The Hyuga Shall Stand Above, In The Heavens!

As expected.

Helpless to resist, with half of his body crippled, Obito went mad again.

The last time he felt this desperate was a long time ago.

Back then, he arrived too late, only to watch helplessly as Kakashi killed Rin.

And today...

He was easily crushed by Hyuga Hitoshi, feeling as weak as an ant easily crushed under someone's hand. The result was that he could only watch as Rin's body was taken away!

His only hope was gone.

The girl who once reached out to him in his dreams was now walking further and further away.

The fake dream world was shattered, and everything felt like a mirage. He finally remembered a time when he, Kakashi, and Rin returned from a mission, and he saw the girl smiling at the back of that man.

"I see now."

The smile was full of affection.

"When I return this time, I must at least make my feelings clear!"

But those words weren't meant for him or Kakashi, they were meant for that man.

Empty, uneasy, as though the whole world had abandoned him.

At that moment, Obito finally understood some things. One after another, the hints had made him realize that from the very beginning, he was a failure.

No.

Not failure.

Betrayal!

Madness flickered in Obito's eyes. He should have known this world was fake from the start.

He, Uchiha Madara, and Rin—all were fake!

Only the Moon's Eye, only the world created by Infinite Tsukuyomi, was real.

Obito went mad.

Rin's body was right there in front of him, and his already dark heart became even more hopeless.

When Rin died before, there were still those Kirigakure ninjas venting their anger, and he gained the Mangekyo Sharingan. But this time, he had no outlet for his fury—he felt like a clown hiding in a corner, licking his own wounds.

And Hyuga Hitoshi had made sure that this time, not even Ashura himself could restore Obito. The so-called Obito who once dreamed of becoming Hokage was truly dead.

With the mental shock Obito had suffered, even Kotoamatsukami would likely struggle to control him.

But it didn't matter.

Hyuga Hitoshi wasn't worried about things getting out of control. On the contrary, he understood Obito well. After all, the head of the Hitoshi clan was a pervert himself, but in this ninja world, only Hyuga Hitoshi could be a pervert. No one else would do.

After Hitoshi gave Obito a combo of punches and left his mark on him, Obito's future was sealed. He would become a diligent tool, and once he was used up, his soul would be destroyed.

"Now then..."

The familiar Land of Fire, the familiar underground market.

Hyuga Hitoshi placed Rin's coffin on the ground and felt the material.

The results were quite satisfying.

Obito, who could never have what he wanted, had given Rin the best care. The coffin was designed to slow the decay of the body as much as possible, so Rin still looked just like she did when she was alive. It seemed that after Obito placed Rin's dead body inside, he hadn't dared to touch it again.

Hyuga Hitoshi opened the coffin lid, his eyes glowing with a brilliant blue light as he inspected the body. He then stroked his chin, deep in thought.

The deity on his belt, the Goddess of the Rabbit, couldn't hold back anymore. She glanced warily at the corpse of Nagahara Rin, then jumped off Hyuga Hitoshi and gave him a disdainful look, as if seeing something worthless.

The blasphemer couldn't even leave the corpse alone!

This was a huge deal for the entire Otsutsuki clan. Such behavior would cause quite a stir.

But Hyuga Hitoshi couldn't be bothered to explain. Soon enough, Kaguya would know what he intended to do.

"Summoning Jutsu!"

After thinking for a while, Hyuga Hitoshi slapped the ground, using the summoning technique.

Soon, a white mist cleared, and the confused face of Orochimaru appeared on the ground.

Alright.

One of the functions of the Sun God Seal was that anyone marked with the seal could summon people by channeling chakra through the connection.

"To think the Sun God Seal could be used like this."

After taking a moment to process, Orochimaru touched the mark on her forehead and finally understood.

No wonder the Sun God Seal had become warmer during the summoning.

Strangely, she could also use the Sun God Seal to initiate a reverse summoning, allowing her to return to the moon at any time.

Chakra truly was a mysterious thing.

