The Result

In Akatsuki's underground base, within a dark dungeon, Otsutsuki Guiyan began recounting the history of the Otsutsuki Clan.

Of course, all he knew was what had happened after Otsutsuki Hamura led them to settle on the moon.

Shin said nothing and simply listened in silence.

The history of the Otsutsuki Clan was exceedingly dull. That was only natural—there had been only their clan on the entire moon, and they had been guarding a seal. It would have been strange if anything had happened.

"Our clan lived quietly on the moon like that, constantly keeping watch over the seal while checking on the Main World every few decades. But we never interfered.

Then, roughly a hundred years ago, I succeeded as clan head of the Branch Family. I began secretly gathering strength, hoping to overthrow those stubborn old fools of the Main Family. Our clan upheld Ancestor Hamura's final teachings: we existed to protect peace and represented justice, order, and peace. Yet intelligence from the Main World, time and again, showed that the world our ancestor sought to protect had already rotted away. Wars had continued for a thousand years without even a glimmer of peace. Every rule had been trampled underfoot, and everyone lived on in numb resignation.

So I reinterpreted Ancestor Hamura's teachings. I believed that the Otsutsuki Clan also bore the responsibility of judgment. When this world became beyond saving, we would descend with divine punishment, cleanse the entire world, and then remake it.

At the time, many members of the Otsutsuki Branch Family agreed with me. I also believed I was right, so I launched a rebellion.

Unfortunately, we underestimated the Main Family's strength. After a fierce battle, we were suppressed. Only recently, because the Ten-Tails' husk within the seal had begun to stir, did that