Chapter 198: Hinata's Byakugan Evolves, the Pinnacle of the Byakugan!
[You are surprised to find that Toneri actually has one Byakugan. Hinata's and Hanabi's are intact, so where did his come from? The answer is obvious: by this time, Ao from the Hidden Mist has already died, and his main family Byakugan was taken by Toneri for his own use.]
The corner of Akiyama Makoto's mouth twitched. The original Toneri was already a scrub, a "Six Paths initiate" who couldn't even beat "Sage Fox" Naruto. Now he only had one Byakugan, and its quality was certainly not as good as Hinata's or Hanabi's. And he was facing a Naruto and Sasuke who had just stepped down from being Six Paths-level. Wasn't he just asking for a beating?
The facts were just as you had predicted.
[The arrival of Toneri's puppet army brings considerable casualties to the battered and exhausted Allied Shinobi Forces. But soon, Naruto and Sasuke rally and begin to fight back. Using their residual power, they suppress Toneri in just a few moves.]
[Just as you think the war is about to end, Toneri activates the hidden purple Tenseigan. Terrifying beams of light begin to sweep across the members of the ninja world, and countless ninja die under this bombardment. The moment you see the purple Tenseigan appear, you take the people you know and leave, thus avoiding being hit.]
[At the same time, Toneri announces that he has already set the moon on a collision course with the Earth, intending to destroy humanity. If they want him to stop, they just have to hand over Hinata and Hanabi. Then he can promise to restore peace.]
[The pressure is now on you. You return to the battlefield. Naruto and Sasuke both disagree with handing them over, but they also want to know what is going on. You mercilessly expose Toneri's bluff, telling them to just aim for his head, and that you will take care of the subsequent problems.]
[Out of their trust in you, Naruto and Sasuke attack. The half-baked Toneri is quickly defeated, and the purple Tenseigan is also destroyed by the Allied Shinobi Forces. Afterward, you take Naruto and Sasuke into the Earth-Moon passage, enter the moon, and bring Hinata with you to destroy the golden Tenseigan.]
[Toneri's own Tenseigan is also removed by you, but the moment it is removed, it degenerates into an ordinary Hyūga main family Byakugan. In the end, you still take this eye. It can be considered a betrothal gift for your cheap father-in-law, Hiashi Hyūga.]
Seeing this, Makoto breathed a sigh of relief. He had really been worried that Toneri had some world-shaking conspiracy. Fortunately, these were all the trump cards he had, and they had basically all been shown in the original story. He knew the solution to every single one.
As for why Toneri's performance was so poor... he hadn't been much stronger in the original storyline either. He was carrying the "great goal" of destroying the failed world created by the Sage of Six Paths, his entire branch family had sacrificed themselves for it, and he had the bloodline of the Ōtsutsuki. But in a real fight, he didn't value intelligence, he failed to protect the secret of the Tenseigan, and he was emotionally unstable.
This led to a situation where, even though he had the Tenseigan, a clear Six Paths-level weapon, in a real fight, he felt... weaker than Obito (and that's not even including Obito's dual Kamui).
Of course, even a "half-Tenseigan" Toneri was not an opponent he could easily defeat. But who had told him to do it when he could still call on Naruto and Sasuke?
[Toneri, his heart dead, retreats into the depths of the moon to hide, promising that he will never attack the Earth again. You originally wanted to capture him and hand him over to Orochimaru for research, but Naruto says he received instructions from the Sage of Six Paths to spare his life, because the future operation of the moon still needs his coordination.]
[You think for a moment and agree. In any case, the Sage of Six Paths will be the one to bear the responsibility. You decide that you will come to Toneri often in the future to ask him questions about the Byakugan and Tenseigan. This way, you can clarify the promotion relationship between the two.]
[As for whether Toneri will refuse or not even let you on the moon, you have already thought of a reason to solve this problem: You will say that this is all for the sake of Hinata's and Hanabi's future children. Surely he doesn't want their children to be neglected, right?]
The corner of his mouth twitched. His simulated self was really becoming more and more of a scoundrel. And his opponent was Toneri Ōtsutsuki! Although his "cool" factor as a boss was lower than Obito's, he was still a descendant of the Ōtsutsuki who had touched the Six Paths. Would he agree to be bullied like this?
