Although there had been no inconvenience in his daily life so far.
It was because of the destiny of the Otsutsuki Clan.
The moment he was born, his eyeballs had been removed.
He relied on a chakra-concentrated mind's eye to sense everything around him.
It was even more accurate and faster than seeing with both eyes.
But...
Indeed.
Seeing and seeing were two different things.
That day, Toneri understood for the first time the joy of seeing things.
"I want to show Father Lord... too..."
Back when his father was still alive.
Toneri and his father had depended on each other for survival.
Although they could use many puppets, they were merely dolls.
Toneri also very much wanted human friends.
Through a different-dimensional passage connected to Earth, his father had watched the Hyuga Clan, which shared their collateral bloodline, from afar many times.
"Look, that's the girl. Her name is Hinata Hyuga."
"Concentrate and feel it carefully."
The father and son, both without eyeballs, condensed Chakra and peeked at the girl playing in the courtyard.
"Mm, she's cute."
But...
"But?"
"Sure enough, I still prefer that beautiful older sister over there..."
"That woman whose appearance far surpassed Hinata Hyuga's, and whose bearing also surpassed Hinata Hyuga's..."
"The maiden who had blossomed into such an elegant beauty..."
"Hyuga Mami."
"Ten years from now... I'll come marry her and make her my bride."
Toneri had sworn that oath right then.
Awakening from his father's memories, Toneri quietly watched the flames in the stove.
"I want to see you with my own eyes... Hyuga Mami. I want to look at your beautiful face with these eyes..."
As if possessed, Toneri murmured.
Naruko and the others left the cave where they had been living.
Because they needed new information, they headed toward the