On the moon, within the hollow barely illuminated by the Artificial Sun, the murderous tension had almost become tangible.
In the square, the Ōtsutsuki Main Family and Branch Family stood poised to strike, their chakra surging like a volcano on the verge of eruption, oppressive and violent.
"Ōtsutsuki Shin! You ambitious traitor! How dare you incite the Branch Family to defy Lord Hamura's dying command to guard this place and try to seize a power that does not belong to you!"
The Main Family elder, dressed in lavish robes with snowy hair and beard, trembled with rage, the staff in his hand quivering with his anger.
He pointed at the lean man opposite him, his voice turning shrill with fury.
Ōtsutsuki Shin, the father of the as-yet-unborn Toneri, wore an expression of almost fanatical obsession.
His eyes shone with cold resolve.
"His dying command? Hmph! Lord Hamura's dying command was for us to protect this pure land and wait a thousand years to cleanse that blue planet of its sin and strife!
"Not to live like you Main Family parasites, stealing the power Lord Hamura left behind and treating our Branch Family as tools to supply you with 'eyes,' never allowing us to rise!"
His voice was quiet but compelling. Behind him, flames of resistance gradually kindled in the eyes of the plainly dressed, numb-faced Branch Family members.
"Today, I, Ōtsutsuki Shin, will shatter this unjust fate! I will unite the power of every Byakugan, awaken the true Tenseigan, and use Lord Hamura's true power to fulfill his unfinished wish!"
Ōtsutsuki Shin abruptly raised both hands. An enormous surge of mixed chakra erupted from him. Though it lacked Momoshiki's purity, it carried a resolve that could not be underestimated.
"Obstinate fool!" the Main Family elder roared, powerful chakra erupting around