Valley of the End.
Yamanaka Fu sat by the lake fishing.
As a ninja of the Yamanaka clan, his days were somewhat aimless yet leisurely, always following Aburame Torune. His family had always preferred following intelligent individuals.
One must admit...
Following intelligent people was the right choice.
Because intelligent people always follow the strong.
Aburame Torune sat beside him, holding a stick the size of a toothpick. Tiny nanobugs flowed from his fingertips, crazily accumulating within the stick.
"What needs to be done?"
Aburame Torune's expression was calm and steady.
Though Aburame Torune was quite young, he had experienced many storms.
This young man had witnessed the first Root leader being expelled from Konoha and the second Root leader defecting from Konoha.
"Carve a piece of history onto this."
Akihara Kagura did not hide his intentions from Aburame Torune. Or perhaps, as the end approached, there was no need to hide anything from anyone.
"Carve a piece..."
"A hidden history of the Hyuga clan!"
Akihara Kagura tilted his head, sitting on a rock. His eyes turned into a pair of crimson Sharingan, which gradually morphed into Rinnegan.
[System Prompt]: [Awakening the eye jutsu of the Rinnegan according to the host's inner will... eye jutsu awakening successful! The awakened jutsu is 'Time-Limited Sealing Void'!]
[Time-Limited Sealing Void (Creates a spherical barrier using the power of the Rinnegan, sealing the space within the barrier. Besides the caster, no one can use space-time abilities within this area, no one can leave or enter the barrier, and no chakra lower than the caster's can break through the barrier. Note: Chakra and eye power consumption depends on the size of the barrier, visible only to the Rinnegan.)]
The ability of this eye jutsu...
Seems highly targeted.
No...
That's not right.
This technique is useful against any enemy.
Akihara Kagura could easily imprison and capture anyone at any time. Neither Black Zetsu nor Uchiha Obito could escape the eye jutsu barrier of the Rinnegan.
[Limited Yomi (Mangekyō Sharingan)]
[Limited Tsukuyomi (Mangekyō Sharingan)]
[Time-Limited Sealing Void (Rinnegan)]
Now...
Akihara Kagura finally completed his three major eye jutsu.
"Lord Kagura?"
Aburame Torune was still waiting for Akihara Kagura's orders. Seeing Akihara Kagura's Rinnegan, he couldn't help but shudder. When did his superior acquire such eyes?
"I will speak, you will write."
Akihara Kagura glanced at Aburame Torune, raising his palm. An invisible barrier appeared around them.
"Understood."
Aburame Torune quickly bowed his head, manipulating his nanobugs.
[In ancient times…]
[A woman named Kaguya Ōtsutsuki ruled the world…]
[However, her two sons, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki and Hamura Ōtsutsuki, coveted their mother's immortal power. They plotted to seize her power and replace her to rule the world…]
[But…]
[Their individual strength was too weak.]
[The brothers decided to unite and conspired with the Sage of Mount Myōboku in the Ninja World, seeking power to defeat their mother.]
[Mount Myōboku eventually chose Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki.]
[Kaguya Ōtsutsuki sensed her sons' betrayal. Fearing their power, she unleashed the Ten-Tails she had cultivated, but was ultimately defeated and sealed on the moon by her sons…]
[However, the true battle had just begun.]
[To seize control of the world, Hagoromo and Hamura fought an earth-shattering battle. In the end, Hagoromo paid a great price to win this sibling rivalry.]
[To hide this history, Hagoromo used the Ten-Tails to kill everyone in the Ninja World and created a new world with new ninjas. The new generation called him the Sage of the Six Paths…]
[Hamura, as the loser, fled to the moon, intending to release their mother and seek revenge with her power…]
[Unfortunately…]
[Everything was within Hagoromo's expectations.]
[For Kaguya to return, she needed the Ten-Tails and immense chakra. To eliminate the possibility of her revenge, Hagoromo split the Ten-Tails' chakra into nine Tailed Beasts and dispersed the chakra across the world, completely cutting off his brother and mother's hopes of revenge.]
[Things did not end there.]
[Years later, a descendant of Hamura quietly came to live on earth, aiming to reclaim control of the Ninja World. These descendants called themselves the Hyuga and settled on the land…]
"!!!"
Aburame Torune looked up in disbelief.
Karin and Yamanaka Fu couldn't help but turn their heads, astonished by the history they were hearing.
"Is this... the history of the Hyuga clan?"
"The Hyuga clan is the only remaining noble ninja clan in Konoha, once on par with the Uchiha. Could they really be the descendants of the Sage of Six Paths' younger brother?"
"Continue writing..."
Akihara Kagura saw that some of his subordinates seemed incredulous and said coldly, "The process may have some discrepancies, but the result is the same."
"Understood."
