Tenseigan

Lin Chuan was bewildered by his sudden change in perspective, yet the searing pain radiating throughout his body instantly brought him to his senses.

Four children, aged seven or eight, looked down at him with expressions of disdain, raining blows upon the helpless Lin Chuan. One of them was even executing a martial technique, completely indifferent to the fact that their actions could kill someone—or perhaps they knew it would, and simply did not care.

Such unbridled cruelty!

A surge of indescribable, towering rage erupted from the depths of Lin Chuan's heart. He longed to leap up and kill these four children, but his injuries were too severe; he could not even stand. As time passed and his fury mounted, a strange power suddenly surged within his eyes, flowing instantly through his entire body.

Snap!

With a crisp sound, Lin Chuan's hands shot up, catching the two fists swinging toward him.

"Have you not hit enough?"

Lin Chuan's voice was suppressed to the limit, his tone as icy as ten-thousand-year frost, causing the four children to freeze in their tracks.

They stared in shock at Lin Chuan, who had suddenly lifted his head. His eyes, previously hidden beneath his arms, were now fully visible! They were white, pupil-less orbs—it was no wonder the four had thought he was rolling his eyes, as they appeared to be nothing but whites at first glance.

Yet, at this moment, those Byakugan were shifting. Deep within the irises, sky-blue starlight flickered and converged toward the center, the pupils slowly transforming from white to a brilliant azure.

"These... eyes..."

The four children watched in terror as the pupils changed, sensing a heart-stopping aura brewing within them.

"Quick, kill him! Kill this monster!"

It was unclear which child shouted first, but the group snapped out of their stupor and resumed their assault. No longer treating Lin Chuan as a mere punching bag, they fought with full force, desperate to kill him and flee.

Lin Chuan spat out a mouthful of blood as the power in his eyes erupted. The next moment, he felt a warm current surge from his hands, rapidly mending his wounds. Soon, this unique energy was flowing into him from every part of his body.

Lin Chuan looked down and saw visible blue energy flowing from the arms he held into his own body, rushing toward his wounds to heal them.

"What is this..." Lin Chuan stared in shock at the energy; it looked exactly like the chakra from Naruto! Moreover, he was absorbing the chakra from the four children through some inexplicable power. Pale blue chakra drifted from them like mist, continuously being drawn into him.

"Ahhh! What did you do?"

"Stop it! If you dare hurt us, I'll have my brother kill you!"

"Ah, my body has no strength left... he's absorbing our power..."

"A ghost... it's a ghost!"

The four children shrieked in terror, looking as if they had seen a specter. They tried to retreat but found themselves unable to move. As time passed, they grew increasingly exhausted, as if some force were draining their energy—an energy entirely different from the spiritual power they cultivated.

Lin Chuan watched the scene in astonishment, feeling his injuries heal at a rapid pace, quickly shaking off his near-death state.

"This is chakra... why can I absorb their chakra?" Lin Chuan's mind raced. He looked up at the children, and in their wide, terrified eyes, he finally saw his own reflection—and the sky-blue irises he would never forget!

"Tenseigan!!!"

As a fan of Naruto in his past life, he recognized those unique eyes almost immediately. The sky-blue irises with a deep blue pupil radiating threads of silver-white light were the ultimate evolution of the Byakugan: the Tenseigan!

Thump, thump...

As Lin Chuan continued to drain their chakra, the four children soon collapsed to the ground. This was only because Lin Chuan was slow; had it been someone like Naruto, whose chakra levels were vast, they would have been drained instantly by Otsutsuki Toneri. These children stood no chance against a fully manifested Tenseigan.

"Get out!"

The next moment, Lin Chuan retracted the Tenseigan. The sky-blue irises dimmed and vanished, reverting to the white of the Byakugan.

It wasn't that Lin Chuan didn't want to kill them, but having just arrived in this world, he didn't want to commit murder before understanding his situation, lest he invite powerful enemies while he was still weak.

Watching the four children stumble out of his room, Lin Chuan finally exhaled and began to examine his condition.

"Why is it the Byakugan and Tenseigan? Didn't Kaguya Otsutsuki awaken the Rinne Sharingan after eating the Fruit of the God Tree?" Lin Chuan wondered, though he wasn't disappointed. As someone familiar with Naruto, he knew the Tenseigan was no less powerful—a terrifying existence in its own right.

Still, the deviation from the original story left him uneasy. He checked himself inside and out, finding that his injuries had basically healed, but discovering nothing else unusual.

"Then... only that technique remains!" Lin Chuan thought. He began to attempt to refine his own chakra and was surprised to succeed on the first try—perhaps a result of consuming the Fruit of the God Tree.

The chakra Lin Chuan refined was purple, unlike the blue seen in Naruto. He didn't dwell on the detail, instead following the hand seals he remembered from the manga to activate his eyes.

"Byakugan!"

With a low shout, purple chakra surged into his eyes, and the veins around them bulged. The next moment, his surroundings and the state of his own body were presented to him with absolute clarity. Unlike the black-and-white world of the original series, Lin Chuan saw a world of color, as if he were looking with his own eyes.

Ignoring this change, he focused on his body. Beyond the intricate network of meridians, the first thing to catch his attention was a fruit in his abdomen—the Fruit of the God Tree he had consumed. It hadn't been digested, but was instead rotating slowly within him.

The next moment, Lin Chuan discovered something shocking: on his forehead, between his brows, was a third eye, tightly shut, marked with three concentric circles and nine tomoe!

"This is... the Rinne Sharingan!!" Lin Chuan gasped.

In a range of towering mountains, a peak pierced the clouds, housing a magnificent, ornate palace. A figure flashed inside and knelt on one knee before two people playing chess on the dais, speaking respectfully.

"Greetings, Great Elder, Patriarch. All the children from the Central River Continent have been settled. The assessment will take place in one month!"

"Oh? That took a bit longer than usual this time!" the middle-aged man playing chess said softly.

"Reporting to the Patriarch, there are more people from the Central River Continent than in previous years, reaching the tens of millions. The number of children assigned to our Lin Clan is nearly ten thousand, so..."

"Heh, those great clans of the Central River Continent really treat our Southern Bright Continent as a dumping ground, sending everyone here!" the old man on the other side shook his head slowly.

"The inter-realm passage only opens once every hundred years; they've sent everyone they've accumulated over the century. Regardless, among the children from that place, there are always a few peerless geniuses. I hope one of them appears in our Lin Clan this time," the Lin Clan Patriarch said.

"I heard the main branch of the Lin Clan in the Central River Continent also sent some people over. I wonder if any were assigned to us...?" the Great Elder asked leisurely.

"This... reporting to the Great Elder, the millions were all mixed together. We truly lack the ability to distinguish where they came from or which clan they belong to in the Central River Continent. However, we have recorded everyone from the Central River Continent, and when we group them into threes, we will ensure they are placed together. Furthermore, all talent records will be logged at the lowest level, so that the lower-ranking members of our clan do not learn too much..."

The man kneeling explained respectfully, his forehead beaded with sweat, fearing he might be punished for a poor explanation.

"Very well, I have a general idea. It was just a passing question. You may go!" The Great Elder glanced at him and waved his hand dismissively.

"Yes!" The man stood up quickly and retreated from the hall.

"Among those who came last time, there were a few geniuses who stunned everyone. It is said they all snuck away from their clans to train here. I hope we can have such individuals in our Lin Clan this time..." the Lin Clan Patriarch murmured softly. The two then cast the trivial matter aside and continued their game.