Many things that had never made sense before suddenly became clear.
"The Byakugan is actually the origin of everything?"
Uchiha Sasuke froze for a moment.
The rivalry between the Byakugan and Sharingan had existed for far longer than a day or two. Although the Byakugan had never fallen completely behind, there was still an obvious gap between the two.
That gap had become especially clear after the Sharingan revealed advanced forms like the Mangekyo Sharingan and Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. The Byakugan simply couldn't keep up.
But if the Byakugan was only the basic form of the Sharingan, then everything made sense.
As expected, our Sharingan is still stronger.
Uchiha Sasuke proudly lifted his chin and straightened his back.
No wonder my future self has a Tomoe Rinnegan. I must have awakened the bloodline of our ancestor.
But evolving the Sharingan into the Rinnegan wasn't especially difficult?
When Sasuke read that line, ambition immediately stirred in his heart.
According to Kaede Kitahara, didn't that mean he might have a chance as well?
His future self had managed it. Could he awaken it ahead of time?
He desperately wanted the Rinnegan's abilities!
The Sharingan was already impressive, but once he possessed the Rinnegan, a whole new world would open up before him!
So the Uzumaki Clan and Senju Clan shared that kind of connection? They even had the same ancestor as the Uchiha Clan?
Hatake Kakashi felt his scalp go numb as he read on.
There were simply too many secrets buried in ancient history. Kaede Kitahara threw them out one after another with absolutely no restraint.
"But if Hagoromo's Lineage possesses both the Sage's Eye and the Sage Body, then Hamura's Lineage should also possess a Sage's Eye and Sage Body. If the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan is their Sage's Eye, then what about their Sage Body? Which clan inherited it?"
A trace of envy slipped into Hatake Kakashi's voice as he spoke.
He had never felt that way before.
Various Kekkei Genkai might have been powerful, but the Kenjutsu passed down through the Hatake Clan was no less formidable.
However, once the level of battle rose to the so-called Super Kage Level, the Hatake Clan's Kenjutsu became almost meaningless.
"So in the end, I'll still have to rely on the treasure Obito left me?"
Hatake Kakashi let out a sigh and murmured, "Obito… I owe you far too much."
"Himawari becomes the next Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails? The Nine-Tails really does keep getting passed down through our family."
Namikaze Minato thought about how his girlfriend was the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki, his son would become the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki, and his future granddaughter would inherit the Nine-Tails as well.
It truly was being passed down from one generation to the next.
Even he had never imagined something like that.
"The Sage of Six Paths… and Otsutsuki Hamura."
When Seventh Hokage Naruto read the diary, he immediately recalled everything that had happened during the Fourth Great Ninja War.
Back then, he had learned many secrets of the past directly from the Sage of Six Paths, Otsutsuki Hagoromo.
Later, after the incident involving Otsutsuki Toneri, he had also learned more about the Sage of Six Paths' younger brother, Otsutsuki Hamura.
So far, almost everything Kaede Kitahara revealed had been correct.
The problem was that Kaede knew many things he should never have been able to learn.
That only made the Kaede Kitahara of the past seem even more mysterious.
But when the diary turned to his son, Uzumaki Boruto, Naruto couldn't help frowning.
What did it mean that Uzumaki Boruto had awakened the Jogan?
If Boruto had awakened the Byakugan, Naruto wouldn't have been surprised at all.
There was nothing strange about that.
Even his youngest daughter, Himawari, had awakened the Byakugan when she was very young, several years ago.
That incident was also tied to one of the most humiliating moments of his life.
He was the Hokage, yet his little daughter had struck one of his Chakra Points and knocked him unconscious in a single blow.
In the end, his little brother Sarutobi Konohamaru had been forced to use the Transformation Technique and attend the Hokage inauguration ceremony in his place.
Just remembering it made Naruto want to bury the memory forever.
Still, there was no doubt that awakening the Byakugan was relatively easy.
At the very least, no family members had to die before someone could awaken it.
But what exactly was the Jogan?
A mutated Byakugan?
Naruto had encountered far too many dojutsu Kekkei Genkai throughout his life, but he had never heard of the Jogan.
And now there was something called the Black Eye as well.
What kind of eye was that?
He couldn't make sense of any of it!
There were simply too many dojutsu-related Kekkei Genkai.
No wonder Kaede Kitahara kept mocking this world as a Legend of Eyes.
However, what truly made Seventh Hokage Naruto's expression turn grave was the mention of Uzumaki Himawari.
She would become the next Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails.
Normally, a new Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails would only appear after the previous one died.
Naruto had just begun to wonder whether that meant he would die when he suddenly noticed Kaede Kitahara's description.
What did he mean by saying Kurama vanished after using Baryon Mode, then was reborn inside Uzumaki Himawari?
Kaede Kitahara even knew that the Nine-Tails' true name was Kurama?
That wasn't the important part right now.
Kaede already knew plenty of things he shouldn't. One more secret hardly mattered.
But what did it mean that Kurama would disappear after using Baryon Mode?
What kind of mode was that?
Why had Naruto never heard of Baryon Mode before?
A sudden sense of unease surged through him.
In an instant, his consciousness entered the sealed space within his body.
"Kurama, what is Baryon Mode? Why have you never mentioned it to me? With the relationship we have now, is there really anything you still need to hide?"
Seventh Hokage Naruto confronted him the moment he arrived.
"Hmph. You're too loud."
The Nine-Tails let out a haughty snort, though a thoughtful gleam flashed through his enormous eyes.
"It's only natural that you don't know. It isn't a conventional transformation, so I never told you about it. It's a mode that imitates the sun and generates energy through nuclear fusion. In any case, once you enter that form, you gain power far beyond your normal limits. Even if you encountered that woman Otsutsuki Kaguya again, you'd be able to fight her."
The Nine-Tails offered a careless explanation.
Seventh Hokage Naruto's expression immediately became grave.
Otsutsuki Kaguya's overwhelming strength remained deeply engraved in his memory.
After the Sage of Six Paths reclaimed the Six Paths Yang Power, Naruto had fallen directly from the Six Paths Level.
He could no longer create black spheres, nor did he retain the ability to contend with Otsutsuki Kaguya.
He had once reached that realm, so he understood it better than most.
Anyone who couldn't step into that realm had absolutely no chance of fighting Otsutsuki Kaguya.
Even when he and Sasuke had each received the Six Paths Yang Power and Six Paths Yin Power, barely entering the Six Paths Level, they still hadn't truly been able to defeat her.
They had only managed to seal her because she lacked practical combat experience.