"How is this possible... My True Several Thousand Hands... was broken by Madara..."
Hashirama muttered to himself, his eyes filled with shock and unwillingness.
Madara flew in the sky, his Rinnegan shimmering with a fierce light.
He looked down at Hashirama condescendingly, and mocked, "Hashirama, you're still too weak. Without enough power, no matter how strong your Wood Release is, you can't protect anything. Now, do you still dare to say that you don't need my eyes?"
Hashirama fell silent.
He looked at the shattered training ground, feeling the turbulent vitality within him, and finally understood that Madara was right.
Facing the Rinnegan's Chibaku Tensei, even his True Several Thousand Hands was vulnerable. If he were to face the stronger Ōtsutsuki, his current strength would be insufficient.
He took a deep breath, wiped the blood from the corner of his lips, and his gaze became incredibly firm.
"Madara, I understand. I accept your eyes. You're right, I can't be indecisive anymore. To protect what I want to protect, and to prevent the tragedy of the Ninja World from repeating, I must become stronger."
Seeing this, Madara's lips curved into a satisfied smile. The anger in his eyes instantly vanished, replaced by relief and anticipation.
He dispelled the Rinnegan's ocular power, and the giant meteor gradually cooled, no longer burning.
"Wouldn't it have been better to do this earlier?"
"Thank you, Madara."
Madara turned his face away, saying somewhat proudly, "Hashirama, stop talking nonsense. Quickly relax your body, calm your mind, and let your Chakra resonate with the ocular power. This way, the transplantation will be smoother."
"Alright."
Hashirama took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and controlled his Chakra to gather towards his eye sockets.
Shun, seeing this, moved the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan towards Hashirama's eye socket.
The moment the eyeball touched the eye socket, Hashirama's body trembled slightly. His Chakra and ocular power instantly collided, then rapidly fused.
Hashirama's body began to autonomously repair the subtle damage from the transplantation, promoting the fusion of the two.
As time passed, the stinging sensation gradually disappeared, and a massive amount of Chakra continuously poured into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
A special ocular power began to emerge, and the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan seemed to undergo some kind of mutation.
"This power... it's incredible!"
Hashirama slowly opened his eyes, which were filled with indescribable shock and excitement.
Madara crossed his arms, his lips slightly upturned, and he snorted, "Hashirama, don't get too complacent too early. This is just the beginning. Once you completely master this power, we'll have a proper fight again. Don't disappoint me then."
Hashirama's eyes gleamed with fighting spirit. "Don't worry, Madara. Next time we fight, I definitely won't lose."
At this moment, Konan was gently wiping the blood around Nagato's eye sockets with a handkerchief, her face full of worry.
Looking at Nagato's empty eye sockets, Shun walked up to him. "Nagato, losing your Rinnegan was a necessary sacrifice to fight the Ōtsutsuki. To compensate you, I've prepared a gift for you."
He raised his hand and with a wave, a nutrient tank appeared out of thin air. Inside were a pair of Byakugan, emitting pure ocular power.
"These are high-purity Byakugan. I'm very curious to see what interesting things will happen when you transplant Byakugan of a high-purity."
Upon hearing this, Nagato bowed slightly, his tone sincere. "Thank you, Shun-sama. I trust your arrangements. Being able to contribute to protecting peace, losing the Rinnegan is nothing."
Konan let out a sigh of relief, revealing a relieved smile. "Nagato, this way you won't be blind anymore."
Shun smiled slightly, and golden Chakra enveloped the Byakugan, slowly flying into Nagato's eye sockets.
"Relax, Nagato. Let your Chakra actively accept this new power."
Nagato complied, black Chakra slowly flowing around him, intertwining with the golden Chakra and the Byakugan's ocular power.
The moment the Byakugan perfectly fused with Nagato's eyes, a strange energy fluctuation spread out. Nagato's surrounding Chakra began to surge violently, and the Byakugan's ocular power intertwined with the residual Rinnegan energy within his body.
"Hm?"
A hint of curiosity flashed in Shun's eyes.
He could clearly feel that the Byakugan Nagato had just transplanted was undergoing some unknown change. The powers of the two dojutsus were not repelling each other. Instead, they were nourishing and fusing with each other.
"It seems something interesting really will happen."
Madara and Hashirama gathered around curiously.
Madara's Rinnegan rotated slightly, and purple ocular power spread out, analyzing the energy changes within Nagato's body.
Hashirama's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan shimmered with a crimson light, and Wood Release Chakra pulsed at his fingertips, ready to respond to any sudden situation. Their eyes were filled with inquiry.
Nagato slowly opened his eyes. The newly transplanted Byakugan shimmered with a light blue light, and its ocular power spread out, scanning the entire training ground like a radar.
He could clearly see the vast Chakra flow trajectories within Shun, Madara, and Hashirama.
He could even see the life energy of distant pedestrians, and the structure of a distant airplane engine was clear at a glance.
What shocked him even more was that he could vaguely sense spatial fluctuations. The spatial nodes around the training ground were clearly visible in his eyes, as if within reach.
"These eyes... can actually see through spatial nodes..."
Nagato's face was filled with shock as he felt the new vision brought by the Byakugan.
"I can feel it resonating with the Chakra in my body, and it's even healing old injuries left from past battles. Moreover, its insight far exceeds my imagination. It can see the flow of Chakra, and even sense weak points in space, which even the Rinnegan couldn't do."
He controlled the light blue ocular power to condense, and a ripple appeared in the space in front of him, as a mass of black energy quietly formed.
Hashirama said in surprise, "This is... spatial energy. I didn't expect the Byakugan could achieve such a degree."
Madara nodded slightly, a hint of approval flashing in his eyes. "Not bad. The potential of these eyes is probably no less than the Rinnegan."
Shun nodded, a relieved smile on his face. "Very good. Next, you all familiarize yourselves with your new powers. Hashirama, you need to quickly master the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and strive for the Rinnegan. Nagato, explore the mysteries of these Byakugan and unleash the potential of spatial perception and attack."
Konan stood beside Nagato, her eyes firm. "I will assist Nagato, and together we will get stronger to protect this hard-won peace."
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