I Want You to Pretend to Be Blind Forever

Night had fallen over the outskirts of Yugakure. The weather was fine, and the stars shone brightly in the sky—a perfect night for absorbing Starlight Energy.

Earlier that day, Tokiju had taken Uchiha Hikari to Yugakure to purchase a grill and a large quantity of meat.

The goal was to have a wild barbecue under the stars, and incidentally, to bestow a Starlight Blessing upon his older sister and Shizune.

After observing and absorbing the starlight for the past few nights, Tokiju had confirmed its general effects.

Simply put, absorbing starlight could awaken dormant bloodline traits within the body.

Take Tokiju himself: after the first night of the Starlight Blessing, the Sage Body lying dormant within him had been awakened.

However, it would still take time for the Sage Body to fully manifest; after all, Tokiju was still quite young.

His body needed time to develop before the explosive growth of his chakra reserves could occur.

After all, even someone as powerful as Senju Hashirama was still skipping stones at Tokiju's age.

Furthermore, Tokiju had another motive for bestowing the blessing upon Tsunade and Shizune today.

He wanted to see what would happen to Shizune, who lacked any special bloodline, after she absorbed the starlight.

Whether nothing would happen or if her aptitude would increase—these were things that needed to be confirmed.

As for Tsunade?

Sharing the same bloodline as Tokiju, after absorbing the starlight tonight, she would either awaken the Sage Body like him or perhaps awaken some special traits of the Uzumaki Clan.

And Uchiha Hikari?

After three nights of Starlight Blessing, she had discovered that her Mangekyō Sharingan seemed to be undergoing a qualitative change toward the Eternal Mangekyō.

Previously, her ocular power would diminish with every use, but now she found that even when she wasn't actively absorbing starlight, her ocular power was slowly recovering.

Although the rate of recovery was almost negligible, it was undeniably recovering bit by bit.

Once the meat was sizzling and dripping with fat, Tokiju dipped it in seasoning and popped it into his mouth, eating with great relish.

Uchiha Hikari was no less enthusiastic; although she ate much more elegantly than Tokiju, she was still frantically devouring the various grilled meats before her.

She and Tokiju had been traveling for the past two days, and aside from eating system snacks, they had only managed to hunt whatever they could find.

Seeing the barbecue today, they naturally swept through the food like a whirlwind.

Seeing Tokiju and Uchiha Hikari eating so happily, Tsunade's mood improved significantly.

She grilled meat for the two of them while simultaneously picking up a flask to drink heartily.

Shizune, watching from the side, wanted to step in and advise her otherwise, but seeing how happy Tsunade was, she decided to hold her tongue.

With nothing left to say, Shizune naturally joined the barbecue feast; it had been a long time since she had last eaten grilled meat.

After taking a swig of wine, Tsunade suddenly looked at Tokiju and asked, "Hey, brat, why did you insist on coming out here to the wilderness to eat?"

She had agreed without a second thought because it was Tokiju's request, but now that she thought about it, it didn't make much sense.

If they wanted barbecue, couldn't they have just gone to a shop in Yugakure? Plus, they could have enjoyed a relaxing hot spring soak afterward.

Hearing his sister's question, Tokiju casually explained, "Obviously, it's because I wanted to have an intense and exciting camping trip."

Hearing this, Tsunade and Shizune looked at him with utter disbelief, their expressions clearly saying, Who are you trying to fool?

Uchiha Hikari curled her lip in secret; this guy was acting weird again.

Seeing everyone looking at him with suspicion, Tokiju put down his bowl and chopsticks, tapped his right eye, and said, "The main reason is that I wanted to show you the ability of my eyes."

Hearing this, both Tsunade and Shizune became intrigued.

While Tokiju's right eye didn't look like much at first glance, a closer inspection would immediately reveal that it was far from ordinary.

As for the covered left eye, the reason Tsunade had given Shizune was: "It's injured, it's best not to expose it to light."

Shizune naturally believed Tsunade's words, so she didn't pay it much mind.

Uchiha Hikari knew exactly what Tokiju was about to do, as she had experienced it for the past few nights.

Seeing Tsunade and Shizune watching with curiosity, Tokiju's vanity was greatly satisfied.

He pointed his right hand toward the sky, snapped his fingers, and declared, "Oh, stars! Please bestow your blessing upon us."

As Tokiju's voice faded, Tsunade and Shizune immediately noticed emerald-green specks of light drifting down from the sky.

Seeing this, Tsunade immediately reached out to sense the specks.

But the moment the light touched her palm, it vanished directly into her body.

After sensing it carefully, Tsunade's eyes narrowed, and she exclaimed, "These specks of light possess incredibly potent life energy!"

As a medical ninja, Tsunade immediately identified the general function of the starlight.

If enough of this starlight were gathered, its healing capabilities would be on par with some high-level medical ninjutsu.

Moreover, the starlight contained extremely pure life energy, so its functions surely extended beyond mere healing.

As for what else was hidden within the starlight, that was something Tsunade couldn't discern.

After all, she didn't have Tokiju's eyes.

Shizune was also incredibly shocked at this moment, especially after feeling the benefits these specks of light brought to her own body.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Tokiju's mouth curled up slightly as he continued, "My eyes are called the Eye of Light, and their ability is to absorb and control all light."

"Whether it is sunlight, moonlight, the starlight you are absorbing right now, or even..."

As he spoke, Tokiju pointed toward the charcoal fire used for grilling meat and continued, "Even this firelight can be absorbed and controlled by me."

Hearing these words, Tsunade was stunned; the ability of Tokiju's eyes was simply too heaven-defying.

If it were truly as he said, could one assume that as long as there was a light source nearby, he could achieve infinite endurance?

No, no, that would be far too heaven-defying regardless of how one looked at it.

Moreover, even with infinite chakra, the mental exhaustion on one's own spirit after using ninjutsu is irreversible.

Tokiju's Eye of Light was likely much the same; it was impossible to achieve true, literal infinite endurance.

However, even so, the power of the Eye of Light was beyond doubt.

Just by experiencing the wonder of the starlight, Tsunade could determine that Tokiju's Eye of Light was in no way inferior to the Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan.

Thinking of this, Tsunade immediately looked at Tokiju and warned him earnestly, "Tokiju, before you possess the strength to protect yourself, you must never expose your eyes!"

If the Eye of Light in his right eye was already this heaven-defying, then what about his left?

She knew full well that her younger brother's left eye was even more peculiar than his right, resembling a clock in its entirety.

Although according to Tokiju, he had yet to discover the specific ability of his left eye, knowing only that it could perceive the flow of time.

But even just that was enough to know that these eyes clearly possessed abilities related to time.

While people often spoke of space-time abilities, true time-related abilities had never appeared in the entire Ninja World.

One could imagine the rarity of such an ability; it could be said that as long as something touched upon time, no matter what the ability was, it could never be simple.

If she could, Tsunade would want to cover both of Tokiju's eyes and have him pretend to be blind for the rest of his life.

After all, both of his eyes were far too terrifying; if news of them were to leak, it would undoubtedly attract countless covetous eyes.