Chapter 549: The Progenitor
Since he had strictly decided to extract the absolute totality of Kaguya's data archives, Ryo took the optimal opportunity while Kaguya was actively running a conversational loop with the three junior units to meticulously organize his internal language parameters and formulate the specific logistical queries he intended to deploy.
Kaguya's behavioral matrix flawlessly mirrored the aesthetic of a caring 'Great Ancestor' deeply concerned for her juniors, systematically querying every single data point—scaling from the macroscopic structural status of the three children's family units down to the microscopic, mundane logistics of their daily operational loops.
With Black Zetsu permanently deleted by Ryo's matrix, her remaining emotional coding was strictly restricted to the most baseline parameters: joy, sorrow, and familial affection. Therefore, even when executing interactions with descendants separated by an astronomical chronological gap of eighty to a hundred generations, Kaguya projected an exceptionally high-tier patience aesthetic—a patience protocol so profoundly enduring that it completely depleted Ryo's own internal patience reserves...
"Ahem! The chronological cycle is rapidly approaching noon. Toneri, deploy your matrix to Sara's Noodle Shop and execute a takeout protocol for five rations of Miso Chashu Ramen."
"Understood." Toneri's internal pressure had long reached critical mass. A flawlessly optimized pair of ocular parameters had abruptly been forcefully reclassified as an incorrect evolutionary sequence... It generated a catastrophically uncomfortable psychological aesthetic.
Ryo executed a half-second processing delay: "Hinata and Hanabi, your matrices are mandated to accompany his coordinates; Toneri's physical frame fundamentally lacks the payload capacity to transport the entire ration block alone. Zero necessity to accelerate your kinetic output; since your units have successfully deployed to the Land of Whirlpools, execute a leisurely patrol sequence of the perimeter. Stroll smoothly, and strictly initiate the ramen transaction when your biological hunger metrics require it."
Hanabi routed a rapid visual scan toward Ryo, followed by a secondary scan toward Kaguya. The corners of her vocal apparatus curved into a minor amused aesthetic, preparing to output a verbal data packet, but her physical vessel was instantaneously and aggressively dragged out of the perimeter by Hinata.
Auditing the rapid departure of the three junior units, Ryo's cognitive loops calculated that his operational intent to secure a solitary instance with Kaguya's matrix was projecting a slightly too blatant aesthetic...
Kaguya's processing arrays fundamentally bypassed any complex overthinking, maintaining a radiant smile across her facial parameters: "If your operational schedule is devoid of urgency, could your matrix authorize these three junior units to accompany my localized frame for a few chronological cycles?"
Ryo executed a firm nod: "Zero structural conflicts. It ostensibly appears your solitary residency at this coordinate has spawned minor boredom metrics within your matrix? You fundamentally command the operational clearance to deploy outside this perimeter and execute a patrol sequence—initiate a tracking loop for Konan, Sara, Ayame, or even Haku. My matrix has executed absolute zero restrictions upon your kinetic freedom."
"Mhm."
Ryo chuckled lightly: "My internal database requires specific data inputs from your matrix. If outputting the intel generates any structural inconvenience, you command the clearance to bypass the query."
Kaguya locked a flawlessly pure visual scan onto Ryo: "What specific logistical parameters do you require?"
"Let us initiate the sequence with a baseline inquiry. Your vocal apparatus previously classified the Tenseigan as an incorrect evolutionary track for the Byakugan; therefore, exactly what structural parameters define a standard, flawless evolution for the Byakugan?"
"Under standard operational conditions, the Byakugan fundamentally does not execute an evolutionary sequence. The higher the purity metric of the bloodline, the greater the visual output of the Byakugan. However, a significant volume of clan members have experienced anomalous genetic mutations. The Tenseigan maps to the most statistically common variant. Additionally, silver ocular parameters possessing the technical capacity to manipulate spatial vectors, and even golden ocular parameters capable of executing localized chronological pauses on the timeline, have successfully spawned throughout our clan's historical archives. However, the absolute universal rule dictates that the higher the combat output generated, the more catastrophic the resulting biological side effects..."
Ryo's cognitive arrays fell into profound contemplation: "And blue ocular parameters?"
