Hamura's Descendants

The Shinobi World was ever-changing, with undercurrents surging beneath the surface.

News of the Nine-Tails Attack was bound to spread to the major shinobi villages over time.

Some watched from the sidelines, while others were eager to make a move.

These dark emotions seemed to have affected tonight's sky as well.

Of course.

The ninjas did not know that an ancient race still lived upon that light-reflecting moon.

Nor did they know that A Figure had suddenly descended.

A dark and windy night.

Perfect for killing!

On the moon, in a concealed corner outside the passageway.

As space rippled, Hyuga Hitoshi's body slowly emerged from an intangible vortex.

His tall, straight body was tense, his eyes sharp as he cautiously surveyed his surroundings.

After a long while, Hyuga Hitoshi let out a breath and deactivated his Byakugan.

For the time being, what he used was similar to Kamui, but was actually Kinshiki's Intangible Teleportation. It did not allow his own body to phase through things, so he still had to be cautious when it came to protecting himself.

Fortunately, the Shadow Clone had inherited his will, and the coordinates it had left behind were sufficiently hidden. The surroundings were also Almost the Same as the Shadow Clone had described, and no one was guarding the passageway, so his arrival had gone fairly smoothly.

After gauging his Chakra consumption, Hyuga Hitoshi nodded. It was still acceptable.

The Shinobi World was not Earth from his previous life. The distance between the earth and moon here, as well as the size of the earth, naturally differed from his previous life. After all, one definitely could not breathe freely on the moon in his previous life.

No matter how one put it, this thing was merely a sealing vessel created by the Six Paths Chibaku Tensei. It could not compare to a true planet.

Even so, it was enough to prove the wonder of energy like Chakra.

From Nothing to Something, it could create all things. Setting aside its destructive power, its creativity alone ranked among the best even in the Two-Dimensional World.

Without dwelling too much on the moon's nature, Hyuga Hitoshi carefully made his way along the outer edge of the passage toward the lunar surface. The surroundings were Almost the Same as those in the movie.

The only difference was that, by then, Hamura's descendants had died until only Toneri remained. Even with puppets maintaining the place, it still looked somewhat decayed.

But the coup had not yet happened, and some of the structures on the moon were breathtaking enough to inspire awe.

That fleeting glance through his newly activated Byakugan had given Hyuga Hitoshi a rough understanding of the place.

"Business first."

There would be plenty of time to admire the scenery later. Hyuga Hitoshi wasted no time and quickly found a lone Otsutsuki clansman. He cleanly snapped the man's neck, stuffed the corpse into his Space-Time, memorized his appearance as quickly as possible, and changed into his clothes.

He did not know whether someone might be bored enough to occasionally activate their Byakugan and patrol the moon, so he had to forge an identity for himself.

As for information regarding the corpse, he had begun looking into it the moment he snapped the man's neck.

As a member of Konoha's intelligence department, Hyuga Hitoshi had his own insights into extracting information. The standard methods of intelligence teams involved invading someone's brain while they were still alive to obtain useful information, or creating torture chambers to make them reveal it voluntarily.

But Hyuga Hitoshi did not need any of that. Ever since awakening his Golden Finger, his eyes had occasionally gained stronger ocular power thanks to Every Time he made the right choice and practiced disciplined Time Management. Over time, they had Evolved who knew how many times.

Though he still could not do what Momoshiki did and see through another person's fate with a glance, seeing some basic information was easy enough.

In short, he had learned quite a mixed bag of abilities. The abilities gained through several evolutions were all powerful, though compared with the originals, they were currently just bargain-bin versions. Hitoshi Clan Head himself did not think that was much of a problem. Given time, even bargain-bin versions could surpass the originals. Wasn't his Beast of Burden-like physique built up little by little as well?

When he Reappeared where he had been, Hyuga Hitoshi disguised himself.

He was now called Otsutsuki Kaichu.

His status placed him among the middle-ranking leaders of the branch family. He could speak directly with the branch Clan Head and had some standing within the clan.

But surprisingly, unlike the radical branch family members, he advocated Convince with Reason. He intended to use his sincerity to move the main family, making them understand that the Shinobi World had rotted to its roots and had to be destroyed.

