What seemed like a calm night was anything but peaceful.
In the end, the three-nation peace talks came to a close.
But from the outcome:
The Tsuchikage and Raikage were severely injured. The defeated Konohagakure village saw the Hyuga clan, with its Kekkei Genkai, betray the village. Before leaving, their clan leader, Hyuga Hitoshi, also left behind a unique gift, making the already struggling village's situation even worse.
Thinking about it, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire had also died in Konohagakure, at the hands of Hyuga Hitoshi. The madman's actions had already triggered alarm bells for countless leaders of other countries.
It was certain that once the new Daimyo of the Land of Fire took office, they would redirect their pent-up anger towards Konohagakure and impose economic sanctions on the village.
Konohagakure, used to sanctions by now, still dared not show disrespect to the Daimyo. They could only swallow their pride and bear the consequences.
The old village chief, though a bit feeble, had one thing that made sense.
"This war had no winners, only endless wounds for the three nations."
Under the night sky, Hyuga Hitoshi looked down at the shrinking ninja world. After protecting Tsunade and the others with his chakra, he sighed and said with some emotion:
"False peace can never hide the hatred in each other's eyes. When the masks are torn off, it will still lead to endless disputes."
"If there's an antidote to hatred, it's violent unification and ruthless suppression, followed by time to heal the wounds."
Besides that, only the Infinite Tsukuyomi could grant people false dreams, putting the world to sleep. As long as the world keeps moving, conflicts will continue to grow.
The leaders of each village also understood that most of the hatred in the ninja world was caused by them. But they didn't know that behind them, there were still hidden hands pulling the strings.
However, whether the Hyuga clan declared their departure from Konohagakure, Fugaku competed for the Hokage position, or whether the war between the three countries would reignite, none of these had much to do with Hyuga Hitoshi.
After rising to a great height, Hyuga Hitoshi was now enjoying the view of the ninja world with the women beside him.
"So, the Earth is this beautiful."
Tsunade leaned against Hyuga Hitoshi, feeling his gentle chakra as she gazed into the distance, her eyes a little dazed.
As they got closer to the moon, the entire ninja world and Earth turned into a miniature version.
That blue planet, no matter how you looked at it, was incredibly unique in the entire universe. It perfectly proved how insignificant humans were in the face of the universe, showing clearly the beauty created by distance. Who would have thought that the painful ninja world would look like this?
Of course, this universe was somewhat different from a normal one. Even at this height, there was no need to worry about difficulty breathing. They all briefly forgot what had happened earlier and became immersed in the vast beauty of the universe.
Finally...
After an unknown amount of time, the group landed back on the ground.
The solid feeling of their feet touching the earth made Tsunade and Mabui come to their senses, giving them a real sense of being alive.
"Welcome home, Hitoshi-kun. And of course, Tsunade."
A familiar voice suddenly came from behind. Tsunade turned around in confusion, then froze in place.
This...
Was this the true appearance of the moon?
She had been focused on the ninja world before, but now, noticing what was behind her, she saw tall buildings, surrounded by palaces, a giant golden eye floating with a sense of oppression, and countless Hyuga clan members kneeling on the ground in unison. This was completely different from the barren scene she had imagined.
And also...
Why was Orochimaru here?
"Thanks to Hitoshi-kun, I am now serving as the head of research for the Hyuga clan."
It seemed that Orochimaru noticed Tsunade's confusion and introduced his current position. However, he didn't mention his recent plan to change his name to Hyuga Orochimaru.
After all, now that Hyuga Hitoshi had brought Tsunade to the moon, her identity was no longer just that of a former comrade but possibly that of a "lady" as well.
Although he didn't care, it would take some time to adjust to this new role.
"You, huh? Now you can act without holding back."
Tsunade let out a small sigh.
She knew that Orochimaru had left Konohagakure. To be honest, as someone who had known Orochimaru since they were kids, Tsunade understood him well. He was cautious, and if he really didn't want anyone to notice his experiments, no one would. He wouldn't make a foolish mistake by targeting children around Konohagakure.
Of course.
Unless he wanted to leave.
"Hitoshi-kun, regarding the future development of the Hyuga clan..."
The migration of the clan members had been completed, and although the accommodations had been arranged early to avoid any issues, there were still many matters to address moving forward, especially the plan involving the entire Hyuga and Otsutsuki clans.
The previous plan was to rest for the night and handle other matters tomorrow.
But now, there was an unexpected situation, and he needed to borrow Tsunade's man.
Orochimaru silently glanced at the woman clinging tightly to Hyuga Hitoshi's arm.
Tsunade snorted but then leaned closer to Hyuga Hitoshi in front of Orochimaru. The scene made Orochimaru's lips twitch.
To be honest, this was the first time he saw this violent woman in a vulnerable, affectionate state. It was hard to imagine what would happen if this got out—would Tsunade kill to cover it up?
