Be Sure to Bully Your Little Sister

"Hinata, be sure to bully your little sister properly!" Uchiha Izumi also reached out and gave Hinata a gentle push from behind.

The little girl immediately slipped free of Izumi's control and headed toward her younger sister, who had no desire to fight and only wanted to step forward and hug her.

She had no choice. She simply had not expected this day to come so soon.

Although she had spent a long time outside the village, moved through several different places to live, visited the Land of Rice Fields and the Land of Rain, and passed through many distinctive towns along the way.

She had gained a different life, living as happily as a princess in a fairy tale.

But she had never stopped training. She understood clearly that there was never love or hatred without reason in this world. Even her Father had never treated her this well. Her teacher, that member of the Uchiha Clan, naturally had his own purpose.

Breaking the Caged Bird was certainly the main reason, but Hinata had no idea what would happen after the Caged Bird was broken.

She was still a child and had never experienced the grievances and vendettas of the world. She knew the Caged Bird Seal was something utterly vile. She had watched Branch Family members die before her, their faces blurred beyond recognition.

Of course, she wanted to smash those shackles. But what would happen after they were completely shattered? And before those shackles were broken, what had the Branch Family members truly gone through...

"I-I can have that Curse Mark placed on me..." She clenched her fists, lowered her head before Orochimaru, and spoke in a soft, thin voice.

Orochimaru merely chuckled and asked, "Do you know what those Hyuga Branch Family members have truly experienced?