Qingyun watched a little boy peek out from behind Yahiko. A red mole sat between his brows, and his eyes regarded Qingyun with curiosity. He immediately knew that Kimimaro was the one Yahiko had been talking about.
As a member of the Kaguya Clan with an exceptionally pure bloodline, Kimimaro had been raised as a killing machine since childhood. As a result, his childhood had been unbearably bleak. Locked in a prison where daylight never reached, he practiced the Kaguya Clan's various killing techniques every day. Unless he accompanied his Clan Members into battle, he remained in the darkness.
That had also left Kimimaro's skin a sickly Haku.
In every Bloodline Clan, Clan Members with pure bloodlines were prone to all sorts of Bloodline Disease. Without exception, these diseases were extremely difficult to treat. For a ninja, contracting one was practically a death sentence.
What was more, the Kaguya Clan and Konoha's Hyuga Clan were both descendants Hamura Otsutsuki had left in the Shinobi World. Like the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan, the two had respectively inherited Hamura Otsutsuki's sage body and sage eyes.
With such a top-tier bloodline, contracting a Bloodline Disease meant certain death. In the original story, Uchiha Itachi had also suffered from a Bloodline Disease, and his body had broken down while he was still young. In the end, to awaken Uchiha Sasuke's Mangekyo, he had held back enormously and died at Sasuke's hands.
When Karatachi Yagura was wiping out the Kaguya Clan's ninja, Yahiko had quietly followed behind to observe. While hiding in the shadows, he happened to spot Kimimaro locked in an iron cage, coldly watching the slaughter outside. His heart softened, and he brought Kimimaro back with him.
Later, he discovered that Kimimaro was exceptionally gifted. Delighted, he began teaching him Cultivation