Chapter 188: Seizing the Rinnegan, Guiding Again! (Second update, seeking subscriptions and monthly votes)
Gasping for air, Sarutobi Asuma immediately deactivated the Eight Gates and reactivated Electromagnetic Chakra Mode.
He then took out a previously prepared sealing scroll and opened it.
"Seal!"
Sarutobi Asuma raised one hand.
Instantly, an invisible force enveloped all the Byakugan, causing them to flock into the sealing scroll like tired birds returning to their forest.
After sealing all the Byakugan and putting away the scroll, Sarutobi Asuma turned and pulled Ōtsutsuki Shinichi to his side.
The next moment, Clone Uka also appeared beside Sarutobi Asuma.
This was Sarutobi Asuma directly summoning Clone Uka, who had been waiting at the research base, via the Summoning Technique.
"It seems everything's been handled. Your actions are truly swift," Clone Uka exclaimed in admiration. He activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and directly controlled Ōtsutsuki Shinichi.
First, he read all of Ōtsutsuki Shinichi's memories and then altered them.
A short while later, Ōtsutsuki Shinichi awoke and knelt on one knee before Sarutobi Asuma, "Ōtsutsuki Shinichi pays his respects to my lord!"
Sarutobi Asuma nodded slightly, then said to Clone Uka, "I'm heading back. I'll leave this place to you!"
"Don't worry!" Clone Uka replied with a smile.
Since he had come out, he definitely intended to handle things perfectly.
And so.
After Sarutobi Asuma left, Clone Uka healed Ōtsutsuki Shinichi's injuries. He then went to the castle where the Ōtsutsuki lived and altered the memories of the young Ōtsutsuki Toneri as well.
From this day forward.
This father and son would become Sarutobi Asuma's servants at the moon base.
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Earth, Konohagakure.
On the rooftop of the Hokage Building.
Tsunade paced back and forth, constantly complaining, "There's no information at all. I shouldn't have let him go!"
Jiraiya and Sarutobi Shinya exchanged a look, both feeling a touch of helplessness.
This was a case of concern clouding judgment.
Jiraiya felt a pang of envy.
He had been a step behind Dan Katō among his peers, and now he was a step behind the young Sarutobi Asuma, who had completely secured the objective.
It was disheartening!
Uzumaki Kushina had activated Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and lent her Chakra to Namikaze Minato beside her.
"Don't worry, I can sense Asuma's Chakra," Namikaze Minato said.
Due to the great distance, he needed Uzumaki Kushina's Chakra to sense Sarutobi Asuma's situation more clearly.
Tsunade frowned, "It's still too dangerous!"
"After all, that's where the Ten-Tails' Shell was once sealed!"
She continued to pace back and forth, not sensing Sarutobi Asuma suddenly appear behind her. He turned and bumped into her.
Sarutobi Asuma lowered his head and easily caught her.
Jiraiya gritted his teeth, watching them, "That darn kid, showing affection in public!"
Sarutobi Shinya watched with a smile, utterly impressed by his younger brother's methods.
Namikaze Minato let out a breath of relief and then smiled.
Uzumaki Kushina deactivated Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and teasingly said, "When are you two going to have a child? If it's a girl, we could arrange a marriage with our Naruto!"
Tsunade quickly pushed Sarutobi Asuma away and glared at him with a huff.
Sarutobi Asuma chuckled, "Let's talk about it back home. I discovered some incredibly important things this time."
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In the Hokage's office, everyone took their seats.
Sarutobi Asuma began, "The inhabitants of the moon are the descendants of the Sage of Six Paths' brother, Ōtsutsuki Hamura. They possess the Byakugan!"
Uzumaki Kushina's eyes widened immediately, "The Byakugan, one of the Three Great Dōjutsu. Does this mean the Hyuga Clan are also descendants of Ōtsutsuki Hamura?"
Sarutobi Asuma nodded, "Clearly so."