Looking at the expression on Tsunade's face, it was clear that if he tried to steal Hyuga Hitoshi away now, he'd probably get beaten up.
After hesitating for a moment, in order to please his future lady and avoid making Tsunade angry at him, Orochimaru quickly formed hand seals.
Bang!
A brand-new machine, similar to a slot machine from Earth's past, appeared. Powered purely by chakra, it could even give Tsunade, who usually lost at gambling, a chance to win occasionally.
He casually set it up, watching as Tsunade curiously took out a coin and dropped it into the machine. Orochimaru finally let out a breath of relief.
As expected, although she had found her true love, her hobbies hadn't changed. Tsunade was still Tsunade.
"Earlier, I thought the entertainment facility Hitoshi-kun asked me to study was useless, but now it's really a lifesaver."
Walking over to the side with Hyuga Hitoshi, Orochimaru admired him with respect.
As expected of the man who could win over Tsunade, he must have planned to use this to trap her from the beginning, right?
Orochimaru remembered the various entertainment machines this man had designed before—those could definitely be called Tsunade traps.
"Ahem, the entertainment facility is really useful. I'm worried that if the clan stays on the moon, doing the same thing every day, they'll end up like Hamura's descendants, becoming crazy."
Hyuga Hitoshi said seriously, "What's a trap compared to entertainment machines? There were plenty of gambling methods in my past life. I made this to entertain Tsunade, and it works just fine. As the clan leader, I take good care of my woman."
"But the clan members have been up all night. There's no need to rush the clan meeting, is there?" Hyuga Hitoshi continued. "The meeting can be held at any time. The clan members on the moon haven't had a good rest, and they're probably just falling asleep now."
Of course, the clan leader wouldn't admit that he might have gotten addicted to holding Tsunade, planning to go to bed early with her tonight.
"It's not a meeting. I know Hitoshi-kun arranged the clan meeting for tomorrow, but it's about something else—something even more important."
A spark of excitement flashed in Orochimaru's eyes. He pointed to the slowly rotating golden wheel of the Tenseigan in the sky and pulled out an experimental report, handing it to Hyuga Hitoshi.
"Hyuga Clan Caged Bird Modification Plan"
"According to the idea you provided, Hitoshi-kun, I closely observed the operation of the Golden Wheel Tenseigan tonight, as well as the chakra flow after you connected with it, and I've conducted several tests."
"Finally, I came up with an experimental approach and believe the plan is feasible."
After a pause, Orochimaru made a hand seal, and a strange mark appeared on his forehead. The mark was similar to the patterns of the Tenseigan, but it also carried the familiar Caged Bird aura that Hyuga Hitoshi knew well!
Clearly, Orochimaru, the daring expert, was experimenting on himself, carving a new Caged Bird seal on his own body.
"It seems the snake leader's immortality technique has been successful."
Hyuga Hitoshi shot a sharp glance at Orochimaru, quickly noticing that his soul was in an unstable state.
"That's not important. It's just for the convenience of the experiment," Orochimaru replied indifferently. After all, even if this body were destroyed, it wouldn't matter much. For a mad scientist like him, experiencing the results of his own experiments would bring a far greater sense of accomplishment.
Seeing Orochimaru's determination, Hyuga Hitoshi nodded after seriously reviewing the report, signaling that Orochimaru could begin whenever ready.
A long time ago, Hyuga Hitoshi had already considered how to handle the Hyuga Clan's Caged Bird seal. Initially, with a simple understanding, he thought that if the Hyuga Clan became strong enough, others would have to be cautious and avoid them when hearing the clan's name. Afterward, he planned to retrieve the eyes stolen by the Uchiha and take concrete actions to make the ninja world realize the consequences of meddling with the Hyuga Byakugan.
However, a year ago, during a discussion with Orochimaru, this idea shifted to a new direction.
A complete abolition of the Caged Bird was a bit of a waste.
Perhaps, they could base the new seal on the Caged Bird and completely modify it!
If successful, not only could the Caged Bird's side effects—the Byakugan's blind spots—be eliminated, but it could also provide the clan members with an extremely powerful life-saving measure, along with an activation and deactivation mode, truly achieving "as long as the eye is alive, the person is alive; when the person dies, the eye dies."
There was no doubt that this was a bold idea, but for Hyuga Hitoshi and Orochimaru, two mad scientists who loved to experiment, nothing was impossible.
The ninja world had seen methods to drastically increase power in a short period using seals, but what Hyuga Hitoshi wanted was to minimize the side effects of such a method. This meant not using seals that sacrificed potential, and instead finding a different power source!
For example, the Golden Wheel Tenseigan!
And this was the direction Orochimaru had been working on for the past year.
