The Sage of Six Paths Is Feeling Empty

Uchiha Shingen's question immediately energized the researchers present.

As the only research base for Wood Release techniques during the Fifth Hokage's era, although it is called a laboratory, not everyone here is involved in the research. In addition to the ANBU, there are many non-research frontline staff.

Needless to say, all the ninjas of the Uchiha Clan treated Uchiha Shingen with utmost respect. There was absolutely no one who would dare to slack off in their work after the Fifth Hokage had been in power for less than a year.

The researchers from the Uchiha Clan began to excitedly share their findings and research successes.

In summary, the future looks promising, but there's no immediate prospect.

Uchiha Shingen, who patiently listened to the whole thing, was not surprised at all.

After all, if Wood Release was so easy to transplant, the Root would have been renamed the Wood Release Department long ago.

After listening to the researchers' report, Uchiha Shingen didn't forget to talk to the others.

He inquired about the daily security work of the ANBU and also called over the person in charge of the base's operations for a talk.

Although he was very friendly, the person being talked to was genuinely nervous, afraid of making a mistake.

This is also the difference between the fifth generation and the fourth generation.

When Namikaze Minato first took over, everyone was busy trying to win his favor. In fact, Namikaze Minato was indeed a kind and generous leader internally, but while he was incredibly approachable, he lacked a bit of authority.

Uchiha Shingen was different; the nickname "White Ghost" realistically reflected his daily behavior.

The fifth generation's management style was to offer the best treatment combined with the strictest discipline.

Because he couldn't slack off while fishing, he hated slack off the most.

Even if it's your own family, he won't get away with slacking off.

Furthermore, Uchiha Shingen rose to power with his own faction, possessing strong leadership qualities from the start. Lack of authority? Absolutely not during working hours.

This is a Hokage who can get into Hokage if he gets angry; if you didn't know better, you'd think he was the Raikage.

That's the downside of the Flying Thunder God; it's impossible to stop.

After listening to the report, Uchiha Shingen said some encouraging words to everyone, just like usual.

After he finished speaking, he gestured for everyone to continue working, and then walked over to Kaguya Otsutsuki.

"Kaguya, with your eyesight, can't you see anything wrong?"

Looking at Kaguya Otsutsuki, who was still focused on arranging the video sources, Uchiha Shingen really wanted to complain.

But...

He thought it was fine this way, and it was best not to complain.

"Hmm?" Kaguya Otsutsuki glanced over. "What are you looking at?"

Uchiha Shingen gestured angrily towards the rear.

Kaguya Otsutsuki looked in the opposite direction and saw a group of researchers wasting their lives around a culture tank.

As for the culture medium in the tank, it contained a wild boar with bean sprouts growing on its body.

Uchiha Shingen always felt that it was really foolish of the Third to directly use people for Wood Release experiments.

Senju Tobirama didn't casually use human bodies for seed implantation.

If it weren't for the time travel incident, Uchiha Shingen would have thought that this plot was because the Sarutobi Group was facing a group of Sharingan next door at that time, and therefore had a greater need for the power of Wood Release.

However, when he returned for his second playthrough, it was during the Sarutobi Group's heyday, and he knew that this was not the case at all.

The Sarutobi Group's Sound Four truly began to feel the pressure from the Uchiha Clan after the Third Shinobi World War. By then, the Sound Four were already entering old age and declining health, while the Sarutobi Group seemed to be lacking successors. On the contrary, the Uchiha Clan began to produce talents like Uchiha Shisui. Although the balance of power remained unchanged, the trend of one side gaining and the other losing was already evident.

"They won't succeed," Kaguya Otsutsuki said bluntly.

"Is it not technically possible to solve this?" Uchiha Shingen wasn't in a hurry to give up; he wanted to hear Kaguya Otsutsuki's reasons.

"This technique is nothing special; what sets you apart from others is your Chakra," Kaguya Otsutsuki said. "Your Chakra is so excellent because it has been nurtured by my power."

There was a hint of Versailles in her tone.

"However," Kaguya Otsutsuki added, "While their Chakra may not be enough to match your strength, obtaining this technique shouldn't be a problem."

