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Chapter 279 The War on the Moon (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)

High in the sky, large birds swooped past, and on their backs were Naruto and his friends.

These large birds were all drawn by Sai using super-beast forgery techniques, and they are currently flying at extremely high speeds in the sky.

What used to take Shino Aburame half an hour now only took her fifteen minutes.

Guided by Shino Aburame, the large bird swooped down from the sky, plunged into the dense forest, and landed at the spot where it had been attacked earlier.

Shino Aburame released a swarm of insects and then tracked them using the pheromones she had previously left on Kurenai and the others.

"Follow my bug!"

Aburame Shino shouted.

"understand!"

Sai nodded, and then one after another, large birds took flight, following the insect in front, and tracked it all the way to the cave entrance.

"Teacher Hong and the others went inside."

Aburame Shino landed at the cave entrance.

Kakashi glanced at it and immediately said, "Sasuke, you and I will go first, Naruto, you and Sakura will go behind, and Yamato, please go to the middle."

Everyone nodded.

"Advance in battle formation!"

After saying this, Kakashi followed the insects into the cave, while Uchiha activated his Mangekyou Sharingan and walked alongside him.

Then came Yamato, followed by Sai and Shino Aburame walking side by side, and then Naruto and Sakura Haruno.

Upon entering the pitch-black cave, Kakashi immediately activated his Storm Release Armor, his body crackling with electricity, illuminating the cave.

After traveling for a short while, Kakashi stopped and looked at the pile of rubble ahead: "It seems we've been ambushed here."

Upon hearing this, Naruto quickly asked, "Are Kiba and Kurenai-sensei alright?"

Kakashi crouched down to examine the area carefully, then stood up and said, "It should be fine. Let's continue."

The group continued deeper into the cave, and soon the view opened up before them.

"red!"

"Kakashi!"

Kurenai Yuhi smiled: "It really is you guys!"

Kakashi glanced at it, secretly relieved, and then asked, "How is it?"

Kurenai Yuhi pointed to the water in front of her: "It is now confirmed that the mysterious puppet that kidnapped Hinata has entered this area. There is a passage under this water, which is currently speculated to be a space-time passage leading to the moon."

Naruto, curious, immediately stepped forward and stuck his head out to look at the glowing spring: "A space-time tunnel?"

"It seems like there's nothing there."

Sasuke Uchiha calmly observed, while Sakura Haruno raised her hand and smacked Naruto on the head: "Idiot, how could you tell with normal eyes?"

She has now switched to her second personality.

Naruto clutched his head and cried out in pain, while Kakashi, standing on the shore, carefully observed the scene: "It definitely feels like a space-time continuum..."

Kurenai said, "Kiba and I explored the passage before using shadow clones. There are powerful summoning beasts inside, probably some kind of guardian beast."

Kakashi nodded: "Then let's go in!"

"Gentlemen, proceed in battle formation!"

Having said that, he jumped into the water.

Naruto hurriedly followed, and the others also jumped into the water.

After entering the water, time and space reversed. Led by Kurenai Yuhi, Kiba Inuzuka, and Akamaru, Kakashi and the others passed through the deep spring and surfaced, arriving at another strange place.

"The gravity here is a bit abnormal."

Leaping out of the water, Kakashi landed on a round boulder floating in the air, his eyes warily fixed on the yellow orbs of light.

Kurenai warned, "Don't get caught in these orbs of light. It's an illusion that will trap you in memories."

Kurenai Yuhi and Kiba Inuzuka, along with their dog, led the way, with Kakashi and Sasuke Uchiha following closely on either side. The group avoided the orbs of light and used the floating stone spheres as leverage to move forward.

Soon, another spring appeared in front of them.

"There are guards on the other side once you cross here!"

Kurenai reminded him again, then plunged into the spring, with Kakashi and the others following suit.

Emerging from the water, bubbles were everywhere to my eyes.

Wang Wang!

Akamaru shouted into the darkness, and then everyone heard a commotion as a giant crab appeared in front of them.

