The Message Left by the Dead
Within the city, moss grows on the bluestone, and ivy climbs from the corners of walls to the eaves...
"Is the green coverage rate this high? Half the city is covered in vegetation..." Naruto looked around in amazement.
"What green space ratio? This place has clearly been uninhabited and neglected for a long time..."
As Shinki spoke, he raised his hand and pushed open the door of a house.
Various utensils were scattered around the house, indicating that the homeowner had left in a hurry.
I casually wiped the table, and my fingers were covered in a thick layer of dust...
"They've probably been gone for decades, maybe even centuries..." Shinki analyzed.
"Such a big city, and there's not a single person here?" Naruto asked.
Shinki didn't rush to answer, but instead spread his Chakra sensing, enveloping the entire castle.
After searching every corner of the city, big and small, he finally replied, "There's no one there."
Naruto asked in confusion, "That Otsutsuki Toneri, doesn't he live here? ◝₍ᴑ̑ДO͝₎◞"
Shinki: "The moon is so big, he might live somewhere else..."
"Come with me. I just activated my Chakra sensing and I've noticed something unusual about this city."
As he spoke, Shinki led Naruto through the city.
Although it was a completely unfamiliar city to the two of them, Shinki led Naruto forward with firm steps and a clear direction, as if he knew every blade of grass and every tree in the city intimately...
"What terrifying sensory abilities," Naruto thought to himself.
After climbing hundreds of steps and turning through countless alleyways, the two finally arrived at a place that resembled Shrine.
"Crunch--~"
Pushing open the old, dilapidated door of the Shrine, one is greeted by a scene of ruin.
The most eye-catching thing was a huge, bizarre Buddha statue with half of its body destroyed...
Naruto: "Why does this Buddha statue have horns?"
"A ghost Buddha?"
Shinki:(ー_ー)!!
"Naruto, don't talk nonsense in a place like this."
"However, I always feel that this Buddha statue looks a bit like the Sage of Six Paths... Didn't that old man say he was a monk...?"
Naruto: "..."
Shinki told himself not to talk nonsense in this kind of place, but he started making wild guesses...
Afterwards, the two searched the Shrine for a while, and Naruto found a line of text under the strange Buddha statue, but due to his limited literacy, he couldn't decipher it...
"Shinki, look! Aren't these writings?"
Shinki looked down at the strange symbol Naruto was pointing to, examining it for a long time before confirming, "Ancient writing, I suppose..."
[An ancient oath... If humanity is betrayed... The Tenseigan awakens... The Moon's Fist shall destroy humanity...]
"What does that mean? (꒪⌓꒪)" Naruto asked.
Shinki speculated, "It was probably a long time ago that the Moon Ninjas and the Shinobi World Ninjas made some kind of pact. If the Shinobi World Ninjas deviated from 'humanity,' the Moon Ninjas could destroy humanity with the 'Tenseigan' and the 'Moon's Fist.'"
"Considering the current situation, the 'Moon's Fist' might actually be the moon itself, currently approaching Blue Star..."
Naruto: "What is the Tenseigan? Is it also a powerful weapon?"
Shinki shook his head. "I don't know, I've never seen this term in any Shinobi World records. (||๐_๐)"
Just after the two finished speaking, a faint voice echoed in Shinki's mind.
[The possessor of the Six Paths Power...]
Then!
"Click--"
In the real world, the sound of stones grinding together echoed beneath the Shinki, and soon, the entrance to a secret passage appeared!
After exchanging glances with Naruto, the two entered the secret passage.
The light coming through the secret passage was limited, and it grew darker and darker as they went down until they finally reached a place where it was pitch black.
Shinki used Wood Release to transform his arm into a tree, then used Fire Style to ignite it, turning his body into a torch...
Naruto, watching from the side, was stunned. "Doesn't it hurt at all to have such a high fever? Σ( ° △ °|||)"
Shinki: "It's alright."
Soon, the bright yellow light of the torches illuminated the ground, allowing the two to see the countless graves buried beneath!
"No wonder it gets colder as we go down; it turns out this is a graveyard." Naruto, who was naturally afraid of ghosts, moved closer to the Shinki.
Shinki: "You're such a grown man, you've seen plenty of dead people, what's there to be afraid of?"
No sooner had the words left his mouth than a figure darted up from the last spot in the graveyard!
"The Six Paths Power... I sensed the Six Paths Power..."
We hope you can help us...
The person made indistinct sounds as they walked unsteadily, like a zombie, slowly approaching Shinki and Naruto...
As Shinki got closer, he could see that the person looked similar to an Earthling, only a bit slovenly.
But what's even more striking are his eyes. He has no eyeballs; when he opens his eyes, the eye sockets are empty, which is quite unsettling!
"Uncle, are you a native of this place? What exactly happened here?" Naruto asked.
As soon as he finished speaking, the strange man opened his mouth and spat out a ball of light...
The ball of light landed, bursting forth with light!!
The white and purple light instantly transported the Shinki into an illusion!
Here, he saw the people who originally lived inside the moon...
Like Earthlings, the Moon also has its divisions and wars. He witnessed one side using a giant crystal ball-like weapon to instantly sweep away the other...
For some reason, the 'Tenseigan' that he had just seen popped into Shinki's mind.
"Is this crystal ball the Tenseigan?"
A question arose in his mind, but before he could find the answer, the scene in the illusion changed again!
At that moment, in his eyes, the hundreds and thousands of graves underground disappeared and transformed into souls.
Leading the group was the long-haired man who had just spat out the ball of light.
However, he and the group behind him, even in their spirit form, had no eyeballs...
"Hamura Otsutsuki's will was twisted by the branch family members; he never intended to destroy the Shinobi World," the long-haired man said slowly.
"Now, Otsutsuki Toneri, a Branch Family descendant, plans to use the power of the Tenseigan to make the moon collide with the Shinobi World Continent."
"The one who possesses the Six Paths Power must be stopped."
"Me...?" Shinki pointed to himself.
The group of undead opposite him seemed not to hear him, and instead parted to the sides, making way for him.
Soon, a hunched figure leaning on Staff emerged from behind.
Shinki stared intently at the old man emerging from the back of the crowd and instantly guessed his identity. "Hamura Otsutsuki?"
The old man nodded upon hearing Shinki's words.
"Young man, now that you have obtained the Yang Power, you must have met your Older Brother before..."
"I can't let the world my Older Brother created be destroyed... Please..."
After saying that, the illusion vanished.
Then look at the eyeless man who spat out the ball of light. As if completing some kind of mission, his body shattered and turned into pieces!