The last white wisp of manifested Tenseigan chakra was drawn from the silvery crystalline lens. It coiled around his fingertip, became a strand of white vapor, and seeped inside...
Its mission of passing on the torch complete, the Giant Tenseigan lost its light entirely. The hundreds of Byakugan that composed it, and their hundreds of billions of cells, hardened into a keratinized layer, permanently losing their vitality.
Sizzle! An eerie purple gleam swirled within the Heavenly Eye on Sasuke's forehead, flecked with dazzling gold. Its vigorous ocular aura turned into flames that spilled beyond the eye's rim...
Sasuke Uchiha had awakened his Tenseigan!
"This eye can pierce every illusion and reveal the truth."
The purple-and-gold Tenseigan turned toward a point in the starry sky.
There, the real moon, concealed by Ryūshiki's divine barrier, had nowhere to hide before the Tenseigan.
Moreover, he could see with perfect clarity a figure standing silently on the cratered lunar surface, shrouded in azure moonlight so dense it had become a tide of energy.
He had Hanba's form, a black short-sleeved coat, draconic claws and horns... His fathomless eyes were as deep as obsidian, with iridescent patterns of quartz sand within them, as though an entire starry sky had been condensed into those tiny eyes.
There was also a white Six-Tomoe Rinnegan on his forehead, forming a stark contrast with the pitch-black Tenseigan in his eyes!
In deep space, he met Sasuke's gaze, the faintest trace of a smile playing at his lips.
"So you were waiting for me here." Just one distant exchange of glances across the starry sky was enough for Sasuke to be certain of his identity.
Who else could he be but Ryūshiki Ōtsutsuki, who had answered the Kōshi Destiny and willingly sacrificed himself for his cause?
Sasuke had not expected