The Rinnegan could not yet be cloned for mass production, but perhaps the Chimera Technique could be used to fuse it with the Tenseigan.
Shin was genuinely curious about what such an attempt might produce—whether it might result in something of an even higher level.
But he did not dare try it lightly. There was only this one pair of Rinnegan, so Kabuto needed to conduct a more thorough study of them first and see whether any better results could be achieved.
Afterward, Shin inspected the progress of the Flesh Armor as usual. It was roughly on par with the progress of the Jutsu Formula engravings at the Mechanical Science Research Institute, and both should be completed around the same time.
Construction of the Sunlight Tower's control room proceeded quickly. After Shin gave the order, Tonokawa swiftly transformed the place.
The light of the Tenseigan once again covered all of Konoha.
The Barrier Team could ultimately control only a small fraction of the Tenseigan's power, but even that was enough to instantly kill the vast majority of people in the Shinobi World. During the previous rescue operation, if not for Nagato's Rinnegan, no matter how many people had come, they would have been unable to withstand the Sunlight Tower's Binding Light.
Everything returned to normal.
It was as though the earlier events had never happened. Shin's daily life now simply included one more person: Tsunade.
But what bored Shin was that Tsunade's change was similar to Kushina's. She had become meek and submissive, and after accepting her fate, she seemed to have lost all purpose in life.
Less than a week after Shin had kept her by his side, he sent her away again, telling her to return to her work at the hospital and to her own life.
Otherwise,