He had never felt so relaxed before—not just physically, but mentally as well.
"So this was how sweet the air of freedom smelled."
Hyuga Satoru took a deep, contented breath, a satisfied smile on his face.
He tried activating his Byakugan. Without the pressure of the Cursed Seal, its range extended from four kilometers to five, and even that one-degree blind spot had vanished.
The Cursed Seal mark on his forehead remained, but it had become an empty shell and no longer functioned.
Even if a member of the Main House stood before him now and used Caged Bird, Hyuga Satoru could slap him across the face and show him why flowers were so red.
Once he removed the Yin Release Caged Bird from his soul as well, the mark on his forehead would disappear completely.
However, Hyuga Satoru did not yet know whether the Main House would notice anything unusual once the Yin Release Caged Bird was broken.
After all, the Yang Release Curse Mark on the body served as the command function, while the Yin Release Curse Mark on the soul served as the receiving function.
Hyuga Satoru remembered that in the original Fourth Shinobi World War, Hizashi Hyuga had been revived through Impure World Reincarnation. His soul had returned from the Pure Land to the Shinobi World, yet the Caged Bird Curse Mark had still remained on his forehead.
This indicated that the Curse Mark on the soul was likely even more stubborn. Even death of the body could not strip it away.
However, Hyuga Satoru had already come up with three possible solutions.
The first was to obtain a method for splitting souls from Orochimaru.
The reason Orochimaru could never truly die was because he had divided his own soul into many fragments and hidden them