Suddenly summoned, Orochimaru didn't feel angry. After all, this was her boss, and from Hitoshi's way of thinking, if he had summoned her, it must have been for something important.

"I have some questions about resurrection and reincarnation that I'd like to discuss with you, Orochimaru. I hope you don't mind the rush of the summoning."

Hyuga Hitoshi went straight to the point, pointing at the corpse of Nagahara Rin in the coffin.

"I'm planning to conduct an experiment."

There was no doubt this was a corpse. A normal, dead body wouldn't be sealed by the Grim Reaper, but would return to the Pure Land.

So, if the corpse's soul was pulled back from the Pure Land using the Reincarnation of the Impure technique, then forcibly placed into a healthy, revived "body" of itself, with the soul being sealed inside, and combined with the revival power of the Tenseigan, would this method be able to bring the dead back to life?

This topic was obviously quite profound.

Orochimaru initially thought it was too abstract. If this had been the old her, she would have likely looked at Hyuga Hitoshi like he was crazy. But now, she didn't dare.

On one hand, this man's talent in scientific research was extraordinary—if he focused on it, he wouldn't even need to be the research leader himself.

On the other hand, there was that enormous Tenseigan. It seemed that Hitoshi's Tenseigan had the power of resurrection, so upon closer inspection, bringing someone back to life might not be impossible.

"If this works, the process of establishing your divine kingdom will go very smoothly."

The power to grant others new life was no different from a god in the eyes of ordinary people. Thinking of this, Orochimaru looked at Hyuga Hitoshi with a gaze full of admiration.

Originally, she thought that the divine kingdom he built would just be a small-scale effort at best, a mere position to protect. But if this power were in his hands, it would be like having an army that could be revived at will.

When the divine kingdom's guard no longer feared death, their combat power would be terrifying, and the power of faith would be enough to instill fear. 

In fact, this wasn't just a random idea of Hyuga Hitoshi's.

When he first led the Hyuga clan to the battlefield, he had already started thinking about the possibility of bringing his people back to life.

At that time, they were Konohagakure ninjas, but honestly, they were just getting through the war. It was thanks to his decision as the clan leader that his people stood out early on in the war, which led to significant sacrifices.

As the clan leader of the Hyuga and a future ruler of the Divine Kingdom, Hyuga Hitoshi had always acted responsibly. Even though his people didn't need such drastic measures to win their loyalty, the duty of being a clan leader meant he could accept the normal death of his people, not deaths caused by his decisions.

Of course, methods that could strengthen the clan's unity were also important. If he truly managed to bring Rin back to life, Hyuga Hitoshi planned to wake his people up from their slumber, mark them with the Sun God Seal, and then resurrect the fallen members of the clan in front of them to boost his prestige.

If he went even bolder, during the process of building the nation, he could perform miracles and present them as gifts from the gods, making the rise of the Sun God Kingdom seem inevitable!

"Hitoshi, summoning the souls through Edo Tensei isn't difficult. Bringing her soul back from the Pure Land is also quite simple."

"The difficulty is that even if her body is well-preserved, it's still not fresh. Even if you force the soul into the body, it wouldn't work."

Unless you research a technique that can bring the soul back to the moment of death.

Orochimaru was Orochimaru, and from Hyuga Hitoshi's thoughts, she could already tell the difficulty of the task. She had assumed that Hyuga Hitoshi was going to discuss this technique with her.

But Orochimaru underestimated Hyuga Hitoshi's eyes.

"The restoration of the body will be handled by me. Edo Tensei will be handled by you, Orochimaru. Let's begin."

Blue light flickered in Hyuga Hitoshi's eyes, and the Tenseigan chakra mode was activated in an instant.

Then, Hyuga Hitoshi connected his eyes to the Golden Wheel Tenseigan, sharing the ocular power, and placed his hand on Rin's corpse.

He casually handed Orochimaru a few strands of hair and some nails.

