Chapter 240: Unexpected Incident, the Tenseigan is Stolen

"I'm not listening, I'm not listening, I'm not listening!"

Uchiha Gin simply blocked out the inexplicable noise in his ears and pressed his large hand straight toward the golden, glittering Tenseigan.

Seeing that his words had no effect, the voice immediately revealed its true form in a panic, blocking the path in front of the Tenseigan.

"Stop! Are you trying to get yourself killed, you brat?"

"Auntie, who are you?"

Looking at the white-haired old woman blocking his way, Uchiha Gin sheepishly withdrew his "dirty hand," rolled his red dead-fish eyes, and asked impatiently.

"Young man, you're not a local, are you?"

The white-haired old woman, existing in a spiritual state, looked up and examined Uchiha Gin's handsome face. A hint of appreciation flashed in her eyes, and her tone became less rigid, carrying a touch of softness.

"Can't you see for yourself?"

Uchiha Gin pointed to his own scarlet eyes. The aura emitted by the bewitching patterns within them made the old woman, as a spiritual entity, feel somewhat uncomfortable. Her aged brows furrowed tightly, as if she were struggling to recall something.

"Alright, alright, don't block the way. I have serious business to attend to."

Seeing the old woman lost in thought, Uchiha Gin ignored her and reached out his hand again, intending to communicate with the golden Tenseigan and activate the technique taught by Hamura Otsutsuki.

"Don't!"

The white-haired old woman had not expected Uchiha Gin to be so bold as to make direct contact with the Tenseigan while she was distracted. The outcome of such an action would be miserable, and at this thought, she couldn't help but cry out.

The bewildered Uchiha Gin ignored the old woman's obstruction and slapped his large hand directly onto the golden Tenseigan.

The moment he made contact, he discovered that this thing was not as scorching as he had imagined; instead, it felt cool to the touch.

"Don't what? I can... eh, eh, eh, eh, eh~"

Just as Uchiha Gin prepared to input his chakra, the sphere suddenly erupted with an extremely powerful suction force, sticking his hand tightly to the Tenseigan. The chakra within his body was swallowed by this tyrannical force like a sluice gate being opened.

"Sigh~ I told you not to touch it. Are you happy now?"

Good words are hard to use to persuade a ghost seeking death. The white-haired old woman watched Uchiha Gin being stuck to the Tenseigan, sighed deeply, and her white eyes were filled with regret.

"It's just a pity for this good skin; if he were to combine with Yueji, he would surely produce excellent offspring."

"Don't just stand there sighing, explain to me what's going on?"

With one hand stuck firmly to the Tenseigan, Uchiha Gin, eyes wide with his scarlet gaze, felt the chakra in his body draining away at a rate of 0. units per second.

Although it was not a major injury, the chakra in his body was rampaging, and under these circumstances, he could not perform the technique taught by Hamura Otsutsuki.

"Sigh~ what a pity, what a pity... eh? How are you still able to talk? Shouldn't you have been sucked dry by the Tenseigan until not even your bone marrow remained?"

The white-haired old woman was beating her chest and stamping her feet on the side when she suddenly heard Uchiha Gin's vigorous voice. She turned her head in astonishment, looking as if she had seen a ghost.

"Don't ask, if you ask, it's just natural talent."

Looking at the dumbfounded old woman, Uchiha Gin used his only remaining hand to rub his chin, then gave a thumbs-up full of youthful spirit.

"Phew~ even if the amount of chakra in your body far exceeds that of an ordinary person, you still cannot escape the fate of being sucked into a dried-up husk."

Not expecting this outsider's constitution to be so strong, the old woman felt deep regret. Had she known, she wouldn't have acted like a riddle-maker and would have stopped him before he touched the Tenseigan.

"Alright, alright, if you don't tell me, in a few more years I'll be sucked into a state of collapse by this thing~"

Uchiha Gin rolled his eyes and urged her helplessly.

"Only those with the chakra of the Otsutsuki clan's bloodline can touch the Tenseigan. Anyone else who touches it will only face the fate of being drained dry."

The old woman shook her head, signaling that there was no hope and he should just wait for death.

"Hey, you should have said so earlier~"

After hearing the old woman's explanation, Uchiha Gin breathed a sigh of relief. Just a moment ago, he had almost resorted to violent means to solve the problem.

Immediately, the other pattern in his eyes faded away, and his red eyes returned to their usual pitch black.

"Finally couldn't hold on anymore?"

Sensing the dissipation of the cold power in Uchiha Gin's eyes, the white-haired old woman sighed inwardly. That red ocular technique must have come from the surface, but unfortunately, it could not resonate with the Tenseigan.

"It's hard to predict the ways of the world, having finally waited for someone who was pleasing to the eye... eh?"

The white-haired old woman did not want to continue watching Uchiha Gin's miserable state, so she turned around, preparing to return to the Tenseigan and wait for the next fated person. But the moment she turned, a familiar aura suddenly appeared.

Sensing the power of the Byakugan surging behind her, the suspicious old woman immediately turned her head. A pair of dim white eyes stared fixedly at Uchiha Gin, whose aura was changing. Her withered gums trembled slightly, and after a long pause, she managed to squeeze out a sentence:

"What kind of freak are you exactly?"

