Seeing this, Kabuto Yakushi's eyes shifted slightly behind his glasses, as though he had thought of something again.
Hinata seemed utterly unconcerned as she said, "Oh! So you're admitting it just like that?"
"To tell you the truth, I did investigate you."
"An orphan, taken in by the Konoha Orphanage, whose director was Nonohayushi Yakushi."
"And Nonohayushi Yakushi was no ordinary person. She was once—or rather, had always been—a member of Konoha's Root."
"Because of your talent, along with certain other reasons, Danzo took notice of you."
"And because of your personality, Danzo used certain methods to force Nonohayushi Yakushi to immediately leave Konoha and go undercover in Iwagakure."
"After that, not only did Danzo fail to fulfill the promise he had made to Nonohayushi Yakushi, he even turned his poisonous hand toward the orphanage."
"From then on, you, Kabuto Yakushi, grew rapidly because of your talent, and that same talent made you increasingly outstanding in certain areas."
"Later, because of certain matters, Danzo arranged for you to go to Iwagakure and eliminate a Konoha traitor. At the time, you didn't know that this so-called traitor was actually Nonohayushi Yakushi."
"And so, the tragedy happened. As for what came next, I don't want to say more."
"But if I had to sum it up, you're nothing more than someone wearing a false mask—someone who seems clever, but is extremely weak inside, yet still wants to find a goal for himself in certain ways."
"An impossible goal, one you could live for."
"And that goal was naturally the truth about your origins."
"You were an orphan discovered by Konoha shinobi after the famous Kikyo Pass Battle."
"So truly uncovering the truth of your origins was practically hopeless."
She did not continue. Instead, she looked back at Kabuto Yakushi.
This time, she