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"It should be on that island over there. Are you all ready? Let's head over and wipe out the entire Ōtsutsuki Clan—leave no one alive."
Shin fixed his gaze on the enormous floating island in the distance, eyes brimming with killing intent.
"Shin, why do you want to destroy the entire Ōtsutsuki Clan?" Mikoto asked, puzzled by his motive.
"Two reasons," Shin answered. "One of them I'd rather not discuss. The other is that the Ōtsutsuki Clan plans to destroy our entire world."
The first reason was his System mission, but Shin had no intention of revealing that to Mikoto and the others. That secret would remain his own for now.
"What? They want to destroy our whole world?"
Kushina clenched her fists. "Then let's stomp them right now!"
"All right, let's go."
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Using Yomotsu Hirasaka, Shin tore open a pitch-black dimensional gate. He led Tsunade, Kushina, Mikoto, and Konan through it, arriving on the largest of the floating islands.
The thick stench of blood hung in the air.
"There's blood everywhere. Looks like something's gone down here…"
Shin frowned. Had the Ōtsutsuki main and branch families already started fighting?
He recalled the differences in ideology: The Ōtsutsuki branch family believed the Shinobi world—created by the Sage of Six Paths—was a colossal failure steeped in endless war and needed to be obliterated.
The main family advocated peace. Ultimately, in the original story, the branch family had used many Byakugan to create the Tenseigan and annihilated the main family.
"Tsunade, make sure you three protect Konan," Shin said, turning to Tsunade, Kushina, and Mikoto.
Konan wasn't exactly weak—she was at least at the level of a Tokubetsu Jōnin—but this place was far too dangerous.
By contrast, Mikoto's strength was around "quasi-Kage level,"—Kushina, once she activated Sage Mode reached Kage-level—and Tsunade was also Kage-level. As long as they could defend themselves and Konan, Shin had no worries.
"Don't worry, I'll protect Konan," Mikoto said, holding Konan's hand.
BOOMMM
A deafening explosion echoed from a distant part of the island. Shin turned his head sharply in that direction.
"I'll check that out first. Stay here for now."
In a flash, he was gone before Mikoto and the others could protest.
"He should be fine. Let's explore the area," Tsunade said.
Kushina and Mikoto both nodded. Normally, Kushina might have argued about Tsunade giving orders, but given the circumstances, she agreed to follow her lead.
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Shin arrived at the source of the explosion. He saw a group of Ōtsutsuki fighting each other. It seemed the main and branch families were indeed at war.
"This must be another butterfly effect. They shouldn't be fighting this early."
Shin muttered to himself.
In the original story, the branch family combined numerous Byakugan into a giant Tenseigan, then used it to defeat the main family.
But now, their eyes were intact.
It was easy enough to tell the two groups apart by their attire: one side was the branch family, the other was the main family.
The main family was already on the brink of destruction—just as in the original. Shin found it almost comical that the so-called "main" family had so little power to rein in the branch family.
Suddenly, his amusement vanished. Shin spotted a certain figure among the branch family—a man whose eyes weren't the usual pale Byakugan. His irises were sky-blue.
"…The Tenseigan?"
Shin was shocked. This was only the second time he had been truly surprised since arriving in this world.
The first time was when the System awakened.
This wasn't the giant Tenseigan created from many Byakugan. This was the Tenseigan in a human's body.
"If the first person to have a Tenseigan was Hamura Ōtsutsuki—or in the future, Toneri Ōtsutsuki—then who is this guy?"
Gradually, Shin's surprise turned into excitement. He still possessed a [Divine Replication Card]. If that really was the genuine Tenseigan, he could replicate it for himself.
He had initially planned to find Nagato and copy Madara's Rinnegan, but now that he had encountered the Tenseigan, he might as well copy that instead.
And after completing the mission to destroy the Ōtsutsuki Clan, he would receive another Divine Replication Card.
He didn't copy the Tenseigan immediately, though. He had to be sure. It would be embarrassing if it wasn't the Tenseigan after all.
He concealed his presence and observed the two groups, who had temporarily stopped fighting and were now talking.
"Clan Head, you have lost. If you surrender now and agree to join our plan to wipe out the Shinobi world and create a new one, we can still exist as one family."
The leader of the Ōtsutsuki branch spoke to the badly wounded main family leader.
"Our ancestor ordered us to guard the Gedo Statue, not to interfere with the Shinobi world. You're only doing this for your own ambition."
The main family leader spat blood, forcing himself to stand.
"Safeguard the Gedo Statue? Too late. The people down in the Shinobi world have already summoned it away," The leader of the branch family sneered.
(Madara Uchiha had summoned the Demonic Statue, when he awakened the Rinnegan.)
"Ōtsutsuki Ryūsuke, you've been to the Shinobi world, haven't you?" The leader of the main family glared at Ryūsuke.
"Yes."
Ryūsuke didn't deny it. He had indeed been to the Shinobi world to obtain the Tenseigan.
He knew the method: the pure blood of the Ōtsutsuki Clan and the pure Byakugan of the Hyūga Clan.
He was from the branch family, but he had pure Ōtsutsuki blood. And he had obtained the Byakugan of a Hyūga from the main family in the Shinobi world.
That was how he awakened the Tenseigan. The Clan Head must have guessed that he had been to the Shinobi world because he knew how to awaken the Tenseigan.
"Ryūsuke, our ancestor strictly forbade us from interfering with the Shinobi world. Yet you disobeyed those orders—you are a traitor!"
The leader of the main family yelled.
"Traitor? No, I'm the hero who will lead the Ōtsutsuki Clan to prosperity! You, the main family, are the traitors who hinder our progress!"
Ryūsuke said calmly.
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