After Otsutsuki Hamura explained his will to Toneri, Toneri was completely dumbfounded. At a loss, his lips trembled as pain spread through his heart like gangrene clinging to the bone!
"How... how could this be?"
"The Main Family... was never wrong. Our ancestor and the Sage of Six Paths were extremely close. Our ancestor... only wished to watch over the Ninja World of the Sage of Six Paths."
"And yet our Branch Family destroyed the entire Main Family, even... sacrificing every single one of our lives!"
Otsutsuki Toneri trembled all over, his face twisted in pain, as though cold water had been poured over his head and he had fallen straight into hell!
They had been wrong.
Terribly wrong!
The Branch Family had destroyed the entire Otsutsuki Clan. They were sinners, and he was the greatest sinner of all!
"Poor kid."
Uchiha Akira could very much understand how Otsutsuki Toneri felt right now.
He had originally believed he was walking the right path and had been willing to give his life for it, regarding it as his loftiest goal. Yet one day, his ancestor suddenly appeared and told him that the path he had taken was the most mistaken one of all.
Especially since everyone from the Branch Family was already dead.
All the pain and guilt had fallen upon Otsutsuki Toneri alone.
Anyone would break down under that.
No wonder he had chosen to remain alone on the moon and grow old in solitude.
"I..."
Otsutsuki Toneri's Adam's apple bobbed. His gaze turned resolute as he viciously drew his short blade across his own throat. "To atone for the Main Family, I, a sinner of the Branch Family, no longer have the right to live!"
"Don't!"
Otsutsuki Hamura's eyes were filled with grief and regret. Damn it, this was