Reborn into Naruto World with Tenseigan

“The entire time, I was trying to figure out the identity of the person who colluded with the Uchiha Clan and set up that trap for him… I thought of many people… but never did I expect it to be you…” said Aoki (Puppet), his voice turning unnaturally cold, “Hyuga Kuroto!”

Kuroto spoke, “You egged the Uchiha Clan to initiate the Coup d’état, and I, as Konoha’s Hokage, prepared a trap to stop you… I don’t see anything wrong with this. After all, your actions are going to have consequences. Did you never even bother to think about this?”

At the same time, Kuroto also checked the status of Aoki’s soul, ‘He seems to be in a better condition.’

While Kuroto was stopped by the puppets/traps, Aoki took that opportunity to return his soul to his main body briefly. This is why his soul is no longer on the verge of collapse. However, this is not to say that he is perfectly fine now. The after-effects of suffering 10 days of torture are not something one can get rid of in just a few moments. Therefore, even if his soul is no longer on the verge of collapse, it is not in a very good state either.

Hearing Kuroto justify his actions using his position as ‘Konoha’s Hokage,’ Aoki’s eyes landed on the Hokage Haori that Kuroto was wearing, and his mood became sour, “Humph… Konoha’s Hokage, huh? Really… I must say I am quite surprised… You see, I am quite good at judging people and seeing through their façade, however, even I failed to see through you…

“You have really outdone everyone… Not only did you use the conflict between the Hokage Faction and Uchiha Clan to become the Godaime Hokage of Konoha, but you also colluded with the heir of the Uchiha Clan to prepare such a trap for me. This also means that you have known Uchiha Itachi also has those eyes…”

Kuroto shrugged, “Not everything went as I wanted, but the end result hasn’t been so bad…”

Aoki’s expression became distorted as he questioned, “But… how did you do it?”

Breaking the chain of fate of the branch family of the Hyuga Clan and becoming the leader of Konoha was also Aoki’s ambition. This is one of the main reasons he was trying to find the Giant Tenseigan. He knew that he was powerless without the Giant Tenseigan. Therefore, he carefully hid himself while becoming stronger. Aoki was never worried about the possibility that someone else would threaten his ambitions.

Unexpectedly, Hyuga Kuroto – another member of the branch family – accomplished what he wanted. The position of Konoha’s Hokage that he wanted to ascend to, Kuroto obtained that position!

This made him feel indignant towards Kuroto because this “trash” has robbed him of his ambitions!

What annoyed Aoki, even more, is the fact that Kuroto seems to have predicted his actions tonight and set up a trap in advance that actually worked!

In Aoki’s eyes, Kuroto is nothing more than an ant. And this feeling of being offended and embarrassed by ants is not something Aoki is able to accept.

He is a god… how dare an ant interfere with his plans!

While Aoki was having hostile thoughts toward Kuroto, the person in question ignored Aoki. Instead, he looked at the giant sphere emitting bright warm light – the Giant Tenseigan of the Hyuga Clan!

It is bright as a star and contains a hexagonal prism within. The hexagonal prism has an extremely bright white spot at the center like the White Hole!

‘This white hole-like bright spot is probably the core of the Giant Tenseigan of the Hyuga Clan,’ thought Kuroto. Seeing the treasured Giant Tenseigan and feeling the gentle yet powerful Chakra exuded from it, he is awestruck.

Aoki noted the awestruck expression on Kuroto’s face and smiled in conceit, “So you have noticed this, right?” He questioned with a smirk, “The reason you colluded with Uchiha Itachi and prepared that trap for me… It’s definitely to figure out how I broke free from the ‘Caged Bird,’ right?”

Not paying any attention to Aoki, Kuroto probed the Giant Tenseigan. A frown appeared on his face. The reason behind the change of expression is that he sensed something odd about the state of the Giant Tenseigan, and he couldn’t help but wonder, ‘What’s wrong with it?’

As Kuroto tried to figure out the reason for this feeling, Aoki paid attention to the frown on Kuroto’s face and thought that his guess was spot on. He spoke, “Since you tracked me all the way here, I guess I can humor you… You see… the thing that helped me break free from the ‘Caged Bird,’ the unbreakable Juinjutsu, is this thing… It’s called Tenseigan… It can also be called the core of the ‘Caged Bird’ Juinjutsu.”

