The Elderly, Weak, Sick, and Disabled on the Moon

"What's wrong?"

Naruto saw Kitagawa Gen stop in his tracks, and he poked his little head out in confusion to look ahead.

Very quickly, he saw the girl not far away looking over at them as well.

"Oh, it's Hinata?"

"Yeah, your classmate."

Kitagawa Gen came back to himself and nodded, only to be met with Naruto's mischievous grin.

"You saw her and suddenly couldn't walk anymore. Don't tell me—"

"Idiot."

Kitagawa Gen reached out and rubbed Naruto's little head hard a few times. This brat really loved talking nonsense.

Still, he understood what Naruto was thinking. After all, the current Naruto had never paid any attention to Hinata at all.

Or rather, to him, Hinata was only a classmate.

His eyes were full of Sakura, who spent all day circling around Sasuke. It was only when Nagato came charging into Konoha to "carry a sack of rice up how many floors," and Hinata stepped forward, that a seed had been planted.

"He really is the type who doesn't know how lucky he is."

Kitagawa Gen muttered inwardly, but while the two of them were messing around, Hinata had already walked over.

"Na-Naruto-kun, and Gen-senpai."

Her face was flushed, her head lowered, and even her voice sounded a little stammering.

Only her eyes kept drifting, almost imperceptibly, toward Kitagawa Gen.

"Long time no see, Hinata."

Kitagawa Gen let go of the hand pressing down on Naruto's head and smiled at Hinata.

"Why are you alone? Not going home?"

"Father took Hanabi to visit old friends from allied clans and isn't home, so I'm going to school early."

Hinata still had her head lowered as she spoke softly. Her shy appearance made Naruto scratch his head.

"I see."

Kitagawa Gen did not feel much about it. He thought for a moment, then smiled.

"That works out. I was planning to take Naruto to eat. Come with us."

"Huh?"

Hinata's face instantly turned even redder. She wanted to say she had already eaten, but as a member of a great clan, she had to maintain her manners.

And she felt that eating a little more did not seem to be a problem.

Aside from that, the Gen-senpai before her seemed to possess a very peculiar attraction, an indescribable sense of closeness.

As well as pressure.

It was this complicated feeling that left Hinata even more unsure for a moment whether she should refuse.

Her reaction made Naruto feel a headache coming on, but fortunately, Kitagawa Gen did not mind and directly made the decision with a smile.

"Then it's settled. Let's go. We'll just eat at Ichiraku today."

"Mm."

Seeing Kitagawa Gen say that, Hinata could only nod lightly in the end, then lower her head and follow behind them.

"Tch, isn't she way too shy?"

Walking beside Kitagawa Gen, Naruto could not help muttering under his breath. Then he raised his eyebrows with a wicked grin.

"Hey, just now she seemed to be looking at you the whole time, Gen."

"Can't be helped. That's normal."

Kitagawa Gen shrugged.

"When the two of us are standing together, if she doesn't look at the tall, handsome one, is she supposed to look at the short, stupid one?"

Naruto compared his own height with Kitagawa Gen's, and his face instantly went red with anger.

".You bastard!"

But Kitagawa Gen was not in the mood to mess around with Naruto right now. He had naturally seen Hinata's actions just now too.

Clearly, he was not the only one who had felt that strange sensation. Hinata had too!

"Is it because of the Otsutsuki Clan Bloodline?"

Kitagawa Gen muttered inwardly, and after thinking it over, he felt that this possibility was truly very high.

After all, his bloodline Development Level had reached ten percent, and the Hyuga bloodline itself originated from the Otsutsuki!

Even if this branch in the ninja world had degenerated quite heavily and could not compare to those on the moon, Hinata was the "Byakugan Princess."

Those pure Byakugan would attract Kitagawa Gen, and Kitagawa Gen's bloodline traits would naturally attract Hinata as well.

"Ramen! Ramen! Old man!"

After the group arrived at the ramen stand, Naruto shouted impatiently, which made Ayame somewhat displeased.

"Keep your voice down, honestly. It's not like we can't hear you. Can't you learn from Gen?"