For releasing the weakest version of Edo Tensei, hair and nails were enough, no need for more of the dead's flesh.

Orochimaru nodded, first summoning a regular female artificial human from the lab as the sacrifice, then began the Edo Tensei release.

At the same time.

Hyuga Hitoshi's eyes glowed brighter than before, and he activated the ocular technique [Time Control].

Once the Tenseigan stabilized and reversed the Hyuga clan's fate, completely changing the course of the story by separating from Konohagakure, his ocular technique had also reached a new level.

It was thanks to this technique that he could make Obito's Kamui "ineffective" anytime and anywhere.

Actually, it wasn't really ineffective, but rather he could restore Obito's body to the state before using Kamui.

After [Time Control] upgraded, Hyuga Hitoshi noticed a huge difference when using it on inanimate objects versus living beings.

For a dead object, he could spend a lot of ocular power to restore it to its appearance from years ago. But when used on a living being, the control he had became much stronger.

By manipulating the body to age until death, then restoring it to an earlier age and reviving it, it would create a kind of eternal life.

Undoubtedly, Rin's body was inanimate, so Hyuga Hitoshi could connect to the Golden Wheel Tenseigan and push her time forward, all the way to the moment of her death.

However, pushing the time forward any further, and directly using his eyes to revive Rin, wasn't impossible. But with his current eye level, it would affect his body.

If he combined the new technique with Edo Tensei, there would be no need for that.

Unless his eyes upgraded again, he would be able to resurrect anyone without worrying about side effects. But whether that happens depended on how crazy the Fifth Hokage, Fugaku, gets.

When his Tenseigan's revival power upgraded again, combined with Time Control, bringing someone back to life would be easy.

"She's coming, Hitoshi."

Nearby, Orochimaru had successfully used the Reanimation Jutsu to summon the soul of Nohara Rin.

However, unlike the previous plan, as he gazed at the formless soul, Hyuga Hitoshi suddenly had an idea. His chakra hand reached out directly from the Tenseigan chakra mode.

This was an experiment—while the Rinnegan's Human Path could capture a soul, there was no reason why the Tenseigan's owner couldn't do the same.

As expected.

He grasped the soul, and a faint resistance came from it. According to the Human Path's soul extraction technique, the strength of the soul's resistance depends on the chakra of the person. Rin's strength in life was well known.

However, what surprised Hyuga Hitoshi was that after the initial struggle, Rin's soul calmed down oddly and even seemed to show a sense of closeness to his actions.

Hmm.

Had he ever... been with Rin?

Hyuga Hitoshi was puzzled. At that time, he was busy waking up his memories, planning for the future, and testing his abilities. It was obvious that both Kurenai and Anko had thrown themselves at him.

Rin...

After a brief moment of doubt, Hyuga Hitoshi shook his head and decided to focus on the task at hand. With a single hand seal, he drew the Sun God Seal on Rin's forehead. His eye power exploded!

Revival Jutsu!

Boom!

The coffin lid shattered as Hyuga Hitoshi pressed Rin's soul into the body.

Hmm... maybe a bit more ceremony. Hyuga Hitoshi took a deep breath and chanted the spell.

"Rise again! My *person!"

The Sun God Seal activated as Hyuga Hitoshi personally gave his blessing and pressed on Rin's wound. The gentle sun-based magic nourished her broken body from before her death.

Where am I?

Her body was coming back to life.

The pain in her chest disappeared.

It was like waking from a long dream. She felt a familiar chakra.

Finally...

With the Sun God Seal marking her, Hyuga Rin opened her eyes and looked at the man pressing on her chest. Without thinking, she instinctively wrapped herself in his arms.

"Brother Hitoshi"

Alright.

She had been only around twelve or thirteen when she died, but her real age now should count as legal, right?

Hyuga Hitoshi, holding the now "legal" girl, was filled with a mix of guilt and confusion.

He had just taken Rin to provoke Obito, not expecting this unexpected result.

