A temple constructed from a unique kind of stone emitted a faint glow from within.
The moment they stepped inside, they encountered several corpses, all wearing identical uniforms—evidently the temple's guards.
Danzo immediately heightened his vigilance.
Silently, he made his way toward the main hall.
"Ah..."
"Ah..."
"The ancestors are responding to me! Haha... Throw in a few more..."
"Patriarch, we've already sacrificed all the ones we gathered this time. Even Ichiro and Jiro's eyes have been taken. Will this really work?" The voice carried a hint of doubt and hesitation.
More than half of their clan's eyes had been offered this time, including those of the two most talented individuals with the strongest bloodline.
"It will work. The ancestors' eyes are watching me—I can feel it. They crave destruction... Gather more of our kin's eyes..."
Hidden in the shadows, Danzo's gaze was immediately drawn to a colossal eye, encircled by metallic runes and radiating a yellow glow.
The Tenseigan—Otsutsuki Hamura's eye of destruction.
Below the grand staircase, two Otsutsuki clansmen lay in agony, blood streaming from their eye sockets as they writhed and screamed in pain.
Danzo could sense an inexplicable force connecting them to the massive Tenseigan above. At the same time, the Tenseigan was steadily draining their bloodline and chakra.
That explained their agony—once the process was complete, they would not survive for long.
A sudden chill crawled up Danzo's spine.
"Who's there?!" The patriarch's voice rang out. The last remaining Otsutsuki clansman assumed a defensive stance, scanning the surroundings warily.
Danzo's gaze remained fixed on the massive Tenseigan above. The eye was alive—and it was staring right at him.
"There!" The patriarch pointed with his staff, and a nearby guard swung his arm.
A chakra blade shot through the air, forcing Danzo to reveal himself.
The moment he appeared, a figure lunged at him, chakra surging around their clenched fist.
"Boom!"
The attack possessed speed and strength on par with the Fourth Raikage—and it wielded non-elemental chakra.
Danzo felt his arm sting. The chakra wasn't just an energy—it corroded flesh upon contact.
Their battle unfolded at breakneck speed.
"Bang! Bang!" Unlike the Hyuga Clan's single-minded combat style, this opponent's techniques were far more complex.
Blocking a relentless barrage of attacks, Danzo locked onto his opponent's arm, meeting the Otsutsuki's shocked gaze.
[Dojutsu: Heavenly Mind Dominion]
The Otsutsuki, who had been attacking ferociously just moments ago, suddenly collapsed, lifeless.
Danzo, his Sharingan activated, turned his gaze toward the massive eye above. The feeling of being watched had only intensified.
"Who are you? You're not from the main family!" The patriarch's voice rang out in disbelief.
Danzo couldn't be bothered to respond. This man's actions were nothing short of madness.
His eyes spun, forming intricate patterns.
[Dojutsu: Tenshin]
"Who are you?! What are you doing to me?!" the patriarch shrieked in terror.
Yet Danzo was the one taken aback. His dojutsu—his greatest weapon—had failed.
The massive Tenseigan behind the patriarch had neutralized it.
He had already begun extracting the man's soul, but the giant Tenseigan had forcibly pulled it back.
Now, its gaze was locked onto Danzo, filled with hostility.
"You're from the Shinobi World… How dare you set foot on the moon? You are the source of all calamity..."
His expression twisted in madness as he suddenly gouged out his own eye.
Danzo's lips twitched at the sight of the patriarch's deranged hostility—his grudge was completely irrational.
Yet the ominous feeling intensifying around the man did not stem from him alone—but from the massive Tenseigan behind him.
The moment he threw his eye into the Tenseigan, a wave of danger surged through the air.
The patriarch lifted his staff, pointing directly at Danzo.
"Ancestor! Kill him!"
Danzo had anticipated the move—
Wind Release: Shuriken
A wind-enhanced shuriken flew toward the crazed elder.
At the same time, Danzo activated his Body Flicker Technique, vanishing from the temple in an instant.
Yet even after leaving, the sensation of being locked onto did not fade.
Black markings spread across his face as he instantly entered Sage Mode.
The threat emanating from the temple only grew stronger.
"Susanoo"
A colossal blue skeletal figure took form, swiftly gaining muscle, armor, and a shield.
Danzo's hands formed seals at lightning speed—
"Wood Release: Shield Technique"
A massive wooden shield, adorned with monstrous carvings, rose from the ground, enveloping Susanoo.
The entire temple erupted with blinding light. The stones comprising the structure began floating, then disintegrated into dust.
A beam of silver light shot out, piercing through the temple.
The silver radiance streaked across the moon's surface like a shooting star before vanishing into the vast expanse of space.
...
Atop a high tower in the Land of Rain, Nagato lifted his head, gazing toward the moon.
"That light..."
...
In a dense forest, Zetsu emerged from a tree, his black and white face twisted with unease.
"Hamura's presence...? How is that possible...?"
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