"Blue ocular parameters?!" Kaguya's vocal cadence violently spiked dual octaves, before her facial parameters morphed into a highly anomalous, bizarre aesthetic: "Not the pale blue variant, but an absolute, profound azure blue? Ryo Uzumaki, has your matrix genuinely, successfully audited a biological unit possessing those exact parameters?"
Ryo aggressively scratched his head parameters. Exactly what catastrophic emotional error code was this reaction? His memory banks had strictly retrieved a background visual file from the Boruto timeline where Boruto's ocular hardware ostensibly projected a profound azure blue aesthetic...
"My sensory arrays have logged absolute zero visual confirmations of such an entity as of the current timeline; it was strictly an experimental query."
Kaguya's internal pressure visibly stabilized, mirroring a massive sigh of relief: "If your matrix has logged zero visual confirmations, that is a highly optimal reality."
Ryo's processing loops briefly froze. He rapidly executed a predictive simulation to decode the anomaly behind Kaguya's bizarre facial aesthetic—it highly probable mapped to absolute terror! However, the unvarnished reality dictated that negative emotional coding, such as terror, had been permanently uninstalled alongside her dark matrix, therefore...
"Exactly what catastrophic anomaly is linked to profound azure blue ocular parameters?"
Kaguya's vocal apparatus went offline for a fractional moment: "Ryo Uzumaki, exactly what volume of data does your internal database command regarding our Otsutsuki clan matrix?"
"The data volume fails to scale to astronomical heights, yet it is not entirely vacant. It undeniably logs a massive deficit compared to your localized archives. Execute your data output sequence."
Kaguya gave a firm nod: "Our Otsutsuki clan matrix is permanently anchored on an entirely divergent, astronomically distant planetary coordinate. Our biological units are hardcoded from spawn with supreme, overwhelming power. Our operational protocol for vertically scaling our combat output fundamentally bypasses standard training loops; instead, it relies strictly on extracting a highly specialized energy parameter designated as 'Dan' directly from the Chakra Fruit, subsequently synthesizing it with medical compounds prior to biological ingestion..."
"Dan?" Ryo furrowed his brows. "Didn't your physical frame execute a direct, unvarnished consumption loop of the entire Divine Tree Fruit?"
"Flawlessly accurate. The precise volume of 'Dan' energy capable of being extracted scales monumentally low relative to the aggregate energy density of a fully intact Chakra Fruit, and the resulting elevation in base combat output registers as statistically minor. However, its supreme operational advantage lies in the capacity for continuous, repeated biological ingestion, with every singular dose incrementally stacking a substantial boost to base parameters. Conversely, a fully intact Chakra Fruit commands a strict hard limit of one consumption cycle per entity."
"Understood." Ryo's cognitive arrays flawlessly processed the logistics. One vector mapped to an instantaneous, max-tier upgrade sequence that simultaneously permanently bricked any future scaling pathways, while the secondary vector mandated a slow, incremental, step-by-step grinding loop that scaled at an agonizingly slow velocity.
"Then exactly what logistical algorithm prompted your matrix to bypass the slow 'Dan' accumulation loop and directly consume the entire Chakra Fruit?"
"Highly probable due to internal dissatisfaction spawning a localized rebellion protocol?" Kaguya's aesthetic drifted into a blank, melancholic state. "Our Otsutsuki clan matrix enforces a monumentally strict, rigid hierarchical architecture. The internal operational mandates are so astronomically unforgiving that even my biological creator—despite executing the supreme command role of Clan Head—was strictly denied the allocation of life-extending 'Dan' energy when his biological lifespan was registering critical terminal warnings."
"Terminal lifespan warnings?" Ryo registered a minor shock spike. "Executing biological ingestion of 'Dan' energy fundamentally fails to unlock the absolute Immortality protocol?"
"Flawlessly accurate."
Ryo executed a rapid nod of profound realization. This specific variable brought the operational efficiency of both scaling vectors into a highly balanced, equivalent state. Factoring in the reality that Kaguya fundamentally lacked the administrative clearance to secure 'Dan' energy allocations, her strategic pivot to covertly consume the Divine Tree Fruit to successfully hijack the Immortality protocol was a flawlessly logical sequence.
