Chapter 173: Journey to the Moon

As night fell, after enjoying dinner, Hinata and Ryujiro quietly sat under the eaves, gazing at the deep, high moon. Bathed in moonlight, Konoha took on a mysterious allure.

"Peace is truly wonderful," Hinata said with genuine emotion.

Ryujiro nodded. As someone with memories of two worlds, he knew how hard-won peace was.

To achieve lasting peace, one must at least strengthen their own power.

There's no such thing as a permanently peaceful world, only permanently peaceful countries.

But as he gazed at the moon, Ryujiro suddenly remembered something. There was still a remnant of the Otsutsuki clan on the moon. This, too, could be a threat. 

In the future, Ryujiro planned to leave the shinobi world. His Aizen template had already reached 100%, but the system hadn't unlocked a new template.

When Ryujiro inquired about this, the system explained that a new template would only be unlocked when he traveled to the next world.

This answer surprised Ryujiro and piqued his curiosity about the next world he would visit. But before that, he couldn't leave any threats behind in the shinobi world.

"Hinata, would you like to visit the moon?" Ryujiro asked with a faint smile.

Hinata, who had been gazing at the moon, turned her head, her beautiful eyes widening as she looked at Ryujiro.

"The moon?"

"Yes," Ryujiro replied, standing up and taking Hinata's hand as he looked at the moon.

"There's something I need to take care of up there."

"Are you saying this unresolved matter is on the moon?" Hinata asked, her eyes filled with curiosity.

Ryujiro nodded lightly. "Let's go. I want you to see the bloodline of that clan."

On the moon, within the Otsutsuki clan's territory, two figures suddenly appeared.

Hinata covered her mouth in disbelief as she stared at the ancient, majestic palace before her. People lived on the moon?

Suddenly, Hinata gasped, clutching her eyes.

"What's wrong, Hinata?" Ryujiro asked, concern in his voice as he held her.

"I'm fine… it's just… it feels like something in this palace is calling out to me," Hinata replied, her brow furrowed.

Ryujiro frowned as well. Could it be the giant Tenseigan?

But as they pondered, hundreds of puppets suddenly flew out from the ancient palace, surrounding Hinata and Ryujiro.

These puppets radiated a formidable energy, indicating that they were not ordinary constructs.

Ryujiro knew they were puppets of the Otsutsuki clan, devoid of emotion and thought, existing solely to serve the clan.

Despite the overwhelming numbers, Ryujiro's expression remained calm.

The puppets began charging up their chakra energy balls, surrounding Ryujiro and Hinata like stars around a planet.

Just as Ryujiro was about to act, Hinata stopped him.

"Ryujiro-kun, let me handle this," Hinata said.

Ryujiro looked at her for a moment before slowly lowering his hand. 

Hinata entered her Tenseigan Chakra Mode, and with a swift motion, the Truth-Seeking Orbs in her hand spun into a terrifying tornado, obliterating the hundreds of puppets in an instant.

Hinata had become proficient in using the Tenseigan, and these puppets were no match for her.

Inside the palace, Toneri, who had been in a deep slumber, suddenly stood up, his body trembling violently.

He could clearly sense the presence of the Tenseigan from outside. This sensation was unmistakable—could it be an outsider with the Tenseigan?

No, it couldn't be. If it were an outsider, they would have known how to control the puppet mechanisms. Could it be that they were from the shinobi world?

...

At that moment, two figures entered the palace, and Toneri clearly felt the Tenseigan from Hinata. 

"Incredible! Someone other than the Otsutsuki clan actually possesses the Tenseigan! Who are you?"

Despite not having eyes, Toneri's keen senses allowed him to detect the presence of both Hinata and Ryujiro.

But when he sensed the vast, overwhelming energy radiating from Ryujiro, his heart began to pound with fear.

"So, the Otsutsuki clan on the moon has dwindled down to just you, Toneri," Ryujiro said calmly.

Hearing his name, Toneri's face turned pale, and he stumbled back in horror.

"Who… who are you? How do you know my name? Are you not from the clan?"

A terrible feeling settled in Toneri's heart as the icy aura radiating from Ryujiro made him feel as though he were standing in the midst of a frozen wasteland.

In the blink of an eye, without warning, Ryujiro appeared beside Toneri, placing a hand on his shoulder.

His voice was cold as he said, "You don't need to know who we are. You only need to know that you will die by my hand."

A crushing sense of doom enveloped Toneri, and by the time he realized what was happening, it was too late.

"Ahhhhhh!"

Toneri screamed in agony as Ryujiro's Sage Chakra ruthlessly destroyed his cells. It wasn't long before Toneri was nothing more than a cold, lifeless corpse. 

Ryujiro looked at Toneri's corpse with cold, emotionless eyes. Now, the Otsutsuki clan's bloodline in the Shinobi world had been completely eradicated.

Taking Hinata's hand, Ryujiro led her to the lower level of the palace, where a massive yellow energy source was hidden.

This giant yellow energy source was the Tenseigan.

As they approached, Hinata felt the pull even more strongly, her eyes wide with awe as she gazed at the enormous Tenseigan.

It was unimaginable how many Byakugan eyes were required to create this Tenseigan, no wonder her eyes had felt drawn to it all along.

Destroying such a giant Tenseigan would be a waste. However, absorbing its energy would be too much for even Hinata to handle.

Ryujiro placed his hand on the giant Tenseigan, and a strange energy spread throughout his body.

His hand acted like a black hole, distorting the surrounding space as it gradually absorbed the Tenseigan's energy.

This absorption process took a full two days, a testament to the terrifying amount of energy contained within the giant Tenseigan.

Now, the energy within Ryujiro's body was even more pure, and it seemed as though he was on the verge of breaking through some kind of barrier.

The Hogyoku within him glowed brilliantly like a jewel, nourishing and strengthening his powerful body.

With a deafening explosion, the Otsutsuki clan's palace crumbled into ruins.

At the same time, a strange sensation rippled through the moon, as though there was still another source of life on it.

Otsutsuki Kaguya had never truly disappeared; her will still lingered on the moon.

However, she no longer had any chance of being revived. Perhaps this lingering life force belonged to her.

After staying for a while, Ryujiro and Hinata vanished from the moon.

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