Black hair, black eyes—no, not black.
The moment the mask came off, those eyes changed color.
From black to purple.
They were Rinnegan.
But unlike Madara's Rinnegan, unlike Sasuke's Rinnegan. The purple in those eyes was darker, heavier, like a stagnant pool. Set within that dead water were dark golden tomoe—six dark golden tomoe embedded between the concentric circles of those pale purple Rinnegan, slowly turning within the pupils at an almost imperceptible speed. Not clockwise, not counterclockwise—they each turned on their own, like six independent satellites orbiting a planet, each with its own path, each with its own speed.
When those eyes looked over the battlefield, everyone they passed over felt their bodies grow lighter—not "lighter," but "seen through." Like an X-ray machine, like a CT scan, like someone using an invisible scalpel to peel you apart layer by layer, inside and out.
It was neither malice nor kindness.
It was simply "observation."
Like someone observing bacteria beneath a microscope, without emotion, without prejudice, simply "looking."
The moment those eyes appeared, the Chakra around him changed.
It did not "erupt"—it "boiled." His Chakra surged out from his body, not like water overflowing from a cup, but like scalding oil splashing from a pan. That Chakra was not something ordinary people could perceive. It was alive, rolling through the air, twisting and expanding like a giant serpent freshly awakened from hibernation, stretching its body.
That Chakra was pale purple, the same color as his eyes, but deeper, heavier, denser. As it poured from his body, even the air was pushed aside—not "pushed aside," but "made way." Like a servant making way for a king, like a commoner making way for an army—natural, instinctive, requiring no command.
For those few seconds, the air across the battlefield became thin.
Not because he