"Father... is dead!?"
"And he killed every adult member of the Hyuga Clan, too-"
Although Hyuga Hinata had matured considerably after her father's imprisonment, what Neji told her still left her reeling, unable to calm down for a long time.
Memories of her time with her father flooded her mind. Perhaps Hyuga Hiashi had looked at her with disappointment more often than not. Perhaps he had been terribly strict with her.
But he was her father!
She could not even blame Uchiha Chisen. After all, her father had done something like that, something only a little better than what Uchiha Itachi had done-
"I'll go to the Ninja Academy and ask for a few days off for you. I'll also apply to graduate early."
Looking at the tears in Hinata's eyes and her lost, helpless expression, Neji ultimately could not bring himself to tell her why Hyuga Hiashi had done it. He even intended to keep the matter of the Ōtsutsuki Clan on the moon to himself.
"While I'm at the Ninja Academy, you'll take charge of the Tenseigan!"
"This is the Hyuga Clan's ultimate power. As you control the Tenseigan, its chakra will enter your body. That will benefit you, Hinata."
"And finally, no matter what happens, no matter who comes to you, do not hand over the Tenseigan!"
Neji said nothing more. He simply controlled the Tenseigan behind him, moving it in front of Hinata.
After realizing that he had virtually no chance of awakening the Tenseigan himself, Neji had stopped drawing on the power within this eye. He feared that extracting too much of its Tenseigan chakra would affect Hinata's awakening!
As for Hinata, although she did not quite understand why their Hyuga Clan had suddenly acquired an eye like this, she still reached out in a