Chapter 172: Chapter 172: Madara Attend's Hashirama’s Wedding
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In the end, Mito and the others inevitably received the unfortunate news.
"So, there's no way back, huh?" For a brief moment, the aging face of her father surfaced in her mind.
Shaking her head slightly, the twin buns atop her head swayed as Mito approached her husband. Gently, she pulled him into her embrace.
"It's alright. If we can't return, then so be it."
"As long as you're with me, anywhere feels like home."
Hearing her words, Kyōsuke smiled silently.
Of course, they still had to think of a solution, but life needed to go on.
Fortunately, the Moon base was fully developed, with everything they could possibly need. Over the years, even chickens, ducks, cattle, and geese had been successfully bred artificially.
If population size wasn't taken into account, it didn't seem all that different from the Shinobi world.
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Time flew by, and months passed in the blink of an eye.
Kyōsuke and the others gradually adapted to life on the moon. Meanwhile, their disappearance was finally noticed by their clan.
"Find them. Find them at all costs!" Uchiha Madara, rarely seen in a rage, was visibly furious.
He knew Kyōsuke's temperament well; vanishing for a month or so wasn't worth panicking over. However, this time, Mito had disappeared along with him.
That was unusual. After all, Mito was currently pregnant. Even if they went out for leisure, there was no way they would be completely out of contact for several months.
At this thought, Madara immediately dispatched someone to summon Uchiha Kochou, who had just returned from a mission.
As one of Kyosuke's most trusted subordinates, perhaps she might know something.
Before long, Uchiha Kochou arrived at the clan's council hall, still unaware of the situation.
"Why have you summoned me?"
It was only after Madara explained the situation that she realized something was amiss.
"The Lord is missing?" The cheerful smile on her face instantly vanished. Without another word, Kochou turned and left.
She quickly sought out Kyosuke's top secret operative, Number One, and learned about the Lord's last known location from him.
In addition to that, she also received an extremely unsettling piece of information: the portal connecting to the Moon base had malfunctioned.
After a brief internal struggle, Kochou decided to report back to the clan leader.
The situation was too unusual. It was no longer a matter of keeping information confidential.
"The moon?!" Upon hearing her description, Madara wore an expression as though he were listening to a mythical tale.
But upon careful thought, Madara vaguely recalled Kyōsuke mentioning something similar in the past.
At the time, he hadn't paid much attention, nor did he think there was anything extraordinary about traveling to the moon. After all, hadn't the Hyūga clan's Tenjin already...
Wait. . . Hyūga Tenjin!
In an instant, Madara recalled the concerns expressed by Hyūga Yayoi during her recent surgery some time ago.
Glancing at Uchiha Kochou before him, Madara hesitated briefly before sharing what he knew about the Hyūga girl connected to Kyōsuke.
"She must know something." Without waiting for further instruction, Uchiha Kochou immediately turned and left.
No matter what, she had to find the girl. That person might hold some key information.
"Sigh..." After Kochou left, Madara heaved a deep sigh. Rising from his seat, he walked to the window and gazed at the endless expanse of the desolate starry sky.
He wasn't worried about Kyosuke's safety. That guy had so many trump cards that no one could figure them out.
Even if Hyūga Tenjin dared to act against him, it would likely end in failure. If he couldn't defeat Hashirama, there was no way he could take down Kyōsuke.
The real problem lay in the fact that the bastard probably wouldn't return anytime soon.
The shinobi world was in turmoil. With their decisive victory over the Hyūga, the Senju clan's ambitions were beginning to grow.
Rumor had it that Hashirama was planning to marry another daughter of Uzumaki Ashina.
The implications of such an alliance were worth scrutinizing, especially with the Hyūga clan's significant shift in stance and attitude.
If Tenjin truly acted, the alliance between their clans would effectively be nullified.
Unknowingly, the pressure seemed to shift back onto the Uchiha clan.
"With you gone, the clan is left for me to protect alone."
After a brief inner struggle, Madara made his decision.
The Senju were at their peak, riding the wave of their triumph over the Hyūga, they were inviting all the clans of the Land of Fire to attend Hashirama's wedding
It was a meticulously crafted move to isolate and weaken the Uchiha.
If left unchecked, all their previous efforts might be rendered meaningless. For the sake of the clan and the delicate balance Kyōsuke had worked so hard to establish, Madara knew he had to act.
"As a former friend, you wouldn't refuse my attendance at your wedding, would you, Hashirama?"
Subconsciously, Madara's hand moved to his abdomen, where the Nine-Tails lay dormant as ever.
This time, it was his turn to demonstrate his strength to the world.
For the clan, for his friend.
For war, and for peace.
Wait for me, Hashirama.
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Meanwhile, on the Moon base...
"Uchiha Shizuka, Uchiha Takeshi, Uchiha Nobita..."
"No? Then how about Uchiha Oda, Uchiha Kishimoto, Uchiha Akira..."
The young couple sat in their room, earnestly deliberating over names for their child.
However, Kyosuke's suggestions were quickly vetoed one after another by his wife, Mito, who sported her signature twin buns.
"You're terrible at naming, honestly," Mito said, her face full of disdain.
Names like Shizuka and Nobita didn't appeal to her at all; they sounded strange to her ears.
In the end, Mito proposed what she believed to be a perfect name: Uchiha Sho.
Due to their differing opinions, the first family meeting ended in failure.
With nothing else to do, Kyōsuke found himself once again contemplating a certain idea.
Navigating his way to the forbidden cave, he wanted to see if his greatly enhanced ocular powers might allow him to establish communication with Kaguya.
If he succeeded, not only could he gather information, but he might also learn something about spatial abilities from the goddess herself.
According to the original accounts, the Ōtsutsuki were a clan-based society, almost devoid of technological civilization.
Traveling to other planets was a skill inherent to each clan member, who were naturally proficient in spatial manipulation.
Kyōsuke even speculated that Momoshiki and Kinshiki might already be on their way to Earth.
The journey, however, could take decades due to the vast distance.
Driven by curiosity about the Ōtsutsuki, Kyōsuke delved deeper into the cave.
Unfortunately, the results were the same as before. He could sense the boundless, galaxy-like chakra, but establishing communication with Kaguya remained impossible.
"Well, desperate times call for desperate measures," he muttered. With a hopeful heart, Kyosuke activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
In the next instant, his surroundings shifted.
The rocky cave vanished, replaced by an overwhelming, suffocating chakra seemed to loom mere steps away.
Turning his head stiffly, Kyosuke's gaze met a pair of pure white, spotless eyes.
"Uh... so, um, nice to meet you," he stammered awkwardly.
The woman before him, the Rabbit Goddess Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, bound by countless seals and inscriptions, silently stared at him with her Byakugan, unblinking.
Her gaze was so intense that Kyōsuke felt a little embarrassed.
"What the heck, I'm a married man and have family, you know," he muttered under his breath.
The word "Family" seemed to stir something within Kaguya. After millennia of solitude, she finally opened her mouth and spoke.
"You... are Black Zetsu's accomplice..."
Wait. . . Huh?
Kyosuke's eyes darted around nervously. It seemed the goddess had misunderstood something.
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