"If your biological creator—operating as the Clan Head—was still structurally blocked from securing 'Dan' energy to extend his operational lifespan, does that strictly dictate that anchored above the Clan Head in the Otsutsuki hierarchy, there exist... Elder units?"
"Negative, they do not map to the Elder classification; they operate as the Cultivator units. The specific entities assigned the operational mandate of planting the Chakra Fruits and subsequently harvesting the 'Dan' energy upon full maturity are strictly limited to a three-unit cluster: Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki. Within this cluster, Momoshiki executes the supreme commander protocols."
Ryo's cognitive loops plunged into deep contemplation. His memory banks successfully retrieved the designations Momoshiki and Kinshiki—they mapped explicitly to the hostile villain units featured in the Boruto cinematic release that had debuted shortly prior to his timeline transit sequence...
"And this three-unit cluster strictly operates under the direct, absolute command of our clan's Progenitor entity. That successfully compiles the entirety of the Otsutsuki clan's structural architecture."
"Progenitor entity?" Ryo's processing loops momentarily stalled. "This Progenitor entity maps to..."
Kaguya gave a firm nod: "Exactly that—the Progenitor. The absolute, supreme Great Ancestor who successfully architected the baseline genetic matrix of the entire Otsutsuki clan."
"Such an entity successfully maintains an active coordinate?!" Ryo's facial parameters instantly rendered absolute shock. "Then exactly how astronomically massive is his combat output?! How did your cognitive loops ever generate the courage—how did your matrix dare to initiate a transit to Earth and successfully execute a covert theft protocol on the Fruit!"
Kaguya gently shook her head: "The unvarnished reality dictates that my visual arrays have fundamentally never audited the Progenitor entity. My internal algorithms had historically concluded his matrix had been permanently deleted... purely due to the specific data point you queried moments ago: the biological unit possessing the profound azure blue ocular parameters."
Ryo elevated an eyebrow parameter.
"The Otsutsuki clan matrix enforces supreme dictatorial control over an astronomical volume of human-populated planetary coordinates—deploying Divine Trees, harvesting energy metrics, and executing the cycle in a flawless infinite loop. Statistical probability guarantees that localized rebellion protocols will periodically spawn, yet these uprisings are universally crushed by our suppression algorithms. However, on strictly one isolated iteration, a specific planetary rebellion scaled critically close to a successful override.
The profound azure blue ocular parameters are designated as the Jougan. Biological hybrids harboring fragmented Byakugan genetic code possess a microscopically minute statistical probability of successfully booting this highly specialized ocular hardware. During that specific historical milestone, a rogue clan unit successfully leaked the Byakugan genetic matrix into an external population, resulting in a localized planetary entity successfully booting the Jougan. The native population of that coordinate designated this entity as the 'Child of Humanity'!
By the chronological milestone our sensory arrays successfully detected the anomaly, this Child of Humanity had already vertically scaled their combat output to an astronomically catastrophic tier. Momoshiki's matrix fundamentally lacked the technical capacity to terminate the threat, mandating that the Progenitor execute a personal deployment. Following a catastrophic, max-tier combat engagement, the planetary coordinate was completely wiped of all biological lifeforce, and absolutely zero sensory arrays have successfully logged a visual confirmation of the Progenitor since. Following that event, Momoshiki's administrative distribution of 'Dan' energy became increasingly corrupted and unbalanced, leading my cognitive loops to permanently log the Progenitor's status as deceased."
"Oh?" Ryo's processing loops executed a momentary delay. "So your transit to Earth was explicitly architected to successfully bypass Momoshiki's corrupted, dictatorial administration? But evaluating the current metrics, is your Progenitor entity definitively deceased or not?"
"Negative on terminal deletion... Because the absolute Power of Blessing is strictly, exclusively housed within the Progenitor's operational matrix. The singular catastrophic anomaly capable of forcefully executing a spontaneous pregnancy and spawn loop within my biological vessel... maps strictly to the Progenitor's Blessing!"
Absolute realization violently flooded Ryo's cognitive arrays. He had successfully locked onto the prime culprit...