Honestly, if he had noticed this earlier, if the girl had been bolder like Kurenai and Anko and had spoken up, Hyuga Hitoshi was sure Rin wouldn't have died on the Kamigakushi Bridge.

But now that Rin was revived, the situation felt complete. At least he had no regrets, though it did make Hyuga Hitoshi reflect on how the fallen girls from Konohagakure had looked at him. Eventually, he was relieved that only Rin seemed a little off.

With the success of the Revival Jutsu, he could now consider resurrecting more of his clan members.

After checking his energy levels, Hyuga Hitoshi thought carefully. With his current strength, he could revive up to three clan members a day without any side effects, which he considered an acceptable limit. If he did more than that, it would become a burden.

"No wonder Hitoshi-kun's first revival was Rin."

Behind him, Orochimaru watched in amazement as the revived girl leapt into Hyuga Hitoshi's arms. He couldn't help but click his tongue. Some people were just born to be the center of attention, even able to charm the dead.

"This is an accident."

It was Hyuga Hitoshi who had revived her. Her soul now bore his mark, and the look on her face clearly indicated that she was giving herself to him. If Hyuga Hitoshi was still playing dumb, it would be disrespectful to Rin.

"Hitoshi-kun, don't worry. I won't tell Tsunade."

Orochimaru was obviously being considerate. Now that the person had been revived, and both he and Hyuga Hitoshi had gathered real research data on death and resurrection, his task was complete.

With one hand forming a seal, Orochimaru planned to use reverse summoning to return to the moon.

But then, it seemed like she remembered something and suddenly paused.

"Hitoshi, Natsuki the Head Maid told me that if possible, I should contact you through the Sun God Seal. It seems like Kakashi-kun has sent a message saying there's a big deal happening right now. I'm not sure if you're interested."

Hyuga Natsuki, originally from the Hyuga branch family, was only in her teens, but she had an undeniable talent for being a maid.

Now, due to her excellent work as a maid, she had been promoted by Hyuga Hitoshi to be his personal Head Maid. She managed two other maids, Yugito and Samui, and was considered an absolute close confidant. The clan members even speculated about when she might become the main lady.

"Kakashi-kun will arrive at the agreed location and wait at the base you left behind. The rest, I don't know."

After finishing, Orochimaru's chakra flowed, and she disappeared into a puff of white mist.

The reverse summoning technique was quite useful, and it didn't even require Hyuga Hitoshi to send anyone back.

"Brother Hitoshi, was that Orochimaru-sama?"

Just revived, Hyuga Rin's gaze was full of confusion and her voice was full of hesitation.

There was no helping it.

Orochimaru's progress in studying ninjutsu and her strength were now far beyond what she had been in the original timeline.

In fact, an Orochimaru who was fully focused on ninjutsu research was terrifying.

With Hyuga Hitoshi's support and guidance, within just a year, she had used Jugo, whom Hitoshi had brought back early, to develop the cursed seal. She even combined it with the Caged Bird Seal, and her work on the Impure Reincarnation technique was progressing rapidly. The Orochimaru Rin had just seen was the result of her experiment after switching bodies.

"Didn't you notice her Byakugan? She's now Hyuga Orochimaru."

Hyuga Hitoshi said with a smile.

So that's why she's ahead of me?

Rin looked down at herself, feeling even more confused. Had she really fallen behind even the men?

That was it.

Orochimaru gained knowledge.

Meanwhile, Hyuga Hitoshi gained the Edo Tensei technique (the "poor version") and a budding romance. Hyuga Rin, marked with the Sun God Seal, had a bright future ahead of her.

They both had promising futures.

Of course, except for Obito, who had completely become a pawn. When he saw Rin alive in Hyuga Hitoshi's arms again, he would probably shed tears of joy, right?

After all, he'd be thankful for bringing his goddess back to life.

At that time, Hyuga Hitoshi would ask Obito which woman he truly liked.

"Let's go. Let's see what surprise Kakashi has for me."

