"Looks like I'll have to go down there again."
After a helpless smile, Chiba could not help but sigh. Since he had found a clue to deciphering the code, he would ultimately have to see Hyuga Yukyō again.
However, after that soft sigh, Chiba had no intention of getting up. Instead, he tucked the letter back into its envelope and put it away in his clothes.
After putting away Hyuga Shinsuke's letter, Chiba picked up a scroll in front of him, ground some ink, and began writing and drawing on the blank scroll.
Hyuga Yukyō was currently hiding in the secret chamber and had likely been there for some time. Nothing had happened during that earlier period, so as long as Hyuga Yukyō stayed put, nothing should happen afterward either.
The matter of the code was not urgent.
Although the information Hyuga Shinsuke had provided was certainly useful, among the several pressing matters at hand, if he wanted to resolve Yukina's unfair treatment, the first thing he had to deal with was that inescapable Caged Bird Seal! If the problem of the Caged Bird Seal was not resolved, then Yukina's life was effectively in Hyuga Hiashi's hands. Even if he knew Hyuga Shinsuke's motives, the details of the rebellion plan, or even found the key to changing the current situation, it would be useless.
As long as the Caged Bird Seal remained, Yukina's circumstances would be almost impossible to change.
That former clan head had truly played a vicious hand!
At that moment, as the patterns of the Caged Bird Seal gradually took shape and spread beneath his brush across the blank scroll, a series of thoughts flashed through Chiba's mind. By the end, his teeth had clenched slightly.
From Hyuga Yukyō's account and the candid lines in Hyuga Shinsuke's