Within the borders of the Land of Hot Water.
In a small, narrow cave, the unconscious Gai and Kakashi lay side by side on the ground. Hyuga Kyo sat alone in a corner while Shisui was busy near the campfire.
Stirring the pot over the fire, Shisui said in a low voice, “Senior, the soup will be ready soon.”
Hyuga Kyo nodded; he was indeed feeling quite hungry.
Although he still had some military ration pills left, they were hard to chew and tasted awful. Given a choice, he would much prefer to eat the fresh fish soup.
After a while, Shisui handed a steaming bowl of fish soup to Hyuga Kyo.
Taking the bowl, Hyuga Kyo drank the soup while looking over at the unconscious Gai and Kakashi.
Ironically, despite Hyuga Kyo and Shisui being the ones to cover their retreat, the ones most severely injured were the first to withdraw: Gai and Kakashi.
Gai had been surrounded by Kumogakure ninja and had to resort to using the Eight Gates technique.
The Eight Gates, a forbidden technique, severely damages the user as well. Although Gai had successfully repelled the enemy, his body had been overextended, causing him to fall unconscious.
Kakashi’s situation was more complex.
Besides his physical injuries and blood loss, there seemed to be another reason for his unconsciousness, though Hyuga Kyo couldn’t determine what it was at the moment.
Of course, Hyuga Kyo didn’t have much energy to investigate further as he had his troubles to deal with.
Suddenly, Hyuga Kyo’s expression tightened, and the bowl of soup slipped from his hands, shattering on the ground.
Shisui quickly asked, “Senior, what’s wrong?”
Hyuga Kyo shook his head, “Nothing.”
After brushing off Shisui’s concerns, he looked outside the cave.
The night sky outside was enchanting, with bright stars spread across the sky like diamonds. The moonlight was clear and soft, creating a dreamlike beauty.
Staring at the scenery, Hyuga Kyo sighed inwardly, “I guess I did alarm them.”
Just now, another subtle wave of Tenseigan chakra had swept over them. If not for Hyuga Kyo’s familiarity with this chakra, he might not have noticed it.
Shisui, standing nearby, remained oblivious throughout.
This revealed the sophistication and secrecy of the Tenseigan chakra search from the moon. Unless someone was familiar with the Tenseigan chakra, even those with the Mangekyou Sharingan would likely remain unaware.
“That makes the seventh time in the past few days. Why haven’t they given up yet? Just for using some chakra?”
Hyuga Kyo felt a bit irritated, but he understood that the remaining descendants of Otsutsuki Hamura on the moon were all radical branch members.
These descendants misunderstood Hamura’s intentions, believing that the Shinobi world created by the Sage of Six Paths was a failure. They were intent on destroying it and starting anew. Therefore, if they discovered Hyuga Kyo, the consequences could be unpredictable.
Moreover, having borrowed the power of the giant Tenseigan, Hyuga Kyo was acutely aware of its overwhelming strength. It was a true artifact, a supreme treasure of the Otsutsuki Hamura lineage.
The Otsutsuki descendants could freely control the giant Tenseigan, while Hyuga Kyo could only induce its resonance in life-threatening situations.
In essence, when it came to using the giant Tenseigan, the Otsutsuki descendants on the moon far surpassed Hyuga Kyo.
If it came to a confrontation, Hyuga Kyo would be facing an opponent with superior control and power over the giant Tenseigan. The outcome was clear.
At that moment, he even felt a bit fortunate.
Fortunately, due to his chakra depletion, his Tenseigan had temporarily regressed to Byakugan and entered a dormant state. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to evade the continuous scans from the giant Tenseigan on the moon.
On the moon.
After a bout of harsh coughing, the eldest elder put down his hands from forming seals and slowly shook his head.
Seeing this, the second elder frowned deeply, “Still nothing?”
The eldest elder, after calming his cough, said slowly, “Yes, apart from those nine forbidden areas on the surface, there are no other anomalies.”
The Otsutsuki descendants on the moon had long planned to destroy the Shinobi world.
Through the giant Tenseigan, they discovered many mysterious places on Earth that even they were unfamiliar with, calling these places “forbidden areas.”
These forbidden areas were protected by strange natural energies, hidden by bizarre external forces, or tainted by malevolent energies.
Because of this, the Otsutsuki descendants on the moon had yet to act, despite their intentions.
Now, only a few Otsutsuki descendants remained on the moon. Besides the three elders, there was only a three-year-old boy named Toneri.
Such limited strength was insufficient to conquer the entire Shinobi world. Thus, no matter how radical they were, they had to bide their time, waiting for an opportunity or for Toneri to grow up.
The third elder asked, “What about the Gedo Statue? Any leads?”
A few years ago, they had briefly sensed the presence of the Gedo Statue, but it quickly disappeared, preventing them from pinpointing its exact location.
The eldest elder shook his head again.
Frustrated, the second elder stood up, “So, are we just going to do nothing?”
The eldest elder responded calmly, “We are too old and lack the strength to fulfill our ancestor’s will. This duty should fall to Toneri. He is the most talented child of our clan. If anyone can fulfill our ancestor’s will, it’s him.”
The third elder tentatively suggested, “Perhaps we could reach out to the Hyuga clan. They share our bloodline, after all.”
The eldest elder snorted, “No, they are degenerates, unworthy of the Otsutsuki bloodline. They deserve to be destroyed along with the failed world created by the Sage of Six Paths!”
The third elder wanted to argue that if everything were annihilated, their nearly extinct Otsutsuki clan would also perish. But seeing the resolute expression on the eldest elder’s face, he couldn’t bring himself to speak.
Deep down, the third elder also believed that the Hyuga clan on Earth was unworthy of being compared to the Otsutsuki on the moon…
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