Aburame Torune quickly lowered his head again.
"[However, the Uchiha and Senju clans, descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, were extremely powerful. These two clans constantly vied for dominance in the ninja world, and the Hyuga clan's strength couldn't compare, forcing them to remain hidden in the shadows...]"
"[An elder of the Hyuga clan discovered something very peculiar during a war using his Byakugan. He saw chakra traces of the Uchiha clan's head, who had sacrificed himself decades ago, on a powerful Uchiha...]"
"[This elder, who had seen this chakra in his youth, saw it again in his old age. This indicated that the Uchiha clan was undoubtedly hiding a great secret...]"
"[This elder passed this secret down, and after three generations of observation, his descendants finally confirmed one thing...]"
"[A powerful chakra within the Uchiha clan had been passed down through generations, which was the source of their enduring strength...]"
"[The descendants of this elder believed that the Senju clan also inherited this chakra. After two generations of observation, they confirmed that the Senju clan also possessed a similar powerful chakra...]"
"[Now, they had finally found a way to defeat the Uchiha and Senju, a way to reclaim dominance over the ninja world: destroy the chakras passed down by these two clans!]"
"[Unfortunately...]"
"[The bearers of these inherited chakras were too powerful...]"
"[The descendants of the elder also gradually perished in the wars, leaving only one person, who finally had to take a desperate risk and collude with a member of the Uchiha clan!]"
"[The choice was simple.]"
"[As long as humans exist, there will always be jealousy, even between brothers. A story of a younger brother envying his older brother's strength once again played out.]"
"[A Hyuga clan ninja informed the younger brother about the secret of the Uchiha clan's generationally passed-down chakra, enticing the young and naive younger brother to fake his death and escape the war, beginning their plan together.]"
"[However, he never expected that this was extremely dangerous...]"
"[The Uchiha's power often lies in their eyes. When the older brother perished alongside the strongest of the Senju in battle, the younger brother secretly stole his eyes and transplanted them, finally awakening the eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.]"
"[The first thing the Uchiha who gained the eternal Mangekyou Sharingan did was try to kill his co-conspirator. The Hyuga elder's descendant, although he fled, could not escape death...]"
"[To avenge the betrayal and to prevent the ninja world from being destroyed by the Uchiha who gained the eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, the elder's descendant left behind the secret, and a conjecture for defeating the eternal Mangekyou Sharingan: gathering the chakras inherited by both the Senju and Uchiha clans would surely result in greater power...]"
"[To prevent the secret from being discovered by the Uchiha with the eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, the elder's descendant hid the secret on a toothpick, visible only to the Byakugan.]"
"..."
Aburame Torune's body finally trembled.
As one of the most composed ninjas in Root, Aburame Torune was known for his unflappable logic. His hands shook as he finished recording this history on the toothpick with his nano-bugs.
"A fascinating story, isn't it?"
Akihara Kagura caressed his eyes, which changed from the Rinnegan back to the eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. "These eyes were passed down from that era..."
"Lord Kagura... are you from the Uchiha clan?"
Aburame Torune tremulously asked Akihara Kagura.
Aburame Torune couldn't discern the truth of the history Akihara Kagura narrated, but the Mangekyou Sharingan in Kagura's eyes was undeniable proof of Uchiha blood.
Without a doubt.
The content was very likely true.
Karin and Yamanaka Fu were also shocked by the history they heard.
"Do you all believe this?"
Akihara Kagura smirked slightly, seeing his subordinates believe the forged history: "It seems this fabricated history is convincing enough..."
"Next step..."
"We need to find a Hyuga clan ninja to reveal the secret."
Akihara Kagura's gaze turned to the distance, where Uchiha Obito and a group of Konoha ninjas were fighting, and where Uchiha Sasuke and Uchiha Madara were heading.
Konoha's Team 7 and Team 10 were there.
Teams 3 and 8 were also there, each with a member of the Hyuga clan, one named Neji Hyuga and the other Hinata Hyuga.
"As long as the origin of these eyes is explained..."
Akihara Kagura took the toothpick from Aburame Torune's hand and chuckled, "I think Black Zetsu won't doubt my true identity..."
Whether it was the Mangekyou Sharingan or the Rinnegan, he found a reason to use them without arousing Black Zetsu's suspicion!
Only this way...
Could he make Black Zetsu his subordinate!
Only this way...
Could he freely use the Rinnegan, and purposefully resurrect Kaguya Ōtsutsuki without Black Zetsu suspecting he was an outsider!
Only this way...
Could he make Kaguya Ōtsutsuki his superior!
Only by gaining the powerful traits from Kaguya Ōtsutsuki could he truly establish himself in this world and achieve true freedom!
AN: This chapter is hard to write, because faking history is a technical job…
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Translating is hard too! Haha
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