She pulled away the bandage at the corner of her eye, revealing a right cheek as bloodless as a corpse.
For an entire year, Yayoi Hyuga had endured inhuman torment.
Ōtsutsuki cells had an extremely powerful ability to invade and assimilate.
If the Hyuga blood in her veins had not shared the same origins as the Lunar Ōtsutsuki, anyone else would have died a hundred times over.
Even so, Yayoi Hyuga still suffered terribly, constantly having to use chakra to suppress the spread of the cells.
The pain was like countless termites gnawing at her flesh day and night.
Those who did not sink under suffering would erupt under it instead. Unable to endure any longer, Yayoi Hyuga began searching for a solution herself.
Brand me with the Caged Bird Seal and put my life and death entirely in the Main Family's hands?
Fine. I can accept my fate.
Order me to marry that useless son of his?
Fine. Yayoi Hyuga had no way to refuse. Even her life was not her own, let alone something as trivial as marriage.
But why did the clan leader have to torment me like this?
The girl wanted not only to end her pain, but also to take revenge on the bastards who had hurt her.
No longer bound by loyalty to her clan, she made the most important decision of her life.
She sought out Uchiha Kyosuke and begged him to find a way to cure the abnormality in her body.
In truth, Yayoi Hyuga still knew nothing about the Ōtsutsuki. All she knew was that some terrifying cellular substance had been sealed inside her.
If she wanted help, perhaps the Uchiha boy was the only one who could provide it.
To prove her allegiance, she took advantage of the chaos of