"I'll learn it, but I can't learn it right now."
Rin said honestly.
"Of course I'm not expecting you to learn it right now. For now, you only need to learn the simplified version."
Yayoi took out the modified version of the Spirit Transformation False Death Technique.
"It's very simple. Once you've learned it, we can start working on removing the Caged Bird."
At the mention of removing the Caged Bird, even Rin, normally so expressionless, couldn't help but feel her heart race with excitement.
The Caged Bird—the cursed seal that shackled and bound the Branch Family—was finally going to be removed.
Time passed slowly as Rin studied the scroll bit by bit.
The simplified Spirit Transformation Technique was very simple. Even a gifted ninja could learn it in half a day.
And Rin was clearly a gifted Hyuga prodigy.
"We can begin."
Rin rolled up the scroll and opened her hopeful Byakugan.
Yayoi closed the technique analysis he had checked over and over, then nodded.
"Then let's undo this fate that was set in stone."
At Yayoi's instruction, Rin lay down on the operating table.
"Use the Spirit Transformation Technique. Leave the rest to me."
"Okay."
Rin agreed readily. As she formed a few hand seals, the light in her Byakugan vanished in an instant, and her arm fell limply to her side. She entrusted everything to Yayoi.
Seeing the light fade from Rin's eyes, Yayoi activated his Golden Eye. His Mirror Eye recorded the current features of Rin's body.
The Golden Eye was like a sun beneath the night sky. Yayoi was utterly focused.
Chakra slowly gathered between his fingers, its blue flames flickering. He gently pressed the technique he had long since memorized against Rin's forehead.
The ugly mark carved with an ×!
It was like slowly