Chapter 273: Equipment +1
If Ryosuke hadn't seen Ōtsutsuki Toneri on the moon through Uchiha Madara's future, he would've completely forgotten about the guy.
Toneri, lacking the Rinnegan, was so insignificant that his existence had slipped from Ryosuke's mind entirely.
Without sparing a thought for the shattered Land of Water below—now fragmented into countless tiny islands—Ryosuke leapt skyward, shooting straight toward the blood moon above.
In his perception, Naruto remained intact on one of the islands.
Aside from him, there was no one else Ryosuke truly cared about in this central war-torn zone. If this battlefield had held people important to him, Ryosuke wouldn't have chosen to fight Uchiha Madara here. Perhaps… he would've picked a region where life and death didn't matter as much—like the Land of Lightning or the Land of Earth.
He tore through the sky like a missile, leaving the atmosphere at terrifying speed.
Pale white Tenseigan chakra flared around Ryosuke's body. The Truth-Seeking Ball hovered beside him, guarding him from harm at all times.
"Where are you going?"
The farther he moved from the Ninja Realm and the closer he drew to the moon, the more fragmented Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's voice became in his mind—filled with suspicion and caution.
"So, our communication depends on the Sacred Tree?"
Ryosuke immediately pieced it together.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki could only communicate with him—or even perceive him—when he was near the Sacred Tree. That meant being near Uchiha Madara, the tree's current custodian.
No wonder it felt strange before. He had assumed Kaguya could mentally reach across planets, but it turned out her communication was limited to the Sacred Tree as a medium.
If mental links really could span planets, then the gap between her and him… would be far too great.
After a short silence, Kaguya spoke again. "…What do you want to do?"
She didn't want the question answered—but clearly, she already suspected the answer.
"I just want to get rid of someone I dislike… and learn a few things along the way," Ryosuke said nonchalantly. "If I want to release you, I need to understand the structure of this moon first."
"Oh—by the way… is there any way to free you without destroying it?"
Just as he finished, his figure flickered.
He dodged a yellowish beam of light fired from the moon—then entered its range officially.
In that instant, Ryosuke lost contact with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
He could feel it—the connection between their consciousness had snapped completely.
"Though the yellow Rinnegan is strong, it's a shame the user is too clumsy with it."
Because he'd been anticipating an ambush, Ryosuke had easily avoided the sudden, high-speed beam.
In the future his Eye had shown, Uchiha Madara also had the ability to dodge this attack.
But honestly—who could've predicted that apart from Kaguya Ōtsutsuki sealed inside the moon, there was another Ōtsutsuki lingering here? A survivor of an ancient clan, though reduced to a lone remnant.
A soft but sharp sound rang out as Ryosuke descended from high in the sky. He immediately felt the gravitational difference between the moon and the Ninja World.
Had this been the Ninja World, he wouldn't have made a sound landing—no dust, no mark.
But here, he left a deep footprint.
"So this… is the moon of the Ninja World?"
Ryosuke's gaze swept the surroundings.
A barren landscape. No buildings. No trees. No signs of life.
Aside from gravity and aesthetics, it wasn't much different from the Ninja World.
This moon had been created through Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei, combining Yin and Yang powers to gather fragments of the Earth into orbit. The ground beneath his feet came from the Ninja World itself.
The moon's habitable environment had been modified later by Ōtsutsuki Hamura and his followers.
Transforming a planet for human survival might seem like an impossible task. But for someone who had reached the Six Paths realm—and mastered Yin-Yang Release and the Five Elements—it was merely tedious.
"So…"
Ryosuke's eyes narrowed as he scanned this planet, so much smaller than the world he came from. Slowly, he began to float upward again.
It didn't take long before he spotted a palace—the former residence of the Ōtsutsuki main family in the Ninja World.
Interestingly enough, the Ōtsutsuki clan divided their bloodlines between a main family and a branch family.
The chakra fruit had been brought to the Ninja World by Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and her descendants followed this division.
The Ōtsutsuki main family, led by Hamura, settled here on the moon.
The branch family stayed behind, gradually evolving into the Hyūga clan.
But in the passage of time, the Hyūga clan began to forget their origin—whether intentionally or not—and started their own division between main and branch families.
At the same time, the Ōtsutsuki clan on the moon also fractured further into main and branch divisions.
A cycle.
The main family splits, the branch escapes control, and in turn, proclaims itself as the new main. Over and over again, in the name of preserving bloodline purity.
"Master Hyūga."
Just before Ryosuke entered the hall, a man in white-and-blue robes emerged.
His eyes were closed. Yet the serenity on his face radiated confidence—like he could turn the sky to dust or bend the sun and moon to his will.
Two expressionless attendants followed behind.
Before Toneri could even speak, Ryosuke blinked behind him—then struck.
Boom—
Thousands of fists slammed into Toneri.
Before the scent of blood could even hang in the air, the final Ōtsutsuki on the moon was reduced to ash—scattered like charred paper in the wind.
Even the moon trembled from the shockwave of that one blow.
Throughout the entire process, the two attendants remained motionless.
They were mere puppets—automated creations by the moon's Ōtsutsuki, animated via the Tenseigan embedded in the palace.
But in front of Ryosuke, who possessed the Tenseigan, their control had already shifted hands.
"So weak."
Ryosuke paused mid-swing.
He even questioned whether using Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack had been overkill.
Clearly, Toneri had spent too long alone on the moon. With no rivals, no real battles, he'd lost his edge. Though technically skilled, his combat instincts had long since dulled.
