"The moon?"
When Hyuga Hiashi heard this location, his eyes trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but show a look of surprise.
Seeing this reaction, Aoba raised his eyebrow slightly, "Uncle Hiashi, as the head of the Hyuga clan, you should know something about the moon, right?"
"This…"
Hyuga Hiashi opened his mouth, glanced at Aoba, who clearly knew more than he did.
Then he looked at his wife, his two daughters, and Hyuga Natsu.
It seemed like there were no outsiders here.
There was no need to say anything about his wife and daughters.
As for Hyuga Natsu, as the only branch family member in the entire Hyuga clan who had currently removed the Caged Bird Seal, and…
it didn't seem necessary to hide it either.
After a brief moment of thought, Hyuga Hiashi spoke with a serious expression.
"This can be considered an ancient secret known only to a small number of high-ranking members of the Hyuga clan, as well as the clan head. It seems that on the moon, there is another branch of the Hyuga clan, guarding something there."
"I never knew whether this was true or not before, since it had never been verified. My Byakugan can't see that far, and no one has ever come down from the moon to find me."
"But judging by what you're saying, Aoba, it seems this is indeed true…"
"There's actually something like that?"
Hinata, Hanabi, and the others couldn't help widening their eyes.
After all, no one had ever imagined that there were people living on the moon, and that they were from the Hyuga clan.
In contrast, Aoba remained much calmer. He had already expected that Hyuga Hiashi would know a bit of the secrets.
After all, for a family that had always valued inheritance and had been passed down for thousands of years, it wasn't strange for some ancient secrets to remain.
And it was normal that Hyuga Hiashi had never seen it. The Otsutsuki clan on the moon had a mission left by Otsutsuki Hamura, so naturally they wouldn't casually appear in the ninja world.
They probably wouldn't have any chance to meet them in the future either.
Because now, the Otsutsuki clan on the moon had already all been refined into a single massive Tenseigan.
Originally, they had been led to the moon by Otsutsuki Hamura in order to guard the Ten-Tails' husk, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and the seal of Otsutsuki Kaguya.
However, Otsutsuki Hamura didn't have eternal life either. After his death, the Otsutsuki clan on the moon developed disagreements over his final wish.
The branch family believed that the ninja world created by the Sage of Six Paths, Otsutsuki Hagoromo, was a failure. They felt it was their duty to correct this mistake and destroy the ninja world.
The main family, on the other hand, still upheld Otsutsuki Hamura's original wish, quietly watching over things from the moon, prioritizing peace.
In the end, neither side could convince the other, and they followed the extreme, stubborn mindset typical of people in the ninja world.
A life-and-death battle broke out between the branch family and the main family.
The branch family acted decisively, sacrificing and fusing all of their clan members' Byakugan to condense an enormous Tenseigan, wiping out every member of the main family.
Then, because all the Byakugan had been refined, the branch family themselves also died out, leaving only Otsutsuki Toneri alive on the moon, inheriting the branch family's ideology.
His goal was to obtain his own Tenseigan, then use that massive Tenseigan to control the moon and crash it into the ninja world, destroying it entirely.
"Hmm?"
While Aoba was still sighing inwardly, he suddenly felt someone tugging at his sleeve.
Looking down, he met the gaze of little Hanabi, who was sitting in his lap and looking up at him.
He reached out and rubbed her soft, cute cheek.
"What is it, Hanabi?"
"Aoba-nii, can I go to the moon with Onee-san?"
Hanabi leaned in and rubbed against him, her face full of anticipation as she spoke.
This time, Aoba shook his head and didn't agree to her request.
"Sorry, not this time. How about next time?"
"Mm… okay."
Hanabi pouted and lowered her head, her disappointment obvious.
But she was no longer a child who didn't understand things. If he wasn't taking her, there had to be a reason.
Aoba affectionately ruffled her hair, then stuffed a small shrimp dumpling into her mouth as consolation.
With Hanabi's interruption, the others also snapped out of their shock from earlier.
Hyuga Hiashi also looked at Aoba with a bit of anticipation, "Aoba, since you said you'll take Hinata to the moon, you must know more than I do. Would you mind telling us a bit more?"
"It's not something that can't be said. According to the information I have, there is indeed a ninja clan on the moon that shares the same origin as the Hyuga clan. They followed the Hyuga clan's ancestor, also the younger brother of the Sage of Six Paths, up there, and their purpose really was to guard something dangerous."
If he were to explain everything in detail, it wouldn't be something he could finish at the dining table, so Aoba only gave a general overview before continuing.
"And the evolution of the Tenseigan actually requires high-purity Byakugan, along with the special chakra of that branch on the moon. That's also why, for so many years, no evolution of the Byakugan has appeared within the Hyuga clan."
Even though it was only general information, it was already enough to leave Hyuga Hiashi stunned.
The Hyuga clan were actually direct descendants of the Sage of Six Paths' younger brother.
There really was another branch of the clan on the moon.
And the evolution of the Byakugan required combining high-purity Byakugan with the chakra of that branch…
'Wait!'
Hyuga Hiashi suddenly noticed a problem.
"Aoba, if that's how the Byakugan evolves, then wouldn't Hinata be in danger if she goes there?"
In a sense, the Byakugan was even more convenient than the Sharingan.
Of course, that referred to its plug-and-play nature.
Transplanting the Sharingan into a non-Uchiha would cause side effects, but the Byakugan wouldn't. Once installed, there wouldn't be any side effects.
If Hinata met the conditions to evolve into the Tenseigan, then conversely, people on the moon could also evolve by transplanting her eyes.
"That situation you mentioned could indeed happen, Uncle Hiashi. But with me there, there won't be any problems."
Aoba saw through Hyuga Hiashi's concern. Although Otsutsuki Toneri did have decent strength thanks to that massive Tenseigan, it still wasn't enough in front of him.
He then looked at Hinata and gently squeezed her small hand.
"Hinata, just think of this as a special date between us."
"Mm."
A faint blush appeared on Hinata's soft cheeks, because she had thought of her original plan.
"What the heck, so the reason you're not taking Hanabi is because you want to go on a private date with Onee-san?", At that moment, Hanabi puffed up her cheeks.
She had thought there was something important, but it turned out he just didn't want her tagging along.
Just as she was about to insist on going too, she suddenly felt a chill from beside her, a cold sensation running up from her tailbone.
Little Hanabi shivered instinctively in Aoba's arms, clutching her backside as she shrank in place.
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