"All of the Ōtsutsuki clan members on the moon... are dead?!"
The moment Mirai spoke those words, everyone present stared at him in stunned silence, jaws practically hitting the floor.
Weren't the people on the moon supposed to be the descendants of Ōtsutsuki Hamura?
Could they really have turned on each other like that?
Seeing the confusion in everyone's eyes, Mirai continued calmly, "Back when Hamura's descendants settled on the moon, they established a Main and Branch family system."
"The Main Family held absolute authority over the Branch Family. Those in the Branch had to serve the Main unconditionally—even if it cost them their lives, they weren't allowed to disobey."
As Mirai spoke, all eyes instinctively turned to Hyūga Hiashi.
That system... it sounded disturbingly familiar to the old rules of the Hyūga clan.
Hiashi furrowed his brow deeply.
He recalled how that man, Ōtsutsuki Toneri, had called Hinata the "Byakugan Princess" and expressed his desire to have children with her. A bold, unsettling suspicion crept into Hiashi's mind.
Could the Ōtsutsuki clan on the moon really share the same bloodline as them?
Mirai didn't pause to let the idea sink in—he pressed on.
"You're right to think that. The Ōtsutsuki on the moon, like the Hyūga clan, inherited the Byakugan. They are the direct descendants of Hamura."
So that's how it was.
The realization clicked for everyone in the room. It finally made sense—why Toneri had tried to kidnap Hinata. He wasn't just after her eyes. He was after her bloodline.
"Under the Main Family's oppression, resentment among the Branch members only grew stronger over time," Mirai continued. "Eventually, after years of careful planning, the Branch Family turned on the Main. They harvested the eyes of their own kin and created a weapon known as the GiantTenseigan."
"With the power of the Giant Tenseigan, they wiped out the Main Family completely—taking every eye from their corpses and placing them into the Tenseigan."
Tsunade and the others looked visibly disturbed.
To rebel against oppression was one thing. But gouging out their comrades' eyes, even after death?
That was beyond brutal.
Still... as they thought about it, none of them felt justified to stand on moral high ground. Centuries of such a cruel system would've bred unimaginable darkness. How could anyone judge them without understanding that pain?
Hiashi couldn't help but draw in a sharp breath, a chill running down his spine. He felt an odd sense of relief.
If Uchiha Mirai hadn't intervened and helped abolish the Hyūga's Caged Bird seal, would they have ended up the same way as those on the moon?
...
After a moment of silence, Kushina broke in with a question.
"Mirai... Even if the Branch wiped out the entire Main Family, shouldn't there still be more survivors? How could only Toneri be left?"
Logically speaking, there should've been way more members of the oppressed Branch Family than the Main Family. Even after their rebellion, the Branch should've had enough numbers to keep their bloodline going, right?
Mirai replied plainly, "I don't know the exact details. But after the Main Family was destroyed, the Branch's numbers started declining... year after year."
"And now, the only one left on the moon is Ōtsutsuki Toneri."
Everyone grew quiet as the full picture became clear.
Hiashi snorted and spoke with conviction.
"Lord Mirai, the Hyūga clan formally requests permission to go to the moon and capture Toneri!"
Hinata was not only Mirai's disciple—she was the Hyūga's future.
That bastard Toneri dared lay a hand on her? Unforgivable!
But Mirai shook his head.
"Hiashi. Toneri isn't someone you can take on."
Hiashi's expression darkened. He wasn't convinced.
They were all descended from Ōtsutsuki Hamura. They all shared the Byakugan. Was Toneri really so powerful that the entire Hyūga clan couldn't take him?
Mirai could tell what Hiashi was thinking. He explained,
"It's not that I'm underestimating the Hyūga. But Toneri has full control over the Giant Tenseigan. You're simply not a match for him."
Tsunade frowned slightly and asked,
"Mirai, you've mentioned this 'Giant Tenseigan' a few times now. What exactly is it?"
Everyone's curiosity piqued at once. Feeling the weight of their attention, Mirai began to explain.
"You're all familiar with the Sharingan, right?"
Everyone nodded.
The Sharingan's power was already legendary in the shinobi world. And after Uchiha Mirai's rise, its fame had only grown. The Konoha leadership certainly knew it well.
"As you know, the Sharingan can evolve—one tomoe, two tomoe, three... then the Mangekyō, the Eternal Mangekyō... and finally, the Rinnegan."
"Each evolution unlocks immense power."
Seeing that everyone was following closely, Mirai continued, "The Byakugan is the same."
"Its ultimate evolved form... is the Tenseigan."
"And the power of the Tenseigan rivals even the Rinnegan. In terms of raw attack power, it might even surpass it."
Once again, the room fell into shock.
Especially Hiashi—his heart was pounding.
Even as the Hyūga clan head, he had never known that the Byakugan could evolve into something on par with the Rinnegan!
No wonder the Byakugan was always said to rival the Sharingan. Its true potential was far greater than anyone had realized.
...
Mirai wasn't done.
"Despite its incredible potential, the Byakugan's evolution isn't as straightforward as the Sharingan's."
"That's why no one in the Hyūga clan has ever managed to awaken the Tenseigan."
He had long suspected the truth behind the Byakugan's evolution. The fact that the moon's Ōtsutsuki clan could awaken the Tenseigan by collecting and combining others' eyes... it was a vital clue.
Based on his own understanding, Mirai had come to a theory: to evolve the Byakugan into the Tenseigan, one must gather every genetic sequence tied to the Byakugan.
Only by assembling a complete set of the bloodline's genetics could the evolution be triggered.
Just like how evolving the Sharingan into the Rinnegan required the power of all things—this, too, was a necessary condition.
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