The clone was covered in the marks of battle, her clothes torn to shreds, a few loose strands of hair scattered across her cheeks. Yet when she saw Kanami, her gaze was still gentle.
She held a crystal emitting a soft glow. Light flowed within it, as though it contained endless mysterious power.
Hinata's clone slowly descended from the air to the ground.
She handed the crystal to Hinata. Though her voice was somewhat weary, it carried a sense of relief. "I found this on the Otsutsuki Homeworld. Maybe it can remove the Karma."
After saying that, Hinata's clone reentered Hinata's main body.
Hinata carefully accepted the crystal, her eyes filled with delight.
She turned toward Kanami, hope shining in her eyes. "Kanami! I told you that you could leave it to me!"
Kanami looked at the crystal radiating its mysterious light, his heart filled with conflicting emotions.
"Hinata..."
Kanami's voice caught in his throat as he took the crystal and clenched it in his hand.
The warmth coming from it felt like a gentle current slowly flowing into his heart.
Hinata smiled at Kanami. "Kanami, we'll overcome all of this together."
Kanami raised his head and looked into Hinata's resolute yet gentle eyes. An unprecedented strength surged within him.
He took a deep breath and nodded firmly.
Hinata placed the crystal against Kanami's chest and formed hand seals.
A strand of cyan chakra flowed into the crystal.
The crystal's glow instantly flared, enveloping Kanami.
That light clashed against the aura of Otsutsuki Yamei radiating from the Karma on Kanami's body.
Kanami felt a burning heat in his chest, as if a raging fire were tearing through his body.
The next second, his right eye uncontrollably transformed into a yellow Rinne Sharingan.
An incomparably majestic voice came from Kanami's body.