Naruto: I Have a Gravity Training Room-Chapter 454 - 452

Ōtsutsuki Toneri felt death closing in. He didn't dare hesitate for even a second and immediately used Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique).

In the next moment, he summoned an enormous stone statue in front of himself. Only then did he finally feel a sliver of security. After all, this statue wasn't just solid, it could also automatically restore itself after being shattered.

No matter how terrifying that palm force was, it shouldn't be able to hurt him…

Boom!

The entire statue exploded on the spot, blowing into four mangled pieces. Toneri's eyes went wide in disbelief. The shockwave sent him flying, and for a moment he was in so much pain he could barely breathe.

Neji lowered his hand and exhaled, then snorted. "That's it? Your combat fundamentals aren't even as good as Naruto's."

Truthfully, Toneri didn't have much combat experience at all. Living alone on the moon, he rarely had the chance to fight. Most of the time, he just relied on overwhelming power to bully weaker opponents. The moment he ran into someone in the same weight class, he would get crushed on experience alone, let alone when Neji's raw strength was outright higher than his. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Behind them, the two spectators were watching with obvious enjoyment.

A fight between two Tenseigan users was just too interesting.

Natsuki watched Toneri get blasted away, cracking sunflower seeds as he spoke. "Orochimaru, get your tools ready. That guy's coughing blood. Don't forget to collect any that drops. That stuff's valuable."

"Don't tell me what to do." Orochimaru licked his face with excitement.

Then he started theorizing out loud. "But he just said he was born without eyes. He swapped in Hanabi's Byakugan, and yet he awakened the Tenseigan so quickly. Is it a bloodline issue? Hagoromo and Hamura each inherited different aspects of Kaguya's power. If the bloodlines of their descendants were to merge, could that awaken a new power? Hehehe… this is getting more and more interesting. Neji-kun, go easy. Don't break such excellent research material."

Natsuki paused mid-crunch and shot the snake a sideways glance.

It really had to be said: Orochimaru was a top-tier scientist.

Just from Toneri's few lines, he'd already carved out a plausible hypothesis. That was insane.

Once Orochimaru got his hands on Toneri as a specimen, and started comparing him with the Hyūga's Byakugan… and even the Uchiha's Sharingan and Rinnegan…

He might truly produce something shocking.

And when that happened, the shinobi world would gain several more Six Paths-tier powerhouses. No way the Ōtsutsuki clan could invade and win.

Still, Natsuki had heard rumors about some "Ōtsutsuki God." The Boruto-era power scaling just kept getting more ridiculous. It felt like the story had jumped straight from Dragon Ball into Dragon Ball Super: broken power levels, and not even fun to watch.

Natsuki figured he still had room to grow. If one day he could tank a hundred times gravity like Kakarot, then activate Nikuton (Body Release) and stack it with Hachimon Tonkō (Eight Gates)… maybe he really could punch that so-called Ōtsutsuki God in the face.

Meanwhile, Naruto and Sasuke rushed deeper into the castle complex.

Any puppets they ran into got one-shot on sight.

But Naruto couldn't help feeling uneasy. "Sasuke, why are there no living people in here? It's all puppets. Don't tell me that Toneri guy actually lives on the moon alone?"

"Who knows." Sasuke couldn't be bothered to think about it, but he still warned, "Naruto, you're the softest idiot alive. Don't start feeling sorry for that blue-and-white-haired bastard just because he lives alone up here."

Naruto immediately protested, "I'm not softhearted!"

Sasuke gave a low laugh, not bothering to call him out. He knew Naruto's personality better than anyone. Forgiving people was practically Naruto's default setting.

Not long after, they reached the deepest part and saw Hanabi.

She was trapped in a cage, her hands bound by iron chains. Her eyes were tightly shut, and bloody tears streaked down her cheeks.

"That bastard… he really did dig out Hanabi's eyes!" Naruto raged.

"…"

Sasuke's gaze flicked to the enormous eye nearby. Something about it felt wrong. His instincts screamed warning, but the huge eye didn't move at all.

He didn't hesitate. He drew the Kusanagi Sword and sliced the cage apart, then cut through the chains.

Then he pulled Hanabi into his arms.

Small. Soft.

For a split second, he froze.

When Nii-san held me back then… did it feel like this? If I'd had a younger brother or sister, maybe it would've been like Hanabi. No wonder Neji's such a sister-obsessed idiot. Forget Hinata for a second, Hanabi's actually pretty cute.

The thought flashed through him, but his mouth moved quickly. "Hanabi, are you okay?"

Hanabi looked ecstatic. "It's Sasuke-nii! Sasuke-nii, I'm fine! I just got my eyeballs ripped out, that's all."

Sasuke's eyelid twitched. "You call that fine? Don't worry. Your Neji-nii is fighting the bad guy right now. That guy stole your Byakugan and awakened the Tenseigan. Once Neji-nii beats him…"

He spoke like it was obvious.

"…you'll get your eyes back."

Hanabi blinked. "The Tenseigan… is mine?"

Sasuke answered without hesitation. "Of course it's yours. Those were your eyes."

Hanabi's excitement spiked instead of dropping. "Then doesn't that mean I can be as strong as Neji-nii and Sasuke-nii? That's great! Then I can protect my sister too! That bastard actually dared to set his sights on my sister. I'll wreck him!"

Naruto leaned in too. "Hanabi, Hinata's been worried sick. I promised her I'd bring you back."

Hanabi smiled at Naruto. "Thank you, Naruto-nii."

She knew better than anyone how much her sister liked this blond idiot. Back then, when she wanted Hinata to escape the burden of inheriting the clan's role, she'd worked hard to defeat her sister again and again.

But then Neji-nii rose like a comet and changed the Hyūga for good.

Hanabi believed that as long as Hinata worked up the courage to confess, she'd definitely lock Naruto down. So of course she had to be nice to her future brother-in-law.

Sasuke cut in, voice sharp. "Hanabi. Do you know what Toneri's deal is?"

Hanabi's expression turned heavy. "He's probably been alone for too long, so he talks a lot. He told me some things. Their branch are descendants of Ōtsutsuki Hamura, the younger brother of the Sage of Six Paths, and they stayed on the moon."

Her shoulders tensed.

"But later, because their beliefs clashed, they split into a main house and a branch house."

"The branch house believed the shinobi world created by the Sage of Six Paths was a failure because it was full of endless war, and that they should follow the ancestor's will and destroy the shinobi world. The main house supported peace."

"After that, the main house and branch house went to war. The main house was completely defeated. The branch house was reduced to almost nothing too, until in the end…"

Hanabi swallowed hard, fear rising in her eyes.

"…only Toneri was left."

As she spoke, she trembled, clearly shaken by the implications.

She could easily imagine it: if the Hyūga never resolved the conflict between main house and branch house, sooner or later they would face the same disaster. One day they'd end up like this moon Ōtsutsuki branch: the entire clan wiped out, leaving only a lone survivor.

Luckily, the clan had produced Neji-nii.

And seeing Neji-nii like this now…

It was simply the best.

(End of Chapter)

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