For the next half month, Kyosuke ate and drank his fill at the Hyuga Clan's expense.
While wandering around, he secretly began studying the Space-Time barrier Otsutsuki Hamura had left behind.
It was a long-distance teleportation array. He couldn't destroy it and rebuild it, but he could make some small modifications to the existing one.
For example, he could add an extra restriction: only those who had his permission could open a passage to the Moon.
That way, he could use it to pressure Hyuga Tenjin. If he wanted the Tenseigan, he'd better not forget their deal.
With his Flying Thunder God experience to draw on, Kyosuke didn't need long to finish the improvements.
Put simply, he'd just hooked up a router. The actual work wasn't complicated; the heavy lifting of teleportation was still handled by the Space-Time barrier the Otsutsuki had left behind.
He ordered his subordinates to conceal the cave. He didn't want anyone to know the passage existed.
At least until he could cross between star systems, it was best not to reveal the existence of the Moon base.
Once Hyuga Tenjin succeeded in obtaining an Otsutsuki body, he would seal the passage for good.
If the clan ran into trouble in the future, he could secretly move its members and turn the Moon into a base for the Uchiha.
By then, no one would be able to threaten the Uchiha's safety.
But for now, he'd first prove the Otsutsuki existed to the Hyuga Clan.
Kyosuke went to the Clan Head's study and briefly explained that he had opened the passage.
At his words, Hyuga Tenjin's expression immediately brightened. He felt a thrill at the thought that he was about to face history.
"Oh, right." Kyosuke reminded him with a faint smile. "The people on the Moon probably won't be very friendly."
"I understand." Hyuga Tenjin nodded, knowing that what they were doing amounted to an invasion.
They were even coveting the others' bodies. It would be strange if they were greeted warmly.
Watching the youth lower his head in thought, the Hyuga Clan Head had a whole host of questions he wanted answered.
But he knew that even if he asked, the youth wouldn't tell him the truth.
As for questions about history, Kyosuke could easily fob him off with old books.
And when it came to the Space-Time barrier, would it be believable if Kyosuke said he'd accidentally triggered it while training?
He was an ignorant bumpkin who knew nothing about Space-Time. What right did he have to question him?
Knowing he wouldn't get any answers, he couldn't be bothered to ask.
As things stood, the youth's claims were most likely true.
If Kyosuke were hiding something or had malicious intentions, the Hyuga Clan would immediately march north. With enemies on three sides, the Uchiha would be doomed.
Both sides had their reservations. That was the best way to lay the groundwork for long-term cooperation.
Once the youth had left, Hyuga Tenjin immediately summoned his trusted subordinates and prepared to assemble a team made up of Jonin.
Combining their bloodline with that of the Otsutsuki sounded simple, but the actual process of awakening the eye would certainly be much harder.
Exploration was only one part of it. Hyuga Tenjin needed to find enough substantial information.
Living on the Moon meant that the clan there had probably not undergone any major changes. They were bound to possess knowledge of tremendous value.
For the legendary Tenseigan, Hyuga Tenjin had resolved to embark on a path he should never have approached.
Whether it would bring fortune or disaster, no one could say.
Soon, five trusted Jonin assembled. Their leader was a Hyuga with the strength of an Elite Jonin.
Including Kyosuke and Tenjin, the seven members gathered at the clan's forbidden grounds.
"This should do." The Clan Head explained, "No one can approach this place without my orders, so it's perfect for setting up your Space-Time barrier."
"Okay." Kyosuke nodded and began forming Hand Seals. A black web of intricate symbols slowly spread beneath his feet.
After staring at it for a long while, Hyuga Tenjin could only shake his head in resignation. He knew he lacked the talent to learn Space-Time Ninjutsu.
"Maybe I should have Yayoi give it a try."
Hyuga Yayoi was the most outstanding genius of her generation. The Uchiha and Senju had each produced remarkable figures, and the Hyuga Clan wasn't about to fall behind.
She was highly perceptive and could recreate powerful techniques that had long been lost to the clan based on information in ancient texts.
Space-Time might be mysterious, but the Clan Head had faith in his student.
If everyone knew this technique, wouldn't he be at the mercy of Uchiha Kyosuke from then on? Every time he wanted to go to the Moon, he'd have to ask Kyosuke for help.
In time, they might never be able to repay all the favors they owed him.
That was how a great debt could turn into resentment.
After about two minutes, Kyosuke finally finished carving the "router."
With this Flying Thunder God barrier in place, the group could teleport to the original passage and use the Otsutsuki's thousand-year-old setup to travel to a planet roughly 400,000 kilometers away.
"Are you ready?" Kyosuke asked the others. In truth, he was a little nervous himself.
The events of Naruto's trip to the Moon were still a good seventy or eighty years away. Who knew what the situation on the Moon was like now?
According to Otsutsuki Toneri's memories, the Moon was probably in the middle of a civil war. Put simply, the Otsutsuki Clan was at war with itself.
As people from Earth, if they rashly got involved, they might bring about unforeseen consequences.
But for the sake of the battle, Kyosuke had no choice but to take the risk.
Of course, what happened to those people didn't matter to him in the slightest.
Would the Moon Otsutsuki launch a war of extermination against the Shinobi World?
That would make things a lot more interesting.
Every day, it was just the Senju and Uchiha fighting back and forth. Even if nobody else was bored, he was.
The Earth already had more than enough crises. What was one more group from the Moon?
He formed a few Hand Seals, and the Space-Time barrier lit up at once.
A breeze swept through the Hyuga Clan's forbidden grounds. When it died down, not a soul remained.
Kyosuke had finally completed his first—
Moon landing.
The Moon's surface was desolate as far as the eye could see.
Standing at the entrance to the teleportation array, Kyosuke couldn't help feeling a little emotional. He'd never imagined he'd get to set foot on the Moon.
After a short journey through the teleportation array, the group arrived at the Otsutsuki Clan's palace.
Unlike in the future, the Otsutsuki Clan was still alive and well. As the entrance to Earth, the palace was bound to be heavily guarded.
The moment they appeared, their presence was noticed.
Seeing this, Hyuga Kenji immediately attacked and easily took out all the guards.
Hyuga Kenji was a direct subordinate of the Clan Head, Tenjin. His strength had reached the Elite Jonin level, and there was a good chance he'd one day reach the peak.
"Ah." Kyosuke sighed quietly and looked away.
Nearby, Hyuga Tenjin's eyes shone. He finally believed Kyosuke's words completely.
He took out a Sealing Scroll and sealed away all three Otsutsuki corpses.
Once that was done, Tenjin, the strongest among them, activated his Byakugan and began carefully surveying the Otsutsuki palace.
He found that the enemies seemed to be quite weak. They possessed powerful Chakra, but lacked the skills to control it.
What did that mean?
It meant the Moon clan had stopped seriously developing ninjutsu.
Their fighting style was still stuck in the primitive state of hundreds or even thousands of years ago.
"Found it!"
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