In the following days, Shiraishi would often see Ayane alone at school.
Suddenly she had no friends, no supposed desire to live, her eyes were blank.
This may be the real-life posture of a 'slave'.
It is estimated that in this life it is impossible to get out of this kind of shadow.
Baishi didn't know what kind of mood a girl who yearned for freedom and ideals had after being defined as a "slave" by those closest to her.
But it must be filled with despair and pain that ordinary people cannot imagine.
After that day, Ayane's grades plummeted, Fujimura didn't talk about her, and he could only give her trivial comfort and encouragement so that she could study at ease and not think about anything.
Although I want to help my students, the traditions of the Hyuuga clan will not be changed by teachers like him, who are nothing.
Fujimura understood this very well and knew that this kind of thing couldn't be solved even with the Hokage's help.
These giants are like small villages in the village of Konoha.
Many Konoha village regulations are controlled by these clans.
Shiraishi sees this completely.
Comfort is useless to Ayane.
She can only be helped in another way.
Her mental trauma is severe.
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Torturing the body with pain has always been a good remedy for transferring mental numbness.
Just by using this physical pain, Ayane can feel that she is alive now.
I am a person, not a 'cattle' raised by the family.
She didn't understand the meaning of the existence of such a rule in the family, and she didn't want to.
Although the adults continued to clarify saying that the "bird in the cage" curse was for the good of the family's inheritance.
All your sacrifices are not meaningless.
If it's as noble as they say, why don't the top family members sacrifice themselves? Ayane kept having these questioning thoughts in her heart.
The more she thinks like that, Ayane feels that her heart is filled with dark feelings that want to destroy everything.
Hatred also continued to grow.
With these thoughts of hate and anger, her white, kind face also grew a little frown, with a hint of ferocity, lacking the kindness of the past.
She used the soft fists of the Hyuuga clan to attack the stake. During the blow, her fist gradually changed shape. There was no such thing as a soft fist. Instead, she used her fist directly on the stake. vent Becoming more and more fierce and difficult.
Even if the wrist breaks and bleeds, there is no tendency to stop.
Instead, using that pain to transfer her mental numbness is exactly what she expects.
After a while, she stopped this way of venting, crouched beside the wooden stakes, hands around her knees, head down, face covered by long black hair, and only a faint sob could be heard...
When the sun goes down, the forest is shrouded in darkness.
It's almost dark now.
The air in the forest also got a little chilly.
Dark green leaves fell onto Ayane's shoulders, and she was still sobbing.
—— Suddenly, at this moment, there was the sound of slow footsteps in the dark forest that made her stop crying abruptly.
"You happen to be hiding here, this place is suitable for a person to lick their wounds."
Her voice was so familiar that she couldn't help but look at the person approaching.
This was my table companion, Chiba Shiraishi.
An ordinary person.
Ordinary person, low grades, an average student.
Although her relationship with him was quite harmonious before, she is not in the mood to take care of him, such an irrelevant stranger.
"Why are you here?"
She didn't use the gentle 'Shiraishi-Kun' to denounce the other party's identity as before, on the contrary, her voice became rough and unfamiliar.
Ayane was intrigued as to why Shiraishi had come here, but she was angry that someone had discovered his secret.
"There are many reasons, but many of them are drawn to your inner hatred and anger. I am just like you."
A meaningful smile appeared on Baishi's face.
"Like me?"
Ayane was stunned, not understanding what Shiraishi was talking about.
Shiraishi emerged from the darkness, a slight smile in her black eyes fixed:
"Yes, like you, I am part of this twisted village. Even the humiliating part of having your fate controlled by others."
Ayane took a deep breath.
Baishi's ordinary image suddenly became another stranger in her mind.
It's like you've found your table mate again.
Is he expressing dissatisfaction and hostility towards the village?
Why does he have this idea?
But when Shiraishi said that, Ayane didn't know why, and her heart was suddenly filled with resounding pleasure.
"You're having doubts, aren't you?"
Shiraishi asked with a smile again.
Doubts?
What does he want to know?
At Shiraishi's inexplicable question, Ayane frowned and a hint of vigilance appeared in her white eyes.
"Do you ever feel inferior to others?"
As soon as Shiraishi said that, Ayane's chest suddenly filled with strong killing intent.
That phrase hurt his personality and self-esteem.
All the negative emotions invaded his heart, causing Ayane to lose her sanity in an instant, and his figure rushed towards Shiraishi, shaking his fist hard against Shiraishi's body.
Shiraishi smiles. And she was seized with rage, thus losing her calm voice. The attack became weak and rebellious.
There is no need to protect yourself against an attack of this level. Shiraishi said in her heart.
Then he grabbed Ayane's fist and then attacked, pressing his entire body against the tree beside her, not letting her move.
The reversal of the situation was completed in an instant.
It could be that the defeat was too sudden, so Ayane was slow to process what just happened.
It was an unexpected result.
"Have you been hiding your strength? Why do you want to do this?"
Ayane recovered and asked this question.
"What is it? But before we explore that question, how about we talk about your business first?"
Shiraishi said in a smooth, unhurried voice.
"Huh, what can ordinary people like you know? Don't laugh at me."
Ayane said in a voice that she wanted to crush Shiraishi's throat.
What do these civilians who are nothing know?
She has been planted in a 'bird cage', and everything in her future life will be controlled and planned by the superior clan.
So-called freedom and dignity were cruelly deprived of now on.
Whenever she saw the haughty expressions on the clan members' faces, she always wanted to step on them.
May they also experience humiliation and despair.