~ Support & Read 24 Advanced Chapters on My Patreon!
❁❁❁❁
Shin didn’t check on Ryūsuke’s condition after his attack split the moon in two.
He immediately used Yomotsu Hirasaka to return to the moon’s interior, where Tsunade and the others were.
“Is everyone okay?”
Shin asked, glancing between Tsunade, Kushina, Mikoto, and Konan.
“Whoa! The moon just got sliced clean in half!” Kushina exhaled shakily.
“Do you realize how terrified we were? We only saw a burst of gold light, and the next thing we knew, the moon was split apart like an apple.”
She wasn’t exaggerating—moments earlier, she, Tsunade, Mikoto, and Konan had been in the moon’s interior when that blinding slash tore the celestial body in two.
Fortunately, Shin appeared soon after, quelling their fears.
Seeing him safe and sound immediately restored their composure.
“Thank goodness,”
Tsunade murmured, relief evident on her face.
“By the way, Shin, is your opponent dead?” Tsunade asked.
“Not entirely sure, I didn’t check. He might still be alive. I was more worried about you four.” Shin admitted.
Shin was worried about them and hadn’t checked on Ryūsuke. But he didn’t think Ryūsuke would die so easily.
“You should stay with me. It’s safer.” Shin said.
—
They returned to the moon’s surface together. Sure enough, Ōtsutsuki Ryūsuke was still alive, though missing his left arm. The moon itself was sundered, leaving a staggering fissure visible from horizon to horizon.
“The moon was split in two, and you’re still alive? You’re tough.”
Shin remarked, eyes narrowing at Ryūsuke’s crazed expression.
Ryūsuke had managed to dodge the fatal blow at the last moment, but the attack was too fast. He lost an arm.
But it was better than losing his life. And it was his own attack that had injured him.
If he had died from his own attack, he would never have rested in peace.
Having lost an arm, Ryūsuke was enraged. He charged at Shin, intent on killing him.
“Susano’o!”
Shin manifested his Complete-Body Susano’o, not for Ryūsuke’s sake but to shield Kushina and the others.
“Stay inside Susano’o,” Shin said.
Even if he left the Susanoo, it would remain active as long as he continued supplying it with Chakra.
“Let me show you my strongest Taijutsu technique.”
Shin’s expression turned serious.
“Ultimate Taijutsu: Starfall Strike!“
Shin punched Ryūsuke. The ground shattered, and the moon’s surface collapsed from the force of the blow.
It was like a meteor strike. Ryūsuke couldn’t move. The immense power distorted space itself.
Ryūsuke’s body was obliterated, leaving only his head.
Shin had deliberately spared the head—the Tenseigan was in those eyes, after all.
“Your Tenseigan is mine now.”
Without hesitation, Shin reached out and plucked out Ryūsuke’s eyes. It was a gruesome sight.
But then he was stunned. The Tenseigan had turned into a Byakugan, worthless to him.
“I forgot.”
Shin was annoyed. In the original story, Toneri Ōtsutsuki had stolen Hanabi Hyūga’s eyes and evolved them into the Tenseigan, but when he removed them, they reverted back to Byakugan.
“I’ll put them back.” Shin placed the eyes back into Ryūsuke’s head and used medical ninjutsu to heal the injury.
But they were still Byakugan.
Just then, the System spoke in his mind:
[Congratulations, Master! You have completed the mission to destroy the Moon’s Ōtsutsuki Clan! Reward: Divine Replication Card x1.]
The System’s voice made Shin feel a bit better.
“Well, I’ve already gained more than I expected. I shouldn’t be greedy.”
His strength had increased tremendously.
He had copied the Tenseigan, evolved his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan into the Rinnegan, and then fused the Rinnegan and Tenseigan.
On top of that, his self-created Starfall Strike no longer strained his body to use—he was significantly stronger.
The technique’s power rivaled even the Night Guy unleashed by Eight Gates Might Guy in the original timeline.
“The Ōtsutsuki Clan on the moon is gone. It’s time to go back. I wonder if Kaguya Ōtsutsuki can still be revived after the moon was damaged like this.”
Shin looked at the shattered moon. He couldn’t sense Kaguya’s presence. Perhaps she was sealed in another dimension within the moon.
He was glad Kaguya wasn’t part of the mission. He wouldn’t have been able to complete it.
“I went a little overboard,”
Shin looked at the ravaged moon, then used his Rinne-Tenseigan to manipulate gravity.
Under his direction, gravitational forces pulled the two halves of the moon back together. The result was still cratered and scarred, but at least it was in one piece.
With that done, he returned to Tsunade, Kushina, Mikoto, and Konan.
“All set. Let’s leave.”
“Finally!” Kushina breathed.
“But how do we get back? We’re not…flying…again, are we?”
She still remembered the unpleasant experience of flying to the moon.
“No, we don’t have to fly this time. It’s much easier now.”
Shin opened a Yomotsu Hirasaka portal. This portal led directly to Earth.
He couldn’t do this before, but his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan had evolved into the Rinne-Tenseigan. His power had increased tremendously.
His Yomotsu Hirasaka had also been enhanced. He could now open a portal from the moon to Earth.
He wasn’t truly Six Paths level yet, but his strength was comparable. He had the power to create a portal across such a vast distance.
—
They stepped through the portal and returned to their home in the Land of Whirlpools.
“We’re back? If it was this easy, why did we fly here in the first place?” Kushina grumbled.
“I couldn’t manage it before, But I’ve leveled up a bit since then, see?”
Shin explained, pointing to his eyes—still active in Rinne-Tenseigan mode.
Tsunade, after a moment of stunned silence, leaned in.
“Right… What’s going on with your eyes? They look completely different. This isn’t the Sharingan we’re used to.”
Tsunade asked, looking at his beautiful eyes.
❁❁❁❁
~ 24 Advanced Chapters Now Available on /dragonnx
(Just remove the hyphen to access Patreon normally.)