Tenseigan Chakra Mode

"Yes, Hokage!"

Yamato was left somewhat dazed by Chiba's blatant mockery, but upon hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen's words, he immediately carried out the order. He summoned a wooden stake from the ground and bound it across Chiba's face, which was already restrained by the Wood Release: Four Pillar Prison Technique and Wood Release: Silent Killing Binding Technique, preventing him from speaking further.

As for the Hyuga Clan's "suggestion," conveyed through the Anbu—that Chiba could be killed on the spot if necessary—Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others had evidently chosen to Mu-ignore it for the time being.

After all, an eye like the Tenseigan, capable of standing alongside the Rinnegan, held far too much value to exploit.

However, at that moment, Chiba's eyes turned expectant and excited, while a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of his lips. He called out in a low voice:

"Tenseigan Chakra Mode, activate!"

Boom!

In an instant, Mu-incomparably vast Green Tenseigan Chakra erupted from Chiba's body, blasting away every restraint binding him.

At the same time!

Without relying on Shinra Tensei or Universal Pull at all, Chiba naturally floated into Sora.

A green Tenseigan Chakra Cloak formed around his body, and his entire figure was enveloped in powerful Tenseigan Chakra.

Then, one, two... six Truth-Seeking Orbs (Chakra Beads) covered in Green Tenseigan Chakra arranged themselves in a ring behind Chiba, floating in the air and making him appear like a... God descended into the mortal world.

"What... is that?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen stared blankly at Chiba, who was flying in mid-Sora.

He had only ever felt such a terrifying amount of Chakra spilling from someone's body from that man known as the God of Shinobi.

No—even the First Hokage's Chakra had not inspired the same terrifying feeling as the Chakra Chiba possessed now.

Chiba's godlike posture made Sarutobi Hiruzen feel an unprecedented pressure, even a trace of... fear!

"Tenseigan Chakra Mode? Is this the Tenseigan's true power?"

Nara Shikaku's eyes were likewise filled with astonishment and disbelief.

What Chiba had displayed earlier had certainly been powerful, but in Shikaku's mind, it had been nowhere near worthy of the title "God's Eye."

Nara Shikaku had assumed that Chiba had only recently awakened the Tenseigan, and that since he had not even been a Genin before this, he could not yet display the Tenseigan's true strength.

But it seemed Chiba simply had not used his full power before.

"Then why hadn't he used this mode earlier? Why had he allowed us to capture him?"

"Could it have been solely to state his purpose for revenge and condemn the village's darkness while he was at it?"

Nara Shikaku sensed that something was wrong.

But perhaps because attacking the Hokage was ordinarily far more difficult and consequential than stealing the Scroll of Sealing, he could not come up with a reasonable guess for the moment, Mu.

"Everyone, heed my order! Capture Hyuga Chiba immediately!"

Having regained his senses, Sarutobi Hiruzen began issuing orders. After a moment of hesitation, he added, "If you truly cannot capture him, kill him on the spot."

That was right. Whether it was Chiba's hostility toward Sarutobi Hiruzen himself and Konoha, or the terrifying strength he had revealed, both had made the Third Hokage feel a genuine threat.

Compared to the value of the Tenseigan, eliminating that threat was more important.

Besides, Chiba did not have the Caged Bird seal on his forehead. Even if he died, perhaps his Tenseigan could still be put to use.

"Lightning Release: Sixteen Pillar Binding Technique!"

"Fire Release: Scorching Technique!"

At Sarutobi Hiruzen's command, two Anbu in white robes made the first move.

One of them summoned massive stone pillars, assembling them into something like an oven that continuously discharged intense electrical currents, trapping Chiba inside.

The other Anbu in white robes directly summoned blazing flames inside the "oven," intending to burn Chiba to death.

"Shinra Tensei!"

But at that moment, a terrifying Repulsion dozens of times stronger than any before suddenly burst from within the "oven."

The "oven," the electrical currents, and the flames were all forcibly blasted apart by that Repulsion.

The two nearby Anbu in white robes were sent flying by the Repulsion, their fates unknown.

Chiba's divine-looking figure appeared before everyone once again.

"Shadow Binding Technique!"

Without any hesitation, Nara Shikaku used his secret technique, causing the shadow beneath him to rapidly extend and connect with Chiba's shadow cast upon the ground, intending to restrain his movements.

Yet just as Nara Shikaku's shadow was about to connect with Chiba's, it suddenly rose into the air and was ultimately absorbed into a green Chakra Orb in Chiba's left hand.

Although the Tenseigan could not absorb ninjutsu as freely as the Rinnegan's Blocking Technique Absorption Seal, it did indeed possess the ability to absorb ninjutsu.

"You really like controlling people, don't you?"

At that moment, Chiba looked at the Chakra Orb in his hand, then at the grim-faced Nara Shikaku on the ground, and laughed softly. "Then let yourself experience what it feels like to be controlled."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Chakra Orb in his hand shot toward Nara Shikaku at incredible speed.

"Not good!"

Nara Shikaku's pupils contracted as a powerful sense of unease welled up within him. He instinctively tried to dodge.

But he suddenly discovered that a powerful downward force had seized his body, leaving him completely unable to move. He could only watch helplessly as the green light ball merged into his body.

"Shadow Strangulation Technique!"

Nara Shikaku froze for a moment. Then, incredibly, he once more controlled the shadow that had reappeared beneath his feet and launched a strangulation attack at the nearest Anbu ninja.

Had that Anbu ninja not used the Substitution Technique in time, he would likely have been in grave danger.

"Controlled?"

"Is it an Illusion Technique? No, it isn't an Illusion Technique. It's an entirely new method of control!"

Seeing this, Yamato's expression darkened slightly before he quickly turned his gaze back toward Chiba in Sora. "We must deal with Hyuga Chiba first. Only then can Lord Shikaku truly regain consciousness."

"Wood Release: Great Tree Wood Technique!"

Yamato extended his right arm, sending several tree branches shooting toward Chiba.

"Five Releases: Great Linked Bullet Technique!"

At the same time, Sarutobi Hiruzen had already created four shadow clones. Together with his original body, they unleashed large-scale attacks of five different attributes—fire, lightning, water, earth, and wind—from different directions, surging toward Chiba like a force that blotted out the sky.