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A question that went straight to the heart of the matter.
As soon as Naruto finished speaking,
setting Hamura before them aside,
Neji, who had been pondering and absorbing the information they had just received, suddenly raised his head. His gaze instinctively turned toward Hamura, and a hint of something else surfaced in his eyes. Just as Naruto had said, if their ancestor's chakra had survived until now, he must still possess considerable power, right? Since the Tenseigan was the highest level the Byakugan of their lineage could reach, surely Hamura, as their ancestor, would have the greatest control over it?
By all rights, their ancestor should have had the greatest control.
That was what Neji thought.
Hamura had surely considered it as well.
Meeting their gazes,
a faint, bitter smile appeared on Hamura's aged face. He shook his head gently and said, "It wasn't that I didn't want to. I couldn't. When I realized the Branch Family had developed unusual ideas, I appeared before them to warn them. But they took my appearance as a conspiracy by the Main Branch, believing that the Main Branch had twisted the true meaning of my words and was even trying to deceive them by using me, their ancestor. This only made the conflict worse. Later, to stand against the Main Branch, the Branch Family contributed the Byakugan of every member, and together they formed this Tenseigan. Its energy is immense and chaotic. As nothing more than a remnant soul, I simply can't control it."
"If I could have, I would have stepped in myself decades ago. As