NOVEL NEXT Chapter 319: Chapter 319
After settling the matter with Fugaku and the Uchiha clan, Hui returned to his uneventful daily life.
Night fell, and the sky was adorned with countless stars, with a bright full moon hanging high.
It was a beautiful night.
Hui and Tsunade sat together on the rooftop of their house, gazing at the starry sky and the moon.
"So beautiful!" Tsunade said softly. She loved nights like this.
Hui also looked at the vast expanse of stars above, his gaze deep and contemplative, as if he was seeing something beyond the sky itself.
"Yes... it's beautiful, but also mysterious," Hui replied, his voice carrying a hint of introspection.
His thoughts wandered to the Ōtsutsuki Clan and the civilizations hidden among the stars.
It had already been twenty-four years since he came to this world.
In those years, Hui had grown to become the strongest in this world, unmatched and unrivaled.
But it wasn't enough.
He was confident that he could handle Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki, Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki, Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, the known members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
However, the Ōtsutsuki Clan couldn't possibly consist of just a few individuals.
No one knew just how powerful the rest of their clan was.
Could there be someone among them capable of completely overwhelming Hui?
Moreover, Hui didn't know if the Ōtsutsuki Clan was truly the strongest race in the universe.
Could there be a race even more powerful than the Ōtsutsuki?
The beauty of the starry sky was undeniable, but it was also an enigma. Vast and dangerous.
"Mysterious?"
Tsunade looked puzzled, not understanding why Hui had suddenly mentioned this.
"Haha, it's nothing," Hui laughed and waved it off, unwilling to burden Tsunade with his concerns about the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
Telling her about them now would only add to her worries.
"The moon is truly beautiful tonight," Hui said with a nostalgic smile.
"Yes... it really is beautiful," Tsunade replied softly, continuing to admire the night sky.
Hui's gaze shifted toward the moon.
Sealed within it was Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, and the descendants of Ōtsutsuki Hamura still lived there.
Should he take a trip to the moon and see it for himself?
Hui couldn't help but entertain the idea.
Speaking of which, it was worth mentioning the history of the Ōtsutsuki on the moon.
After Kaguya's epic battle with her sons, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo used the Chibaku Tensei to seal the Ten-Tails and create the moon.
Ōtsutsuki Hamura, feeling guilt for sealing his mother and wishing to watch over the Gedo Statue, led his entire clan to migrate to the moon, leaving behind only a single branch of descendants on Earth, the Hyūga Clan.
On the moon, after Hamura's death, his descendants split into two factions due to differing interpretations of their ancestor's will.
One faction, the Branch Family, believed that the world Hagoromo had created, a world plagued by millennia of war, was a failure that should be destroyed.
This faction gathered countless Byakugan to form the Tenseigan and annihilated the Main Family that advocated for peace.
Of course, this came at a great cost.
In the original story, only one Ōtsutsuki survived on the moon—Ōtsutsuki Toneri. He lived alone in a castle, watching over the shinobi world.
When Toneri witnessed Obito summoning the Gedo Statue and triggering the Fourth Shinobi World War, he decided to carry out what he believed was Hamura's will: the destruction of the "failed" world created by Hagoromo.
Ironically, this led to the events that brought Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyūga together, cementing their love and eventual marriage.
In any case, that was the state of the Ōtsutsuki Clan on the moon.
There were still about thirty years before the timeline of the Fourth Shinobi World War.
Would the branch family on the moon still have any surviving members by then?
Hui pondered this silently, lost in thought.
If nothing unexpected occurred, the Ōtsutsuki Clan's arrival on this planet would be in ten years.
In that time, Hui was confident he would grow even stronger. There was no telling how powerful he could become in a few decades.
The shinobi world might also produce several sages during that time, further transforming the landscape of power.
Yet, because of the unknown, the enigma of the Ōtsutsuki Clan and the mysteries lurking in the depths of space, Hui could never be completely at ease.
He wasn't one to waste any opportunity to strengthen the shinobi world.
And the Tenseigan on the moon was one such opportunity.
Although he wasn't certain of the moon's current situation, regardless of whether the expected event had occurred, Hui knew he had nothing to lose.
If that event had already happened, he could ensure that a suitable member of the Hyūga Clan awakened the Tenseigan. If so, Konoha would immediately gain a combatant on par with Uchiha Madara.
However, deep down, Hui hoped that event hadn't happened yet.
If it hadn't, then the moon would be like a treasure trove waiting to be unearthed!
The bodies of the Branch Family members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan would have immense research value.
Though their lineage descended from Ōtsutsuki Hamura and their bloodline wasn't as pure as the main Ōtsutsuki Clan, they still bore the physical characteristics of the Ōtsutsuki and were their direct descendants.
In other words, they still carried a significant amount of Ōtsutsuki blood in their veins.
To defeat an enemy, understanding their biology was of paramount importance.
Hui didn't know how many members the Ōtsutsuki Clan had or how powerful their strongest individual could be, which was why he was wary of them.
However, if the tragedy on the moon hadn't yet occurred, then he had a unique opportunity, a chance to study the Ōtsutsuki Clan's physical makeup.
It didn't matter how many of them existed. If Hui could decode their genetic structure, it would make combating them significantly easier.
He could even engineer specific countermeasures, perhaps a "virus" tailored to the Ōtsutsuki's biology?
He could also use their cells to create shinobi with Ōtsutsuki-like traits and assemble a military force capable of battling the Ōtsutsuki across the cosmos.
After all, this world wasn't just about ninjutsu or senjutsu, science also played a crucial role.
Let's not forget that Orochimaru was known as the greatest "scientist" in the original timeline, specializing in human experimentation and genetics.
Konoha also had Tobirama Senju, who pioneered human research.
In the future, Kabuto Yakushi would emerge as a prominent figure in this field.
And now, Hui himself was a formidable expert in biological research.
With decades of dedicated research and the collaboration of skilled scientists, Hui believed they could achieve breakthroughs in studying the Ōtsutsuki bloodline.
But research required experimental subjects.
The Branch Family members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan living on the moon would be ideal specimens for such studies.
As for why he didn't use the bodies of the Hyūga Clan for research...
Well, just look at the Hyūga Clan now, they only retained their eyes as a resemblance to the Ōtsutsuki. In every other way, they no longer resembled the Ōtsutsuki.
Moreover, since the Hyūga were a loyal part of Konoha, conducting research solely using their blood would yield limited results due to the diluted lineage.
And using their bodies for experimentation?
Absolutely impossible.
i Hui was a man with principles, he would never harm his comrades in such a way.
No, the subjects for research had to come from the Branch Family members of the Ōtsutsuki on the moon, especially those who harbored destructive ambitions.
"I'm far too kindhearted... and too principled," Hui murmured to himself, indulging in some self-praise.
At the same time, a bold idea formed in his mind.
In the future, could he possibly lead an army of Ōtsutsuki clones across the stars and say to the Ōtsutsuki Clan:
"Your era is over."
The thought alone was thrilling.
Looks like it's time to find a chance to visit the moon, Hui mused, his eyes glimmering with anticipation.
His plan now included investigating the Ōtsutsuki Branch Family on the moon.
Hopefully, that event hasn't happened yet. Otherwise, gaining just a single Tenseigan... that would be too much of a loss.
As he thought this, Hui's gaze remained fixed on the moon, a faint smile curling at the corners of his lips.
"The beauty of it all... it truly makes one look forward to what's to come."