Kurenai Yuhi said, "The bubbles she spews can trap people in illusions, and this guy's power is astonishing."

Just as Kakashi was about to use Storm Release, Sasuke Uchiha had already raised half of his Susanoo, then drew his bow and shot an arrow that pierced through the giant crab.

Roar!
The crab let out a painful roar, and Sakura Haruno immediately leaped up: "Take this punch!"

With a single punch, the crab, pinned by the chakra arrow, had its hard shell shattered and was torn to pieces.

Lowering his hand, Kakashi said with slightly complicated feelings, "Looks like I can go on missions alone from now on!"

Kurenai Yuhi laughed, "You've grown even faster than we did back then!"

Yamato said, "Thanks to Senior Xuan Yi."

Naruto stepped forward and looked at the pile of shredded flesh on the ground, saying in annoyance, "Sakura, Sasuke, you guys were way too fast!"

Sakura Haruno pouted: "You're too slow, you idiot!"

The group continued onward and soon passed through the craggy passage, arriving inside the moon.

Is this really the moon?

Kiba Inuzuka looked around and asked in surprise, "Even the islands are floating?"

Yamato said, "No, it should be that the surface of the sea has been twisted into a circle."

Naruto looked up at the sun overhead: "Is this the surface of the moon?"

Kurenai Yuhi activated her True Sight and looked at it, saying, "It's fake, an artificial sun."

Kakashi said, "This shouldn't be the surface of the moon. If I'm not mistaken, it's probably the interior of the moon."

Inuzuka scratched his head: "In a place like this, there's absolutely no way to track Hinata by scent."

Kakashi turned to Shino and asked, "Shino, can we find Hinata?"

Shino Aburame spread her arms wide, and a large number of insects flew out of her sleeves: "It will take time."

Kakashi nodded, then said to Sai, "Sai, take us into the air."

"understand!"

Sai nodded, unfurled the scroll, and used his ink chakra to create ink to draw on it. One after another, large birds flew out of the scroll.

Kakashi took out two small scrolls and handed them to Kurenai and Yamato: "We'll split into three groups. If there's any news, use the teleportation arrays inside the scrolls."

Kurenai and Yamato nodded, then went their separate ways.

……

While Kakashi and the others were searching, inside the artificial sun, within the enormous castle, Otsutsuki Toneri closed his eyes, quietly sensing the fetal movements within them.

He had shockingly transplanted Hinata's eyes.

"As expected of the White-Eyed Princess, such pure white eyes~"

Otsutsuki Toneri sincerely praised her, then muttered to himself, "After I defeat that Genichi Kinoshita, I will find you a suitable pair of eyes, Hinata."

In another room, Hinata's eyes were covered by a white cloth as she fell into a deep sleep.

Inside the moon, at dusk, Kakashi and the others finally found the tribe that the Otsutsuki clan had once lived in.

It's quiet in the night.

Kakashi stood on the rooftop, looking at the bright moon above him with a slight frown.

Both Ya and Akamaru have lost their sense of smell, and Shino's insects have also failed to find anything today; the clues seem to have gone cold.

Is the moon also artificial?

Kakashi muttered to himself, then suddenly realized, "The moon and the sun during the day should be the same thing, right?"

"In this case……"

Kakashi understood, then turned around and went back to sleep by the campfire.

The next day.

After breakfast, Kakashi said, "We can't find Hinata here either. Does anyone have any other ideas?"

Naruto immediately said, "Since this is the place, we can definitely find Hinata by searching every corner."

"Sai, could you please draw a lot of flying birds later? I'll use the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique; I'm sure I can find Hinata!"

Sakura Haruno said helplessly, "This method is too inefficient."

Sasuke Uchiha looked at Kakashi, who was calm and unhurried, and seemed to be deep in thought.

Yamato said, "Senior, you should already have a direction, right?"

Having spent a considerable amount of time together in the Anbu, Yamato knows Kakashi very well.

