Fourth-Seventh Chapter: The Uneasy Prophecy, Qingwu: Are There Any Good People in the Ninja World?!

Hm?! Someone is here...

Just as Qingwu was observing the murals, a figure quietly appeared behind him. Possessing divine sense, Qingwu did not make a sound, yet his body remained in a defensive posture, waiting to see what the other party intended.

"Princess of the Byakugan?!"

It was an eyeless man; he seemed to be sniffing with his nose, or perhaps perceiving through some sort of special sensory ability.

"It is the Byakugan, no mistake. It is the Byakugan. Such rich bloodline power, such a pure Byakugan."

"Are you the one my ancestor said I must wait for?!"

Although the Eyeless Man had no eyes, Qingwu felt him "staring" at him, as if he could pierce through his skin to see the blood flowing within his body.

"Are you the Princess of the Byakugan?!"

In short, Qingwu did not quite understand, only knowing that this Eyeless Man was fixated on him... or rather, his Byakugan.

It seems this plot point happens in Boruto, so why has it been brought forward? Isn't he the soul of someone from the clan that was wiped out? In the original story, didn't that conflict only arise after Kaguya was sealed?

Could it be that something has changed? Qingwu frowned inwardly. He did not respond, simply watching the Eyeless Man quietly, hoping to extract more information from him.

"No... that's not right." The Eyeless Man furrowed his brow, seemingly having discovered something amiss.

"How is this possible?! You have arrived now; it is too early. How could it be so many years too early?"

"Princess of the Byakugan?! No, you are not her."

"You are not... who exactly are you?... Who?" The Eyeless Man shouted at Qingwu, his emotions agitated to the point that his body began to twist and deform from the volatility.

"Who are you?! No... could it be that you are... Byakugan... you actually possess the Byakugan... but this is impossible... the timing is off... you are not... this is wrong... you are..."

The Eyeless Man seemed to have fallen into a state of madness, his thoughts seemingly trapped in an endless loop.

"Wrong... you are... pure Byakugan... this is even more impossible... the timing is wrong... something must have gone wrong somewhere... still wrong... ahhh..."

The Eyeless Man whispered and roared, his face gradually becoming hideous, and those empty eye sockets looked even more eerie and terrifying.

Good grief, you scared me! Is this a horror story?

Qingwu could not help but become even more vigilant. A madman—assuming he could even be called a man—would be capable of anything.

So mysterious. Who knows if he has some sort of curse-like skill? This guy looks truly sinister.

"Ahhh... why, exactly?!" The Eyeless Man roared in agony, his body flickering between ethereal and solid, occasionally contorting into twisted shapes.

The entire scene looked as if it had been covered in a thick layer of pixels, making it difficult to distinguish reality from illusion. He continued to flicker between ethereal, solid, and distorted states, seemingly having lost control over his own body.

Good heavens, this art style. Why is it so Lovecraftian? My goodness, is this really the Ninja World?!

Qingwu was shocked. What exactly was this Eyeless Man? A soul? A memory construct? Qingwu, bold due to his high skill, asked directly.

"Arrived too early?! It shouldn't be this time?! Could it be that someone prophesied all of this?! Who was it?!"

"A boy?!" The Eyeless Man heard this clearly, his emotional volatility increasing, causing his form to twist even further.

"How could the ancestor's prophecy be wrong?"

"This is impossible."

"How could the ancestor Hamura be wrong?"

Qingwu finally understood: a prophecy left behind by Otsutsuki Hamura?! Then, even greater doubts arose.

The Eyeless Man.

Is this a contingency left behind by Otsutsuki Hamura?!

What did he prophesy?!

Is this a twisted memory construct or something else?

It doesn't look like the methods of a decent person.

It looks more like the style of a wizard from Western fantasy.

Cruel and bizarre.

"That is undoubtedly a pure Byakugan~"

The Eyeless Man calmed down, though his body became even more translucent, as if he were about to exhaust his energy.

"Regardless of who you are, you possess a pure Byakugan, so you must be one of our kin... although the timing is wrong... the inheritance has been activated... I can only entrust it to you..."

"Ninja World... Moon..."

Having said this, he transformed into a ball of light and rushed toward Qingwu.

"Stop~"

"Be contained~" A black hole flashed, drawing him into the small world. Qingwu would not trust someone of unknown origin; who knew if this thing had hidden issues? It was better to be cautious.

"Although Hinata was fine after receiving the information in the movie, I don't want to entrust my own safety to someone else."

Caution is not cowardice.

Being a bit prudent allows one to live longer.

"Good, the Divine Self has finished filtering. Let me see..."

He finished viewing the memories of the Eyeless Man.

He saw the fierce conflict between the main and branch families of the Otsutsuki on the moon, and he also saw the prophetic visions: the branch family sacrificing the entire clan to create the Giant Tenseigan to destroy the main family, resulting in a pyrrhic victory.

Only Otsutsuki Toneri and his father remained of the lunar Otsutsuki lineage. In the prophetic vision, his father constantly lectured him: "The Ninja World is a malignant tumor. It must be destroyed and purified to create a new order."

The father and son went to the Ninja World to see Toneri's future bride.

"That is your future bride."

"The Byakugan Princess, Hinata."

"Your union will produce the most excellent descendants. Let your offspring rule the Ninja World; they are the true orthodoxy of this world."

In the vision, Toneri obediently agreed, looking forward to the day he would grow up, marry the Byakugan Princess, and rule the Ninja World.

"Hmph~ all of you are bastards, coveting my wife. You have already chosen the path of death..."

Following that were the scenes of Otsutsuki Toneri obtaining the Tenseigan and driving the moon to destroy the Ninja World, and the prophetic vision ended...

"If I hadn't watched the movie, I might have actually believed it."

Relying on his years of drifting through the internet in his past life, Qingwu sensed a deep sense of orchestration. "Something is wrong, very wrong. This memory vision is guiding—no, it should be said that it is kidnapping the owner of the pure Byakugan with the grand cause of saving the world."

"Opposing the lunar Otsutsuki lineage."

"This is very suspicious."

"What kind of ancestor hopes for their own descendants to slaughter each other?"

"There is definitely a problem."

Then the scene shifted to the soul of Hamura earnestly entrusting the Eyeless Man with a heavy responsibility—the mission to save the world.

(Qingwu: Hypocritical. It's clearly because he was born with defects and lacked eyes; a little bit of attention is all it takes to earn his gratitude.)

"The heavy responsibility of saving the world is entrusted to you, Wuyan. You are the one I trust most in the clan... You are a good child..."

The ancestor's dream visitation left the Eyeless Man incredibly moved, and he immediately agreed: "Yes, Ancestor, I will certainly fulfill your entrustment."

(Qingwu: The poor fool has been swindled into a limp.)

Following that, a blue light struck him.

That was the first time the Eyeless Man had ever seen light. Excruciating pain spread throughout his entire body. Afterward, he remained in the Otsutsuki clan grounds like a restless spirit.

Waiting for the legendary person to appear.

He didn't know how many years had passed. In any case, it had been a very, very long time—so long that his consciousness was nearly fading.

"Extracting the soul and refining the spirit~"

"Truly ruthless... what kind of ancestor treats their descendants like this?"

Qingwu felt a chill in his teeth, and as he spoke, a cold glint flashed in his eyes: "Only by going to the Giant Tenseigan enshrined in the temple to inherit the ancestor's chakra can one resist the new Tenseigan."

"Heh~ interesting."

"Inheritance?! Or is it just delivering a snack?!"

"It seems that my 'good ancestor' Hamura is not simple either."

"Indeed."

"Are there even any good people in the Ninja World?!"