Senya looked at the Nameless Girl before him and sensed two streams of Chakra rushing toward him. If nothing unexpected happened, they had to be Uchiha Madara and Chiri.
Then, he slowly placed a hand on the Nameless Girl's head and gently ruffled her hair.
"My order is for you to tell me your name..."
Feeling the warmth from his hand, the Nameless Girl's eyes became somewhat dazed.
"My name...?"
"I don't have a name. Everyone in the clan calls me 'Nameless.'"
"You may call me that, sir."
Senya shook his head.
"I know. I'm asking about the name your parents gave you."
"Your original name."
"Have you forgotten it?"
The memory she had buried deep within her mind began to unseal itself bit by bit, and the shackles around her memories crumbled away.
Her parents' smiles and joy surfaced before her. Though she could no longer remember what they looked like, she could still feel their warm figures and voices within those memories.
"From now on, you'll be called Uchiha Hikari."
"You are the hope of both of us. You are our light."
"We hope that one day, you can use your light to illuminate all the clansmen and become a powerful ninja..."
The Nameless Girl's lips began to tremble. A faint spark of life appeared in her once-dull black eyes.
"Uchiha... Hikari..."
"Sir, my name is Uchiha Hikari!"
In that instant, the Nameless Girl's emotions collapsed. Other than her departed parents, the man before her was the only person who had ever made her feel warmth.
Years of imprisonment had turned her fear into numbness and coldness.
Now, Senya was like a ray of sunlight in the darkness, shining into her world.
Suddenly, a familiar and terrifying voice came from behind her.
"Uchiha Inoichi, I never expected you