Naruto: The Primal Hyuga Pierces the Shinobi World.

Chapter 175 The Ideal Successor (Please Subscribe)

After crossing the icy pool twice in a row, the scene before Shinichi Hyuga's shadow clone underwent a tremendous change.

At the bottom of the cold pool was a bright "round mirror". After passing through it, Shinichi arrived at the bottom of another lake. Unlike the previous cold pool, the water here was real and could not penetrate people's skin.

"Um?!"

The water pressure changed, and Shinichi Hyuga noticed it. He looked up at the light on the lake and quickly swam to the surface.

"Bang!"

A wave rose from the center of the lake, and Shinichi Hyuga leaped out of the water, landing steadily on the ground. Looking around, Shinichi found himself in an underground cave. Looking up, his Byakugan peered through layers of earthen walls, revealing the desolate lunar surface riddled with craters.

After passing through that strange passage, Shinichi Hyuga's shadow clone actually arrived underground on the moon!

Contrary to expectations, the fresh air, mixed with the strong scent of earth, filled my nostrils. Although it didn't smell very pleasant, the natural environment here had clearly been transformed into a place where humans could adapt and live.

Just as Shinichi Hyuga was about to continue his investigation, a strong, foul wind swept in, and a loud noise suddenly came from a dark cave not far from the pool.

Hinata glanced to the side and saw a giant crab, nearly five meters tall, rushing through the passage and heading this way at high speed.

The soil and rock layers are mostly hard, while the soil is mostly soft and moist.

Without a doubt, this is probably the nest of this giant crab.

Shinichi Hyuga's appearance disturbed the owner of this place, and the presence of a stranger made the "giant beast" in front of him wary.

The giant crab scurried into the cave, and the moment it saw Shinichi Hyuga, it swung its huge pincers at him.

Although it was merely a shadow clone of Shinichi Hyuga, it was still imbued with Shinichi's chakra, and not just anything could threaten Shinichi's shadow clone.

Although giant crabs are enormous, these behemoths often do not possess any special abilities and rely solely on their large size to hunt in the wild.

Seeing the attack coming, Shinichi Hyuga immediately countered with a "Bagua Empty Palm" strike. The seemingly casual strike landed heavily on the giant crab, piercing through its chest and abdomen. Yellowish-brown liquid flowed continuously from the wound, and the massive crab collapsed with a thud.

It only twitched once before it completely stopped breathing and became a corpse.

A strong fishy smell filled the air, and thick yellow fluid kept flowing from the crab's wounds.

Silence returned to the surroundings. The shadow clone had killed the giant crab in a single strike, but Shinichi's shadow clone showed no intention of leaving. To be on the safe side, he decided to stay a little longer to prevent any further changes from happening, or to prevent his main body from becoming unaccustomed to the environment.

After all, it's an unknown place. To be honest, if the surrounding environment really has a serious impact on people, it will be too late by the time the person realizes it.

Life is only once, and Shinichi Hyuga did not encounter the legendary prophetic child on this trip. He did not want to gamble with his life.

After standing still for more than ten minutes without any new enemies appearing or any other abnormalities occurring, the shadow clone turned into a wisp of white smoke and disappeared into the cave.

Everything the shadow clone experienced was transmitted back to Shinichi Hyuga's mind, and Shinichi Hyuga gained a preliminary understanding of the passage to the moon.

Without further hesitation, Shinichi leaped lightly into the icy pool before him.

Just as the shadow clone experienced, the moment Shinichi Hyuga stepped into the icy pool, the scenery around him changed drastically, as if Shinichi had been pulled into an illusion.

Having anticipated this, Shinichi didn't linger in the illusion for even a second longer, immediately breaking free. After traversing a somewhat dreamlike passage, a pool of water appeared at the end of the passage.

As Shinichi Hyuga leaped out of the water, a cave beneath the surface of the moon came into view.

"As expected... we've arrived on the moon!"

Shinichi Hyuga peered through his Byakugan at the dome, his gaze piercing through the soil to see the cosmic landscape beyond the moon. Seeing the distant blue planet, Shinichi felt a sudden sense of unreality.

I never imagined that I would be able to see Earth from this perspective in the Naruto world.