"All right, all right. A little liveliness is good."

Teuchi did not mind at all. He answered with a cheerful laugh, and as he spoke, he had already begun cooking the noodles.

"Wait just a moment. It'll be ready soon."

"Thanks, old man!"

Naruto happily sat down. After all of them had taken their seats, he glanced at Hinata, who still had her head lowered and face red, and immediately found it boring, so he turned to look at Kitagawa Gen again.

"What are you thinking about? You barely said anything the whole way here."

"I'm thinking about training."

Kitagawa Gen rolled his eyes and casually brushed him off, while the corner of his gaze also swept over Hinata.

Right now, he was only thinking about one question: what was the situation with those people on the moon?

Today's encounter with Hinata had been an accident to begin with, but that inexplicable throb had drawn his attention.

Both he and Hinata had felt it clearly, so what about those Otsutsuki on the moon?

"Can I slowly sense that Tenseigan on the moon through the development of my bloodline?!"

That eye on the moon—he had really been thinking about it for a long time.

Even before he had obtained the Otsutsuki Clan Bloodline, he had kept thinking about finding a chance to go violently beat up the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled.

A civil war on the moon had directly wiped out their entire clan, leaving only one Otsutsuki Toneri in the end.

If he did not think of a way to pick up such a bargain, he would honestly be letting himself down.

Unfortunately, how to get to the moon was a huge problem.

If Otsutsuki Toneri had not come to capture Hinata himself and given them the opportunity, Naruto and the others probably would have had a hard time finding the passage to the moon in their entire lives.

"After all, even Black Zetsu never went to the moon to see his mother."

Of course, Black Zetsu might not have known. Or he might have known that there were people on the moon and did not dare act recklessly.

But Kitagawa Gen could not possibly go ask Black Zetsu for directions, could he?

"Stop thinking and eat, eat!"

While he was pondering, Teuchi had already brought the ramen over. Naruto rubbed his hands eagerly and smiled.

"Hinata, eat as much as you want. He's paying today. This bastard has cheated me out of who knows how many meals. This time we have to eat our fill!"

"Th-thank you for the meal."

It would have been fine if Naruto had not spoken, but the moment he did, Hinata's face instantly reddened again, making Naruto scratch his head in confusion.

But to him, everything else was fake. Ramen was the most important!

"Time to eat!"

Without thinking about it anymore, Naruto immediately began wolfing down his food. The sight made Kitagawa Gen laugh.

"Slow down. No one's fighting you for it. Forget it, do whatever you want."

Seeing Naruto act like he had been starving for days, Kitagawa Gen offered one word of advice and said no more. He also split his chopsticks and prepared to start eating.

And right now, he was in quite a good mood!

"At this point in time, the civil war on the moon has most likely already ended. It's hard to say how many living people are left, but they should all be elderly, weak, sick, and disabled."

Elderly, weak, sick, and disabled meant he could use Heavy Punch Strike!

The only thing he needed to worry about was probably that those guys would discover him in advance.

Perception was mutual, just like Hinata's reaction earlier.

Besides, those people on the moon had been using the Tenseigan to peep on the ninja world all this time!

Otherwise, Otsutsuki Toneri could not possibly have known about Hinata.

The Tenseigan itself was one of the powers of the Otsutsuki. If they "saw" him and got frightened, then chose to hole up while sealing the passage, that would be troublesome.

He was indeed not the only Otsutsuki in the ninja world. There was also Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who was hiding away.

But he was different from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had already turned into "Karma" and attached himself to Jigen, while he was complete and intact!

"So I have to train properly and sense that Tenseigan on the moon ahead of time. I can't let it get away."

Kitagawa Gen nodded inwardly, while also unable to stop himself from glancing at Naruto.

He discovered that this guy Naruto seemed able to bring him some good luck, like encountering Hinata today.

However, just as he was about to move his chopsticks, he suddenly saw Jiraiya hurrying toward him.

"Hey, brat, so you were here! Stop eating. We've got a mission!"

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Kitagawa Gen had yet to speak, but Naruto, who was busily stuffing his face beside him, instantly turned green.