He was already an expert in seals, so it was normal for him to make progress in this area, but Hyuga Hitoshi didn't expect Orochimaru to surprise him so much.
When Orochimaru performed a one-handed seal, the mark on his forehead began to slowly rotate with the Golden Wheel Tenseigan pattern, and his presence started to grow stronger with each passing moment!
Hyuga Hitoshi could even clearly feel the natural energy—or solar energy—around them beginning to gather and rush toward the Golden Wheel Tenseigan.
Not only that, when the Golden Wheel Tenseigan absorbed energy to near saturation, a faint stream of power began to be drawn into the Golden Wheel seal on Orochimaru's forehead.
Everything was going smoothly!
Until...
Orochimaru's body trembled, and the fragile connection with the Golden Wheel Tenseigan almost broke.
"Hitoshi-kun!"
The rising aura around Orochimaru seemed to feedback into his body, but the power that didn't belong to him began to hurt him instead!
However, this wasn't a failure of the experiment; it was part of the plan!
Hyuga Hitoshi could clearly feel the connection between himself and the Golden Wheel Tenseigan, sensing a trace of Orochimaru's power. That power was now requesting "authorization," trying to get Hyuga Hitoshi to activate the "permissions" and grant him a bit of the Sun Sage Mode's power.
There was no choice—Orochimaru didn't have the Byakugan and wasn't part of the Hyuga clan.
Otherwise, he could even allow Orochimaru to unlock more permissions, borrowing even more power!
After a brief moment of thought, a flash of blue light appeared in Hyuga Hitoshi's eyes. He activated the near-saturated Sun Sage Jutsu and connected it with Orochimaru.
The next moment!
Boom!
Bang!
The loud noise immediately caught Tsunade's attention, who was enjoying herself nearby. However, when she turned around, she was met with a horrifying sight.
Before her and Hyuga Hitoshi's eyes, Orochimaru, whose aura was incredibly terrifying, expanded into a sphere. His body, unable to withstand such overwhelming force, exploded on the spot, scattering into a cloud of blood mist. The wild Sun Sage Jutsu then blasted everywhere, creating a massive crater on the moon's surface.
However, Hyuga Hitoshi clearly saw that Orochimaru didn't die. At the moment of the explosion, Orochimaru skillfully used a summoning technique, calling forth a newly created female android body with Byakugan. He then used the Impure World Reincarnation technique and entered the body.
He, oh no, now she.
She had truly succeeded!
This android was created using the corpse of a deceased Otsutsuki clan member from the battle on the moon. It didn't have its own consciousness, and its development was done with Hyuga Hitoshi's permission. This was a reward for Orochimaru. To be more precise, she was now considered a member of the Hyuga clan.
However, creating this android was quite troublesome, and after using one, Orochimaru looked like she was in pain.
"The Sun Seal, or, if you prefer, Sun God Seal. After all, aren't there many people in the clan discussing names for new factions? It seems like the name 'Sun God Kingdom' is getting a lot of attention."
After returning to normal, Orochimaru gazed at the Golden Wheel Tenseigan floating in the air, her excitement still undiminished.
Even though she had almost died, the gains were enormous.
"To be precise, after the revision, the Sun God Seal can communicate with the Tenseigan through the seal. It allows the Tenseigan to absorb the Sun Sage Jutsu from the universe and transmit it to the user. Of course, if someone from the Hyuga clan uses this technique, they can even borrow a small amount of the Tenseigan's power."
"As for how much can be borrowed, it depends on the purity of their Byakugan, their physical strength, and their willpower. These can even be trained to increase the upper limit of the power they can borrow."
"Once the technique is successfully borrowed, those with pure bloodlines can even use a downgraded version of the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and other powers of the Tenseigan. Its might could reach about one-tenth, or even one-hundredth, of my own use. The data is still too scarce to know for sure."
"However, even those with less pure bloodlines can still increase their ability to withstand more power through physical training. Just like how the Snake Master did, only accepting the Sun Sage Jutsu before death and selectively ignoring the Tenseigan's power. Hyuga clan members with average bloodline purity using this technique would likely see improvements in Taijutsu and Ninjutsu. In extreme situations, they could even go down together with the enemy. And the Sun Sage Jutsu, this natural energy, is stronger than the Sage Mode from the Dragon's Cave!"
Hyuga Hitoshi's mind raced, and based on Orochimaru's recent experiment, he had already analyzed many things. Finally, he looked up at the Golden Wheel Tenseigan floating in the air, a trace of ambition rising in his heart.
"And the Sun God Seal, once imprinted, is like giving your life to me, the master of the Golden Wheel Tenseigan. With a thought, I can control their life and death!"
"I can even sense their thoughts."
If the Golden Wheel Tenseigan were like a server, he would be the server's owner. To access it, permission would have to be granted, and access would be graded. Those who perform well could be given higher permissions to use stronger powers.