Such a novel experience was something that Shinichi Hyuga had never encountered before, not even before his time travel.

Even if you could find some pictures and videos of this perspective online in your past life, the feeling is completely different when the real universe comes into view.

"Moon...."

"Is this the perspective of the Otsutsuki clan?"

For some reason, Shinichi Hyuga suddenly thought of the Otsutsuki clan. This race, capable of "interstellar colonization," should have long been immune to such beautiful sights, right?

Or rather...

The more beautiful and attractive a star is, the more precious "food" it is to them?

Slowly withdrawing his gaze, Shinichi Hyuga took a step forward, retracing the path the giant crab had taken.

His glare had already helped him find the "exit" of the underground cave.

After walking for more than ten minutes in the dimly lit stone corridor, a ray of light finally illuminated the dark passageway.

Shinichi Hyuga quickened his pace and soon left the corridor, where a bright and open space opened up before him.

He stood at the entrance of a cave on a mountain cliff, with an endless expanse of azure sea before him. The dazzling sun hung in the sky, and behind Shinichi Hyuga lay a desolate ancient city.

The ancient town is built against the mountain, and the rustic bricks and tiles are covered with moss. The whole town is quiet and utterly silent.

Shinichi Hyuga leaped and landed on an open space in the ancient city. He glanced at the surrounding ruins and judged from the weathering marks that these buildings were at least a hundred years old.

The city was vast, stretching as far as the eye could see, yet Shinichi Hyuga, scanning it with his Byakugan, could not detect the presence of any living beings within it.

This is a lost town...

Shinichi Hyuga followed the stone path into the city, hoping to find some valuable clues, but after wandering around for a while, he found nothing useful in the city.

Not to mention encountering any kind of person, you can't even find any written words or books.

"Are we looking in the wrong direction?"

"Has this place been abandoned long ago?"

After staying in this space for a while, Shinichi Hyuga sensed something was amiss. Wait, the moon doesn't have an atmosphere.

What are these things in front of me...?

Shinichi Hyuga frowned, carefully observing his surroundings once again to see what was so special about them.

After a thorough investigation, Shinichi Hyuga finally discovered that the city-state he was in was actually an ancient underground city!

The sun hanging in the sky, and the azure sky...

It's all fake. Someone used powerful chakra to create this natural environment that allows people to live in harmony.

"That's really... a huge investment!"

Very few people can replicate Earth's living environment almost perfectly; probably only those two legendary figures could achieve it.

That was the Sage of Six Paths and his younger brother, Otsutsuki Amemura.

They preserved the moon's surface and built this enormous, terrifying underground palace inside. Only Hagoromo Otsutsuki could have accomplished something like this.

As he pondered, Shinichi Hyuga used his Byakugan to examine the artificial sun in the sky. To his surprise, the surface of the sun seemed to be covered by some kind of barrier that could specifically block the Byakugan. His Byakugan was unable to penetrate the barrier and see the scene inside the "sun".

Based on the information gathered so far, Shinichi Hyuga guessed that what he was looking for was probably inside the sun!

Judging from the city-state before us, there are no longer large numbers of descendants of Hagoromo Otsutsuki living here.

It seems that... the Otsutsuki branch on the moon has long been embroiled in internal war, with both the main family and the branch family using their strongest forces to suppress each other.

The final result will inevitably be a lose-lose situation. The Otsutsuki civilization on the moon, though its population dwindled, did not rapidly degenerate, but was on the verge of extinction.

Unlike the Hyuga clan on Earth, the Otsutsuki clan does not follow the so-called "patriarchal system." Although the main family and branch family have different statuses, the main family does not have the so-called "caged bird" that can control everything in the branch family.

However, due to conflicting traditions and ideologies, the family split, sparking a revolution.

Some members of the branch family sacrificed their lives, using their own eyes to create artificial Tenseigan. Through the power of the Tenseigan, the main family was wiped off the moon by the branch family.

Of course, the branch family also suffered a lot of losses. The clan paid a huge price for the victory. After that, the branch family did not have enough people and completely declined.

