The fourth stop was the Land of Lightning. At a port outside Kumogakure, he saw merchant ships from the Water Country, their holds loaded with grain and cloth.
Dockworkers were unloading cargo, and people from two villages that had once been sworn enemies were drinking together on the same pier.
For his fifth stop, he went to Amegakure.
Nagato and Konan, along with the people of Amegakure and Konoha, had worked together to build a drainage canal.
Standing on high ground, Toneri watched that new canal for a long time.
Three months later, Toneri returned to the moon.
Naruto was sitting on a hilltop with the three women, a low table set before them holding tea and pastries.
Seeing Toneri return, Naruto looked up.
"You're back? After watching for three months, what do you think?"
"No oppression, no assassinations, no wars."
Toneri spoke slowly, recounting everything he had seen during his three months walking through the Shinobi World.
Finally, he said, "My understanding of our ancestor's will was wrong from the very beginning."
"Our ancestor's last wish was to protect this world, not destroy it."
A thought stirred in Naruto's heart. "So, is it time to protect it?"
At those words, a trace of seriousness surfaced in Toneri's eyes.
He looked at Naruto and nodded solemnly.
"To protect!"
"Protecting the Shinobi World requires strength."
Hearing this, Naruto stood up and walked over to Toneri.
He condensed a mass of the Source Power of the Tenseigan in his palm, then slowly poured it into Toneri's Byakugan.
Toneri's Byakugan snapped wide open.
The moment the Source Power of the Tenseigan surged into his eyes, he felt his Byakugan trembling violently.
This was a metamorphosis.
Toneri immediately clenched his teeth, feeling the surging power within his eyes.
After a few rhythmic pulses, the