"I was captured by someone too. Before that, I was sealed within this hill, and I was mute as well. But I met an old man. He saved me, and that was how I gained the abilities I have today."
"And meeting you was no accident either. It had been planned for a long time. I knew you would pass along this road, so I waited here to slowly explain these things to you."
"Before you climbed this hill, you did not know that it was meant to temper one's will. That was why you fainted just now. But do not worry. Once I finish explaining everything to you, your will shall gradually grow stronger."
The woman explained everything to Uchiha Hiko in great detail, as though she had fallen in love with him at first sight. Yet Uchiha Hiko did not dare think too much about it. While wandering the jianghu with Nine-Six-Zero, how could he concern himself with romantic entanglements?
No matter how much she admired Uchiha Hiko's talent, she did not dare entertain such thoughts. She knew what kind of person Uchiha Hiko was. He would have even more important things to do in the future, so she could not hold him back because of herself.
"Oh, so that was it. No wonder I fainted for no apparent reason just now, and my entire body felt weak. But you must be about halfway done talking by now, right? I feel like my body has mostly recovered."
"But I have a question. You said my will would gradually become stronger. I truly do not know how that would show itself. Would my convictions become firmer?"
At the moment he fainted, Uchiha Hiko had actually lost some memories, though he had yet to discover it himself. Even now, he