Shinichi Hyuga's primary goal in coming to the moon this time was naturally the Tenseigan that had absorbed the Byakugan of all the Otsutsuki clan members.

Shinichi now speculates that the Tenseigan has never been abandoned, and the alternation of day and night beneath the lunar surface may be the immense power provided by the Tenseigan.

Otherwise, Shinichi would have no way of figuring out what enabled the perpetual motion-like alternation of day and night.

The Tenseigan is the energy source of this world!

Shinichi Hyuga was eager to explore the unfathomable interior of the sun, but just as he was about to leave, a ball of light flew out from between the ruins of the ancient city-state and landed steadily in Shinichi's hand.

An ancient and rustic voice suddenly resounded in Shinichi Hyuga's mind.

That sound...

Shinichi Hinata was completely unfamiliar with the person. Looking around, he couldn't see who was whispering to him.

"Rolling my eyes..."

""

king,"

The sound was ethereal and faint, yet the ball of light remained in Shinichi's hand, and the warmth made him realize that what he was seeing was not an illusion.

"king?!"

Shinichi didn't hear clearly. The ball of light in his hand floated up gently, spun around in front of him, and then, as if deliberately leading the way, flew towards the stone path ahead and hovered in mid-air.

"This is...

'

Shinichi didn't know what this suddenly appearing sphere of light was. He only felt an immense sense of familiarity emanating from it, and he subconsciously took a step forward, following the sphere into the city-state.

After being led around and around by the ball of light, a dilapidated palace came into Shinichi's sight. Inside the palace was a tunnel leading to a lower level. The ball of light turned slightly at the entrance of the tunnel and then disappeared into the underground palace.

Shinichi Hyuga followed closely behind, descending through the tunnel. Before long, a vast underground cemetery appeared before him.

The underground palace was densely packed with countless small mounds, each topped with a cross. The sphere of light guided Shinichi to what appeared to be a "mass grave."

A dark aura enveloped him, and in a daze, Shinichi suddenly saw one orb after another floating out of the grave. These orbs wove a clear scene before Shinichi's eyes.

Countless blurry figures appeared before Shinichi Hyuga's eyes, while everything around him vanished. All he could see were countless figures before him, and all around him was a hazy gray, with only a jumble of heads and... the familiar white eyes on the faces of those strangers.

Just as Shinichi Hyuga was stunned, an elderly man with "prominent features" stepped out of the crowd and came to Shinichi Hyuga.

The old man wore a loose robe, surrounded by Truth-Seeking Balls, and stared at Shinichi Hyuga with his Byakugan eyes, as if he could see right through Shinichi.

The moment Shinichi Hyuga saw this person, he already had a vague answer in his heart.

"My name is Ōtsutsuki Hamura!"

"Welcome... to the Byakugan King who possesses my bloodline..."

As soon as Otsutsuki spoke, Shinichi Hyuga's pupils contracted. His answer was confirmed: the person in front of him was indeed Otsutsuki Hamura.

So those clansmen with Byakugan behind him are... a branch of the Otsutsuki clan on the moon, right?!

These blurry, soul-like figures faintly exuded an aura similar to chakra, a form that piqued Shinichi's curiosity.

Shinichi was surprised by the appearance of Hagoromo Otsutsuki, but he quickly adjusted his mindset.

The Sage of Six Paths has been dead for a thousand years, but many years later, he is still able to appear on Earth and give Naruto and Sasuke the power of Yin-Yang Release.

Although Hamura is the younger brother, it is not normal for Otsutsuki Hamura, who was able to cooperate with his older brother to seal Kaguya, to reappear in the world after his death through some medium or means.

This cemetery before us is probably the reason Hamura was able to appear, isn't it?

As for the "King of the White Eyes" they mentioned, Shinichi automatically ignored it. Such polite talk? What good could come of it?

"Hamura Otsutsuki?"

"Sorry, I haven't heard of it."

Shinichi pretended not to know and answered casually.

However, Hagoromo wasn't annoyed by this. She looked at Shinichi with a smile and asked in return, "If you don't know my name... how could you have found this place all by yourself?"

"Shinichi Hyuga... I've been keeping an eye on your every move!"

"You are someone who can truly change the world! You are my most favored successor."

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