Giant Tenseigan and a Call from the Moon!

In the Sealing Space, Otsutsuki Kaguya pondered for a moment before explaining in a strange, astonished tone.

"There is a soul following that human girl!"

Indeed, even Otsutsuki Kaguya had never seen a soul remain in the world of the living a thousand years ago!

Hyuga Setsuna's eyes filled with disbelief upon hearing this.

After all, that answer was simply too terrifying!

And how could that be possible?

Shouldn't the souls of the dead all go to the Pure Land or Yomi?

Moreover, there should be no Ninjutsu in this world capable of keeping the soul of a dead person in the world of the living!

Even the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu developed by Senju Tobirama could only randomly summon souls back from the Pure Land. They still needed the bodies created through Impure World Reincarnation to walk among the living!

It was simply impossible for a soul to remain in the world of the living!

What exactly was going on with that lady? Why was there a soul following her around?

He had thought this mission would be easy, yet he had encountered something like this!

He had only gone on two missions in total. During the first, he had run into people from the Jashin Cult. This second one was even more absurd—he had encountered a soul that had not gone to the Pure Land, but instead remained in the world of the living!

Hyuga Setsuna slowly exhaled, his expression complicated as he asked.

"Grandmother, is there any way for me to see that soul?"

Yes, he had to find a way to see the soul staying beside Akishinomiya Yuri. Otherwise, this mission would be subject to uncontrollable variables!

In the Sealing Space, Otsutsuki Kaguya spoke after hearing Hyuga Setsuna's words.

"As long as thou opens the Tenseigan, thou will be able to see that soul."

Hyuga Setsuna froze at Otsutsuki Kaguya's words, then said with a troubled expression.

"But Grandmother, my Tenseigan has not completed its evolution and transformation yet!"

"Even thy Tenseigan, which has yet to complete its transformation, can see it. It does not need to fully transform."

Even an incomplete Tenseigan could see it?

Half believing and half doubting, Hyuga Setsuna began circulating the Chakra within his body!

"Tenseigan, open!"

Following Hyuga Setsuna's low shout.

His Byakugan began to fade, and gradually, a sky-blue radiance as dazzling as starlight emerged in his eyes!

Within the dim room, a pair of eyes shining like stars slowly lit up.

Hyuga Setsuna silently sensed the Tenseigan within his eyes. Although its core power had yet to be born.

He could sense a pull and connection from the moon, constantly calling to him and urging him to go to the moon.

Just as Hyuga Setsuna gradually became immersed in that call.

Otsutsuki Kaguya, within the Sealing Space, also sensed that call and connection through Hyuga Setsuna. Her expression gradually darkened, and deep fury flashed through her eyes as she cried out.

"Hamura!!!"

The barren white earth was replaced by an icy, frigid world. Bitter winds howled through the Sealing Space, enormous snow-covered mountains stood like pillars that reached the heavens, and magnificent palaces slowly crumbled in the piercing wind before crashing into the dark rivers beneath the white ice fields.

Otsutsuki Kaguya floated above the frozen world, dressed in white robes adorned with black tomoe patterns. Terrifying Chakra began to rise from her body, while the Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan between her brows slowly opened, emitting an eerie radiance.

Meanwhile, the moon in the outer sky, which had been giving off a gentle glow, gradually began to dim.

On the moon.

Within a strange space, a white-haired old man sat cross-legged. Two horns grew from his head, and he wore a white robe. Six black tomoe-like patterns lay across his chest, while a red spiral symbol marked his back, with three rows of tomoe patterns beneath it.

Otsutsuki Hamura, who sat cross-legged, had been awakened by the disturbance on the moon. He opened his slightly clouded Byakugan.

Looking at the dim moon before him and the Giant Tenseigan of the Otsutsuki Clan that had begun to stir, Otsutsuki Hamura lightly furrowed his brow.

"Mother?"

Then, his gaze penetrated toward the deepest part of the moon. It was an utterly pitch-black space, without gravity or air, containing only endless, profound darkness.

Otsutsuki Kaguya's body was sealed within the space formed by the Six Paths: Planetary Devastation.

Otsutsuki Hamura looked at Otsutsuki Kaguya, who was still tightly sealed within the Six Paths: Planetary Devastation and slumbering. He slowly withdrew his gaze, lowered his head, and softly said.

"It is not Mother."

Then, Otsutsuki Hamura's clouded Byakugan looked through the moon toward the vast and boundless lands of the Shinobi World. Gazing at the land that had once been his homeland, he said.

"Mother, Brother, Indra, Asura!"

After saying that, Otsutsuki Hamura fell back into eternal slumber.

As for the descendants outside who had fallen into turmoil because of the Tenseigan's disturbance, he did not care much about them.

What he cared about was his mother and the moon that served as her seal.

The disturbance of the Tenseigan was probably caused by those among his descendants, wasn't it?

At that moment, inside the temple that enshrined the Giant Tenseigan.

Several white-haired elders had gathered together, watching the Giant Tenseigan, which had now calmed down.

"Why did the Tenseigan suddenly become disturbed?"

"Could it be that those people from the Branch Family infiltrated this place? Have they still not given up?"

At that moment, one white-haired elder looked at the other elders, who were discussing the matter heatedly, and said.

"No matter what, we can use this disturbance of the Tenseigan as an opportunity to make a move against them!"

"Whether they are connected to this disturbance of the Tenseigan or not, we must suppress those people from the Branch Family. Their understanding and ideals regarding our ancestor's final words are wrong!"

The Shinobi World.

The Daimyo's Mansion of the Land of Fire.

Inside the room, Hyuga Setsuna had also awakened from that inexplicable call and connection. He raised one hand and touched the Tenseigan in his eyes.

Recalling that call from earlier, deep lingering fear flashed through Hyuga Setsuna's eyes.

He had only listened to it for a moment, yet he had been caught off guard and completely immersed in it. The feeling had been as though he never wanted to wake up again.

Within the Sealing Space, the world that had been replaced by ice and snow returned once more to a barren white land, while magnificent palaces reappeared in clusters.

The Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan between Otsutsuki Kaguya's brows slowly closed as well.

Seeing that Hyuga Setsuna outside had already awakened, delight flashed through her eyes as she said.

"Setsuna, thou art awake!"

Second update!

Otsutsuki Hamura's body should have died, but his soul and spirit remained!

Also, regarding who the Giant Tenseigan enshrined in the temple actually belonged to, I looked through a lot of information and found no clear answer. Some say it was Hamura's, some say the Otsutsuki Main Family created it themselves, and some even more outrageous claims say it formed naturally...

And since the moon was formed from the Six Paths: Planetary Devastation that sealed Otsutsuki Kaguya, where did the previous moon go?

Lastly, the humble Qing Meng begs for recommendations, monthly votes, favorites, and rewards, sob sob sob sob sob (/ω＼).