"Furthermore, the Ōtsutsuki clan on the moon is also divided into main and branch families. They experienced an upheaval in the past."
"The members of the branch family donated their Byakugan, merging them to create the Tenseigan, which was comparable to the Rinnegan, and annihilated the main family in one fell swoop."
Tsunade and the others were stunned.
Sarutobi Shinya couldn't help but ask, "Was it to resist the enslavement by the main family?"
He thought of the main and branch families of the Hyuga Clan.
"No!"
Sarutobi Asuma shook his head and said, "It's because there were differences in the interpretation of the final testament of their ancestor, Ōtsutsuki Hamura."
"That's the so-called Hamura's Mandate!"
"And this matter must be traced back to an even older era."
Jiraiya said solemnly, "It seems to be related to the Ten-Tails as well!"
"Yes."
Sarutobi Asuma nodded and said deeply, "The moon was actually created by the combined efforts of the Sage of Six Paths and his brother, Ōtsutsuki Hamura, back then."
Everyone's hearts trembled once more.
Namikaze Minato asked, "Was it to suppress the Ten-Tails?"
Sarutobi Asuma nodded and shook his head, "Yes and no!"
"The Ten-Tails' Shell, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, was originally on the moon, but that was just a secondary purpose."
"What the moon truly suppressed was someone else."
"It was the common mother of the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, known as the progenitor of chakra and the goddess Ōtsutsuki!"
Everyone was dumbfounded!
Did the Sage of Six Paths and his brother Ōtsutsuki Hamura seal their own mother?
Speaking of this, Sarutobi Asuma couldn't help but glance at Jiraiya.
The relationship between these two filial sons turning against their mother and Gamamaru of Mount Myōboku, the Toad Sage, was quite close.
Truly, filial piety breeds strength!
"If I were to obtain the Ten-Tails in the future and plant trees on Earth, I'd probably become a great villain too..."
Sarutobi Asuma thought to himself.
"Asuma, why did the Sage of Six Paths and his brother seal their mother on the moon, and what does it have to do with the Ten-Tails?"
"The progenitor of chakra, wasn't it the progenitor of ninjas, the Sage of Six Paths, who created it?"
Tsunade asked.
Sarutobi Asuma smiled and said, "Sister Tsunade, it is indeed related to the Ten-Tails."
"Even the origin of chakra is the Ten-Tails!"
"And the Ten-Tails is also known as the God Tree!"
"As Ōtsutsuki Kaguya descended from outer space and landed on Earth, she rooted herself in the ground, absorbed Natural Energy, and eventually bore a fruit."
"Ōtsutsuki Kaguya ate this fruit and gained power comparable to a god. The Sharingan, Byakugan, and Rinnegan all originated from Ōtsutsuki Kaguya."
"The God Tree absorbed Natural Energy, causing the land to wither, and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya periodically sacrificed people to the God Tree. As a result, her two sons, the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura, who had gained Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's power, turned against her."
"A great war broke out, the God Tree transformed into the Ten-Tails, and the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura jointly sealed their mother."
"The Sage of Six Paths extracted chakra from the Ten-Tails and created the current nine Tailed Beasts. The shell, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, was sent to the moon to be sealed with Ōtsutsuki Kaguya."
"Ōtsutsuki Hamura chose to reside on the moon to accompany his mother, and there he gave rise to the Ōtsutsuki clan on the moon."
"The Sage of Six Paths established the Ninja Sect, which gradually evolved into the current Ninja World. However, since the death of the Sage of Six Paths, the Ninja World has been plagued by continuous warfare."
"The branch family of the Ōtsutsuki clan on the moon thus deemed the world created by the Sage of Six Paths a failure. They intended to use the Tenseigan to drive the moon to crash into Earth, destroy everything, and then use the Tenseigan to rejuvenate Earth and recreate everything..."
The office fell silent for a long time as everyone processed the astonishing story Sarutobi Asuma had told.
