Am I becoming more and more emotional?
As he walked back to the camp, Chiba felt none of the joy of having achieved his goal, of finally being able to set Yukina's matter aside—or even say it was already resolved. Instead, he was overcome with worry.
Although this incident had not caused any problems, nor had it left any handle for anyone with ulterior motives to seize, it could be said to have gone quite perfectly.
But to Chiba, there were still many flaws in it.
And those flaws had basically all stemmed from him. During this negotiation, there had been several times when he had nearly failed to control his emotions, especially when recounting how Hyuga Masao had treated Yukina.
When he spoke of it, he had not carefully chosen his words, nor had he waited for Hyuga Hiashi's response and gradually guided him toward the emotions Chiba wanted him to feel. He had simply poured everything out at once. That was undoubtedly both irrational and unwise.
After all, it was only his side of the story. If he had not gradually made Hyuga Hiashi unable to find excuses to evade the matter, ultimately forcing him to believe in his father's despicable actions, then all his efforts would have been wasted.
Hyuga Hiashi might even have found something to use against him.
Fortunately, however, Hyuga Hiashi was still very immature. He had actually believed Chiba's words right away, without offering any rebuttal.
He had even lost his composure on the spot.
Precisely because of that, Chiba had been forced to present the two "gifts" ahead of time. Taking advantage of Hyuga Hiashi's loss of composure, when he had no time to think further, Chiba had used the scroll capable of sealing the Caged Bird Seal to completely shatter his