Chapter 343: Chapter 343: Fusing the Tenseigan
Chapter 343: Fusing the Tenseigan
Night on the moon.
Haneda arrived on the lunar surface, accompanied by Deidara and Sasori's regeneration core.
He tossed Sasori's dismantled puppet body onto the ground and placed the regeneration core down.
The moment the core was set down, countless chakra threads extended from it, rapidly reassembling the puppet body.
Sasori's figure reappeared.
"Oh! You're really back to life, Lord Sasori!" Deidara exclaimed, astonished to see Sasori fully restored.
He had assumed it would take some elaborate method to revive him, but it turned out to be that simple.
Sasori ignored Deidara and turned to Haneda.
From the conversations Haneda had with Shikaku earlier, Sasori had already deduced that they were now on the moon.
Without Haneda's Flying Thunder God, there was no way he could escape.
Sasori asked, "What do you want me to do? Just make puppets?"
Haneda replied coolly, "Do you have any other talents? You should know why I've kept you alive."
He then shifted his gaze to Deidara.
"Kakashi and I scouted the moon before. There's an abundance of mineral resources here, so you shouldn't lack materials for puppets."
"Deidara, you'll supervise Sasori's work and help him by blasting open some mines."
"Got it." Deidara glanced at Sasori and agreed enthusiastically.
To Deidara, there were only three true masters of art in the world:
First, Haneda.
Second, Lord Sasori.
Third, himself.
Following Haneda's orders and working alongside Sasori was a dream come true for Deidara.
"Let's go, Lord Sasori. Haneda-bro already gave me the map. Let's create your eternal art and my fleeting art, hmm!"
Deidara led Sasori away. Sasori didn't resist but, before leaving, asked Haneda, "When will you release me, Uchiha Haneda?"
Without hesitation, Haneda replied, "After the Fourth Shinobi World War—depending on your performance."
"The Fourth Shinobi World War?" Sasori vaguely grasped some of Haneda's intentions.
The moon likely held secrets, and Haneda didn't plan to reveal himself fully until he had unified the shinobi world.
Moreover, whether Sasori would be released depended on the results of his work. If he didn't meet Haneda's demands before the war, there was a high chance he wouldn't survive.
"Looks like I can't take this lightly," Sasori muttered.
"What's that, Lord Sasori?" Deidara grinned.
"Nothing. Just hoping your art is as good as your talk."
…
Once Deidara and Sasori were out of sight, Haneda made his way alone to a hidden shrine deep within the moon.
This was where the giant Tenseigan was located.
"We meet again. This time, I'm fully prepared."
Haneda gazed at the Tenseigan, its golden light radiating brilliantly. His eyes shone with excitement.
Following the method Hiruko provided with the Chimera Technique, Haneda began attempting a forceful fusion. The Tenseigan's golden light immediately engulfed his body.
The Tenseigan's glow started to dim, while Haneda's body began to expand.
"It worked, but it's not perfect…"
"Using only a low-powered version of Shinra Bansho isn't enough. I'll need to amplify it!"
Haneda activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, channeling the power of Shinra Bansho from his eyes. Combining it with the Chimera Technique, he suppressed the Tenseigan.
The Tenseigan's chakra began flowing into Haneda, as though it were crying for help, pleading for mercy.
But Haneda was unmoved, completely ignoring its cries.
He allowed the Chimera Technique to devour the Tenseigan, further enhancing its effect with Shinra Bansho.
The chakra aura of the Tenseigan within Haneda's body grew rapidly, its green hue becoming brighter and more concentrated.
Compared to simply using Shinra Bansho to fuse with the Tenseigan, this method was more than twice as fast!
Perhaps in just three to four years, Haneda could fully integrate with the Tenseigan!
"What if I take it further?"
Haneda unleashed the Transcription Seal.
The Transcription Seal was an advanced sealing technique passed down within the Uchiha clan.
It allowed the sealing of ocular jutsu.
In the original timeline, Itachi had used this seal to place Amaterasu within Sasuke's eyes before his death.
When Obito tried to manipulate Sasuke into destroying Konoha, the Transcription Seal activated, and Amaterasu suddenly erupted from Sasuke's eyes, targeting Obito.
Had it not burned the left side of Obito's body, he might have died unprepared.
According to Uchiha clan records, the Transcription Seal was mainly used to seal ocular powers, specifically those awakened through the Mangekyō Sharingan.
In other words, it was a jutsu designed to seal dojutsu.
Haneda had further refined the Transcription Seal, combining it with the Eight Trigrams Seal to increase chakra capacity—essentially expanding the capacity for ocular powers.
"Let's do this!"
To test his hypothesis, Haneda released the restriction on his Yang Seal, unleashing chakra from the Dragon Vein a hundred times more potent than Kakashi's reserves.
At the same time, golden chains appeared behind him, pulling the Tenseigan toward the star core.
These chains were the Adamantine Sealing Chains, a secret technique of the Uzumaki clan.
The chains quickly dragged the Tenseigan to the star core, where Haneda manipulated the core to activate the Transcription Seal, instantly siphoning off a third of the Tenseigan's ocular power!
"Again!"
Haneda followed up the Transcription Seal with another sealing technique—the Four Symbols Seal.
But this time, the Four Symbols Seal wasn't used on the Tenseigan—it was applied to the Dragon Vein chakra within the star core!
By sealing the Dragon Vein chakra, Haneda made room for the Tenseigan's chakra while simultaneously using the Dragon Vein's chakra to sustain the Transcription Seal.
The combination of these two sealing techniques, coupled with the Dragon Vein's natural energy absorption, created a perpetual system.
But Haneda's plan for fusing with the Tenseigan didn't stop there.
After acquiring the Chimera Technique, he realized he could implement both of his previous ideas:
First, accelerate the fusion using the Chimera Technique.
Second, find a new vessel, like the God Tree or tailed beasts, to seal within himself.
The Chimera Technique could not only forcibly merge physical attributes and kekkei genkai but also integrate entities like summoning beasts.
Hiruko's summoning beast, for instance, was a monster created through the Chimera Technique.
Haneda intended to graft the giant Tenseigan onto the star core using the Chimera Technique. Then, by layering it with the Yang Seal, the Four Symbols Seal, and the Transcription Seal, he would create a tri-layered defense!
The Transcription Seal would suppress the Tenseigan.
The Four Symbols Seal would continuously reinforce the Transcription Seal.
The Yang Seal would act as a second layer of protection.
Even if the Tenseigan managed to break through the Transcription Seal, the Yang Seal would serve as the final safeguard.
Additionally, due to the Tenseigan's repulsive effects, Haneda's Shinra Bansho would automatically activate, similar to how it had worked during his fusion with Hashirama cells.
This meant Haneda wouldn't need to stay on the moon and confront the Tenseigan directly, ensuring a safer fusion process.
However, this approach would significantly restrict Haneda's strength.
First, he wouldn't be able to use the Yang Seal, including his stored chakra and Dragon Vein chakra.
Second, his ocular power and chakra wouldn't be as readily available, making it impossible to summon the full-body Susano'o.