"Me? Just a passing, ordinary Uchiha~"

With a cyan-blue hue flickering in his white eyes, Uchiha Gin switched to the Byakugan state, and the chakra in his body instantly turned pale purple.

The Tenseigan, which had been happily "drinking," suddenly frowned. It felt that the delicious lollipop it had been sucking on for so long had changed to a familiar taste. After a moment of hesitation, it spat out Uchiha Gin's palm.

"Alright, stand still like a good boy~"

Patting his hands, a purple light emerged from Uchiha Gin's palms. Several mysterious-looking incantations unfolded in his hands.

In the shocked gaze of the white-haired old woman, those incantations seemed to come alive. Following the movement of his palms, they surged straight toward the golden Tenseigan and instantly merged into it without causing a single ripple.

On the surface of the moon.

"Give up, Sister Biluo."

Otsutsuki Yueji, wrapped in a cyan-blue chakra cloak, had eyes full of reluctance.

Before her, Otsutsuki Biluo, covered in blood, held her dislocated shoulder and knelt on one knee on the gray-white ground. There was no sign of retreat in her white eyes.

"I haven't lost yet!"

Otsutsuki Biluo gritted her teeth and stood up again, dragging her heavy body.

With a *click*, she popped her dislocated arm back into place. The mysterious energy within her had not yet dissipated, and a continuous stream of life essence kept supporting her in battle.

"Stubborn!"

Seeing that she could not reason with her no matter what, Otsutsuki Yueji couldn't help but feel a sense of helplessness.

With an expression of frustration at her failure to meet expectations, and as several chakra beads slowly grew from her palms, she decided to hold back no longer.

"Phew~ I can fight you all day!"

Nourished by the life essence, Otsutsuki Biluo's injuries healed once again. She flapped the butterfly wings on her back and charged toward Otsutsuki Yueji in the air.

"BOOM!!!"

Otsutsuki Yueji waved one hand, and the chakra beads spun rapidly in her palm, creating a silver halo. A violent tornado shot out from that halo.

"Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"

Facing the astonishingly powerful storm, Otsutsuki Biluo, who was flying toward her, was caught off guard and hit directly by the move.

Her butterfly wings could no longer flap, and she swayed in the air like a broken-winged angel. Her body was torn by wind blades, and blood spurted out again, painting a tragic and beautiful pattern in the air.

"Divine Air Strike!"

Blown about, Otsutsuki Biluo did not sit and wait for death. Several giant fists emerged on the butterfly wings behind her and smashed toward Otsutsuki Yueji.

"Futile."

Facing the menacing fists, Otsutsuki Yueji didn't even lift an eyelid. She raised her hand, preparing to use the chakra beads to completely annihilate Otsutsuki Biluo's fists.

"Snap!"

As the chakra beads met the giant fists, the scene Otsutsuki Yueji had imagined—the fists shattering—did not occur. Instead, her chakra beads suddenly vanished.

In deep horror, the giant fists of the Divine Air Strike smashed into her without any obstruction. With a crisp sound, her proud chakra cloak shattered instantly.

And she herself, caught off guard, was sent flying hundreds of meters away.

"Phew~ phew~ phew, did I hit her?"

Not expecting her desperate strike to send Otsutsuki Yueji flying over a hundred meters, Otsutsuki Biluo, who had barely stabilized her figure in the air, panted, looking incredulous.

"Cough, cough, cough... what's going on? Is something wrong with the Tenseigan?"

After crawling out of the deep lunar soil, the dust-covered Otsutsuki Yueji saw her eyes had returned to their usual pure white. Her exclamation drew Otsutsuki Biluo's attention.

"What happened?"

The two were not in a death match. Seeing that something was wrong, Otsutsuki Biluo slowly landed beside her and asked with a frown.

"My connection with the Tenseigan has been severed!"

After trying to resonate a few more times, Otsutsuki Yueji's face became extremely ugly. This was the first time such a situation had occurred.

However, according to the ancient records of the branch family, if the Tenseigan entered a state where it could not resonate, there was only one likely possibility.

"The Tenseigan has been stolen!"

Inside the artificial moon, the Tenseigan, which had just been shining with golden light, now retracted all its overflowing energy into the round stone sphere. It no longer possessed its previous overbearing pressure, appearing as well-behaved as a naughty child caught by their parents.

"What did you do?"

Facing the unusual state of the Tenseigan, the white-haired old woman grabbed the sleeve of the culprit and asked anxiously.

"What else could I do? Make it quiet down~"

Uchiha Gin was baffled by the question. This thing was like a time bomb; if the Otsutsuki on the moon got a hot head and used the Tenseigan to push the moon home to visit relatives, how would he be able to slack off?

"Why was the connection between the Tenseigan and Yueji severed?"

The white-haired old woman remained relentless, grabbing the culprit, Uchiha Gin, and refusing to let go.

"Uh... I'm just a worker. I don't know much about this kind of thing. How about I let my boss explain it to you?"

Having said that, he scratched his curly hair, closed his eyes, and prepared to communicate with Hamura Otsutsuki, who had been watching the show.

"Great-granduncle? I'm here to turn in the mission! Eh? Why aren't you home?"

(End of chapter)