After hearing Hamura explain the origins of the Tenseigan, Naruto identified several ways to awaken it.
The Otsutsuki on the moon and the Hyuga of the shinobi world could exchange eyes, or either clan could obtain the other's chakra.
Another option was to combine a vast number of Byakugan into a single Giant Tenseigan.
Naruto had already killed Toneri, the last descendant of the Otsutsuki on the moon. Did that mean combining a vast number of Byakugan into a Tenseigan was the only option left?
No.
Naruto immediately rejected that idea.
Although the Giant Tenseigan was powerful, it was far too large to use as a normal eye.
It was more like a powerful, destructive Treasured Tool than a dōjutsu an individual could wield.
At that thought, Naruto turned his gaze to Hamura before him.
An idea struck him, and he proposed another possibility:
"Then, Senior."
Naruto asked directly, "If a member of the Hyuga Clan obtained your chakra, could they awaken the Tenseigan?"
Hearing this, Hamura lowered his eyes and fell silent, seemingly considering the question.
Naruto's heart sank. He thought Hamura would refuse or say that the method would not work.
After all, Hamura had been dead for a thousand years. All that remained was a chakra manifestation or a soul. Whether his chakra could still awaken his descendants' bloodline was an unknown.
Yet just as Naruto was preparing himself for bad news...
"It should be possible."
Hamura slowly raised his eyes and calmly gave an affirmative answer.
As he spoke, Hamura reached into his wide sleeve. After rummaging around for a moment, he produced a palm-sized gourd, green all over, with a faint sheen rippling across its surface.
"This is a small gourd that grew on the same vine as the Benihisago, back when my brother was