The Progenitor's Secrets, a Promising Future!

Thanks to Yushiki's cooperation, Yu's hostility toward him had eased considerably. "You mentioned twenty-eight members of the Main Family earlier. What about the Head Family?"

Yushiki answered, "The true Ōtsutsuki Main Family consists of the direct descendants of King Chui­gen Ōtsutsuki and his two younger brothers, Ōtsutsuki Manruo and Ōtsutsuki Banruo. Including those three kings, there are twenty-eight in total. The collateral descendants of the three kings make up the nearly three hundred members of the Head Family. As for the three thousand members of the Branch Family, their blood ties are even more distant..."

"Main Family, Head Family, Branch Family—these divisions directly determine how resources are allocated. After the Root King unified Takamagahara, all resources were channeled toward the Main Family, which came to monopolize almost everything. For the sake of the clan's future, the Root King merged the Head Family into the Main Family a thousand years ago. Since then, the Ōtsutsuki have only distinguished between the Main Family and the Branch Family."

"But in reality, the differences still exist. The original Main Family members still consider themselves superior. I, Yushiki Ōtsutsuki, came from the former Head Family and only joined the Main Family after the merger..."

Yu lowered his eyes and murmured, "So this is the Ōtsutsuki? A rigid hierarchy where the Main Family looks down on the Head Family, the Head Family looks down on the Branch Family, and the Branch Family looks down on inferior humans. What a twisted clan..."

Yu raised his eyes and asked, "Wasn't Kaguya Ōtsutsuki the Main Family's third princess? With such a lofty status, why was she sent to guard the Divine Tree?"

Yushiki froze. "The third princess?! Hey... don't tell me the Ten-Tails inside you..."

Yu frowned. "Answer my question first!"

Yushiki replied, "Kaguya is the Root King's third