"What!?"
Hyuga Kagami was only briefly taken aback before quickly putting on a surprised expression.
"This is absolutely true!"
Hiashi's expression was solemn.
After Otsutsuki Toneri had been defeated by Nagato, he had risked infiltrating the village to steal Byakugan. From the fragments of information he had let slip while stealing them, the brothers Hiashi and Hizashi had not found it difficult to deduce that Otsutsuki Toneri's goal in taking the Byakugan was to evolve the Tenseigan.
In other words, much like the relationship between the Uchiha Clan's Mangekyō Sharingan and the Sharingan, there was an even more powerful ocular technique above the Byakugan, known as the Tenseigan.
Moreover, judging by Otsutsuki Toneri's motive for stealing the eyes, evolving the Tenseigan seemed to require transplanting a pair of highly pure Byakugan. That was why Otsutsuki Toneri had boldly taken the Byakugan of Hiashi, the clan head.
When all these clues were put together, the Hyuga Clan, which had long been lost in confusion, was both shocked and delighted.
They were shocked that their Byakugan held so many secrets, secrets coveted even by their distant Ōtsutsuki relatives on the moon. Yet they were delighted that the Byakugan was not the end, and that the Hyuga Clan, like the Uchiha Clan, could strive for even greater ocular power.
Hizashi said excitedly, "Kagami, as long as we can find a way to evolve the Byakugan into the Tenseigan, our Hyuga Clan will be able to catch up to the Uchiha Clan!"
In this war, the Uchiha Clan's performance had once again overshadowed the Hyuga Clan. Coupled with the fact that Hiashi, their clan head, had even had his Byakugan stolen, if Hyuga Kagami had not been the Hokage, the Hyuga Clan's standing would likely have been utterly crushed by the Uchiha Clan, another