Chapter 464: Eyes of the Moon
Satsuki slowly, with newborn trembling, opened her eyes.
It was as if something that had been confined for a long time suddenly shattered deep in her consciousness, or like a dormant flower bud that, after accumulating all its strength, welcomed the blooming of dawn in the most ultimate darkness.
An unprecedented, vast yet refined sense of power surged like a tide from the depths of her eyes, flowing through her limbs and body, ultimately returning to her pupils, forming a perfect and powerful internal circulation.
Naruto's cells had long existed within her body, blending perfectly with her Uchiha bloodline and Indra chakra.
However, Naruto's cells were absolutely incomparable to "ordinary" Ashura cells. Within these cells were contained Otsutsuki's fundamental essence, the stellar divinity bestowed by the stars, as well as Naruto's own Ashura chakra essence that had long transcended convention.
This was a unique "divine gift" that fused universal laws with ultimate Yang Release.
When the Sage of Six Paths used his own most fundamental Six Paths Yin Release power as the "key" and "catalyst," thoroughly detonating this hidden power, Satsuki's eyes underwent a mutation that astonished even their creator.
The Sage of Six Paths looked at Satsuki's opened eyes, his countenance clearly showing shocked amazement.
Satsuki's left eye presented a deep purple color, the pupil displaying distinctive rippling concentric circles.
However, in the center and gaps between those rippling layers was not emptiness, but rather six pitch-black tomoe clearly branded upon them!
Six Tomoe Rinnegan! This was an evolved form that surpassed the ordinary Rinnegan, superimposing even stronger Yin Release characteristics and controlling power upon the original ocular might!
And her right eye was even more terrifying! It maintained the Sharingan's crimson base color, but the pupil's form was not the traditional tomoe or pinwheel, but had similarly transformed into rippling waves!
Moreover, upon that crimson rippling background, nine pitch-black tomoe were prominently embedded! The nine tomoe seemed to form a miniature universal star chart, radiating a soul-shaking supreme pressure that mixed coldness with the aura of creation and destruction!
Nine Tomoe Rinnegan! Also called the Rinne-Sharingan!
This was the theoretical ultimate apex of the Sharingan lineage's evolution, a bloodline encompassing-level ocular technique that transcended the ordinary Rinnegan!
In current history, only Kaguya Otsutsuki, who had devoured the Divine Tree's fruit, transforming from a creation deity into a world-destroying demon, had ever possessed such eyes!
At this moment, these legendary supreme eyes actually appeared in Uchiha Satsuki! Her ocular power level was now almost at the same tier as Naruto's Star Eyes!
Naruto's cells stored within Satsuki's body, fused with stellar divine power, under the catalyst of Six Paths power, had their contained "stellar origin" ingeniously replace the "Divine Tree fruit power" originally required to awaken the "Rinne-Sharingan," guiding Satsuki's eyes to evolve toward this ultimate form.
Naruto looked at Satsuki's distinctly different yet harmoniously unified eyes that radiated suffocating beauty and power, his heart equally filled with astonishment.
How... could the evolution span be this great?! Directly skipping the ordinary Rinnegan, even skipping common Tomoe Rinnegan variants, ascending in one step to the legendary "Rinne-Sharingan"?
Could it be that in the original story, the old Six Paths really didn't give the full power to Indra's reincarnation vessels?
He glanced behind himself at those black Truth-Seeking Orbs that he could summon and control at will, symbolizing the manifestation of Six Paths power.
"...Well then." The voice of Sage of Six Paths Hagoromo broke the silence, that voice carrying the relief of completing his final mission. "Everything I could do, everything I should do, has all been completed. The remaining path, and this world's future, is now completely entrusted to you."
"Eh? You're leaving so urgently already?" Naruto asked instinctively.
"Mm." Hagoromo responded peacefully. "I no longer have anything to worry about or be concerned with. The living world has hope for peace, external enemies have defenders, the Pure Land has a trustee. At this moment, this consciousness body that has persisted for far, far too long, it is time to return to the place where it should have long rested."
His only thought now was to return to the depths of that Pure Land he had created yet never truly perfected, to thoroughly lay down this heavy weariness that had sustained for thousands of years, maintaining life and death, witnessing grudges and kindness, full of anxiety and responsibility, and properly "rest" for a while.
Even if just to obtain a moment of true tranquility in that eternal slumber.
"Alright," Naruto scratched his head. Though he felt the other party was leaving a bit suddenly, he also expressed understanding. "However, since you'll be in the Pure Land, I suppose we'll meet again soon, right?"
"At that time, I'll have to trouble you to 'introduce' me and help me familiarize myself with the environment."
Upon hearing this, the Sage of Six Paths' expression stiffened slightly.
"Don't rely on predecessors so much for this kind of thing!"
"I've already given you the Pure Land's complete 'management authority' and 'construction principles'! I need you to use your own power and wisdom to pioneer and establish a completely new, more perfect order of life and death!"
