A black Cursed Seal gradually appeared on Hyuga Miko's forehead, smooth and lustrous as jade.
"The Caged Bird Seal?"
Bulging veins rose like cracks across her porcelain-white face, flaws in flawless jade that made the holy Hyuga Miko look somewhat terrifying. She spoke one word at a time, her usually cool voice unexpectedly filled with pain.
"You do not even know of the Caged Bird Seal? The Hyuga Clan truly has fallen into complete decline. To think the rebellion I raised a thousand years ago would have such far-reaching consequences."
Princess Kaguya kept her hands in the posture of forming hand seals, a smug, cold smile curling her lips.
"For the sake of our shared blood, and as a farewell gift before you descend into Hell, I shall tell you. The hateful fate of the Hyuga Clan, and the darkest, most sinful page in its history-the Caged Bird Seal!"
Even as she spoke, faint chanting echoed through the palace ruins, overlapping her words.
"The Caged Bird Seal is a shackle branded into the Hyuga Clan's bloodline from birth, a testament to those bound by fate with no escape. It is a secret curse that only the Main Family, which controls Moon City, can activate."
Undisguised malice appeared in Princess Kaguya's eyes.
"Like this!"
"Ngh!"
The violet radiance in Hyuga Miko's eyes was instantly extinguished. Beads of cold sweat crowded her face as she fell to her knees, forcing a whimper from her throat.
"Well? That pain penetrating your brain-does it feel as though your brains are about to boil? The Hyuga Clan are nothing but the Main Family's slaves. Their lives and deaths rest on a single thought from the caster. Even someone with the Tenseigan, like you, cannot escape the fate of the Caged Bird Seal."
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