The white light came quickly and vanished just as fast. To the people and creatures on the Naruto Planet, it was merely another topic of conversation after dinner, but Uchiha Gen experienced it firsthand.
When the explosion faded, the sound lasted only a few seconds before disappearing. It was not because Uchiha Gen had done anything, but because his location had become outer space, where sound could not travel through the vacuum.
"Huh...?"
Uchiha Gen stood there at a loss, his mouth still frozen in the position from when he had been speaking. The reason he was now in outer space was that there had not been one explosion, but two...
That was right. The Tenseigan-level explosion had split the moon apart as well. Rubble now blanketed the Naruto Planet's surface, while some fragments hurtled toward the ground at incredible speeds. The scene was a complete mess.
Uchiha Gen's mind went blank for a moment. The explosion had not harmed him in the slightest, but it had shaken his state of mind. He instinctively raised his hand and unleashed gravity, yet he managed to pull back only two-thirds of the debris.
"What was that?... What the hell was that?!"
Uchiha Gen looked dazed, utterly unable to believe that the scene before him had been caused by him.
"What did I do wrong? I clearly explained why..."
The deaths of over a thousand lives left behind on the moon dealt Uchiha Gen a considerable blow. He had merely taken a Giant Tenseigan, merely done what every protagonist would do. Why did that thing have to self-destruct?!
"...What was that? I..."
The regret in his heart made Uchiha Gen close his eyes. His brows knitted tightly as he replayed his every action over and over in his mind.
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