"...What a beautiful eye."
After returning home, Hyuga Naraku couldn't help but admire his reflection in the mirror.
The Byakugan, originally pure white and flawless, had changed—its pupils now gleamed with a light blue hue.
In the center of those glowing eyes, delicate, white snowflake-like patterns rotated gently.
This was—Tenseigan!
Not as fearsome as the Sharingan.
Not as divine as the Rinnegan.
But pure, radiant, and breathtakingly beautiful.
From the outside, it didn't exude world-shattering might.
Its magnificence lay not in terror—but in elegance.
Even someone as calm and composed as Hyuga Naraku couldn't help but lose himself for a moment in the beauty of those eyes.
He stared for a long time.
Eventually, Naraku looked away from the mirror. Admiring Tenseigan could wait.
Now, he needed to understand its true power.
So far, he had only tested one ability of the Tenseigan—Memory Reading.
Not an overwhelming combat technique, but tremendously useful.
In fact, he could boldly claim:
"As long as I'm willing, no one in the Shinobi world can keep secrets from me."
He mused aloud:"Control of gravity and repulsion... just like the Rinnegan?"
Focusing, Naraku casually lifted the cup on the table using repulsive force and brought it to his hand.
With just this technique—he could fly.
Nagato's Deva Path flew by manipulating gravitational force with the Rinnegan.
But for a true Tenseigan wielder, that was only the beginning.
"Tenseigan Chakra Mode."Naraku silently activated the ability, forming a seal.
Hum!
A glowing light blue chakra cloak wrapped around his body.
This was a special mode unique to Tenseigan users!
Once awakened, they could enter this state through hand seals—condense Truth-Seeking Balls, and reach the domain of pseudo-Six Paths level power!
Flying was just a basic ability at this level.
Hyuga Naraku slowly raised his right hand as chakra gathered in his palm.
A black sphere formed—
Truth-Seeking Ball.
The ultimate ninjutsu symbolizing the unity of yin and yang, five elements, and seven chakra natures.
In this mode, Naraku could now wield Tenseigan's ultimate techniques:
Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion – the pinnacle of repulsion.
Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion – the pinnacle of gravitational force.
Especially the Golden Wheel—
In the original timeline, Ōtsutsuki Toneri had used twelve Truth-Seeking Balls to forge a golden sword and split the moon in one strike!
"Don't get cocky. Stay calm... steady..." Naraku reminded himself.
He was far from invincible.
Even Naruto and Sasuke, with the Sage of Six Paths' power, had nearly been killed by Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
Especially her terrifying technique—All-Killing Ash Bones.
Even a Six Paths-level being could be disintegrated by it.
That was the difference in tiers—
The difference between Six Paths level and Bloodline Snare level.
Even now, serious threats remained.
If Uchiha Madara were to be resurrected again...
If Ōtsutsuki Kaguya returned...
And worst of all—Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
That being had been lurking in the Shinobi World for thousands of years!
Naraku wasn't even sure about the current status of Jigen, Isshiki's vessel.
Not to mention—
He still had a Ten Tails!
No, Naraku didn't have the luxury of arrogance.
He shook off those thoughts.
For now, he had finally awakened Tenseigan.
And there was something very important he needed to do:
Destroy the Curse Mark: Caged Bird.
Until now, Naraku could only suppress it temporarily using chakra shielding and barriers.
But now—armed with Truth-Seeking Balls—he could completely erase the seal.
After all, the Caged Bird Seal was still a form of chakra-based ninjutsu.
With his eyes, Naraku could see the foreign chakra embedded in his brain.
He carefully guided the Tenseigan chakra to the location, forming a microscopic Truth-Seeking Ball.
No pain.
The curse mark had always been isolated from his core chakra flow.
Thus, under the decomposition power of the Truth-Seeking Ball—
It vanished.
The Caged Bird Curse was completely destroyed.
"...Finally. Goodbye."Naraku let out a breath, feeling an immense relief.
Though he'd freed himself long ago from its control, the ugliness of the mark still lingered.
That branding—so humiliating that branch family members wore their headbands to hide it.
But no more.
"The farce should end now..."Hyuga Naraku looked out at the quiet night sky.
Be it the Third Hokage...
Or Kumo Village...
Everything they had done—everything they had schemed—
It was time to bring it all to an end.