Valley of the End.
Yamanaka Fuu sat by the lake, fishing with a bewildered look.
As a ninja of the Yamanaka Clan, his days were somewhat aimless yet leisurely, always following Aburame Torune. Their clan liked to follow smart people.
It must be said…
Following smart people is the right choice.
Because smart people always follow the strong.
Aburame Torune sat beside him, holding a stick the size of a toothpick in his hand, his fingertips releasing tiny nano-bugs that frantically piled up on the toothpick.
"What needs to be done?"
Aburame Torune's expression was serene and composed.
Though Aburame Torune was quite young, he had experienced many trials and tribulations.
This young man had witnessed the first Leader of the Root being expelled from Konoha and had seen the second Leader voluntarily defect from Konoha.
"Carve a piece of history onto it."
Akihara Kagura did not hide his intentions from Aburame Torune, or rather, having nearly reached the end, there was no need to hide anything anymore.
"Carve a piece…"
"Of the hidden history of the Hyuga Clan!"
Akihara Kagura tilted his head slightly, sitting on a rock. His eyes transformed into scarlet Sharingan, which gradually turned into Rinnegan.
[System Notification]: [Awakening the Dojutsu of the Rinnegan according to the host's inner will... Dojutsu Awakening successful! Awakened Dojutsu is Time-Limited Space Seal!]
[Time-Limited Space Seal (Created through the eye power of the Rinnegan, forming a spherical barrier that locks the space inside the barrier, prohibiting anyone except the technique user from using space-time abilities within this area, forbidding anyone from leaving or entering the barrier, and preventing any Chakra lower than the user's from breaking through the barrier seal. Note: The Chakra and eye power consumed by using Time-Limited Space Seal will depend on the size of the barrier, with only the Rinnegan able to perceive the sealed barrier.)]
The ability of this Dojutsu…
Seems to have quite powerful targeting.
No…
No, that's not right.
This Jutsu is useful against any enemy.
Akihara Kagura can easily imprison and capture anyone at any time. Neither Black Zetsu nor Uchiha Obito could escape the Dojutsu barrier of the Rinnegan.
[Limit Netherworld (Mangekyo Sharingan)]
[Limited Tsukuyomi (Mangekyo Sharingan)]
[Time-Limited Space Seal (Rinnegan)]
Now…
Akihara Kagura finally gathered his three major Dojutsu.
"Lord Kagura?"
Aburame Torune was still waiting for Akihara Kagura's orders. When he saw Akihara Kagura's Rinnegan, he involuntarily shivered inside. When did his supervisor acquire such eyes!
"I'll speak, you write."
Akihara Kagura glanced at Aburame Torune, raising his palm. An invisible closed barrier appeared around them.
"Yes."
Aburame Torune quickly lowered his head and began to manipulate his nano-bugs.
[In ancient times…]
[A woman named Otsutsuki Kaguya ruled the world…]
[However, Otsutsuki Kaguya's two sons, Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura saw their mother's ageless and undying power, and evil thoughts arose in them. They wanted to seize their mother's power for themselves, aiming to replace her in ruling the world…]
[But…]
[Their individual strength was too weak.]
[Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura decided to unite and conspired with the Sage Realm Mount Myoboku in the Ninja World, hoping to gain power from Mount Myoboku to defeat their mother.]
[Mount Myoboku ultimately chose Otsutsuki Hagoromo.]
[Otsutsuki Kaguya sensed her sons' rebellious intentions and worried their power was too strong, releasing her cultivated Divine Tree Ten-tails, yet she was still defeated by the sons' collaboration, sealed completely in the moon in the sky…]
[However, the real battle had only just begun.]
[To seize control of this world, the brothers Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura engaged in an earth-shattering duel. Ultimately, the elder brother Otsutsuki Hagoromo paid a huge price and emerged victorious in this brotherly battle.]
[To cover up the past, Otsutsuki Hagoromo used the Ten-tails to kill everyone in the Ninja World, recreating a new world and new ninjas, with the ninjas of the new era referring to creator Otsutsuki Hagoromo as the Six Paths Sage…]
[As the defeated, Otsutsuki Hamura escaped to the moon, intending to release the mother sealed inside, hoping to utilize her power to exact revenge against his brother…]
[Unfortunately…]
[Everything was within Otsutsuki Hagoromo's expectations.]
[To prevent Kaguya's vengeance, Otsutsuki Hagoromo split the Ten-tails' Chakra into nine Tailed Beasts and dispersed the Ninja World's Chakra across various places, completely cutting off his brother and mother's hope of revenge.]
[Things did not end there.]
[Years later, a descendant of Otsutsuki Hamura quietly came to live on Earth, aiming to reclaim control of the Ninja World for their ancestors. This lineage began to call themselves Hyuga, residing on the soil of the Ninja World…]
"!!!"
Aburame Torune raised his head in disbelief.
Karin and Yamanaka Fuu couldn't help but turn their heads, amazed at the history they were hearing.
This is...
The history of the Hyuga Clan?
The Hyuga Clan is the sole surviving noble ninja clan in Konoha, once rivaling the Uchiha, and is actually the descendant of the Six Paths Sage's brother!
"Keep writing..."