Well, he actually did.
[Subsequent results prove that your strategy was successful. Although Toneri is unwilling to see you, he still uses his puppets to answer your questions, telling you the relevant secrets of the Byakugan, and another possibility for promoting it to the Tenseigan.]
Seeing this, his heart was pounding. It really worked? Then it wasn't impossible for him to ascend to the Six Paths level using the Tenseigan! Although the Tenseigan's talent and skills were a little worse than a Ten-Tails Jinchūriki's, as long as he could get there, he could try to develop and simulate more abilities.
There were also differences between Six Paths-level beings. In the Ōtsutsuki clan, there was a gap between trash and gods. His future enemies were the Ōtsutsuki, and maybe even the Ōtsutsuki God. Although there was news that the Ōtsutsuki God was dead... if a god could die, didn't that just mean the problem was even more serious? Who had killed the Ōtsutsuki God? And what had he done?
He had to live in this ninja world for a lifetime. And from the later stories, it seemed the Ōtsutsuki would be arriving in droves in about twenty years. He had to find a way to deal with them, at least in the simulation.
At this thought, he was impatient to get the new method for Tenseigan promotion.
[At the end of Konoha 68, with the ninja world in ruins and waiting to be rebuilt, you marry the girls.]
Seeing this, he chose to use a guidance. Normally, he would be having children next. But this time, he wanted to extend the simulation time. And with Hinata's considerate and obedient personality, she would probably agree to his request.
[However, you and Hinata do not have children right away, but instead continue your research on the Byakugan with Orochimaru, optimizing the cloning method.]
[You develop a mature human stem cell differentiation strategy, then use life force to catalyze the Byakugan's development, and finally inject a trace of Hinata's or Hanabi's spiritual energy as a seed. The Byakugan developed in this way already has a low-purity level.]
[By the end of Konoha 73, you have cultivated a full ten thousand low-purity Byakugan, and have Hinata absorb all of their pupil power. Her Byakugan finally undergoes a change, but it is not the Tenseigan, because she does not have the Ōtsutsuki bloodline.]
[Nor is it the Jōgan from the other promotion path you know of. It has instead become a special intermediate form, which greatly enhances the Byakugan's observational abilities, allowing it to directly see through the flow and changes of any chakra, thereby discovering its weaknesses, and even see the 'ownership' of the chakra.]
[On this basis, it also greatly enhances her chakra control, bringing her shape transformation ability to its limit, allowing her to easily swing a hundred-meter-long chakra fist to attack her enemies, which also carries the special effects of the Gentle Fist.]
[Finally, it also has the abilities of chakra pressure, puppet control, and seeing through space-time ninjutsu. In the end, you and Hinata name this eye the 'Analysis Eye' (Kaiseki-gan), meaning the eye that sees through all and shatters all.]
[In your opinion, its energy level should correspond to the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. The Analysis Eye has developed the Byakugan's efficacy to its limit, and has even produced some clearly differentiated super-abilities, such as making her Gentle Fist like a giant's fist.]
[It is just a pity that it still cannot reach the level of mastering Yin-Yang Release, so it naturally cannot match the Rinnegan, let alone the superior Rinne-Sharingan. But you are already very satisfied with this result, because this level of eye can be mass-produced on your end.]
[Konoha 74: Hanabi's eyes are also upgraded to the Analysis Eye. But her eyes show a change that is clearly different from her sister's, being more aggressive. She can easily integrate Lightning Release into her Gentle Fist without interfering with its normal execution.]
[This gives you a deeper understanding of the Analysis Eye. It seems its ultimate form is to completely fuse all chakra natures into one and then erupt with powerful taijutsu, similar to Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.]
Seeing this, an understanding dawned on his face. So it points in this direction.
This actually made more sense.
Extreme observation and extreme chakra control—these were the Byakugan's innate abilities. Paired with a Sage Body and well-honed taijutsu, only then could the Byakugan's abilities be brought to their limit.
And now, the Hyūga's understanding of the Byakugan was basically limited to just observation. Even their Gentle Fist prided itself on attacking weak points, completely forgetting that one could easily kill a person with just the physical body and chakra.
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