After a long pause, Namikaze Minato said, "Asuma, is the current Ōtsutsuki Kaguya still sealed on the moon?"
"That's right!"
Sarutobi Asuma nodded. "I sensed her consciousness before."
"Therefore, I suspect that Uchiha Madara's Moon Eye Plan might have had someone else manipulating it from behind the scenes."
"Because Ōtsutsuki Kaguya had already cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi a thousand years ago."
"The White Zetsu I captured is a product of the Infinite Tsukuyomi."
"Those people are actually from a thousand years ago!"
Jiraiya reacted quickly, his expression grave. "Are you implying that the Moon Eye Plan is actually a plan to unseal Ōtsutsuki Kaguya?"
Sarutobi Asuma nodded. "I'm afraid so!"
Sarutobi Shinya gasped. "If... if Ōtsutsuki Kaguya is released, who could possibly stand against her?"
"She is someone that the Sage of Six Paths and his brother Ōtsutsuki Hamura had to join forces to deal with!"
Tsunade immediately shouted, "The Rinnegan should be the key, so let's destroy the Rinnegan first!"
Namikaze Minato immediately shook his head, "No!"
"The Rinnegan is indeed the key, but destroying it will only bring temporary peace. We can't be sure if someone will awaken the Rinnegan in ten or a hundred years, just like Uchiha Madara."
"Are we supposed to kill off everyone with the Sage of Six Paths' bloodline?"
Sarutobi Asuma then spoke, "Minato is right, Tsunade, don't be so impulsive!"
Tsunade snorted and stopped talking.
She knew that Namikaze Minato's consideration was not wrong.
"Asuma..."
Jiraiya looked at Sarutobi Asuma and asked, "With your strength, can you directly deal with Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, who is sealed on the moon?"
Sarutobi Asuma shook his head, "I'm afraid not!"
"The seals by the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura are both a seal and a form of protection for Ōtsutsuki Kaguya right now."
"Moreover, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's fundamental level is extremely high. Even if I were to undo the seal, I wouldn't be able to completely erase her with my abilities."
He wasn't lying about this.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's fundamental level was definitely higher than level 10!
That is, the peak realm of the Six Paths level as categorized by the system.
The God Tree, or the Ten-Tails, also had a fundamental level exceeding level 10!
"Then this is going to be a big problem!"
Jiraiya frowned.
Namikaze Minato pondered, "So, according to your original plan, Asuma, we still need a major battle!"
"We need to revive Uchiha Madara, and even unseal Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, then attempt to kill her completely."
Sarutobi Asuma didn't answer. Instead, he said, "In reality, as long as Ōtsutsuki Kaguya isn't dead, she will revive sooner or later."
"It could be ten years from now, a thousand years, ten thousand years..."
"The Nine Tailed Beasts, the Ten-Tails' Shell, and even the chakra of countless ninjas could become the seeds for Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's revival."
"Because Ōtsutsuki Kaguya is the ancestor of chakra!"
"Even the powers of the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura were inherited from her!"
Sarutobi Asuma wasn't alarmist.
It was his astonishing understanding of the nature of chakra that led him to this conclusion.
As long as the seal of the Six Paths' Chibaku Tensei was undone, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya could be revived, even without the Ten-Tails or the Nine Tailed Beasts.
The only difference would be that the revived Ōtsutsuki Kaguya wouldn't possess as much power.
And even without Black Zetsu's Moon Eye Plan, the reward from the Ōtsutsuki clan outside the planet could also undo the seal.
Everyone fell silent.
Suddenly, Uzumaki Kushina's laughter rang out, "Since that's the case, let's start preparing for that future war from now on!"
"I believe that with everyone together, we can definitely defeat Uchiha Madara and this Ōtsutsuki Kaguya!"
Namikaze Minato also smiled and said, "Now that we understand the inside story and the Moon Eye Plan, we can definitely defeat all enemies!"
"Besides, we have Asuma!"
Everyone's passion and confidence were instantly ignited.
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