But Ryosuke hadn't expected this guy to be so fragile.
He didn't even sense the slightest fighting spirit from him.
"Forget it. In the original timeline, Ōtsutsuki Toneri—with the Tenseigsn—was already useless. And now, he doesn't even have that."
With a final glance at the "dust and fog" scattered by the wind, Ryosuke dismissed Toneri from his thoughts and turned toward the palace.
He was of no value. It was better to eliminate him early—so Hinata wouldn't be troubled by him in the future.
By the way… there was still that deep yellow Tenseigan.
The path ahead was smooth. All the palace puppets had lost their functions and stood frozen in place like discarded decorations.
Without hesitation, Ryosuke passed through one silent, empty room after another until he reached the deepest part of the palace.
A vast, dark cavern stretched before him like the mouth of an abyss.
Wind howled through the space, echoing like a ghost's wail. A spiraling stone path clung to the cylindrical stone walls, leading downward like a twisted staircase into hell.
But to Ryosuke, this seemingly bottomless void looked completely different.
With a single glance, he saw everything within—hidden passages, traps, mechanisms, even the structural weaknesses.
Floating silently, Ryosuke bypassed the path entirely and dove straight down.
The wind rushed past, but he remained unaffected, gliding through the air like a silent blade.
The stone walls bore no carvings—untouched and raw, as though naturally formed. No matter how far he descended, their surface remained unchanged.
Eventually, faint light pierced the darkness.
The light grew stronger until it overwhelmed the shadows entirely.
Suspended within a massive, globe-like structure was a colossal, dark yellow eye.
Its gravity radiated outward like an invisible ocean, pulling at the very air around it.
"The power in this Tenseigan … feels different from mine."
As Ryosuke approached, he felt a strange sensation take hold.
The moment he neared the massive eye, a resonance stirred in his blood. Whispers echoed in his mind—male, female, old, young. Countless voices.
"Why should the main family enjoy everything while the branch family acts like obedient dogs? I refuse to accept this!"
"Traitor! You're a traitor to the Ōtsutsuki clan!"
"I don't want to die! Let me go—I won't die with you!"
…
Scenes of suffering surged through Ryosuke's mind.
Humans who resembled the Hyuga—white hair, pale skin—stood atop scaffolds, forced to offer themselves to the massive, metallic eye.
Baji—
Baji—
Like watermelons smashing against the ground, bodies burst. Blood, flesh, chakra, spirit—everything was devoured by the strange force shaping the eye.
One after another, over generations, the members of the Ōtsutsuki branch clan grew increasingly fanatic, offering everything they had to complete this weapon.
War. Hatred. Agony. Despair…
Even their memories and consciousness were infused into this eye.
Over time, this monstrous eye became the ultimate creation of the branch clan—an enormous Tenseigan forged from sacrifice.
As always—wherever there are people, there will be conflict.
Ryosuke calmly endured the flood of torment and memories.
His will was unshaken, unaffected by the sorrow and darkness. These were merely the sins of the living.
Dreams like Senju Hashirama's and Uchiha Madara's—wishing for peace for millions—were hopelessly naïve.
Even with only a handful of Ōtsutsuki left on the moon, war still found a way. When their population dwindled into the single digits, and even childbirth became a problem… only then did conflict fade.
"How pitiful."
As these memories flowed through him, Ryosuke couldn't help but picture Hashirama and Madara, desperately chasing after an unattainable peace. He shook his head, almost regretfully.
Blood, memory, spirit…
And as everything was poured into the eye, the massive Tenseigan—seemingly conscious—began to acknowledge Ryosuke's presence.
It was like a sentient machine—an ancient AI—finally granting access to a new user.
"In terms of ability… nothing I haven't already seen."
With a flick of his wrist, Ryosuke dispelled the metallic bindings that restrained the massive Tenseigan.
It hovered around him like a miniature sun.
"Control over gravity and repulsion."
"Puppet manipulation."
"Capability to generate Truth-Seeking Orbs and wield Yin-Yang and Five Elements techniques…"
…
Everything this eye could do—Ryosuke already could as well.
In fact, his Tenseigan had evolved gradually, and his mastery over its techniques surpassed this ancient construct.
So… in theory, this Tenseigan was redundant.
But you never know until you test it.
With that in mind, Ryosuke activated the Tenseigan using his own Tenseigan.
An unseen field—like magnetic energy—instantly blanketed the entire moon.
Then, something unexpected happened.
His eyes lit up with interest.
His own abilities… were amplified.
Pupil techniques became easier to control. Chakra and ocular energy consumption decreased noticeably.
Testing it again, Ryosuke poured pale white Tenseigan chakra into the massive eye.
Immediately, the Tenseigan processed the energy like a high-efficiency core, channeling it outward.
In the next instant, hundreds of black Truth-Seeking Orbs materialized across the temple.
They hovered silently, packed together like a constellation of black stars.
"It's not a fluke. My abilities really are enhanced."
Ryosuke smirked. Normally, he could only generate a dozen or so Truth-Seeking Orbs.
But with this eye—he could summon over a hundred. A tenfold increase in output.
"This… might be a great piece of equipment."
He looked at the massive Tenseigan floating before him, pleased.
"And one that's already acknowledged me as its master."
Beyond amplification, this Tenseigan also served another purpose—it could store chakra.
An ultra-capacity energy core.
Even if it didn't grant any new powers, as a tool alone, its value was beyond measure.
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