Akihara Kagura saw several of his subordinates seemingly in disbelief, and spoke coldly: "The process may have slight discrepancies, but the result is the same."
"Understood."
Aburame Torune quickly bowed his head again.
[However, the descendants of the Six Paths Sage, the Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan, are extremely powerful. These two clans have always been vying for dominance over the Ninja World, and the Hyuga Clan's power can hardly compare, forcing them to remain in the shadows...]
[An elder from the Hyuga Clan discovered something extremely unusual during a war using the Byakugan; he saw the chakra trace of the long-sacrificed clan leader of the Uchiha Clan appearing on a powerful Uchiha...]
[The chakra the elder had seen in his youth reappeared in his old age, indicating the Uchiha Clan undoubtedly harbors an enormous secret...]
[This elder passed the secret down, and after three generations of observation, his descendants finally confirmed one thing...]
[Within the Uchiha Clan, there is an extremely potent chakra that has been passed down through generations, which is also the source of their clan's constant strength...]
[Based on the elder's descendants' deduced judgment, they believe the Senju Clan also inherits this chakra. After another two generations of observation, they noticed the Senju Clan also passing down a similarly powerful chakra...]
[Now they have finally found a way to defeat the Uchiha and Senju, a way to reclaim dominion over the Ninja World, which is to destroy the chakra inherited by these two clans!]
[Unfortunately...]
[The power of those inheriting the chakra is too strong...]
[The elder's descendants gradually fell in warfare, leaving only one person who finally had to take a daring risk and entice a connection with an Uchiha!]
[The choice was effortless.]
[In this world, as long as there are humans, jealousy will always breed, even between brothers, and another tale unfolds of a younger brother envying the strength of his elder.]
[The Hyuga Clan's ninja revealed the secret of the perpetually passing chakra within the Uchiha Clan, where there will always be a strongest member, to the younger brother, eventually enticing the naive younger brother to feign death and escape the war. The two began their plan.]
[However, he didn't expect that this was an exceedingly dangerous endeavor...]
[The Uchiha Clan's power often lies within their eyes; taking advantage of his elder brother's demise in war with the Senju's strongest, the younger brother secretly stole the eyes off his brother's corpse and transplanted them onto himself, finally unlocking the Eternal Eye Power.]
[The Uchiha who gained the Eternal Eye Power, the first thing he wanted was to kill his associate; the Hyuga elder's descendant fled but ultimately couldn't escape death...]
[To retaliate against the betraying ally ninja, and to prevent the Ninja World from falling to the Uchiha who obtained the Eternal Eye Power, this elder's descendant left the secret and also left a conjecture for future generations on how to defeat the Eternal Eye Power, which is to gather the two chakras passed down through generations by both Senju and Uchiha; it must lead to even greater strength...]
[To prevent this secret from being discovered by the Uchiha who possesses the Eternal Eye Power, the elder's descendant left the secret on a toothpick, visible only to the Byakugan.]
"..."
Aburame Torune's body finally started to tremble.
As the most composed ninja of the Root, Aburame Torune has always been known for his rationality, not alarmed even by mountains collapsing. Yet, his control over nanoinsects to record these histories on the toothpick caused his hands to tremble.
"A pretty compelling story, right?"
Akihara Kagura stroked his eyes, the Rinnegan reverting to the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan: "These eyes are passed down from that era..."
"Lord Kagura... are you from the Uchiha Clan?"
Aburame Torune shakily asked Akihara Kagura.
Aburame Torune couldn't determine the authenticity of the history Akihara Kagura spoke of, but Akihara Kagura's Mangekyo Sharingan couldn't be fabricated; he must also have Uchiha blood.
Undoubtedly.
The contents on the toothpick are very likely true.
Karin and Yamanaka Fuu were also a bit startled by the history they heard.
"Do you all think this way?"
Akihara Kagura's lips formed a slight smile as he looked at these subordinates who had personally witnessed him fabricating the history, finding that they all believed this historical account: "It seems this fabrication of history is rather convincing..."
"Next, then..."
"The task is to find a Hyuga Clan ninja to read the secret above."
Akihara Kagura's gaze looked into the distance, toward where Uchiha Obito was clashing with a group of Konoha Ninjas, and also toward where Uchiha Sasuke and Uchiha Madara were heading.
Konoha's Team 7 and Team 10 are here.
Team 3 and Team 8 are also there, with each team having a member from the Hyuga Clan, one named Hyuga Neji, the other named Hyuga Hinata.
"As long as the origin of these eyes is explained..."
Akihara Kagura took the toothpick from Aburame Torune's hand and chuckled: "I think Mr. Black Zetsu won't doubt my true identity..."
Whether it's the Mangekyo Sharingan or the Rinnegan, both have found a reason to be used without suspicion from Black Zetsu!
Only this way...
Can Black Zetsu become my supervisor!
Only this way...
Can the Rinnegan be used freely, can Otsutsuki Kaguya be resurrected with purpose, without Black Zetsu suspecting me being a foreign entity using the Rinnegan!
Only this way...
Can Otsutsuki Kaguya become my supervisor!
Only by obtaining the potent traits from Otsutsuki Kaguya, can one truly gain footing in this world, truly grasp freedom!