"What I mean is, yesterday I lied to you all. There was no 'one-night stand on the battlefield,' and no Byakugan baby."
"That was performed by White Zetsu's special transformation jutsu, a transformation jutsu that even your Byakugan can't see through."
"..."
Hanabi's mouth hung open in a daze, her hands clutching the cup, motionless.
Then, suddenly realizing something, she shook her head vigorously: "No, if that's really the case, then why are you telling me now?"
After speaking, her Byakugan stared intently at Bai Mo.
"Because you would find out about this sooner or later. Rather than you discovering it passively and developing resentment, it's better if I tell you proactively and let you make your own judgments and decisions."
At this point, Bai Mo reached out and touched Hanabi's eye socket, "You wouldn't think we actually care about a mere pair of Byakugan, would you?"
"..."
Hanabi still looked confused and bewildered.
Judge what? Decide what?
Since the other party isn't after the Byakugan, then what are they after?
"Actually, I'm from the Ninja World twenty years in the future. I came back to the present to accumulate strength to fight an enemy capable of destroying the entire world."
"?"
"Believe it or not, you decide."
Bai Mo pushed a photo in front of little Hanabi.
One trick, eat all over the world.
Seeing Bai Mo pull this trick again, Konan chuckled softly from the side: "That's amazing. You wouldn't have prepared photos of every famous ninja, would you?"
"This photo was a bit difficult to get. After all, she will be the next Clan Head of the Hyūga Clan.
The Hyūga Clan has the Byakugan, so it's not easy to take candid photos.
It was only because her nephew wanted my SSR Uchiha Sasuke Gekinin card that I managed to get this photo, using the excuse, 'I want to pursue his aunt and marry into the Hyūga Clan.'"
The implication was that Bai Mo definitely didn't have future photos of Hinata.
After all, Bai Mo couldn't tell Boruto, 'I want to pursue your mom, give me her photo.'
While Bai Mo was talking to Konan, little Hanabi's eyes widened, and she picked up the photo Bai Mo had given her.
The female ninja from the Hyūga Clan in the photo looked so familiar... Is this her in the future?
She has also grown into a brave, handsome, and beautiful Kunoichi... After a period of immersive fantasy, little Hanabi snapped back to reality and looked up at Bai Mo: "What do you want me to do?"
"I want you to become strong."
"Why do the Hyūga Clan and the Third Hokage have thoughts of compromising with us? It's because they're not strong enough."
"The future is the same. If you're not strong enough, your eyes will be gouged out, your sister will be forcibly taken and married off, and later there will be endless seals..."
"Again, everything I'm telling you is true. You can choose not to believe it; the choice is yours..."
"I can even tell Father and Lord Third about what you've told me, about your deception, right?"
Hanabi had learned to answer quickly.
"Exactly."
"But that way, I would also lose the chance to become stronger, the chance to change those things you mentioned."
"Very clever."
Bai Mo praised her.
This is why Bai Mo liked talking to people like Sasuke and Hanabi.
The former, while valuing emotions, also thinks, rather than being single-minded and easily losing their temper.
No wonder Hiashi didn't think highly of Hinata and wanted Hanabi to be the successor.
"...Then I promise you, I will definitely become stronger and protect my sister and everyone!"
After a moment of thought, little Hanabi's eyes became firm.
If it were someone else, they might ask, "Can I really do it?" But little Hanabi was still very confident right now.
But regardless of her confidence, Bai Mo still had to tell her: "The person who took your eyes, after transplanting them, evolved the Byakugan into the Tenseigan.
I won't go into details, but a single blow from the Tenseigan can split the moon in half.
The conditions for activating the Tenseigan are the Byakugan of the Hyūga Clan and the chakra of the Ōtsutsuki Clan."
"Mm!"
Hanabi listened intently.
Hearing that the Tenseigan could split the moon, her eyes widened.
The Byakugan could evolve? She had never heard her father mention it, and that method of awakening, eyes could be transplanted, but how could chakra be obtained then?
This must be what the other party wanted to "get" her for, and what they would do afterwards, right?
At this moment, Hanabi suddenly felt that going with Bai Mo was not a "sacrifice" but an "opportunity."
Especially after learning the activation conditions of the Tenseigan, Hanabi thought of her sister again.
"Why me? Actually, my sister is also very amazing, and she's gentle..."
Hanabi spoke softly.
Mid-sentence, her body suddenly stiffened.
Because Bai Mo's hand touched her head.
Bai Mo took off a flower Hanabi had tucked into her hair and placed it in her palm: "You found this flower, just like I found you."
(Orochimaru: ?)
With the classic line for kidnapping children, little Hanabi clutched the flower, her cheeks immediately flushing red.
"Tch."
Karin rolled her eyes in exasperation, seeing this scene.
"Not little sister, how old are you? Why are you blushing like a teapot!"
And so, Hanabi, successfully lured by Bai Mo, said goodbye and returned home.
"When I was talking about not having power, I think I forgot to mention one thing—without power, her cousin Neji would become a Jinchūriki."
After Hanabi left, Bai Mo suddenly realized he had missed something in his earlier statement.
"Jinchūriki? Hyūga Neji? Which Tailed Beast is he?"
Konan's expression was startled. They had investigated Jinchūriki information before, as they were preparing to capture the Tailed Beasts. Could Hyūga Neji also become a Jinchūriki? Didn't Konoha only have the Nine-Tailed?
"A hedgehog."
"?"
Konan was speechless by Bai Mo's dark joke.
After a period of silence in the room, Konan suddenly remembered something.
"I remember you said before that the awakening of the Rinnegan is the combination of Indra's chakra and Asura's chakra, so you had Uchiha Sasuke drink Uzumaki Naruto's... So now, for Hyūga Hanabi to awaken the Tenseigan, she needs the chakra of the Ōtsutsuki Clan. Could it be that you're going to make her drink..."
This time it was Bai Mo's turn to be silenced by Konan.
"Slap!"
Bai Mo had just opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Konan's face turned dark, then red, realizing what outrageous thing she had said. She slapped the table and stood up, turning to walk out.
"It's all because I've spent too much time with you that I have such perverted thoughts!!!"
Leaving behind an angry remark, Konan fled.
Looking at the shaky door, Bai Mo's mouth twitched: "I actually wanted to say, even without cell transplantation, if it's really about drinking milk, the Ōtsutsuki Clan isn't only male; you really can 'drink milk' from them."
Like 'Kaguya Mom, love me one more time.'
"As if what you're saying isn't perverted either."
Karin muttered softly.
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