Tap, tap, tap...
There was no one but Hinata in the chamber that housed the Giant Tenseigan.
Footsteps sounded. It was Otsutsuki Toneri.
"Have you finished talking to our ancestor?"
Hinata looked at Otsutsuki Toneri and noticed that he seemed to have been crying. Tear tracks marked his face.
"Yes. Thank you."
"What are you thanking me for?"
Otsutsuki Toneri shook his head. "Without you, I don't know how much longer I would have continued down this mistaken path, or how much destruction I would have brought upon the Shinobi World. You let me meet our ancestor and stopped me before it was too late."
"A mistaken path?"
Although Hinata wondered what Otsutsuki Toneri meant, he did not seem inclined to explain, so she did not press him.
She used Space Transfer to return to the cemetery.
After Hinata disappeared, Otsutsuki Toneri looked at the Giant Tenseigan with a deeply conflicted gaze.
"Were we... really wrong?"
When Hinata returned to the cemetery, only Hamura Otsutsuki remained.
The others seemed to have fallen into slumber.
Even with the Giant Tenseigan's barrier preventing their spiritual forms from dissipating on the moon, they would still gradually weaken over time.
"I am Hamura Otsutsuki, the ancestor of those on this moon, and yours as well. Child, what is your name?"
"Hyuga Hinata."
"Hyuga Hinata..."
Hamura Otsutsuki gazed into Hinata's eyes and marveled.
"The Tenseigan... You awakened the Tenseigan at such a young age. You far surpass my brother and me at your age."
"Thank you for the compliment. May I ask why you wished to see me, honored ancestor?"
"At first, I sensed an immense surge of dojutsu power, and then I discovered you. I wanted to see just what sort of child had awakened the Tenseigan."
Hamura Otsutsuki shifted his gaze from Hinata's