Hyuga Neji frowned, "But isn't saying that the Byakugan can rival the Rinnegan precisely a manifestation of arrogance?"
The Sage of Six Paths slowly said, "Is that so?"
After speaking, he closed his eyes. After a while, he opened them again, and this time, his eyes had already become the Rinnegan.
"Then, if I, a possessor of the Rinnegan, also think so?"
"Would you be able to change some of your views?"
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