Naruto: Dual-Pupil Uchiha

Yo, looks like you're still not getting beaten enough. Keep hitting him until he submits!

Hyūga Sōsuke looked at Neji's eyes, filled with murderous intent, and couldn't help but chuckle lightly, a sneer appearing on his face.

There's the restriction of a caged bird!

Hyūga Neji still dares to look at him like that? Isn't that just provoking him?

Pathetic.

It seemed Neji had been spoiled. Thinking he could look down on him just because he was the clan leader's younger brother, yet he hadn't been punished enough.

Now, he was going to make Neji submit completely, to make him understand what the main family meant and what the branch family meant.

The branch family must serve the main family.

That was the fate decided for those born into the branch family.

"Keep hitting him!" With that thought, Hyūga Sōsuke ordered the men to continue.

Those men, receiving the command, attacked even more fiercely.

But just as someone was about to give Neji a flying kick, a strong hand grabbed his ankle.

Then that person saw a pair of cold, icy eyes.

Immediately,

He felt like a wild beast was staring him down, and his body seemed to freeze.

A thought suddenly rose in his mind.

Damn it...

Hyuga Neji must not want to live anymore. Under the curse of the Caged Bird seal, he still dared to resist!

He was also from a branch family and knew very well the horror of the Caged Bird. When the seal was activated, there was no strength left to fight back. Yet, Neji still had the power to resist!

Just how strong was this person in front of him?

That unease inside him grew deeper—fear and a pounding heart.

Crack!

Finally, the sound of bones breaking shattered all his remaining confidence!

"Ahhh!"

A miserable scream followed. But before the cry even left his mouth, he was kicked away with a single blow and knocked unconscious!

Next, the same happened again.

One by one, everyone had a part of their body disabled by Neji. Then they were thrown away and lost consciousness.

Just a few breaths later,

Only he and Hyuga Sosuke, who was activating the Caged Bird seal, remained in the arena.

Even Hyuga Sosuke was starting to panic. He hadn't expected Neji to have such terrifying power even while suppressed by the Caged Bird seal. He was getting nervous.

Mental energy surged wildly once again as he unleashed the Caged Bird Curse Seal with full force.

"Heh. You enjoy using the Caged Bird Curse Seal, don't you?" Neji looked at Hyūga Sōsuke, who was feeling even more pain from the curse seal's intensified activation.

Yet, on Neji's face, a fierce grin appeared.

"You really are useless. Even when you use your mental power to activate the Caged Bird, unfortunately, your mental power is too weak."

The Caged Bird activation required mental power, and the stronger the mental power, the stronger the feedback from the curse seal.

But sadly, Hyūga Sōsuke was just trash.

Originally, Neji didn't want to stir trouble. But Sōsuke dared to involve his mother.

In the Hyūga clan, only his mother remained for him. He would never allow any harm to come to her.

Since Sōsuke had the nerve to threaten his mother, he must face punishment.

"I can't do it... Heh, Hyūga Neji, you're just barely holding on. I don't believe you can withstand me unleashing the Caged Bird Curse Seal at full power!" Hyūga Sōsuke looked at Neji as he walked toward him, his voice almost cracking with desperation.

His mental power had already reached its limit.

His grandfather had told him never to push the Caged Bird Curse Seal to its extreme against branch family members, because it would cause unbearable pain that could lead to death.

But now, Neji was trying to resist him.

Well, don't blame him for being ruthless then.

Neji dared to rebel, even attempt to kill him—so killing Neji was no big deal.

At that moment—

Even if the clan leader investigated, he still had room to defend himself!

Wave after wave of pain tortured Hyūga Neji's soul, forcing him to endure suffering beyond human limits.

He was certain that if he hadn't trained in ninjutsu to strengthen his mental power, he would have died from the pain by now.

Even now, as he endured, Neji's pale eyes were bloodshot.

Two trails of bloody tears slipped down from the corners of his eyes.

Yet,

Neji's gaze was fixed tightly on Hyūga Sōsuke. Step by step, he walked toward him, each step causing unbearable agony.

"How is this possible? Why aren't you down yet?" Hyūga Sōsuke stared at Neji advancing, his calm expression melting into panic.

As Neji closed the distance little by little, Sōsuke kept retreating.

He feared Neji reaching right in front of him!

His heart was in complete chaos.

"Damn it... A branch family member trapped like a bird in a cage has me this cautious."

After several steps back, he even felt shame at his own retreat.

How laughable.

As a proud main family disciple, he was ashamed to back down—but now, he had no choice but to retreat again.

Hyūga Sōsuke's mind was in turmoil.

His mental power wavered.

The Caged Bird Cursed Seal loosened for a moment, giving Neji's soul a brief respite.

"This is the moment!" Neji whispered, suddenly appearing in front of Hyuga Sosuke. With one hand, he grabbed Sosuke's perfectly formed hand seals and twisted hard.

Crack.

The sound of bones breaking echoed, followed by Sosuke's agonized scream.

But in an instant, Neji had seized Sosuke's throat, choking him.

He forced the painful cries back down his throat.

"You think you can do whatever you want, relying on the power of the main Hyuga family? That the branch family members are your slaves? Hmph. You think the main family is so untouchable? Have I ever offended you?"

"Taking your anger out on us branch family members just because you got bullied outside? Is that your so-called pride?"

"Pathetic."

"I didn't want to get involved with you, but you had no right to drag my mother into this. If I don't punish you today, then I'm not worthy to be a son!"

Neji gripped Sosuke's throat tightly and lifted him up, voicing all the anger he had been holding in, and his contempt for the Hyuga main family.

As he spoke, and under Sosuke's terrified gaze, Neji broke all of Sosuke's limbs one by one.

Wuwu…

With his throat squeezed and unbearable pain coursing through his body, all Sosuke could do was whimper.

Maybe it was because of the intense pain, but tears welled up in Hyuga Sosuke's eyes.

"Can't even take this much? Do you know the pain the caged bird gives is many times worse than what you're experiencing now?" Neji sneered as he looked down at Sosuke, who was crying softly from the pain.

No wonder he's a useless product of the Hyuga clan.

Thud.

Neji threw him to the ground and looked down at the one who had just dared to provoke him.

"What did you just say? You want to lay a hand on my mother?"

"No, I didn't say that!" Hyuga Sosuke's eyes were filled with terror as he stared at Neji.

"Neji, you can't kill me. If you kill me, neither you nor your mother will survive!"

He hurriedly tried to explain, sensing the cold killing intent in Neji's eyes.

"Not kill you?" Neji sneered coldly, stepping forward slowly.

Step. Step.

The faint sound of his footsteps was heavy with pressure.

"No, no, you can't kill me!" Hyuga Sosuke dragged his crippled body backward, begging desperately.

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