Upon arriving at the teleportation platform on the moon, Danzo staggered slightly as he emerged from the spatial passage.
Brushing the dust off his clothes, he turned his gaze toward the distant silver light illuminating the sky.
Such an awe-inspiring power.
His sensory abilities confirmed that all the Flying Thunder God markers he had placed outside the temple had been wiped out by the light.
As the silver radiance faded, a massive chasm appeared on the moon's surface.
By the time Danzo rushed back at full speed, the temple and everything surrounding it had been completely erased, leaving behind a crater stretching for miles.
...
In the distance, thunderous echoes resonated through the air.
Danzo followed the lingering vibrations in his perception and quickly found the source.
Floating in the sky was the Tenseigan, its brilliant light sweeping across the battlefield, eliminating enemies with ease.
The clan head of the Branch Family, the one controlling it, had undergone a shocking transformation.
His once snow-white hair had withered, his skin wrinkled like an aged tree, and his frail body trembled. The empty socket where one eye used to be made his appearance even more unsettling.
Surrounding him were over a dozen Branch Family members, guarding him closely—including the married couple Danzo had encountered earlier.
Encircling them were hundreds of Main Family members, cautiously advancing in an attempt to seize control.
Every long-range attack they launched—techniques akin to the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm—was effortlessly absorbed by the Tenseigan. Even those who managed to get close found their chakra rapidly drained, leaving them powerless in an instant.
A perfect balance of offense and defense—practically invincible.
"You bastard! How dare you defile our ancestors! You should have been executed long ago—"
"This is... the ancestors' will! The ancestors... have chosen me! Only I can lead the Otsutsuki clan forward!" The Branch Family head's voice trembled with fervor as he raised his staff and pointed toward the encroaching Main Family.
The Tenseigan flared once more, unleashing another devastating beam of energy.
Dozens of Otsutsuki warriors vanished in an instant, reduced to nothing but a crater littered with a few scattered remnants of flesh.
Though weaker than the blast that had nearly obliterated Danzo, it was still more than enough to annihilate an average Kage-level fighter.
The middle-aged man who had just shouted turned bloodshot eyes toward the Branch Family head, his expression one of pure, seething rage.
"You deserve to die! We won't let you take the ancestors' relics with you today!"
The Branch Family head planted his staff into the ground, panting heavily as he watched the Main Family warriors close in again. Glancing at his loyal guards still standing by his side, he murmured under his breath:
"...It's time for you all to offer your strength to the ancestors."
He straightened his posture and lightly tapped his staff against the ground.
The dozen Branch Family members surrounding him barely had time to process his words before their bodies convulsed. Visible streams of chakra and life force drained from them, their vitality rapidly fading—yet their eyes only grew brighter.
Like ripened fruit, their eyes detached from their lifeless bodies, floating up toward the Tenseigan and merging into it.
Their dried-out corpses collapsed at the Branch Family head's feet.
The advancing Main Family warriors froze in shock. Even they felt a deep chill at the sight.
The old man had lost his mind.
"This... this is the power of our ancestors!" The Branch Family head spread his arms wide, his face twisted with madness.
"Fall back! Retreat—quickly!"
The colossal Tenseigan pulsed like a living heart, sending out waves of energy rippling across the battlefield.
Anyone caught within the expanding field instantly withered into husks, collapsing lifelessly to the ground.
Unlike the sacrificed Branch Family members, however, their eyes did not merge with the Tenseigan.
"Ahhh! Help—"
"Run! Get away—"
The battlefield devolved into chaos. The Main Family members fell like harvested wheat, felled in widening rings around the glowing eye. Only a few dozen figures managed to flee beyond its range, retreating with expressions of lingering terror.
"Hahaha... HAHAHA!"
Seeing the results of his attack, the Branch Family head erupted into maniacal laughter.
...
At that moment, a shadow streaked toward him at breakneck speed.
BANG!
Like a billiard ball, the Branch Family head was sent flying dozens of meters before tumbling to a stop.
The assailant—who had charged in recklessly—paid the price for getting too close. His chakra and life force were drained in an instant, his body crumbling into dust.
Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!
The spot where the Branch Family head landed erupted with towering trees, rapidly expanding outward to form a dense forest.
A beam of energy shot from the Tenseigan, vaporizing countless trees in an instant—but new saplings sprouted immediately, restoring the greenery at an astonishing rate.
Ensnared within the ever-growing forest, the Branch Family head's eyes finally showed a flicker of fear.
It wasn't just chakra depletion—
The trees were alive, moving as if with their own will. They carried him deeper into the woods, their branches passing him along, transporting him farther and farther away.
No matter how desperately he struggled, it was futile.
Once he was dragged far enough from the Tenseigan's influence, the giant eye seemed to lose control, ceasing its relentless barrage against the forest.
Danzo's figure emerged partially from the trunk of a massive tree, his Mangekyō Sharingan glinting eerily.
"What's wrong, old man? Afraid to blast yourself with the Tenseigan?"
"You—"
Before the Branch Family head could finish his sentence, his consciousness faded.
Danzo smirked. As expected, the true power lay not in the man himself but in that eye.
Without its influence, the so-called clan leader was nothing more than a frail, decrepit old fool.
...
Within the depths of his soul, Danzo pressed one hand against the unconscious man's forehead.
As he extracted information, his eyes gleamed with an even sharper light.
He had to admit—the old man was both a lunatic and a genius.
The Tenseigan left behind by Otsutsuki Hamura could only be controlled jointly by the Main Family and the Branch Family leader.
But this madman had found another way.
By sacrificing enough Branch Family bloodlines, he had managed to seize partial control.
It wasn't without cost—his body had already deteriorated beyond repair.
Still—
Just like Otsutsuki Toneri, he had entertained the notion of traveling to Earth to acquire his own Tenseigan.
Danzo smirked.
Now that was an interesting prospect.
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