Upon hearing this, Kurenai looked up at the somewhat dazzling sun: "It should be this artificial sun, right?"

Kiba Inuzuka looked up and squinted: "Is there a problem with the artificial sun?" "Could the enemy be hiding inside?"

Kakashi said, "Last night I noticed that the artificial sun and the moon at night should be the same, so we can deduce that someone is controlling it."

"Perhaps we can find the enemy here."

"Sai, thank you for your help!"

Sai opened the scroll and quickly began to draw: "I'd be very happy to help!"

Five large birds flew out, and Kakashi and the others immediately jumped onto their backs and flew towards the sun.

After flying some distance, Kakashi's eyes narrowed, and he shouted, "Watch out, the enemy is coming!"

The black dots ahead rapidly enlarged, and when they became clear, they turned out to be mechanical birds, each with a puppet on it.

Kurenai Yuhi said, "They're the ones who took Hinata away."

"Be careful, these guys can launch chakra balls, and the explosion of chakra balls is very powerful."

As soon as he finished speaking, a large number of chakra orbs roared towards them.

The large bird immediately scattered with a whoosh.

Boom boom boom~
The chakra orb exploded, radiating light in all directions.

Kakashi raised his hand, and two thunder wolves pounced out, hitting a mechanical bird and the puppet on it.

Naruto, who was behind him, entered Sage Mode, raised his hand to condense a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, and then leaped up and threw it out.

The Wind Release: Rasenshuriken drew an arc, slicing the mechanical birds and puppets in half.

On the other side, Uchiha Sasuke raised half of his Susanoo and launched the Yasakani no Magatama, blasting apart numerous puppets.

Without Kurenai and the others having to lift a finger, Kakashi and his two companions easily dealt with the attacking puppets and then swiftly approached the sun.

However, an even larger army of puppets emerged.

Kakashi frowned, then said, "Lure them down there and deal with them separately."

The group immediately turned and retreated, pursued by the puppet army behind them, which fired dense chakra orbs at them.

Kakashi and the others fought and retreated, quickly eliminating the pursuing puppet army, and then circled back to the artificial sun.

"Naruto!"

Kakashi chuckled softly.

Naruto nodded: "Understood!"

He raised his right hand, and an Ice Release: Rasenshuriken condensed, which he then hurled towards the sun in front of him.

Soon, the Ice Release: Rasenshuriken collided with an invisible barrier. The barrier appeared upon impact, then cracked and collapsed with a bang.

Instantly, the scene inside the artificial sun came into Kakashi and the others' view, where they saw many floating meteorites.

"I sensed Hinata's chakra!"

Naruto shouted with delight, "It's inside!"

"Come in!"

Kakashi shouted, then lowered his eyes, and quickly opened them, revealing the Sage Mode face.

Inside the artificial sun, the puppets increased their interception, and there were also things like chakra cannons that fired dense chakra projectiles at everyone.

Sasuke Uchiha uses Susanoo to shoot arrows, or he uses Amaterasu.

Naruto and Kakashi used Rasenshuriken to remove the puppet from the meteorite.

Aburame Shino and Sayi also took action on their own.

Sakura Haruno used Water Release: High-Pressure Water Gun to sweep across, cutting both the puppet and the meteorite in half.

Although Kurenai Yuhi is a genjutsu-type ninja, her True Eyes' ability to materialize illusions makes her not much different from a ninja who is proficient in all five ninjutsu.

Water Release, Fire Release, Lightning Release, and so on can all be materialized through illusion techniques.

The group fought their way through the dense blockade of the puppet army and arrived at the core castle.

However, the castle is also guarded by a puppet army.

Kakashi shouted, "Kurenai, Hinata is yours to handle!"

Kurenai Yuhi, having activated the Sage's Seal, nodded: "No problem."

"Kiba, Shino, come with me!"

Having located Hinata, Kurenai leaped forward.

On the other side, Kakashi, along with Naruto and the others, destroyed the puppets one by one, opening a safe passage for Kurenai and the others.

