Only Waiting

Back at the apartment, Shinji got to work on the matters at hand.

To prepare for this attack by the Akatsuki Organization, both Neji and Kimimaro had released their "biological exoskeletons."

During the fierce battle, the "biological exoskeleton" seemed to have undergone some kind of change, causing the awakened "H" to fall into a deep sleep.

After learning of this, Shinji had tried sensing it with Naobi.

Yet even after activating Naobi, he found he could no longer connect to "H," as if its consciousness had vanished completely.

"Still no good?"

He activated Naobi again, but still couldn't sense "H's" presence. His expression immediately turned grave.

"H's" unexpected birth had thrown his Tenseigan Plan into disarray.

But it was also because of "H's" appearance that he had come up with a new approach, allowing him to revise his old Tenseigan Plan.

Under the new plan, Neji and Kimimaro were no longer prospective hosts for the Tenseigan. Their roles had been reduced from prospective hosts to simply providing Byakugan chakra and Shikotsumyaku chakra.

The responsibility of becoming the new prospective host had instead fallen to "H." That was why Shinji had transplanted the pair of enhanced pure Byakugan into it.

Shinji went out onto the balcony and gazed at the scenery beyond.

The village had yet to fully recover from the great battle. Construction crews were still repairing the buildings and streets damaged during the fighting.

But as time passed, the villagers' fear gradually faded, and the streets were quickly coming back to life.

As he watched, Shinji's mind wandered to his Tenseigan Plan.

In the original timeline, Otsutsuki Toneri had gained the Tenseigan by transplanting a pair of pure Byakugan from the Hyuga Main Family. He then combined the powerful chakra of the Otsutsuki Clan with the Byakugan chakra of