"Oh?" Uchiha Shingen was somewhat pleased. "How do you do it?"

"Give it to them." Kaguya Otsutsuki's expression was one of disgust, as if she thought it was insane to even ask such a question. "Chakra is just Chakra. Is there any difference between using Tailed Beasts 'Chakra and using your own?"

Uchiha Shingen: "???"

His reaction did not provoke Kaguya Otsutsuki to continue speaking.

She felt she had said enough.

"That's fine then." Kaguya Otsutsuki felt there was really nothing to research about this thing. "Just like when I created the White Zetsu, this technology can be modified so that you can cast this jutsu through someone else's body. I'll send it to you later."

After saying that, Kaguya Otsutsuki stepped into the rectangular portal that had suddenly appeared beside her.

This is Yomotsu Hirasaka- kun.

Just like Namikaze Minato's Flying Thunder God Escape.

They just slipped away.

Uchiha Shingen shook his head, looking at the spot where Kaguya Otsutsuki had disappeared.

This is Ōtsutsuki Clan.

Humans use Tailed Beasts as chargers or bombs, while the Ōtsutsuki Clan use humans as mobile terminals.

In fact, Kaguya Otsutsuki's idea cannot be said to be entirely unfeasible.

But that would have no practical significance for Uchiha Shingen.

Wouldn't it be much better for him to just bring the Tailed Beasts along?

But he still needs this technology.

Just because it's useless now doesn't mean it will be useless in the future.

After giving some final instructions to everyone present, Uchiha Shingen left and returned to the Hokage's office.

The day passed peacefully.

There's no one causing trouble outside, and no one causing trouble in the village.

This made Uchiha Shingen think that the Hokage was truly boring. It wasn't like this when Namikaze Minato first became Hokage; there were always some kind of demons or monsters jumping out at any moment.

Fighting monsters in the village is a kind of fun too.

In retrospect, his efforts over the years to improve the per capita living standards of Hidden Leaf Village have not been in vain. Perhaps his previous ideas were wrong; Leaf Village is still a place where people are simple and honest. If life is better, people will stop causing trouble.

The Fifth Hokage of Hidden Leaf Village spent another monotonous, boring, and tedious day.

As night fell, the sky was once again adorned with starlight.

The clear moon appeared in the night sky, far less brilliant than the sun during the day. When the moonlight fell to the ground, it was swallowed up by the artificial lights of Hidden Leaf Village. The clear, flowing moonlight could only fall smoothly in sparsely populated places like forests.

In the village, most people are already enjoying the nightlife, and only a few elderly people occasionally look up at the moon and silently make a wish, but that's all.

In this world free from industrial pollution, people's desire to explore the stars is far less intense than in another world.

However, on the moon, far from the ground, a boy sits inside this empty structure.

The boy, who had lived alone in darkness since he could remember, was now enveloped in green Chakra.

After an unknown amount of time, his Chakra was absorbed into his body.

"You've got it right." An aged voice rang out from the darkness.

The boy's expression remained unchanged.

"Toneri, you have inherited Hamura Otsutsuki's power very well."

From the darkness behind the boy, a figure emerged.

It was none other than the Sage of Six Paths, who had a ball under his buttocks.

The boy is Otsutsuki Toneri, the last descendant of the Moon Otsutsuki Clan.

When Kaguya Otsutsuki, created based on the Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei, immediately declared its intention to disband. Hagoromo Otsutsuki intervened, replacing the "core" and stabilizing the area once again.

"The Sage of Six Paths." Otsutsuki Toneri's voice lacked warmth, but also showed no aversion; it was rather conventional. "Why did you help me?"

As the saying goes, even relatives of one's ancestors are still ancestors.

However, Otsutsuki Toneri did not hold Hagoromo Otsutsuki in any particular reverence.

As a descendant of a branch family, Otsutsuki Toneri was never one to be interested in the Sage of Sage of Six Paths' philosophy.

The Main Family that caught a cold has already been sacrificed to heaven by the branch families from back then.