After casually reattaching the Goddess of the Rabbit to his belt, Hyuga Hitoshi sent the now reformed Sakazaki Ryo ahead to scout the Land of Demons. He then walked with Rin toward the Land of Fire.

"I feel like I've been dead for a long time."

"It hasn't been that long, but a lot has happened."

"Can you tell me about it, Brother Hitoshi?"

"Of course. Well, let me think... I guess I'll start with how, a thousand years ago, two ungrateful sons of a useless goddess were seduced by a toad."

"…That's so long ago."

As expected, the blasphemer knew everything!

The Goddess of the Rabbit blushed, then angrily kicked Hyuga Hitoshi's waist.

What useless goddess? What ungrateful sons? What toad?

She didn't know anything!

Feeling frustrated and embarrassed, Kaguya angrily waved her hand three times at the forest behind her.

This time, she waved her hand more dramatically than before. She didn't believe Black Zetsu hadn't seen it.

The gesture had the same meaning as last time: summoning Black Zetsu to come over at night, so she could have a serious discussion with him about how to bring the blasphemer to her side.

She had never considered her own intelligence, nor thought about whether the will that split off from her could recognize this problem.

Anyway,

When Black Zetsu painfully turned away, the mother and son who were not in the channel were both stunned.

The Goddess of the Moon: "Come quickly if you need something, tonight."

This was Kaguya's meaning.

Otsutsuki Black Zetsu: "Stop waving, Mother! I'll leave right now!"

This was Black Zetsu's interpretation.

Even Mother seemed to push him away more forcefully with her gesture!

"I'm useless."

Heh.

Black Zetsu silently shed tears, glanced at the scroll in his hand, and then threw it angrily into the air.

This scroll was something he had just risked picking up.

It came from Orochimaru's use of Edo Tensei, either because the movement was too large or because he wasn't used to the new body, causing it to slip out from his chest.

Originally, he had planned to find Obito and give it to him, hoping to contribute something to the Moon's Eye plan. After all, meeting Mother again had given Black Zetsu a lot of motivation.

But now...

It's not needed.

To hell with the Infinite Tsukuyomi, I'm not worthy.

I should just think about how to get Mother to forgive such a useless person like me!

He threw the scroll away and picked up the bottle of wine again.

The wine burned his throat, and his heart ached. The son of the ninja world just wanted to drink away the pain!

Another person in the ninja world was heartbroken.

But this had little to do with Hyuga Hitoshi.

As night fell, Hyuga Hitoshi finally arrived at the agreed location in the Land of Fire with Hyuga Rin.

But to his surprise, Fugaku was there too, and what he said when he opened his mouth made Hyuga Hitoshi speechless.

"Brother, just consider it as helping me out. Buy some land in the Land of Fire! Later, I'll help you get a wife, you can choose anyone from the clan! Just let me know who you like, and I'll make sure to send her to you."

You've got to be kidding me.

Hyuga Hitoshi went silent for a moment.

He swore, he was not that kind of person.

Though, his second sister-in-law was quite charming, especially since she was Mikoto's sister.

By the way, how old was Uchiha Izumi?

Hiss!

What am I thinking? Has Hyuga Rin awakened some kind of feeling in me?

No, I'm definitely not the kind of person to fall into such temptation!

"This has nothing to do with my sister-in-law! The main point is, I really do need some land!"

Hyuga Hitoshi said seriously.

"Fugaku, just tell me how much you want. How much is the land? I'll go to the Land of Fire Daimyo's office and get the money right now!"

Huh?

When Fugaku heard this, he was stunned.

As expected of you!

You want to buy land in the Land of Fire with the Daimyo's money, then keep the money for yourself and give the land to your brother, Hitoshi?

"Damn it, the Land of Fire is lucky to have both of us!"

Without a doubt.

Fugaku immediately extended his hand.

Hyuga Hitoshi also reached out and shook his hand.

At that moment, the two of them came to an understanding—only the world where the Daimyo was hurt had been achieved!

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