For a moment, Jie felt a huge amount of chakra flowing from Hinata into his body.
Inside that chakra was a strange power that kept moving toward his eyes. At first, his eyes felt cool, but soon a light pain appeared, like something inside them was waking up.
The amount of chakra was scary, but it was not enough to defeat Jie right away.
Jie already had a lot of chakra, and after training his body with Lightning Release for a long time, his chakra paths were very strong. Even with so much chakra entering his body, he only felt some pressure and pain for now.
What really worried him was the strange power in his eyes.
For an Uchiha, their eyes are very important. This was even more true for Jie, because his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan was already close to becoming the Rinnegan.
If his eyes were hurt here during what should have been an easy mission, he might never laugh at other people's bad luck again.
What did Black Zetsu do to the giant Tenseigan?
Was it trying to use the power inside this eye to make him explode from the inside?
Everything happened too fast for Jie to think clearly. Right now, the most important thing was to get himself and Hinata out of this situation. He could think about the rest after they were safe.
Just then, Hinata cried out in pain again in front of him.
Jie's heart tightened, but before he could act, the strange power in his eyes seemed to reach its limit.
A sharp pain suddenly shot through his eyes.
The pain felt very deep. Even with Jie's strong will, his breathing became heavy for a moment, and he held Hinata's shoulder tighter without noticing.
Luckily, the pain came fast and went away just as fast.
When it was gone, Jie felt that something in his eyes had changed. It did not feel like an injury. Instead, it felt like a small improvement, as if his Thousand-Pupiled Byakugan had become a bit stronger.
The strange power, the pain in his eyes, the giant Tenseigan, and the Thousand-Pupiled Byakugan that both he and Hinata had...
When Jie put everything together, a new thought came to his mind.
Was this really Black Zetsu's trap?
Or did their Thousand-Pupiled Byakugan react to the giant Tenseigan and cause this change by itself?
There were three people in the room: Jie, Hinata, and Hanabi.
Jie and Hinata had both felt the strange pull and were now trapped by the giant Tenseigan, while Hanabi showed no reaction at all. She was still unconscious, but Jie did not think that was the only reason.
The real difference was their eyes.
He and Hinata both had the Thousand-Pupiled Byakugan, while Hanabi only had a normal Byakugan. When Jie remembered what he had learned from Hyuga Tennin's inheritance, he gradually understood what was happening.
Maybe the Thousand-Pupiled Byakugan was not a completely separate eye.
Maybe it was an unfinished Tenseigan.
Or, more simply, a Tenseigan that had not gathered enough eye power to finish its transformation.
Once that thought appeared, Jie's expression became a little strange. The giant Tenseigan was not trying to kill them. It was more like a massive source of power, forcibly filling what their eyes lacked and pushing them toward the next stage.
That strange desire had not come from Black Zetsu.
It had come from their own eyes.
Their Thousand-Pupiled Byakugan had sensed the enormous power inside the giant Tenseigan and instinctively wanted to absorb it.
The more Jie thought about it, the clearer it became.
The sharp pain just now was probably not an attack. It was more like the first sign of his Byakugan changing, the pain that came when the eye started turning into a Tenseigan.
The strange power mixed in the chakra should be the Otsutsuki bloodline power needed for this change.
Jie's expression became a bit strange.
So the Thousand-Pupiled Byakugan was like an incomplete Tenseigan, and now that it found a power source, it would not stop until it was fully charged?
It sounded strange, but it matched the situation very well.
Hinata's pain made sense now. Unlike Jie, her chakra paths were not as strong. Too much chakra rushed into her body at once, more than she could handle.
Now that Jie was taking some of the pressure, Hinata felt a bit better. Her face was still pale, and the pain in her eyes was still there, but the strong flow of chakra was no longer hurting her by herself.
With the giant Tenseigan giving them power, the Thousand-Pupiled Byakugan was changing much faster than Jie expected.
Toneri had needed time even after taking Hanabi's Byakugan. From what Jie knew, it would take several days to fully change into the Tenseigan, and each stage would take a while.
But now, with the giant Tenseigan as the source, everything was different.
After only ten minutes, Jie could already feel that his Thousand-Pupiled Byakugan was close to the second stage.
And that was not all.
Maybe because the giant Tenseigan had Otsutsuki blood power, Jie's Rinnegan also started to change faster. In just a few minutes, it moved forward a little more, and now only the last step was left.
Jie felt confused.
He first thought this was a trap, but now it felt like a lucky chance. If this kept going, both the Tenseigan and the Rinnegan might finish changing here.
Was this a disaster turning into good luck?
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