"We seem to have unintentionally changed the traditional way of training ninjas. No, perhaps this will be the future standard training model for the Hyuga clan."
After a brief silence, Hyuga Hitoshi raised his hand and pointed to the sky. In the next moment, the golden Tenseigan started spinning rapidly and eventually "disappeared."
It looked like it disappeared, but in reality, Hyuga Hitoshi had just "hidden" it.
Since it was a server, it couldn't be left out in the open. Otherwise, it could get infected with a virus, which would be troublesome.
Luckily, his connection with the golden Tenseigan had reached 100% after he altered the storyline and affected the worldview of this world.
This thing had completely become his private property. Hyuga Hitoshi was confident that neither Otsutsuki Hamura nor the true Otsutsuki clan would be able to infect it.
"As expected of you, Hitoshi-kun."
Listening to Hyuga Hitoshi's analysis, Hyuga Orochimaru showed an admiring look again.
"Next, what needs to be done is to start the clan-wide ascension plan, allowing the Hyuga clan and other Otsutsuki clans to undergo collective evolution, creating bodies that can handle the power granted by the lowest level of the Sun God Seal."
"The good news is that the bloodline purification potion has made breakthroughs. But the bad news is, after experiments, I found that during bloodline evolution, both the Hyuga clan and the Otsutsuki clan need to sleep for a while to fully adapt their bodies."
This meant that the clan members who had not undergone transformation would struggle to become combat forces under Hyuga Hitoshi's command—at least until their evolution was complete.
This experiment combined Sage Mode, bloodline enhancement, the use of Byakugan, and the foundation of the golden Tenseigan. Orochimaru had been in the lab almost every day for a year.
Now, significant progress had been made.
"Bloodline purification and the Sun God Seal can be done in stages, so that's not an issue. But the research results from the Snake Minister are truly shocking."
Hyuga Hitoshi patted the Snake Minister's shoulder with an encouraging smile.
"This time, Orochimaru has even surpassed me."
Phew~
It felt great.
Even after going through the sun god technique, nothing compared to the satisfaction of being praised by his long-time target. Seeing Hyuga Orochimaru seemingly having reached a spiritual breakthrough, he felt like he could fly right then and there.
"So, Orochimaru please keep up the great work. Next time, you must present me with more shocking research results."
Hyuga Hitoshi smiled, reinforcing the progress of his praise.
Orochimaru clearly enjoyed it too.
"I won't disappoint you, Hitoshi-kun."
The experiment was a success, and both the boss and subordinate were clearly satisfied.
But after confirming the future direction for the clan's development, Hyuga Hitoshi didn't want to keep his subordinates up all night for a meeting. So, he ended up carrying Tsunade, who was addicted to gambling, to his private quarters.
This night was destined to be wild. Tsunade-hime truly lived up to the title of being a Senju descendant, with her fiery temper. Even on their first encounter, she insisted on taking control of the situation. Despite the deep wounds and exhaustion, she refused to admit defeat, embodying the will of fire. This stunned Hyuga Hitoshi, who increased his efforts to suppress her.
The fusion of Hyuga and Uchiha bloodlines had produced results.
What about Senju?
With that question in mind, Hyuga Hitoshi's expression became serious as he intensified his efforts.
The moonlight was at its peak.
Mabui, who witnessed everything, was taken away by her two best friends.
Only the goddess of the moon, Otsutsuki, who had returned to the moon, remained solemn. Ignoring the blasphemous beings obsessed with reproduction, she stomped her foot. After repeatedly confirming that the Six Paths Chibaku Tensei had no effect on her current self, she finally fell asleep. However, her dream that night was destined to be extraordinary, filled with thoughts of the mutated Byakugan that the blasphemers had manipulated into something unrecognizable.
She was certain that even the Otsutsuki clan had never researched such a thing. The blasphemers were true pioneers.
So, if it's him... he should have the power to stop the clan, right?
If we go by the blasphemers' words... you wouldn't want to see your child being bullied, would you?
In the vast universe, the moon and Earth floated slowly.
But if you tear away the peaceful illusion of time and take a careful look, in the center of the ninja world, the ancestor Hamura was still exerting his influence.
When the statue repeatedly broke through defenses, causing rivers of blood to flow from the Sarutobi and Shimura clans, the old village chief and his old companion cried in despair.
Meanwhile, Fugaku, the older brother, basked in the cheers of the villagers and ninjas, reveling in their repeated praise.
As the moon drifted away...
The Hamura statue was controlled by Fugaku, who used Susano'o to seal several "special" stones with the "Ten Fist Sword," which looked quite fake. When the statue finally stopped rising, Mangekyo Uchiha Fugaku gained a new title.
The Savior of Konohagakure!
However, they had no idea that their savior was about to reveal the ugliness in their hearts.
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