Hearing Aoki’s words, Kuroto’s eyes widened, “Really?” He thought to himself, ‘So, it’s exactly as I guessed!’

After years of studying the ‘Caged Bird,’ Kuroto had speculated about the possibility of the existence of an external Core of the Juinjutsu and the kind of relationship it may have with the Giant Tenseigan of the Hyuga Clan.

Since he also noticed the decreasing population of the Hyuga Clan over the centuries, he always wondered if the Chakra of the Hyuga Clansmen was being caged inside the Giant Tenseigan following their deaths through the Caged Bird Juinjutsu.

Noting the surprise on Kuroto’s face, Aoki’s smile widened. He spread his hands and said with a fanatical tone, “This thing is the secret treasure of the Hyuga Clan… with this, not only was I able to break free from the shackles of fate imposed by the Caged Bird, but I also obtained unparalleled strength!”

“Unparalleled strength, huh?” mumbled Kuroto.

“That’s right!” nodded Aoki as he pointed at Kuroto and said, “Do you think just because you succeeded in setting up that trap and followed me all the way here, you have won?” Then he continued after a pause, “Idiot… I knew the entire time that someone was following me, yet I did not care… and allowed him to follow me… why do you think? It’s because I am invincible… And I was luring you out here so that I can take my time in exacting my revenge!”

His soul being on the verge of collapsing is not the only reason why Aoki fled back to his stronghold without a shred of hesitation. Since somebody had expected his actions and prepared a trap for him, Aoki wanted to know… He wanted to know whether it was just the handiwork of the Uchiha Clan, or was there someone else involved as well!

He believed that as long as he was close to the Tenseigan (Giant), he would be able to display the full power of Tenseigan. So, at that time, it would not matter who the enemy was… Aoki did not even consider the possibility that he would lose… He has such confidence in his strength!

This is also the reason why when he noticed that the person behind that trap was none other than Hyuga Kuroto, he did not rush to kill or torture him for his revenge. Rather, he patiently explained the secrets of Tenseigan.

He did not worry that Kuroto would leak the secrets of Tenseigan or his stronghold to anyone. It’s not as though he trusts Kuroto to keep his mouth shut, rather, to him, Kuroto is already a dead individual. The moment Kuroto made the mistake of offending him, his fate was already sealed!

In the face of Aoki’s hostile remarks, Kuroto did not show any changes in his expression. He looked completely calm, and this surprised Aoki, “You are quite calm for someone who knows that he is about to suffer… It couldn’t be that you still believe you have any chance of escaping, do you? It doesn’t matter how strong you are… It doesn’t matter how quick-witted you are… in the face of my absolute strength, you are nothing more than an ant!”

There was still no sign of fear in Kuroto’s expression.

Irked that he couldn’t elicit any reaction from Kuroto, Aoki clicked his tongue, “Tch, I would like to see how long you can keep up that calmness of yours!” He started to draw out Chakra from the Giant Tenseigan.

The air in the hall became denser, and stones and gravel on the ground were soon affected by the Tenseigan Chakra as they started to rise into the air.

Standing at the center, and feeling the powerful Chakra, Aoki grinned, “Hahahaha… do you see this? This is my power… I am the hope of the Hyuga Clan…! I am the God! I am invincible…! Now, kneel down before me and beg for forgiveness. Who knows… I might just spa–…!”

Before Aoki could complete his speech, suddenly something happened, and his words stopped abruptly. Aoki yelled in shock, “The Tenseigan Chakra? Where… Why did it suddenly stop?”

But this wasn’t the end. Next, he noticed Kuroto’s eyes. His mouth wide open, and his eyeballs popping out in shock, Aoki questioned in disbelief, “Your… your eyes?!”

At this time, Kuroto finally shifted his gaze from the Giant Tenseigan to Aoki and asked lightly, “By the way, what were you talking about earlier… I am sorry, I was busy with something, so I was unable to pay attention to you.”