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Chapter 180: They Are Not Hyuga
The surface of the moon was slightly different; on Earth, it looked silver, but when they got there, the color was ash gray.
It was the first time for both Madara and Raiken; they didn't say anything until a minute later, when they found a town on the moon.
Several houses stood in that small town, and both of them felt the chakra radiating from it.
"We have arrived," said Raiken. He looked at Madara and Black Zetsu. "Madara, I don't know what you are gonna do, but another branch of the Otsutsuki are not our enemies. So don't do something stupid."
Madara, hearing Raiken's warning, grew angry. "Do you think I am Hashirama? I am not stupid like him. "
Raiken stared at Madara with a deadpan expression.
"What was that face?"
"Yeah, definitely an idiot," mocked Raiken.
"You...." Madara pointed his finger at Raiken and released his chakra.
"I know your thirst to show yourself better, but meeting our extended cousin is not going that smoothly. I had expected they didn't fully accept us," said Raiken. "So don't provoke them."
"I hate weaklings; weakness disgusts me," Madara spat, spitting saliva on the ground. "Ptooey."
"Well, I didn't expect that reaction," Raiken pinched his forehead. "We wanted to release Kaguya from her prison, so don't do anything foolish."
"Why should I act weak?" Madara's expression looked disgusted.
"Didn't you hear me? We wanted to release Kaguya; I believe even Hashirama would understand me," replied Raiken.
Hearing Hashirama's name changed something in Madara.
"Okay, I won't do anything," Madara agreed, hiding his power.
"Good, let's move forward." Raiken moved towards the town, and a minute later, a group of 5 Otsutsuki members stopped them.
"What are you doing, strangers?" asked one of the most powerful guards.
Madara looked surprised because their eyes were not Sharingan but Byakugan.
"Hyuga," muttered Madara.
"They are not Hyuga," Raiken answered Madara's curiosity without even being asked. Then he looked at the guards who were clearly ready to face them. "We are your distant cousin from Hagoromo Otsutsuki descendant, come to visit you guys."
Hearing the answer made them look at each other, and lastly they looked at
"How do you know about us?" asked the same guard again. "From what we observe, the Earth has no record of us living on the moon except the Hyuga Clan, and you are not from Hyuga."
Raiken tried to hide his amusement; without even needing to brainstorm an excuse, they'd already given the perfect reason, and he didn't need to give a bullshit answer here.
"There is a record of the Otsutsuki Clan left on Earth, and one of them is from the Hyuga Clan," said Raiken. "And we are here to visit you guys and talk about the threat from outer space."
The stern-looking guard looked at Raiken, Madara, and Black Zetsu before finally giving his name.
"I am Togeshiki Otsutsuki. Regarding your request, we will ask permission from our leader first," said Togeshiki. "Please wait here first."
"Thank you, Togeshiki," Raiken said with a smile.
Madara and Zetsu just looked at them and didn't say anything while Togeshiki asked one of the guards to go inside and ask the leader for permission.
Although Madara had a lot of questions, he kept them quiet; he still remembered Raiken's words before coming here.
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Meanwhile, inside the Otsutsuki Town.
Otsutsuki Kazuma had long felt annoyed with how the Branch family forced the main family to destroy the earth.
After their great-great-grandfather Hamura passed away, he left a message to his descendants, and the main family believed Hamura's decree meant they should serve as silent observers, maintain peace, watch over humanity on Earth, and protect the seal on Kaguya.
"Watch over the world created by my brother (Hagoromo) and ensure peace remains."
This is what Hamura left to them, but the Branch Family misinterpreted the words, and they believe they need to destroy Earth if humanity ever strays into violence or uses chakra for war.
To be honest, they got the same message, but over time the Branch Family grew annoyed and frustrated with how people on Earth fight without stopping.
So they twisted the words and left them to their descendants.
"If the world created by Hagoromo ever falls into darkness and uses chakra for war, bring destruction upon it to reset the world."
Now, the descendant who had seen centuries of endless ninja wars on Earth, the Sengoku period and Shinobi World Wars, the Branch Family concluded that humanity had failed Hamura's vision and needed to be wiped out.
Unlike the Hyuga Clan's branch family, which was controlled by the Birdcage Seal, the branch Family on the moon had never been controlled by the seal. They could act however they wanted, but as a functioning society, they tried their best not to get into civil war.
However, the recent conflict almost reached its climax: the major branch family wanted to end humanity on Earth.
Suddenly, he snapped out of his thoughts when one of the guards came to report.
"Kazuma-sama, a guest is coming to visit," the guard said.
"Wait a minute," Kazuma blinked his eyes. "Who is coming?"
"They are from Earth; they said they were from a Hagoromo descendant who came to the moon to visit and talk something with you," the guard answered.
For a moment, this was so bizarre; they had never once had people visit this place. They knew each other well because each one was connected to another through family and blood.
"Bring me to them," answered Kazuma.
He didn't ask guests to come to his place; instead, he went to meet them at the gate. Kazuma's mind was in overdrive, thinking about what they wanted and how their visit could stop what the branch family wanted to do to the people on Earth.
'Maybe their coming here is a good thing for us and can stop the crazy idea of the branch family,' thought Kazuma.
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