·As a transmigrator, Izanami's narrative perspective surpasses that of anyone on this planet. Thousands of years have passed, and to the general populace, the Sage of Six Paths and the Ninja Sect are nothing more than figures from myths and legends.
But Izanami knows the truth—they were real.
He knows that the Sage of Six Paths had a mother and a younger brother. After the two brothers united to seal their mother, the Sage became the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki and began a path of atonement.
Ōtsutsuki Hamura, the Sage's younger brother, took a different path—he married, had concubines, and propagated the Ōtsutsuki Clan. After the Ten-Tails was sealed and the Outer Path Demonic Statue was placed on the Moon, Hamura led a group of his clansmen there to guard it.
Those who remained on Earth gradually evolved into the Hyuga Clan over the course of millennia.
Just as the Sage of Six Paths possessed the ultimate ocular technique—the Rinnegan—his sons could achieve the same through the principle of Two Extremes Convergence. Similarly, Hamura had his own ultimate eye: the Tenseigan (Reincarnation Eye), a dojutsu with both destructive and creative power.
Hamura's descendants could awaken this eye too—either through a Two Extremes Convergence-like condition or via a secret method: fusing multiple Byakugan. Ironically, this very method led to the downfall of the Moon's Ōtsutsuki Clan.
Today, only Ōtsutsuki Toneri remains on the Moon.
At age three, Izanami experienced a flash of insight and decided to abandon his initial idea of copying Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha's talent entries. Instead, he focused on Ōtsutsuki Toneri.
Toneri, as the last descendant of the Moon branch of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, possesses the purest lineage. His genetic reversion is on par with Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and Ōtsutsuki Asura. This level of purity grants him the Sage Body—a feat that required Madara Uchiha to transplant Hashirama Senju's cells and wait decades to achieve.
Toneri, however, evolved his Byakugan into the Tenseigan within days.
Upon awakening, he instantly entered the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, manifested the Truth-Seeking Balls, and wielded techniques such as the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion and Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion—capable of slicing the Moon.
His innate ability and chakra potential far surpassed even Naruto and Sasuke.
Had Toneri chosen to live on Earth, he would've been the ultimate cheat character. With the Giant Tenseigan as his medium, not even Madara or Hashirama could match him—unless the Sage of Six Paths himself intervened.
Had Toneri been more ruthless—seizing Hinata or Hanabi's Byakugan early—there would have been no "Shippuden," only the "Legend of Toneri."
Unfortunately, Toneri was an awkward recluse. Unless convinced that the Ninja World was beyond salvation, he would never descend from the Moon.
But Izanami knew better. Toneri had secretly visited Earth and Konoha during his childhood, before his father passed away. Using the Giant Tenseigan, he saw Hinata from afar—and fell in love at first sight.
He didn't disturb her life. Instead, he waited until adulthood, planning to propose under the ancient Ōtsutsuki agreement.
But to his surprise, his "fiancée" already had someone she liked. All of Toneri's efforts were nothing more than wishful thinking.
Izanami had no sympathy for this shut-in genius.
However, he speculated that Toneri's visit occurred when Hinata was around three years old. That year, Hiashi Hyuga's decision to sacrifice himself in place of his brother triggered subtle shifts in Hinata's status. The personality she exhibited afterwards disappointed her father greatly.
Her third birthday also happened to be her grandest celebration.
Izanami made a calculated decision to act during this period. It was a high-stakes gamble—to target the only opportunity to copy Toneri's talent entry. Unlike Naruto and Sasuke's entries, which could be copied later, Toneri's window was fleeting. Missing it meant waiting until two years after Shippuden ended.
Fortunately, Izanami's bet paid off.
Toneri wasn't just seen wandering outside the Hyuga Clan on Hinata's birthday—he lingered throughout that entire year.
Appearances may be deceptive, but talent entries never lie.
As long as Toneri and his father were not using puppets or invisibility techniques, their bubbles—representing talent entries—were visible to Izanami.
Through relentless effort and vigilance, Izanami finally spotted the blind Toneri and his father in the crowd during Hinata's birthday—an event coinciding with the arrival of the Cloud Ninja envoy in Konoha.
It's a strange twist of fate: had the Ōtsutsuki father and son lingered until evening and tried to abduct Hinata, they would have sealed their doom. But instead, they merely used the Giant Tenseigan to observe her from afar before quietly leaving the village.
Born without eyes, Toneri lacked the Bloodline Limit: Byakugan. He also had no low-level entries—only a single high-grade red bubble: Ōtsutsuki Bloodline.
Izanami had seen this entry on Hyuga Clan members before, but none had the same color. For them, the entry peaked at blue. Even Toneri's father only possessed a purple-level Ōtsutsuki Bloodline—not even gold.
Only Toneri had an entry color beyond gold—red, the highest known level.
Izanami didn't hesitate. He copied the entry on the spot.
In the three years that followed, his fate began to shift dramatically.
Shortly after extracting chakra for the first time, Izanami's talent entry—Chunin Qualification (Green)—upgraded to Super-Kage Qualification (Gold).
As the name suggests, unless he perished prematurely, Izanami was destined to become a figure on par with Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.
Once he transplanted Hinata or Hanabi's Byakugan and condensed the Truth-Seeking Ball, he would ascend to the level of the Sage of Six Paths.
Months later, he unlocked a new talent entry—Full Attribute Constitution (Purple).
This trait, seen in shinobi like Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Orochimaru, and Kakashi Hatake, marked those capable of mastering all five chakra natures.
That same year, at age five, Izanami unlocked yet another entry.
It terrified him.
He had activated the Byakugan—not inherited, but awakened.
Under the influence of the Ōtsutsuki Bloodline, Izanami's eyes remained normal in their default state—like Himawari Uzumaki's. But upon activation, the veins near his temples bulged, and his pupils turned pale.
This revelation brought immense relief.
Without it, he might have been forced to wear sunglasses constantly or use tinted contacts like Kakashi in the original timeline.
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