Yui felt her head growing dizzier and dizzier.
But she could no longer afford to worry about that.
Looking at the door before her, Yui felt a surge of delight. It was actually unlocked.
Enduring the strange sensations inside her body, she gently pushed the door open.
She had already checked. There was no one inside.
The occupant seemed to have just left.
After making sure there was no movement in the room, she stepped inside.
She searched carefully but found nothing related to Nai Hyuga.
Still, she did not come away empty-handed. On a nearby bookshelf, she found several Taijutsu manuals on the Hyuga Gentle Fist.
Without bothering to check what types they were, she pocketed them all.
Suddenly, footsteps sounded outside the door.
They're back? Yui's heart jolted.
How could they have come back so soon?
She could tell from the sound of the footsteps on the floor.
It was a woman.
Was she just passing by?
Or was she coming into the room?
Could it be Ikuko Hyuga?
But this was no time to ponder those questions. In a flash, she hurried into the shadows by a wall.
Unexpectedly, the woman neither entered the room nor walked past it.
The footsteps stopped abruptly outside the door.
Clearly, she had stopped right outside.
She seemed to be waiting for someone.
Before long, another set of steady footsteps sounded outside.
Listening to those footsteps, Yui could distinguish them this time as well.
This time, it was a man.
"Lord Clan Head," a woman said, and then the door opened.
Hearing that voice and those words, Yui felt she was done for.
Hyuga Feng and Ikuko Hyuga?
Of course, the very thing I feared had to happen.
Was I really going to meet my end here?
A bright shaft of