Although Xuandou was not an evil man, he had never been a good man either.
Since the other side had already made it clear that they intended to take revenge on him, he certainly would not leave any potential threats behind.
If the roots were left intact, weeds would grow again with the spring breeze.
He turned around and activated his Rinnegan.
The descendants of Hamura lying on the ground were still cursing, but their voices gradually faded, and their eyes grew vacant.
Xuandou did not kill them. He merely knocked them unconscious one by one.
Killing them would have been such a waste. They were all excellent nourishment for the God Tree.
He waved his hand, opening Yomotsu Space.
The unconscious descendants of Hamura were sucked into the space.
Silence returned to the moon.
Beneath the grayish-white sky, only Xuandou, his son Mirai, and Toneri, whom he held in his hand, remained.
Xuandou was about to leave when an ethereal voice suddenly sounded beside his ear:
"Please wait, sir."
Xuandou stopped in his tracks, a flicker of surprise crossing his eyes.
This voice...
He asked tentatively:
"Are you... Kaguya Ōtsutsuki?"
"Indeed."
The voice immediately answered Xuandou's question.
"I heard your entire conversation just now."
"Your concerns about the Ōtsutsuki Clan are justified."
"In fact, the Ōtsutsuki Clan is far more terrifying than you imagine."
"Among our Ōtsutsuki Clan, there is even someone who has continued evolving from an ancient age too distant for any record until the present. He has already come infinitely close to being a god."
"It is almost impossible for you to oppose the Ōtsutsuki Clan."
Xuandou fell silent for a moment.
He had learned something of this information from the original story.
But hearing it directly from Kaguya felt completely different.
That being who had