Tearing off the bandage at her eye, she revealed the right half of her face, as bloodless as a corpse.
For a year, Hyuga Yayoi had endured inhuman torment.
Otsutsuki cells had an incredibly potent ability to invade and assimilate.
If not for the fact that her Hyuga bloodline was, in essence, of the same origin as the Moon Otsutsuki, anyone else would have died a hundred times over.
Even so, Hyuga Yayoi was still suffering terribly, constantly having to use Chakra to suppress the spread of the cells.
It was as if countless termites were gnawing away at her flesh, day and night.
As the saying went, you either sank into suffering or rose above it. Unable to bear it any longer, Hyuga Yayoi began searching for a solution herself.
Have the Caged Bird placed on her, putting her life and death entirely in the Main Family's hands?
No problem. She could accept that fate.
Be ordered to marry that useless son?
Fine. Hyuga Yayoi had no way to refuse. Her life wasn't hers to control, let alone something as trivial as marriage.
But why did the Clan Head have to torment her so cruelly?
The girl wanted not only to end her suffering, but also to take revenge on the bastards who had hurt her.
No longer bound by her clan, she made the most important decision of her life.
She sought out Uchiha Kyosuke, begging him to find a way to cure her abnormal condition.
In truth, even now, Hyuga Yayoi didn't know that the Otsutsuki existed. She only knew that some terrifying cellular substance had been sealed inside her.
If she wanted help, perhaps only the Uchiha boy could save her.
To prove her allegiance, she took advantage of the war to ambush a jōnin from