High atop the castle, Otsutsuki Toneri, whose Tenseigan had already begun to awaken, quietly watched the battle below: "They've gotten here so quickly, and those eyes... the Rinnegan?"

"My eyes haven't fully stabilized yet; they need a little more time."

Touching his eyes, Otsutsuki Toneri's figure vanished from the spot.

Kakashi sensed Toneri Otsutsuki's presence and frowned slightly: "Did he escape?"

Ignoring the departing Otsutsuki Toneri for the time being, Kakashi, along with Naruto and the others, eliminated most of the puppets and breached the castle.

"Hinata!"

Upon seeing Hinata brought out by Kurenai and the others, Naruto and the others immediately went to greet her.

Sakura Haruno immediately switched to her primary personality: "Let me take a look."

Sakura Haruno placed Hinata on the ground and immediately checked on her.

After a moment, he stopped and said, "There's no danger to his life, it's just..."

Naruto hurriedly asked, "Sakura, what is it?"

Sakura Haruno looked somewhat saddened: "Hinata's eyes have been taken away!"

really!

Kakashi and Kurenai exchanged a glance, while the others were shocked.

Kiba Inuzuka was furious: "It really is because of Hinata's eyes! That despicable guy! We must catch him and take Hinata's eyes back!"

Naruto looked at the unconscious Hinata and clenched his fists.

The fact that the incredibly gentle Hinata had encountered such a thing filled him with immense anger and heartache.

"Kakashi-sensei, that guy we sensed just now, he must be the one who took Hinata's eyes, right?"

Naruto turned his head and asked.

At this moment, he calmed down.

Kakashi nodded: "It should be."

"However, there is a force interfering with the natural perception of Sage Mode."

Sasuke Uchiha looked outside and said coldly, "Although he's hiding, he should still be in this area, right?"

After switching to the Rinnegan, Sasuke Uchiha continued, "I can sense that this place is shrouded in a powerful force, so it must still be hiding here."

"In that case, let's sweep this place clean!"

He sensed Naruto's anger.

Besides, Hinata is also his companion, a member of the village, and someone he needs to protect.

Kakashi said, "Sasuke is right."

"Next, we'll split into two groups. Kurenai, you stay here to take care of Hinata, and the rest of you will find the guy who stole Hinata's eyes and get them back."

Kurenai and the others nodded in agreement.

Hinata then awoke from her unconsciousness: "Wait a minute~"

"Hinata, you're awake!"

Naruto was delighted.

"Naruto-kun~"

Hearing Naruto's voice, Hinata was overjoyed, but remembering what she had dreamt about while she was unconscious, she hurriedly said, "Red-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, it was Otsutsuki Toneri who took my eyes."

"He and our Hyuga clan's ancestor are both Otsutsuki Hamura, the younger brother of the Sage of Six Paths. He stole my Byakugan in order to awaken the Tenseigan."

"Most importantly, the branch family of the Otsutsuki clan once gathered all the Byakugan of the clan members to create a giant Tenseigan, which is the treasure of the Otsutsuki clan. It was because of this that the branch family destroyed the main family."

Upon hearing this, Yamato suddenly realized, "No wonder we detected traces of war earlier."

Hinata continued, "After Toneri awakens the Tenseigan, he plans to manipulate the moon to crash into the Earth, destroying the ninja world created by the Sage of Six Paths."

Everyone was stunned by his words, and Kiba Inuzuka asked loudly, "Why?"

"If the moon were to collide with the Earth, wouldn't this guy named Ōtsutsuki Toneri die too?"

Hinata shook her head: "He has the Tenseigan protecting him."

"That giant Tenseigan, apart from the Hyuga clan, will have its chakra devoured if anyone touches it."

Kakashi raised an eyebrow: "Looks like this is going to be a bit troublesome."

Kurenai Yuhi said, "Let's split into two groups. I'll take Hinata to find the giant Tenseigan and try to move it or destroy it directly."

Kakashi nodded: "That's settled then."

(End of this chapter)