Chapter 239
As soon as Karin saw Chinano fall, she didn't hesitate. Panic surged through her chest, but her instincts kicked in. She didn't know what had happened exactly—but it was clear they'd been set up, lured into a trap.
While Neji focused on studying how to destroy the moon, Karin had one goal: to rescue Chinano.
Blue flames flickered to life around her as she locked onto Chinano's chakra signature. She took off at full speed, cutting through the cold air of the moon's interior. Along the way, mechanical puppets sprang out from hidden compartments in the walls, but Karin took them down one by one without slowing her pace. She finally arrived at the place they had split up.
Before her lay an endless pit, dark and hollow—like the moon had been carved out from the inside. Karin didn't hesitate. Without a second thought, she jumped in.
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When Chinano regained consciousness, a wave of pain surged through her head. Instinctively, she reached up—only to realize one of her eyes was gone. Her vision was lopsided. Her right eye, once holding the pristine Byakugan, was an empty socket.
She forced her only remaining red eye open and froze in horror.
Suspended in thick glass-like fluid around her were dozens—no, hundreds—of Byakugan. The sheer number was staggering. There were more here than the entire Hyuga Clan could ever account for. Her stomach churned.
Where the hell did all these eyes come from?
She struggled to move when a familiar figure appeared in front of her.
It was him—the same man she saw before blacking out. He stood calmly, only one eye open, and it glowed with eerie power.