In the Land of Hot Water.
Inside a narrow cave, the unconscious Guy and Kakashi lay side by side on the ground. Hyuga Kyo sat alone on one side, while Shisui was busy near the campfire.
Stirring the pot on the fire, Shisui spoke softly, “Senpai, the soup is almost ready.”
Hyuga Kyo nodded; he was indeed feeling quite hungry.
Though he still had some military rations left, their taste was unbearably difficult to chew. Given the choice, he naturally preferred fresh fish soup.
Soon, Shisui handed a steaming bowl of fish soup to Hyuga Kyo.
As he sipped the soup, Hyuga Kyo glanced at the unconscious Guy and Kakashi.
It was rather ironic that even though Hyuga Kyo and Shisui had stayed behind to cover their retreat, the most severely injured ones at the rendezvous point in the Land of Hot Water were the ones who had retreated first, Guy and Kakashi.
Guy had been forced to use the Eight Gates technique when surrounded by Kumogakure ninja. The Eight Gates is a forbidden technique that harms the user almost as much as it harms the enemy, so although Guy successfully repelled his attackers, his body was severely overtaxed, leaving him unconscious.
Kakashi’s condition was more complicated. Besides his injuries and severe blood loss, there seemed to be another reason for his unconsciousness, which Hyuga Kyo couldn’t quite determine at the moment.
But Hyuga Kyo had his pressing issues to deal with and couldn’t afford to investigate further.
Crash…
Suddenly, Hyuga Kyo’s expression tightened, and he dropped his bowl of soup, which shattered on the ground.
Shisui hurriedly asked, “Senpai, what’s wrong?”
Hyuga Kyo shook his head with a stern expression. “Nothing.”
Brushing off Shisui’s concern, he turned to look outside the cave.
The night sky outside was enchanting, with bright stars scattered like diamonds, the moonlight pure and gentle, creating a dreamlike scene.
Gazing at this beautiful sight, Hyuga Kyo sighed inwardly, “Sigh, they’ve finally been alerted.”
Just moments ago, another secret sweep of Tenseigan chakra had passed over. If Hyuga Kyo hadn’t been so familiar with this chakra, he might not have even noticed it.
Shisui, on the other hand, did not react and remained completely unaware.
This showed that the Tenseigan chakra probe from the moon was highly sophisticated and subtle. Unless one was familiar with Tenseigan chakra, even someone with the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan wouldn’t detect it.
“That’s the seventh time in these past few days. Why haven’t they given up yet? It was just some chakra; do they really need to be so relentless?”
Hyuga Kyo was also somewhat annoyed, but he knew that the remaining Otsutsuki clan members on the moon were all radicals.
These Otsutsuki remnants had misunderstood Hamura’s intentions, believing that the Shinobi world created by the Sage of Six Paths was a failure, and were determined to destroy it and start anew. If these people learned about him, Hyuga Kyo knew the consequences would be highly unpredictable.
Moreover, having borrowed the chakra from the giant Tenseigan, Hyuga Kyo was acutely aware of its immense power. It was a true divine artefact, the supreme treasure of Hamura’s lineage.
The Otsutsuki on the moon could control the giant Tenseigan at will, while Hyuga Kyo could only barely invoke its resonance in life-threatening situations.
This made it clear that the Otsutsuki on the moon had far more authority over the giant Tenseigan than he did.
If they ever fought, Hyuga Kyo would be up against a superior giant Tenseigan in both quality and quantity, with a predictable outcome.
At this moment, he even felt somewhat fortunate.
Thankfully, due to chakra depletion, his Tenseigan had temporarily reverted to Byakugan and entered a dormant state. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to evade the moon’s giant Tenseigan’s repeated probes.
On the moon.
Cough, cough…
After a fit of coughing, the eldest elder slowly retracted his hands from the sealing gesture and shook his head.
Seeing this, the second elder frowned deeply, “Still nothing?”
The eldest elder, old and frail, calmed his coughing and slowly said, “Yes, aside from the nine forbidden places on the surface, there are no other anomalies.”
The Otsutsuki remnants on the moon had long planned to destroy the Shinobi world.
However, through the giant Tenseigan’s probes, they discovered many mysterious places on Earth that even they didn’t understand. They called these places the “forbidden lands.”
These forbidden lands were protected by strange natural energies, covered by mysterious external forces, or tainted with malevolent powers.
Because of this, the Otsutsuki on the moon had delayed their plans.
Now, only a few Otsutsuki members remained on the moon. Besides the three elders, there was only a three-year-old child named Toneri.
With such limited strength, they couldn’t hope to conquer the entire Shinobi world. So, no matter how radical they were, they had to endure and wait for the right opportunity, or for Toneri to grow up.
The third elder asked, “What about the Gedo Statue? Any clues?”
He asked because a few years ago, they had briefly sensed the Gedo Statue, but the sense quickly vanished, and they couldn’t pinpoint its exact location.
The eldest elder shook his head again.
The most radical of them, the second elder, stood up and said, “Are we just going to do nothing?”
The eldest elder replied calmly, “We are old and lack the strength to fulfill our ancestor’s wishes. This responsibility should be left to Toneri. He is the most talented child in our clan. If it’s him, he will certainly fulfill our ancestor’s wish.”
The third elder tentatively suggested, “Perhaps we could contact the Hyuga clan. After all, they share our bloodline.”
The eldest elder snorted, “No, they are fallen. They don’t deserve the Otsutsuki bloodline and should be destroyed along with the failed world created by the Sage of Six Paths!”
The third elder wanted to argue that if they annihilated everything, the few remaining Otsutsuki on the moon would also face extinction. But seeing the eldest elder’s resolute expression, he couldn’t bring himself to say it.
Deep down, the third elder himself believed that the Hyuga on Earth were not worthy of being compared to the Otsutsuki on the moon…
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