The moment he sensed that the two of them had arrived,
he could clearly feel the immense chakra emanating from Naruto.
Hamura decided to reveal himself and draw them over.
The reason was simple.
The Branch Family had completely twisted his original instructions and intentions.
They had even gone so far as to want to destroy the entire planet
and create a truly perfect world.
This was something Hamura could not tolerate.
He had to stop this descendant of his.
Hamura was powerless to do so himself, and had to rely on outside help. Naruto and Neji were the most suitable candidates in his eyes.
In a hidden place deep within the village,
by the time Naruto and Neji reached the area where that faint, unusual chakra fluctuation had come from,
they had descended the spiral staircase
into a gloomy, dimly lit basement.
As their eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness,
the scene that came into view
would have unsettled anyone, let alone Neji.
Even Naruto, who had come prepared, instinctively felt his pupils contract and his whole body tense when he saw the seemingly endless field of graves.
"This is a graveyard? Could everyone buried here be..."
Neji's pale eyes clearly betrayed a flicker of unease. As he looked at the countless graves before him, he murmured,
"Yeah. The people buried here are the dead members of the Otsutsuki Clan."
Naruto looked around at all the graves. He sensed the faint, unusual fluctuations coming from within them, but still couldn't pinpoint their source. He could tell there was something strange about this place.
Even though Naruto had entered Sage Mode before coming here, his vast sensory abilities had turned up nothing.
He couldn't help thinking that, as expected, the son of the Rabbit Goddess was no ordinary person.
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