[One day, after Toneri and Hinata finished eating, Toneri felt a discomfort in his eyes and went back to his room to rest.]
[Taking advantage of Toneri's absence, Hinata quietly snuck over to the giant Tenseigan, attempting to destroy it.]
[However, the giant Tenseigan was guarded by numerous puppets. In the middle of her fight with them, Toneri appeared, captured Hinata alive, and discovered that the scarf was actually woven for Naruto.]
[Upon learning the truth, tears fell from Toneri's eyes. He strung Hinata up, destroyed the scarf right in front of her, and struck her chest with a critical blow, inserting a Forgiveness Orb inside. From then on, Hinata was controlled like a puppet by Toneri.]
[Not long after, the two of them held a wedding.]
In the timeline of the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju watched the scene where Hinata became Toneri's puppet after a small green orb was placed inside her chest.
He pondered aloud, "So… are you saying the Tenseigan normally has the ability to control puppets?"
"Why are you assuming it's a power of the Tenseigan?" Hashirama asked. "Couldn't it just be Toneri's ability? After all, there were a lot of puppets under his control where he lived."
"Big brother, you can't compare those two kinds of puppets," Tobirama replied.
"Those earlier ones were clearly lifeless objects. But Hinata—she's alive. Think about it—if Toneri could control the living before, why would he waste time with the dead ones? Isn't a living puppet better than a dead one?"
Six Paths Hashirama wanted to refute Tobirama's logic.
In the ninja world, is there any kind of pervert that doesn't exist?
Who knows—maybe Toneri just likes the dead ones.
But after thinking it through, he didn't want to be accused of arguing for the sake of it, so he chose to stay silent.
At that moment, Six Paths Madara spoke up, "This scene… it reminds me a little of the Six Paths of Pain."
Izuna glanced at his older brother and shook his head.
"That's not the same, is it?"
"It's different. The Six Paths of Pain are still just dead bodies. It only feels like they're alive because of how they're being controlled. That's why I said 'like,' not 'the same.'"
"Then what about those puppets that appeared earlier? Big bro, why didn't you say they were 'like' that?"
"How could that be the same, my foolish little brother?
Those puppets from earlier barely had any real combat ability.
How could they possibly compare to the Six Paths of Pain?
But Hinata—Hinata is different.
If Toneri can control a living Hinata, then of course he could control other living people too.
And living people are always different from the dead."
"…Fine, big bro. Whatever makes you happy."
Izuna felt Madara was just being argumentative, but he had no proof.
He didn't push back—might as well just humor his big brother.
Hashirama: Anyone else feel me? Having a little brother who's hard to deal with is such a headache.
Izuna: Say less~ I get it.
Madara & Tobirama: ???
"This bastard really has guts, huh…"
In the Fifth Timeline
If Naruto had only been suppressing his anger earlier, now—after seeing Toneri control Hinata and even hold a wedding with her—his fury completely broke loose.
It was nearly sky-high.
Sasuke, standing beside him, didn't doubt it for a second— if Toneri were to show up in front of Naruto right now, Naruto would absolutely go all out and beat him to a pulp.
Of course, he wouldn't kill him. That's just not who Naruto is.
"Calm down, Naruto. It hasn't happened yet. There's still time to fix this."
Picking up where Sasuke left off, Tsunade also stepped in to comfort him:
"That's right, Naruto. Once the video in the light screen finishes playing, I'll mobilize the village's ninja to search for a way to reach the moon. Once we find that way, you can do whatever you want, alright?"
"Really? Granny Tsunade?"
"Of course."
With Tsunade's reassurance, Naruto was finally somewhat calmed down.
Seeing that Naruto wasn't so agitated anymore, Sakura asked curiously,
"Naruto, what would you do if you actually went to the moon?"
"What would I do?"
Naruto let out a cold laugh and continued, "Obviously, I'd give Toneri a solid beating, then force a pair of normal eyes onto him."
"That's it? Just like that?"
"Is it simple? Toneri wants to evolve Hinata's Byakugan into the Tenseigan, right? Then I'll ruin his whole plan and make sure he lives the rest of his life with a pair of regular eyes."
Everyone around him fell a little silent.
Wasn't stopping Toneri from taking Hanabi's eyes the right thing to do?
If he can't take Hanabi's eyes, how would he awaken the Tenseigan anyway?
Giving him ordinary eyes… how's that even a punishment?
And more importantly—why does Naruto think Toneri would just obediently accept that?
"That depends on Orochimaru."
Orochimaru blinked. What does this have to do with me now?
"I get it," Tsunade said. "Naruto means that Orochimaru could place a restriction or seal on those eyes beforehand, so Toneri can't remove them at will."
"Granny Tsunade's exactly right. That's what I meant."
Hearing this, Orochimaru scratched his head. It didn't sound too difficult.
Still, even if Toneri couldn't take out the eyes easily, couldn't he just destroy them instead?
Not that he was going to argue.
He could tell—Tsunade was mostly just humoring Naruto.
The real goal was to calm him down.
With that brat's personality, it wouldn't be surprising if he suddenly flew to the moon on his own to find Toneri.
According to the timeline, the Main House on the moon shouldn't have been completely wiped out by the Branch House yet.
The two sides should still be at war.
If Naruto, a shinobi from the ninja world, were to show up, he might end up facing a joint attack from both factions.
If that really happens, things would spiral out of control.
Naruto might be reckless enough to charge in without a second thought, but as the Hokage, Tsunade had to think further ahead.
If they could talk it out, that would be the best outcome. If not, there would still be time to resort to force.
[At the wedding scene, Naruto suddenly appeared with his team, interrupting the ceremony.]
[During the chaos, Toneri escaped with Hinata, leaving behind puppets to block Naruto's squad.]
[But in front of Naruto, those puppets were nothing but cannon fodder.]
[When Naruto finally caught up to them, Toneri controlled Hinata to attack him, but it backfired badly.]
[Naruto pulled out the control orb from inside her body. With a shout, Hinata was awakened.]
[At that moment, Toneri's eyes malfunctioned and he temporarily lost control. Hinata seized the chance to help Naruto destroy the giant Tenseigan that controlled the moon.]
[With the destruction of the giant Tenseigan, the moon stopped crashing into the ninja world, and Toneri's puppets also lost their power.]
"Tch. So it wasn't Toneri's power that controlled those trash puppets—it was the Tenseigan."
Second Hokage's timeline.
Watching this scene, Madara clicked his tongue and expressed his disdain for Toneri.
He had originally thought Toneri was the one controlling the puppets. While he didn't care for their combat strength, they were still a real threat to ordinary shinobi.
And that point—well, Hiashi had experienced it firsthand.
Hiashi: ???
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