Shameless Otsutsuki Jingze, Trials are Good, I Like Trials

Half an hour later.

"This isn't right."

Qingwu was filled with doubt. "I've snatched up so many people, so why hasn't anyone come to cause me trouble?"

"Even if this many pigs went missing, the owner should have come around to look or shout to see what was going on."

"I've been lying in ambush for ages, yet I haven't seen a single ghost. This shouldn't be happening."

He felt incredibly strange. When he first arrived, those young Otsutsuki had swarmed him, but now there was complete silence.

"Could it be that I haven't reached the Moon yet?! Am I still halfway there?!"

Qingwu scratched his head, too lazy to overthink it. He decided to just keep walking forward, past the same unchanging, rotten rocks.

"Oh man~ my bad... my bad..."

However, when he finally realized the truth, he was struck by a sudden epiphany—the Moon was actually massive!

Even in a village as large as Konoha, if something happened on the outskirts, the people inside might not even notice. He had been rushing around like a headless chicken; for all he knew, he had been walking in circles. It would be a miracle if he found anyone.

"I really am a pig."

He cursed himself inwardly, feeling that his previous assumptions had been far too naive. "It takes ages just to run across the place; it's impossible for them to have noticed people going missing in this short time. Plus, the one who wanted to signal for help was knocked out by me~"

"I can't just use the Byakugan recklessly, but I can still ask questions, right?"

After entering the Small World, Qingwu grabbed a poor soul and began to pummel him with punches and kicks. As he struck, he kept demanding, "Are you going to talk or not~ talk or not~ talk or not~" It felt like he was venting his frustrations.

"Mmph! Mmph!"

However, the poor soul just kept crying and didn't answer his question.

"Damn~ what a tough guy." After hitting him for a while longer, Qingwu asked impatiently, "Did you even hear me? Give me the answer, now!"

"Mmph! Mmph!"

The poor soul finally couldn't take it anymore. He stood up abruptly, thrust his mouth forward, and let out a muffled wail, glaring at Qingwu as if to say: Untie me, you idiot! How am I supposed to talk with a sealing gag on?

"Oh, right~ I forgot." Qingwu awkwardly removed the sealing gag. "It's your fault for not saying so earlier."

As if I could have said anything!

"..." The young Otsutsuki felt incredibly aggrieved, cursing inwardly that if he weren't so much weaker, he would make Qingwu pay and gag him instead.

I'm drawing circles to curse you.

"Forget it~ I forgive you." Qingwu waved his hand, acting as if he were very magnanimous.

"I..."

The young Otsutsuki was about to lose his mind. You beat me up and then forgive me? Are you a demon? Fine, I don't dare ask.

Qingwu immediately stopped what he was doing, looked at the poor soul, and asked, "Tell me~ besides you lot, why can't I see anyone else?"

"I won't be a traitor... The Otsutsuki clan has a backbone of steel... Even if you beat me to death... I won't say a word..." the young Otsutsuki said with an arrogant expression.

"Hmm?! What did you say... say it again..." Qingwu picked at his ear, speaking with a playful tone and a face full of smiles.

"I... I'll say it..." So much for having a backbone.

The young Otsutsuki hadn't wanted to talk; doing so would make him a traitor. But seeing Qingwu's smiling face, he shuddered.

If he didn't talk, this demon really might beat him to death.

A dozen of his brothers had been taken down in an instant.

And this demon was incredibly cautious.

He had knocked them out, taken all their weapons and ninja tools, and then sealed their bodies.

He even used Yin-Yang Release to bind their limbs and mouths, disrupting their chakra.

Is this something a human would do?!

A demon, he was definitely a demon.

Qingwu: "Good~ then speak."

"We didn't find anyone because this is the edge of the clan territory, a forbidden area where people rarely come," the young Otsutsuki said, head bowed.

Qingwu understood. "I thought as much, this place is desolate as hell."

However, he still acted fierce. "Kid, you're definitely hiding something, aren't you? If that's the case, why were there guards? And how did you discover the situation here... You're trying to lie to me..."

He unleashed another flurry of blows.

"My lord... stop hitting me... my lord... oh no... Grandpa... please stop... Grandpa... Grandpa... Grandpa..."

The young Otsutsuki begged incessantly, shamelessly calling him Grandpa, repeating it several times.

"If you're going to be this polite."

"I'm actually starting to feel bad about hitting you." Qingwu was left stunned by this, though he had to admit, it felt pretty good.

