Chapter 124: Dream
A little girl crouched in a prison cell, curled up with her arms around her knees. Her surroundings were clean, but cold and dank.
The cell was deep underground, out of the way but far from quiet. People often passed outside the door.
Suddenly, a figure walked past the cell. The girl raised her head, looked at the retreating figure, and threw herself against the bars.
"Dad, Dad-save me!"
The figure paused, then ignored the girl's cries and left as usual.
"Don't leave me-"
"As a weapon, her strength has exceeded expectations, but she isn't obedient enough."
The girl looked at the people surrounding her and looking down at her, saying nothing.
All their faces were indistinct, as though shrouded in mist.
"Our clan only needs to practice Taijutsu and refine our Kekkei Genkai! Why learn useless things like Ninjutsu?"
"Useless?" the girl scoffed. "You just can't learn it yourselves, can you?"
"You!-"
"Dad, I'm leaving." Without looking back, the girl pushed through the crowd and left alone.
An argument broke out behind her. She turned a deaf ear to it.
She had left the cell, but she still hadn't escaped.
"Now you want to get on good terms with me?"
Looking at the wolf fang the man held out to her, the girl grinned.
"Who do you think you are?"
"Your father."
"Idiot. My father died when I was four!"
"Then this is what he left you."
The girl's flippant smile vanished abruptly, and a look of utter loathing and disgust appeared on her face.
She snatched the wolf fang from the man's hand. "I've taken it. Now get lost."
The girl stood before a grave.
"Mom, I came to see you."
"After you died, Dad went mad. Everyone went mad."
"I'm the only one who