The branch family had not yet gone so mad that they were beyond saving, so they were willing to let Sasuke Bro communicate with the main family first. Only if communication truly failed would they start a war.

Clearly, this was quite a good identity for Hyuga Hitoshi.

The only thing he needed to worry about now was that any Otsutsuki clansman with a Byakugan could discover he was an impostor simply by activating it and carefully looking him over from head to toe.

Sigh, it was all because his talent was too extraordinary.

Even if he only had about half of what a female reader on Qidian had, the girls of the Shinobi World would still tremble in fear at the sight of him.

Not to Mention his outrageous Physical Fitness and surging Chakra. Concealing his aura might fool others, but it was truly difficult to disguise himself before the Byakugan.

Hitoshi was not complaining.

It was simply a shame that the odds of being exposed were too high. He did not know how much he could make use of this identity.

He was not disappointed, either. Today's mission was simply to Look for an Opportunity to gather intelligence, find a main-family hardliner opposed to destroying the Shinobi World, kill him, and dump him somewhere conspicuous.

He believed that the branch and main families, who were still probing each other and both using conciliatory policies, would certainly Become Nervous because of this corpse.

Of course, he had instead killed one of the moderate representatives of the branch family. Hyuga Hitoshi truly did not know whether that was good or bad. What was certain was that tossing Sasuke Bro's corpse into the branch family would cause quite an uproar as well.

After familiarizing himself with Otsutsuki Kaichu's information, Hyuga Hitoshi began walking forward.

He decided to be bolder. It would not be a pity even if his identity was exposed. After all, he had the Byakugan too, giving him an innate advantage when pretending to be an Otsutsuki clansman.

Besides, in the Original Work's depiction of the war between the branch and main families, there were an absurd number of people. What did it matter if there was one unfamiliar nobody among them?

Having just activated his Byakugan to check the situation, he spotted an interesting scene. It was the perfect time to go get involved.

In truth, if Otsutsuki Kaichu had still been alive, Hyuga Hitoshi could have learned through a simple interrogation that so-called identity exposure did not exist at all.

The reason was simple.

This was the moon, home to the descendants left behind by Hagoromo Otsutsuki. They occupied the entire moon and had lived here for over a thousand years. With the scenery all looking the same, using the Byakugan to look around was even more boring, so they basically did not use it to investigate their surroundings unless there was a battle.

But the branch and main families had not reached that point yet. Everyone deliberately restrained themselves from using the Byakugan to observe their fellow clansmen.

Well, there was actually a deeper reason, one that was difficult to mention.

The rules for using the Byakugan had also been passed down from that time.

A thousand years ago, when the clan had first moved to the moon, everything was fresh and novel. Naturally, quite a few clansmen walked around with their Byakugan activated, shouting, "Holy shit!"

But guess whether they were really shouting that just because of the scenery.

When an Otsutsuki Clan wife realized something was wrong, she clawed open some guy's face on the spot.

And after his Wife had been seen naked, the enraged husband fiercely sought out the peeping man's Wife, activated his Byakugan as well, and swore that he had to get even.

You sneak a peek, then I'll stare as openly as I please. I'll count every mole and every hair!

And just like that, a conflict erupted without warning. It was said that under the influence of that gruesome scene, even Hamura's Wife failed to preserve her dignity and lost her restraint just the same.

If the Hyuga Clan used etiquette and the Caged Bird Curse Mark to restrain where their clansmen looked, then the Otsutsuki Clan used the Byakugan usage regulations introduced afterward.

In short, we're all Otsutsuki. Why are you activating your Byakugan?

Are you trying to take advantage of my Wife? Believe it or Not, I'll look at your Wife too?

What?

You're even more excited?

Ahem. In summary, this rule forbidding the use of the Byakugan on fellow clansmen unless necessary had been passed down to this day.

It was just that Hitoshi Clan Head had not seen this ancient rule in the other man's information.

But if Hitoshi Clan Head had known, he would definitely have said that it was a happy era.

No one would blame a sharp-eyed young man for taking a few extra looks at you.

That had to be it!

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