Chapter 561: Chapter 561: The Ōtsutsuki Clan

The night sky was clear, a full moon hanging high.

"Renya, look, what is that?!"

Shimura Danzō sat by the campfire and suddenly pointed at the sky.

Hearing this, Renya immediately looked up. He saw that the moonlight seemed to twist slightly, and a silver speck separated from it.

Then the speck gradually grew larger and, at an extremely fast speed, cut across the sky and plunged toward the ninja world below.

"Damn, a meteor—no, it’s an alien!"

Because the speck was moving too fast, it was hard to make out with the naked eye. Only after he activated the Mangekyō Sharingan could he barely see it clearly.

That was not a meteor, but a strangely shaped flying vessel.

It pierced through the clouds without causing any violent air currents, and finally landed somewhere in the Land of Fire.

Renya and Shimura Danzō looked at each other, immediately stood up, and rushed toward the direction where the vessel had fallen.

"Why would the Ōtsutsuki on the moon come to the ninja world?"

You have to know that this was the Warring States period; even Ōtsutsuki Toneri had not been born yet.

By all logic, the Ōtsutsuki would not get involved in the ninja world’s conflicts—so what was going on now?

Seeing that his good friend knew the origin of that vessel, Shimura Danzō couldn’t help but ask curiously.

"Renya, the Ōtsutsuki you mentioned..."

"They are the descendants of Ōtsutsuki Hamura, the younger brother of the Sage of Six Paths. They have always lived on the moon. The present-day Hyūga clan are also descendants of Ōtsutsuki Hamura—it’s just that they didn’t go to the moon together."

Shimura Danzō suddenly realized; his knowledge of the ninja world’s history had increased again.

Where did his good friend learn these unknown secrets?

Probably not even Tobirama knew, right?

...

The Hyūga clan.

The current Hyūga clan head had brought his son and was already waiting on the back mountain early, as if he had long known the vessel would arrive tonight.

At this moment, aside from the two of them, there was no one else around.

The vessel landed in front of them, and a figure jumped down from it.

The man was tall and slender, with unusually pale skin. He wore a white robe embroidered with magatama and Rinnegan patterns.

What caught the eye most was his pair of white eyes.

They were exactly the same Byakugan as the Hyūga clan’s!

What drew even more attention was that this Ōtsutsuki clan member was holding a swaddled infant in his arms.

The bundle was wrapped tightly, making it impossible to see the baby’s face.

"My lord, you have finally arrived," the Hyūga clan head said respectfully.

Standing behind his father, the young heir looked at the suddenly appearing Ōtsutsuki clan member, a trace of curiosity flashing in his eyes.

Who was this guy, and why was Father being so respectful to him?

The Ōtsutsuki clan member nodded slightly in response.

He lowered his head and glanced at the infant in his arms, strong reluctance showing in his eyes.

"This is my child. I hope Clan Head Hyūga can help take care of him for a while." He handed the baby to the Hyūga clan head and explained,

"Before I came, I placed a sealing restriction on him. He may sleep for decades. I’ll have to trouble you during this time."

The Hyūga clan head nodded solemnly and carefully took the baby.

"May I ask, did something happen on the moon?"

Sending his own child to the ninja world for refuge—there must be a very serious problem up there.

The Ōtsutsuki clan member fell silent for a moment before slowly explaining,

"A severe rift has formed between the main family and the branch family. As the head of the main family, I must do everything I can to stop a war, so I don’t have time to take care of my child. That’s why I entrust him to you."

He didn’t want the child to grow up in chaos, so he secretly sent him to the ninja world.

But because the ninja world was also in chaos, he sealed the child before coming, so the child wouldn’t be swept into ninja wars.

Without several decades, he wouldn’t awaken from the seal, and his body would remain in an infant state.

After he finished settling the family’s affairs, he would come back to the ninja world to take the child back, and let him grow up happily on the moon.

"If, when the seal is lifted, I still haven’t returned, then please raise him as your own child."

The Ōtsutsuki clan member seemed to think of something and added another instruction to the Hyūga clan head.

The conflict between the main family and the branch family was intensifying; even he couldn’t guarantee he would be able to resolve it.

"I understand," the Hyūga clan head said with a serious expression.

It seemed the other party had truly encountered an extremely thorny problem, otherwise he wouldn’t have come to the ninja world to entrust his child to him.

"Thank you," the Ōtsutsuki clan member said softly, taking a deep look at the child in the clan head’s arms. Then he resolutely turned around, leapt back onto the vessel, and prepared to return to the moon.

Just then, the Hyūga clan head suddenly called out to him.

"May I ask does the child have a name?"

The Ōtsutsuki clan member was slightly taken aback. After a long while, he finally spoke a name.

"Ōtsutsuki Muki. In the ninja world, call him Hyūga Muki."

As his words fell, he activated the vessel. The vessel rose silently into the air, turned into a streak of silver light, and disappeared into the night sky in the blink of an eye.

"Hyūga Muki..."

The Hyūga clan head murmured softly, holding the baby as he turned and left.

From the cliff came the conversation between father and son.

"Son, if, when the child’s seal is lifted, he still hasn’t come back, then treat this child as your own and raise him. Don’t ever bury his talent."

"Understood. I’ll treat him as the hope for the Hyūga clan’s rise and will never waste his tremendous talent!"

"Hahaha, very good!"

As the two gradually went farther away, the cliff returned to silence.

The night wind blew, carrying a chill.

...

The two people hidden in the dark looked at each other and both saw the shock in each other’s eyes.

Not long after that Ōtsutsuki clan member arrived, the two had concealed themselves and come nearby.

They had heard every word of the conversation between the Ōtsutsuki clan member and the Hyūga clan.

Shimura Danzō’s expression was complicated, his face filled with shock and alarm, as he muttered to himself.

"That child is called Hyūga... Muki..."

"To be precise, we should call him Ōtsutsuki Muki," Renya said with emotion.

No wonder after the war ended, Hyūga Muki disappeared and Nara Motoha had always been unwilling to reveal his whereabouts.

The key point was that the Hyūga clan also had no reaction to this.

It seemed Hyūga Muki had been guided away from the ninja world by the Ōtsutsuki during the Warring States period.

No wonder there was no news of him in the ninja world—turns out he had long since gone to the moon!

That kid beside the Hyūga clan head should be the future Hyūga clan head.

Renya roughly knew that he had a very strict father...

At first, he even thought that the way the man educated the child was just an old Hyūga tradition.

Who would have thought that Hyūga Muki wasn’t his biological son!

So it was a stepfather—well, that makes sense.

After coming to this time, Renya originally just planned to beat up Senju Tobirama and call it a day.

He didn’t expect an unexpected bonus—by a twist of fate, he learned the origin of Hyūga Muki.

Looks like after returning to his original time, he could go pay an old friend a visit.

"Nara Motoha, that guy really keeps his mouth shut!"

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