Hinata hesitated for a moment. If what Obito said was true, and it really would help humanity, she actually was willing to do something.
But that couldn't be built on hurting her family, "No. I won't let my sister suffer any harm. If that Otsutsuki is really so important and really can help all of humanity, then… I'm willing to offer up my own eyes!"
Hinata ultimately chose to hurt herself.
Obito wanted to say, 'Silly girl.'
But thinking it over, this actually matched what he had hoped for.
He was also curious, Hinata, the "Byakugan Princess," whose eyes even a pure-blooded Otsutsuki took seriously, if those eyes were transplanted into Toneri, what kind of change would occur?
'Would it allow the Tenseigan to go even further, evolving into an even higher-level form?"
And so, Obito's heart moved. He asked Hinata, "Are you really willing?"
Naruto, on the side, slightly furrowed his brows.
He instinctively didn't want Hinata to sacrifice her eyes.
But the now-clever Naruto instantly figured out what Obito wanted to do.
If… the Otsutsuki bloodline could be clearly understood, then in a certain sense, it was a good thing.
So, in the end, he didn't stop it and let Hinata decide for herself.
Hinata didn't hesitate at all, "Then… should I give you my eyes right now?"
Obito nodded.
Then Hinata really pressed her hands against her eyes and removed her Tenseigan herself.
Naruto, heart aching, immediately stepped forward and used the small amount of Six Paths Yang Power still left in his body to gently touch Hinata's eyes.
In that instant, a pair of ordinary Byakugan eyes grew back.
After shyly thanking Naruto, Hinata held the removed pair of eyes in her palms and offered them up.
"Take them. If it's meaningful to humanity, I won't regret it."
Obito hadn't expected to obtain a pair of pure Tenseigan so easily, and hurriedly took out a sealing scroll he had prepared long ago and sealed Hinata's eyes into it.
Knowing that he owed Hinata a great favor, he asked, "Hinata, if you want any compensation, just say it."
But Hinata simply looked, with her newly reborn Byakugan, at the gigantic God Tree in the distance, and the countless people hanging upon it.
She gave a bitter smile.
"What I wanted was nothing more than a peaceful and beautiful life. But since you've made the world a mess, our wish can't be realized anymore."
Then Hinata gently leaned into Naruto's arms, "But at least… I still have Naruto-kun. So I don't lack anything. As for your compensation… leave it for the me in another world."
Obito watched Naruto and Hinata show their love again and didn't feel envious at all.
After all, he also had his own Rin.
He simply sighed inwardly, 'Reincarnation really is a skill.'
In this world, even before Hinata was born, someone had already prepared a wide and bright path for her.
Looking at Neji, he still had nothing. Even worse, he had been betrayed by the Neji on this side.
After all, the Neji from this world had asked him to take care of the Neji of the other world and let him develop his talents.
'Ah… Neji, you really died so miserably.'
Thinking of this, Obito couldn't help but shake his head and said to Hinata, "I understand."
Then, holding the sealed Tenseigan scroll, his figure disappeared from the spot in an instant.
———
In the palace on the moon, Otsutsuki Toneri opened the Tenseigan.
The eye awakening went extremely smoothly, because he didn't even have to awaken them himself.
He felt a powerful dojutsu power coiling within his eyes. This power even surpassed the massive Tenseigan that his people had fused through sacrificial ritual.
But he wasn't nearly as happy as he imagined.
Because only after obtaining this pair of eyes did he suddenly realize that, in the war of love, he had already lost completely.
That thing he treasured in his heart… was cast away by her like a worn-out shoe.
So what if he had obtained an even stronger power? The princess in his heart was deeply in love with another man.
It turns out, loving someone isn't because of how excellent her bloodline is… it's simply because she is herself.
'Ahhhhhhh!'
Toneri even suddenly wanted to discuss with Great Obito whether he could also go into the Infinite Tsukuyomi world to have a dream.
But unfortunately… he still had to cooperate with Orochimaru for research.
———
Of course, Toneri wasn't the only defeated dog.
[Back in the Obito's Reborn World]
[Land of Wind, Roran]
Sara was standing on a tall building, looking up at the scenery. Suddenly her heart hurt for a moment.
As if something important had been lost forever.
Before she could figure it out, she discovered a disturbance in the Dragon Vein.
Two familiar chakras appeared within her perception.
She had no time to be depressed anymore. Sara smiled, "They've returned through time and space. Faster than expected… it's only been three days."
Then a surge of purple chakra burst from Sara's body. She leapt directly from the balcony and, using Chakra Arms, skillfully moved across the buildings of ROran at high speed.
Soon, she arrived at the Dragon Vein.
In the underground chamber where the Dragon Vein used to be, two people were already waiting.
Naturally, it was Obito and Rin, who had returned.
Sara smiled, "Welcome back. Was that world… fun?"
Rin's eyes were sparkling, "Sara-oneechan, you might not believe it, but in just three days, I actually became the Great Demon King who destroyed the world, and then the Savior who saved the world."
The "Great Demon King" part referred to how she followed Obito and declared war on the entire world, crushing the Allied Shinobi Forces.
And the "Savior" was because, in the end, more people stood on their side. According to Naruto, whichever side had more people was the correct side, so of course they were the most correct.
Sara looked a bit reproachfully at Obito. Just from what Rin said, she could already imagine how crazy the things Obito had done with her must have been.
She said discontentedly, "Obito, no matter what, Rin is still just a ten-year-old girl. When I was her age, I didn't understand anything. Is it really good for you to make her go through so much?"
Obito was indeed a bit regretful.
As the saying goes, proximity to vermilion makes one red; proximity to ink makes one black.
Rin stayed together with him so often that she was becoming more and more like a great schemer.
She even dared to scheme against Black Zetsu. And actually succeeded, accomplishing something that perhaps even he could not do.
That pure and kind Rin could never return.
But, on second thought, maybe that wasn't a bad thing.
Obito said, "Sara, sometimes, experiencing more… allows one to survive better."
"You should understand that best."
Sara was stunned.
Indeed, she used to be protected too well by her mother, just a naive little princess, and almost became a puppet of Anrokuzan.
If she had had the wisdom she now possessed back then… wouldn't her mother still be alive?
Thinking of this, she became a little dejected, "You're right. This world isn't so beautiful. Even though we all hope it could be a little more beautiful, it insists on showing us its cruel side…"
"To recognize reality early is always better than being forced to accept it when tragedy happens."
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