Is this really the high-and-mighty Otsutsuki from before?! Don't you lot pride yourselves on being gods? Where's the pride? Where's the backbone?

"Yes, yes, yes~ please stop hitting me... it's a waste of your esteemed energy and it's unhygienic... I don't like bathing..."

"Please, don't sully your noble body..."

The young Otsutsuki fawned with a sycophantic expression.

"..." Watching his groveling, pathetic display, Qingwu truly felt he had met his match—this guy was even more shameless than him.

In his past life, this guy would have been a textbook traitor.

Now, he's a planet-traitor.

"Speak properly. Why is no one watching this place? You lot couldn't possibly just leave it unattended..." Qingwu asked, annoyed.

"No... no... I'm really not lying to you... the location of the lunar passage itself is extremely secretive..."

"Ordinary people can't find the entrance at all..."

"Even if they find the entrance cave, it's not easy to discover that the passage is beneath the lake water."

The young Otsutsuki rushed to report, terrified that if he were too slow, Qingwu would beat him up again... his whole body was aching as it was.

Qingwu nodded slightly: "Mm, continue..."

"That's only if someone stumbles upon the entrance by accident."

"There are still three defensive layers..."

"The Lake of Dreams traps people in a cycle of memories. The Phantom Crab Guards are massive and powerful, and when combined with bubbles that induce hallucinations, they are incredibly lethal."

"After that."

"There are the Ancient City Ruins acting as a cover. After searching, you'd only conclude that the people here moved away..."

"You'd never suspect the final passage is in the sky."

"Without our Otsutsuki Sky Boat, you can't reach the sky, and if you can't reach the sky, you can't teleport to the moon."

The young Otsutsuki finished with a look of smug pride. Look at that—this is the wisdom of our ancestors.

Qingwu narrowed his eyes.

Before he could even speak.

The young Otsutsuki's expression froze in terror.

He hurriedly continued.

"Finally, there are countless Automated Puppets. They have the strength of Jonin, feel no pain, and once they lock onto a target, they fight to the death—they can even self-destruct."

"Even an army of ants can kill an elephant."

"Whether it's the Lake of Dreams... or... the Phantom Crab Guards... or the final Automated Puppets... any of them could trap or even kill multiple Kage-level ninja from your Ninja World..."

"Even if an enemy exceeds Kage-level, they could still be trapped and drained of their stamina and energy... not to mention there are guards monitoring the situation at all times... ready to sound the alarm..."

"We never imagined anyone would dare to invade the moon. For thousands of years, no intruder has ever reached the moon."

"They all ended up buried in those three layers of defense~"

As the young Otsutsuki spoke, he looked at Qingwu with shock. Wait a minute~ this demon passed through all three layers unscathed; doesn't that mean this demon is at least Kage-level?

My god. Young, Byakugan, Kage-level... even the clan head is probably only on this level. Losing to him is no disgrace.

With a Byakugan, he must be one of our kin. I haven't seen him before, and he doesn't seem to understand the situation.

Could he be from the Ninja World branch? He doesn't seem to have any killing intent toward us. Otherwise, he wouldn't just be restricting our freedom of movement.

Perhaps following someone like this wouldn't be so bad.

Qingwu was a veteran at playing with emotions; he clearly noticed the shift in the other's attitude.

As expected, nothing in the Naruto world is simple. Seeing how sycophantic he was before, he didn't expect the guy to be so mentally flexible.

"Also, there is a trial currently underway..." Thinking this, the young Otsutsuki began to spill everything. "Also, my lord, my name is Otsutsuki Jingze."

"A trial?! What kind of trial..." Qingwu's eyes lit up at the mention of this; if you're going to talk about that, I'm wide awake now.

"Actually, it's just an annual..."

After a detailed interrogation, Qingwu finally understood the ins and outs of the situation.

It turned out that these young Otsutsuki were currently participating in a special trial—an annual assessment.

This assessment was of great significance to them, as it would determine the cultivation resources and secret techniques they would receive in the coming year. According to the rules, only those who ranked highly were eligible for more resources and techniques.

And the unlucky fools Qingwu had stumbled upon were actually the weakest batch of the Otsutsuki clan.

Knowing their own lack of strength, they had chosen to stay far away from the main combat zones to avoid unnecessary losses. However, what they never expected was that even with such caution, they still couldn't escape Qingwu's grasp.

Hearing this news, Qingwu was overjoyed. He muttered to himself: "Hehe~ trials are good, trials are great..." A satisfied smile spread across his face.