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Chapter 493 Speculation

Chapter 493 Speculation

Shuji wasn't entirely sure how accurate Kankuro's judgments were at his age.

However, the information revealed inside did pique his interest in the visiting bamboo tug family.

He wasn't in a hurry to set off.

He asked the three of them to describe the details they had seen again: the puppet's appearance, height, and clothing, and whether there were any markings on the puppet's clothes.

"Those people were all covered up, which made it possible to tell them apart, mainly because the puppets' movements were different from those of humans."

"I didn't see any obvious markings."

Kankuro was the main contributor to the answer.

Temari and Gaara were the supplementary respondents.

"Did you see the person in question?" Shuji asked.

"No, I've been in the carriage the whole time," Temari said. "It seems I've already left the village with the Hyuga clan."

After hearing all this, Shuji headed to the Hokage Building.

At this time, Minato Namikaze is not here; he's probably at home with Naruto.

The Third Hokage is away; he's probably at home with his grandson.

"That's really self-aware."

Upon seeing Tsunade drinking alone in her office, Shuji said.

"After all, there are new reforms to come."

The fifth generation returned to the office that was still nominally hers and answered.

Xiu Si raised his hand and clapped twice.

A member of the secret service appeared silently at the door.

"Please have Yamato come here."

The secret service team accepted the order and left.

The fifth generation leader asked, "Should I leave?"

Shuji said, "Stay here, after all, it's your place."

Yamato arrived very quickly.

"Reorganize the information on the Bamboo Clan."

"Including the location and situation of the area where their family now lives."

"Also, please confirm whether the visitors from the Taketori group today have settled into the venue area or left directly."

"If the Hyuga clan leader is still in the stadium area, call Hyuga Neji over."

"If he is in the village, please ask him to come here directly."

After Yamato left, Tsunade put down the wine dish, her slightly tipsy and contented expression disappearing.

"Has Japan lost its mind?"

The only reason Tsunade could think of for Shuji to call someone in for questioning at this particular time was this.

"It has nothing to do with him." Shuuji sat down on the sofa. "I just wanted to confirm something."

He remembered something he had seen a long time ago.

That was the opening scene of a certain theatrical version. Hiashi Hyuga left Konoha Village with only two guards, heading alone to meet Toneri Otsutsuki.

In that inexplicable scene, he refused Otsutsuki Toneri's request and then rushed up and struck him with a palm.

If the Taketori clan is the Earthly alias of the Otsutsuki clan on the moon...

Hiashi Hyuga's actions wouldn't seem so nonsensical.

Is that person named Taketori Yoichi actually Otsutsuki Toneri himself, or Toneri's father who should have died long ago?

Or perhaps one of the survivors from the Otsutsuki clan on the moon, a survivor not mentioned in the original work?

"What's going on in your head again?" Tsunade scrutinized Shuuji's expression.

"I'm thinking about something." Shuuji leaned back on the sofa. "What would a family that's on the verge of physical destruction think about its ancestral precepts?"

Tsunade chuckled upon hearing this.

"That kind of thing doesn't really matter."

She picked up the wine dish again, swirled it a couple of times, and then put it down.

"But if I had to say, the elders would probably be more eager to continue the bloodline."

"I think so too," Shuuji said.

If we follow this line of reasoning, the position of that Otsutsuki clan on the moon becomes much clearer.

The Gedo Mazo was lost decades ago, but they still possess power at the level of the Tenseigan, yet they have yet to make a move.

There's only one explanation.

They've already given up.

The so-called mission of monitoring the Earth and destroying failed worlds has long been forgotten.

From this perspective, the Moon Otsutsuki main family, who were almost wiped out on the grounds of "betraying Hamura's will," probably suffered an even more painful death.

Hamura Otsutsuki would probably be speechless seeing this.

Those who split up the family plucked out the eyes of the entire clan, fused them to create an enormous Reincarnation Eye, and wiped out several thousand members of the other half of the clan, all so they could continue to stay on the moon.

If we use the new knowledge from the lab to deduce, the fused Tenseigan most likely used powerful chakra to thoroughly modify the genes of the still-living Otsutsuki on the moon.

Or rather, it could be described as atavism.

Children who are not strong enough cannot be born.

So in the end, a group of guys whose hair color had originally degenerated to brown or dark were forcibly pulled back to the appearance of blue and white hair and pale skin. Except for not having horns, they looked so much like Otsutsuki Urashiki would recognize Toneri as his true kin at first sight.

Not long after, Hyuga Neji arrived.

This means that Hiashi Hyuga will likely remain in the stadium area today, accompanying his guests.

Shuji first instructed the ANBU who brought Neji, "Rearrange the defense of the Hyuga clan's territory tonight," before turning to Neji.

"You participated in receiving the Bamboo Clan today, right?"

Neji was initially taken aback by Shuji's order, but then replied solemnly, "Yes, Lord Shuji."

"What do they look like?"

"Taketori Yoichi is a middle-aged man with long blue-white hair, wearing a plain-colored kasaya, and with his eyes closed," Neji replied immediately.

"What kind of person is he?"

After a moment of silence, Neji said, "—A very peaceful person."

The man previously described by his subordinates as "peaceful" didn't question the accuracy of that assessment, but simply asked, "What did you talk about?"

"It was just a casual chat. We enjoyed the scenery, had tea, and talked about the recent changes around the village." Neji explained the key points one by one. "Finally, Taketori invited Lord Hiashi to visit him when he had time, but Lord Hiashi declined, citing his busy schedule."

"After the visit, Hiroshi said that there were some things going on in the village recently, so he arranged for them to rest in the stadium area and personally accompanied them to express his apologies."

"Besides Taketori Yoichi, who else is there?" Shuji asked.

"There was also a person wearing a headscarf, who didn't say much and also had their eyes closed."

Neji suppressed his doubts.

He didn't understand why the village was suddenly paying so much attention to the Hyuga guests, even to the point of mobilizing the Anbu to redeploy the defenses of the clan's territory. Was there something wrong with the Taketori?

What I saw today, apart from the usual reminiscing, was that the other party did not reveal any other intentions, nor did they do anything extra.

But the village's actions are never without reason.

After listening, Xiu Si had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

Those people are most likely the Otsutsuki from the moon.

So he changed direction.

"What else does Hyuga know about the surname 'Taketori'?"

He had to ascertain, from the Hyuga clan's perspective, exactly where the boundaries of their knowledge of the Takeri were.