Hidden Worries from the Moon

The Sage of Six Paths was not worth discussing for now. He had hidden himself too well; dwelling on him would only add to Shin's worries.

But aside from that hidden Boss, Shin was not without other threats to consider. He still remembered that there was a troublesome group of the Otsutsuki clan living on the moon.

Although there had been no further movement from the moon since Otsutsuki Hufu suddenly appeared several years ago, that did not mean they would remain obedient forever.

Perhaps something else had tied their hands, or perhaps the passage to and from the Main World was inconvenient. In any case, they had made no further moves. But if he let down his guard because of that, he might suffer a huge loss in the future.

"I need to send people to search for a passage to the moon. This hidden danger must be dealt with in advance. The Ten-Tails' body is sealed within the moon—that is Kaguya's true body. I need to keep it under my control."

Shin calculated silently. Speaking of the Ten-Tails' body, it was actually a chakra-less shell—the so-called Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

In the original story, Madara had summoned it after awakening the Rinnegan. But here, although Shin had awakened the Rinnegan and attempted the summoning himself, he had failed to call forth the Ten-Tails' shell.

It was as if some mysterious force was blocking the Summoning Technique—a sacred and immense sealing power. Shin guessed that it was likely the sealing formula left behind by the Sage of Six Paths and his brother.

But if that was the case, then there was one thing Shin could not understand. He could not summon it now, so how had Uchiha Madara managed to summon it in the original story? It