He was going to make a birthday gift for Hinata with his own hands.
Time flew, and before long, December 27 arrived.
It was Hinata Hyuga's birthday.
The usually low-key Hyuga Clan held an unprecedentedly grand birthday banquet for her. The entire compound was adorned with lanterns and decorations, and guests streamed in without end, every one of them a prominent figure in Konoha. Everyone knew perfectly well that while Hinata Hyuga was the banquet's guest of honor in name, its true focus was Toru Kujyo.
At dusk, the evening glow filled the sky.
Toru Kujyo stood before the villa's floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at that familiar shade of orange-red on the horizon, but his thoughts drifted back nine years.
It had been an evening just like this, also on December 27. As a young boy, he had met that equally young girl, pure as snow, for the first time at the abandoned training ground. That same day, his Talent Trait System had finally finished its cooldown, allowing him to successfully copy the talent traits of Otsutsuki Toneri, far away on the moon.
[Talent trait: Otsutsuki bloodline (pure)] [Talent trait: Tenseigan]
Ever since then, he had possessed those eyes with their ultimate ocular power. For nine years, he had nourished them with his own chakra, waiting for the day they would truly mature.
And just moments ago, he had distinctly felt that the Tenseigan, dormant for nine years, seemed to be entering its second "quickening." A completely new power was slowly awakening deep within his eyes.
"What are you thinking about?" Karin's voice interrupted his thoughts. She had already changed into an elegant dark red dress that showed off her voluptuous figure to perfection.
"Nothing." Toru Kujyo drew his gaze back and smiled. "Let's go. Our birthday girl must