"Not to have you follow the old path I left behind, or ask me, this old man who should have long retired, about everything! You need to learn to be your own boss!"
With these words, as if to prevent Naruto from making any more "relying on seniors" requests, Hagoromo Otsutsuki's chakra manifestation said no more. The already faint light-shadow rapidly became transparent and thin, like morning mist beneath dawn's light, silently and completely dissipating in the living room's warm illumination.
In the living room, only Uchiha Satsuki, who had just obtained supreme ocular power, and her husband, the new "Pure Land Manager," Uzumaki Naruto whose face clearly read "that old man ran away so fast," remained.
"Tch... If you didn't want to help, just say so directly. Why yell so loudly?"
Naruto looked toward the direction where the Sage of Six Paths had disappeared, muttering quietly. His tone didn't carry much complaint though.
His thoughts stirred slightly, and the several black Truth-Seeking Orbs floating behind him silently vanished.
"...He left?" Satsuki also closed those eyes that had just finished evolving. When she opened them again, her pupils had returned to their usual deep pure black.
"Mm, he left." Naruto concentrated his senses for a moment. He truly could not capture any chakra remnants belonging to the Sage of Six Paths anymore.
That will had presumably already returned to that resting place called the "Pure Land," to enjoy the true "rest" he had waited thousands of years for.
The living room returned to the tranquility of their two-person world, but the atmosphere was completely different from before the Sage of Six Paths' arrival.
"So then, Satsuki," Naruto turned his head, his face showing a smile with some excitement and curiosity. "Shouldn't we next find a suitable place to properly test your new eyes' power? You must be super curious too."
However, Satsuki did not immediately respond to his suggestion. She only quietly looked at him. She lightly bit her lower lip and opened her mouth to ask.
"What he said... was it all true?"
"Ah?"
"Ashura... Indra... within our bodies, we carry the power and fate of that pair of blood relatives?"
The relaxed smile on Naruto's face restrained somewhat. He met Satsuki's searching gaze and nodded. "...Mm, that's right. Though it sounds very bizarre, like a mythological story reflected into reality, but... it is indeed true."
"However," he emphasized, his tone firm. "We are who we are, Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Satsuki. Those chakras may have influenced our meeting and certain characteristics, but ultimately coming together, deciding to marry, to love, to accompany each other for life— that was our own choice and heart's desire. This point will never change."
Satsuki quietly listened, the doubt and unease in her eyes gradually melting away like ice. Replacing them was a certain strange confirming light.
"Then let's go quickly." Satsuki suddenly said, her tone becoming somewhat urgent as she extended her hand, proactively grasping Naruto's wrist.
"Eh?" Naruto was startled by her sudden action, instinctively thinking she was finally eager to test her new power. "Alright, we'll go outside the village..."
His words weren't finished when he discovered that the direction Satsuki was pulling him toward was not toward the entrance hall door, but rather...
Toward the staircase leading to the second floor where the bedroom was located.
"There's plenty of time to slowly test power later," Satsuki said without looking back, pulling Naruto up the stairs. "Right now, the time has come. That bothersome old man has finally left."
She turned her face slightly. The evening sun shone through the stairwell window, outlining a soft contour on her blushing profile.
Her voice lowered, carrying an undeniable meaning.
"The honeymoon period is not a time for training, you know."
This sentence instantly struck Naruto. His face flushed red in an instant, his heartbeat accelerating beyond his control.
The romantic atmosphere that had temporarily cooled due to the Sage of Six Paths' sudden visit and power transmission now returned with doubled intensity.
He looked at Satsuki's graceful figure from behind, feeling the force transmitted through his wrist, his throat somewhat dry.
"You're... you're right..." Naruto echoed quietly, his footsteps unconsciously following.
The two of them one in front, one behind... Actually, it was Satsuki "dragging" Naruto, walking into the bedroom. The door gently closed behind them, isolating the last trace of light and sound from the outside world.
The room was filled with their familiar scent and the lingering warmth of afternoon sunlight.
Satsuki released Naruto's hand and turned around to face him.
The room had no lights on. The somewhat dim illumination made her features a bit hazy, but those eyes were startlingly bright.
She slightly raised her face, looking at Naruto. The blush on her face had not faded, her gaze carrying a mixture of love, possessiveness, and a little bit of... cunning anticipation.
She seemed to hesitate for a moment, her voice lighter than before.
"Um... Naruto."
"Mm?" Naruto looked at her, waiting.
"Since... according to that old man's explanation, my chakra can be considered... inherited from Indra..." Satsuki's cheeks grew even redder, but she still gathered her courage to say that small request carrying a bit of selfish intimacy and playfulness.
"Then... when it's just the two of us... could you... occasionally... call me 'big sister'?"
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Freaky.....the gender-bent Sasuke was already distracting enough, now there's 'incest' hehehe now we all know the OG Author's 'preferences '
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