A bolt of lightning cracked across the silence of the Moon, its fierce roar echoing through the barren land. From within the light, Chiga emerged, exhaling lightly as he muttered to himself,
"Whew… first time flying out of Earth. But then again, the Moon in the Naruto world is really small."
He turned his head, his eyes sharp and calculating. Ever since absorbing Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, he had awakened the Byakugan—yet his was not the diluted version of the Hyuga Clan. His vision extended for hundreds of kilometers, a hundred times that of an ordinary Byakugan.
Through that sight, he immediately caught a figure in a distant castle—Ōtsutsuki Toneri.
Sensing the disturbance, Toneri lifted his head and whispered warily,
"Someone has broken in. Who…?"
A thunderous crack boomed, and in the blink of an eye, Chiga appeared before him.
Toneri, still a young boy, stiffened in fear. "W-Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Chiga ignored the question, walking forward.
"You can't go there!" Toneri shouted, stepping in front of him. "That place is—"
Bang!
Toneri was sent flying, smashing into the wall before collapsing unconscious.
A transparent halo shimmered briefly in front of Chiga's eyes. He cast the fainted Toneri a glance, then vanished.
---
Hamura's Shrine
Chiga reappeared inside the shrine, his gaze immediately drawn to a golden eye enshrined atop a platform. The orb radiated brilliance, like a miniature sun, with a snowflake pattern at its center—beautiful yet daunting.
The Golden Tenseigan.
Chiga stepped forward, raising his hand to claim it. But suddenly, a pale hand seized his wrist.
"Outsider, you shouldn't touch that. It will… hmm? What pure Byakugan!"
Chiga turned calmly. "Ōtsutsuki Hamura?"
It was indeed the younger brother of the Sage of Six Paths. Hamura nodded stiffly, scrutinizing Chiga.
"Looking at you… are you perhaps of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, like Mother?"
"No," Chiga replied. "I am Uchiha, born on Earth. In fact, I descend from your brother's lineage."
"What!?" Hamura's eyes widened. "Impossible!"
He knew the lineage of Hagoromo—the Senju and Uchiha clans—but their power had long diminished. For this Uchiha to stand before him, bearing such monstrous strength, was incomprehensible. And the Byakugan… wasn't that of his own bloodline?
Hamura's gaze flickered to Chiga's Rinnegan, then froze.
"This… Brother's Rinnegan!"
Chiga ignored the shock. Activating the Preta Path, he pressed his hand into the Golden Tenseigan. The orb responded violently, attempting to absorb his chakra.
Chiga arched a brow. "Absorb me? That's a first."
A surge of purple light radiated from his Rinnegan as his suction force overwhelmed the Tenseigan's. Golden threads of energy unraveled from the orb, flowing into his body. His eyes burned, shifting from violet to molten gold as waves of oppressive power flooded the shrine.
Hamura staggered, his chakra body becoming unstable. "This… this pressure…"
The Tenseigan withered into a dull gray stone and clattered to the floor. Chiga grimaced, clutching his eyes as pain seared through them.
"Are you alright?" Hamura asked hesitantly.
Chiga suddenly opened his glowing eyes, unleashing twin beams of golden light that tore into Hamura's body. Cracks spread across the Ōtsutsuki's form.
"Even an energy body…" Hamura muttered in disbelief as he began to fracture.
Quickly, Chiga shut his eyes again, pressing one hand to his face while the other extended toward Hamura. Golden chakra poured from his palm, stabilizing the fading spirit.
Hamura's expression softened briefly in gratitude before hardening again, realizing Chiga had nearly destroyed him moments earlier.
"You should already know," Chiga said, voice steady, "that your mother Kaguya was wary of something."
Hamura's eyes narrowed. "The Ōtsutsuki Clan?"
"Correct. I killed one named Isshiki on Earth not long ago."
Hamura's shock was evident. "What!? There was still an Ōtsutsuki on Earth!?"
Clearly, Kaguya had never told him of Isshiki—after all, who would admit to once being a servant to their own son?
Chiga continued, "Yes. And others may come soon. My eyes… they need time to adjust. I'll be staying here to recover. In the meantime, I'll need you to—"
His words broke off as dizziness struck him. Darkness swallowed his vision, and his body collapsed.
The last thought in his fading mind was a curse.
"Damn it… this is potent…"
_____
Milestone
100 Power stones = 1 Bonus Chapter.
__
Support me on patreon (づ￣ ³￣)づ
Patreon.com/Zphyr