Otsutsuki Toneri

Nothing unexpected happened during the process.

After Minamoto Takuya defeated Toneri's father, he successfully obtained the Otsutsuki bloodline as well.

When Otsutsuki Toneri "saw" him, he merely asked one question.

"Father... did he fail?"

After that, he said nothing more.

At this point, Otsutsuki Toneri was still far from fully grown. Naturally, he could not wield the power of the Golden Tenseigan as his father had.

Minamoto Takuya's gaze fell upon the unconscious Otsutsuki Toneri in his hands.

A trace of contemplation flickered in the depths of Minamoto Takuya's eyes.

Did he truly need to end this child with his own hands? Minamoto Takuya asked himself.

He was not a butcher with a thirst for killing. He truly had little interest in crushing a fledgling bird to death.

It had nothing to do with pity. It was more like the indifference of the strong toward an ant.

Yet Otsutsuki Toneri's existence was a crucial link in the path of his growing power. He could not give up the other's bloodline.

More importantly, he could not handle Otsutsuki Toneri the way he had handled Kimimaro Kaguya.

Because even if Kimimaro someday learned that Minamoto Takuya had personally destroyed the Kaguya Clan, based on his portrayal in the Original Work, he would not turn his blade of vengeance toward Minamoto Takuya.

But Otsutsuki Toneri was different.

This child had witnessed Minamoto Takuya defeat—and even take—his father's power and life.

As long as he lived, that bone-deep hatred would inevitably take root and sprout at some point in the future.

Even without Minamoto Takuya's actions today, Toneri's father had already been at death's door. But did that matter? It could not lessen the obsession with revenge that would inevitably ignite in Otsutsuki Toneri's heart.

Minamoto Takuya had absolute confidence in his own strength.