Chapter 77: Jōgan! Your Cheat Has Arrived!
After Ice left, the group chatted for a while. Seeing that Kurare Kushimaru and the others were already somewhat tired and sleepy, Kiyoshi led the remaining members out of the ward.
At the hospital entrance, Kiyoshi returned the Great Sword, Samehada, to Suikazan Fuguki. It had to be said that Samehada still preferred Kiyoshi. When Kiyoshi returned it, Samehada reluctantly swayed its body towards Kiyoshi, making Suikazan Fuguki's eyes turn red with envy. Although Samehada also listened to him, it had never been so attached to him. He could only sigh and say, "As expected of the Captain!"
Afterwards, the group separated, and their vacation began.
Kiyoshi returned home and learned that his grandfather Elder Seiji had been invited by Elder Haruame to discuss matters. Kiyoshi understood that it was related to the tailed beasts, so he returned to his room.
It was harvest time!
Kiyoshi calmed his mind and began to carefully sense the situation within his body. After absorbing and assimilating a portion of the Six-Tails' Chakra, coupled with the awakening of his dōjutsu, Kiyoshi's current Chakra reserves were more than ten times what they were before, now far exceeding 100 units, and still continuously increasing at all times.
Moreover, his physique had also been further strengthened. The activity of the cells in his body was much higher than before, and he was gradually moving towards a complete Sage Body.
This battle with the Six-Tails was definitely an important opportunity for Kiyoshi. Kiyoshi could feel that his strength had entered a period of rapid growth.
"Then next, it's time to see what kind of dōjutsu I've awakened." Kiyoshi sat cross-legged on the bed, and Chakra began to slowly flow towards his eyes.
Under the effect of Chakra, Kiyoshi's eyes gradually changed.
The jet-black sclera, as dark as ink, exuded a strange charm like the night sky. The light blue irises were like the morning sky, giving a feeling of tranquility and serenity at a glance.
These eyes appeared somewhat bewitching yet captivated people, possessing a charming and unique allure, as if containing endless mysteries and power.
His vision suddenly broadened and became clearer, able to perceive every minute change in his surroundings. And like the Byakugan, he possessed the ability to see through things, able to see the hidden structures behind objects. More importantly, everything Kiyoshi saw was in its original color, not just black and white like the Byakugan.
As Chakra continuously poured in, the distance Kiyoshi could see with his eyes was constantly extending, finally settling at ten kilometers. Kiyoshi had a premonition that as he became more familiar with and developed his eyes, he would be able to see even further.
Kiyoshi casually formed a hand seal, creating a water mirror in front of him. The water mirror clearly reflected the appearance of Kiyoshi's eyes.
Seeing the appearance of his own eyes, Kiyoshi's breath hitched involuntarily. Isshiki's memories contained information about these eyes.
"This is... the Jōgan!!!" Kiyoshi murmured to himself, "The eye of hope and destiny...?"
Like Isshiki's Black Eye, the Jōgan that Kiyoshi had awakened was also a mutation from the Ōtsutsuki clan's Byakugan. It was also the eye that Boruto Uzumaki, the protagonist of the future Boruto series, would awaken in his right eye.
Although it was mutated from the Byakugan, the Jōgan's abilities were not weak at all. Within the Ōtsutsuki clan, every Ōtsutsuki who possessed the Jōgan was a powerful fighter.
Kiyoshi carefully experienced his Jōgan. Thanks to the awakening of the Jōgan, his control over his body and Chakra had improved by a huge step. Perhaps soon he would be able to do what Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara did in their time—clap his hands and have anything appear, casting most ninjutsu without needing hand seals.
(These two also needed hand seals. I specifically looked up their battle scenes. Uchiha Madara's Majestic Destroyer Flame didn't use hand seals, but Majestic Attire: Susanoo did. Senju Hashirama's Wood Dragon Technique, Advent of a World of Flowering Trees, and Myōjin Gate all used hand seals. Then there's the most outrageous one: his ultimate move, True Several Thousand Hands, actually doesn't require closing in; he just claps his hands and activates it directly.)
As Kiyoshi continuously explored his Jōgan, he gradually vaguely sensed the dōjutsu contained within his eyes.
What made Kiyoshi quite happy was that all two abilities possessed by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki were inherited by him, and even became more powerful than Isshiki's abilities.
Dōjutsu power flowed, and Kiyoshi subconsciously activated the dōjutsu in his right eye. His right Jōgan slightly lit up, Kiyoshi's figure gradually blurred, and then disappeared.
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(Earlier, I saw many people arguing about whether Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's eyes were Rinnegan, and the relationship between the Ten-Tails, the God Tree, and their various forms. I checked the officially published databooks and organized the information to release it together while writing about the protagonist's eye awakening.)
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First is the first question: the official setting has formally announced that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's eyes are not Rinnegan, but a new type of eye named the Black Eye. It is a dōjutsu originating from the Ōtsutsuki clan, speculated to be a mutation from the Byakugan.
In "BORUTO: Naruto Next Generations," the owners of the Black Eye are Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Kawaki, who inherited his "Karma." They possess two types of dōjutsu called "Sukuna Hikona" and "Daikokuten." At the same time, these two abilities also belong to the divine arts that can be learned, although basically no one can learn them.
The strength of the dōjutsu power determines the strength of these two dōjutsu. Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's Black Eye has eight black lines, while teenage Kawaki only has four. The effects they produce are much weaker than Isshiki's, very slow, unable to dodge attacks or hit people. By the time of the three-year time skip in the young adult chapters, Kawaki's dōjutsu power continuously increases, finally reaching the same eight black lines as Isshiki.
(This book doesn't write about Boruto and doesn't involve divine arts. The concept of divine arts will no longer be mentioned later. These two abilities are set as dōjutsu.)
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Then is the second question.
The official databook setting is that the Ten-Tails is a unique creature of the Ōtsutsuki clan. The Ten-Tails is both the sapling of the God Tree and the origin of Chakra.
Later, in the sequel "BORUTO: Naruto Next Generations," the related settings and origins of the Ten-Tails and the God Tree were further supplemented.
When the Ōtsutsuki clan invades other planets, they always go in pairs, one as the guardian and one as the protected.
After an Ōtsutsuki enters a planet, they first plant the Ten-Tails sapling on the ground. The Ōtsutsuki with lower status will be used as a living sacrifice to have the Ten-Tails sapling eat their body. After eating the Ōtsutsuki's body, the Ten-Tails sapling will rapidly transform into the God Tree. Then the roots of the God Tree will rapidly spread to every corner of the planet, absorbing the planet's energy. The protected Ōtsutsuki will wait aside for the God Tree to finally bear the Chakra fruit and then bring the Chakra fruit back to the Ōtsutsuki clan.
So, comprehensively looking at the official settings, the entire process is very clear: Ten-Tails sapling -- God Tree -- God Tree (bears Chakra fruit) -- God Tree (loses Chakra fruit) -- Ten-Tails complete form -- Demonic Statue of the Outer Path (loses Chakra).
Therefore, the Ten-Tails that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki possessed should be the initial sapling. Isshiki also hadn't eaten the Chakra fruit, so there was no way he could possess the Rinnegan. The Rinnegan is an ability brought by the Ten-Tails.
The Ten-Tails that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya possessed was the complete form of the Ten-Tails, transformed from the God Tree after Kaguya ate the Chakra fruit that should have been brought back to the Ōtsutsuki clan.
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