Otsutsuki Toneri revered the will of Hamura Otsutsuki. Of course, this will would probably be quite a shock to Hamura Otsutsuki himself, as it is purely a product of later generations' imagination and drastic modifications.

If Otsutsuki Toneri was already indifferent to the Sage of Sage of Six Paths' peace ideals, then now that the old demon has returned to life and guided him to inherit his ancestor's power, Otsutsuki Toneri is even more convinced that the Sage of Six Paths was indeed not a good person.

Otherwise, why are his ancestors all dead?

Chapter Ninety: The Sage of Six Paths Feels Empty

Otsutsuki Toneri didn't take Hagoromo Otsutsuki's coldness to heart.

From birth to death, Hagoromo Otsutsuki was actually quite lonely, and he would be even more lonely after he physically died.

The people I am truly closest to are undoubtedly my mother, my younger brother, and my two sons.

Needless to say, the mother is the boss.

While his younger brother Hamura Otsutsuki shares the same general direction as him, there are still differences. He stands with him primarily out of kindness and compassion, but they part ways after their mother is sealed away.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki knew that her younger brother deeply loved their mother, and that going to the moon was something he couldn't overcome in his heart.

The eldest son, Indra, wasn't exactly a bad person; he was just used to saying, "Get out of the way! Let me do it!"

The members of the Ninshu followed Indra, and while they weren't exactly feeling completely uninvolved, they were at least incredibly bored.

The only one who fully accepts what he says is his youngest son Ashura, but by "fully accepting," he simply means copying what he's told and being a good person.

As for followers, they're not like-minded people, they're worshippers.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki felt very lonely.

Would a lonely person care if others dislike them? No.

As the saying goes, if you don't like me, then hit me!

Therefore, when Otsutsuki Toneri occasionally showed displeasure, Hagoromo Otsutsuki simply stroked his beard and smiled.

Hamura Otsutsuki's descendants, in this remote corner of the moon, truly fought a decisive battle, leaving only this one survivor.

However, neither of the brothers should laugh at the other. Hagoromo Otsutsuki's descendants weren't much better off. It was only because there were many earthlings who could withstand the abuse that they were wiped out; otherwise, they would have perished just the same.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki continued to guide Otsutsuki Toneri in digesting the Senjutsu he had taught him. It must be said that Toneri's talent was indeed outstanding.

The tradition of Senjutsu did not flourish on the moon because the environment did not allow it.

Where would a creation made of Chakra go to mess with Natural Energy? This thing is completely isolated from any energy from the outside world.

"Good, good. Remember this feeling." Hagoromo Otsutsuki said to Otsutsuki Toneri, "When you return to the earth, with the inexhaustible flow of Natural Energy, you will no longer need my help to use Senjutsu."

"If I return to the earth, I will surely fulfill the will of my ancestors." Upon hearing this, Otsutsuki Toneri was no longer sleepy.

He remained on the moon as the sole heir, not because he was nostalgic, but purely because of the ancestral will passed down from the Lunar Ōtsutsuki. Although the Hamura Otsutsuki himself was so badly altered that he didn't recognize him anymore, one thing remained unchanged—guarding the golem.

Now that the golem is gone, Otsutsuki Toneri certainly doesn't want to stay here alone playing hide-and-seek anymore.

Moreover, although the Sage of Six Paths was no longer human, he did something human: he repaired the eyes of the Toneri and taught him Senjutsu.

So Otsutsuki Toneri now thinks he's incredibly capable.

Everything's ready, time to have some fun!

Otsutsuki Toneri turned around, hoping to see a different expression on the Sage of Six Paths' face.

Then he saw the caring look in the eyes of someone with intellectual disabilities.

"Silly child, don't do anything unnecessary." Hagoromo Otsutsuki's expression was unusually kind. "You're not strong enough yet."

The Moon Otsutsuki Clan has reproduced on the moon for generations, and through close contact with their mother's body over the years, they have also undergone corresponding changes.

They possessed Dōjutsu unlike that of their relatives on Earth.

As a person of pure blood, Otsutsuki Toneri developed that Dōjutsu not long after his eyes were repaired.