Before the Lunar Surface review began, Kaguya's question was placed at the center of the twelve Sealing Rings.
No one wrote an answer for it in advance.
The technical team noted only this on the first line of the record: the petitioner opposed indefinite restrictions and requested confirmation of the conditions for lifting them.
The representatives of the Five Nations then added another line: the current risks did not justify lifting the restrictions on her powers and access channels.
The two statements stood side by side.
Neither was deleted simply because they conflicted.
Gen stood at the outermost observation station, holding nothing but a checklist that had already been made public.
In the past, whenever he reached a juncture like this, he would always wait for a prompt first.
Risks would be classified as high or low, choices would be laid out as comparable outcomes, and there might even be advance warnings about whether someone would betray him.
Now the page was silent.
The Sealing Rings would not tell him which step led to the best future.
Nor could he use the old ending he remembered to prove that everyone before him had to accept a particular answer.
The Lunar Surface liaison responsible for the review struck the Stone Bell.
"First item: inspect the twelve rings for unregistered alterations."
A different witnessing party retained a section of each ring's original pattern.
During the review, each party could display only the reference in its possession; no party could redraw the complete jutsu formula alone.
The Uchiha inspected the chakra patterns.
The Hyuga used the Byakugan to verify the internal flow.
The tailed beast interfaces responded only with "verification permitted" or "verification refused," revealing neither their locations nor their total power.
Descendants of the Lunar Surface people were responsible for checking the