Naruto: Uchiha Survivor Forced to Save the Shinobi World

After a long wait, a fragmented memory surfaced in the mind of Uchiha Shinji, who was stationed outside the illusory passage.

"So that's how it is…"

After reviewing the incomplete memory, he had a moment of clarity.

As he had analyzed, the Otsutsuki branch family hadn't stationed any clansmen to guard this illusory passage. Instead, they had set up a sealing trap within it.

The seal was a mere light curtain, thin as a cicada's wing, nearly invisible in the vibrant, colorful passage. A single touch would trigger an instant seal, so powerful that even Shinji's shadow clones had no chance to resist.

The only reason he received this fragmented memory was because the last of his three shadow clones, trailing behind, saw the two scouting clones get sealed and immediately dispelled itself, allowing a wisp of chakra to escape through the seal's gap.

"I didn't expect the Otsutsuki branch family to be so decisive, using a seal to completely block this passage."

Shinji sighed inwardly.

Clearly, only the massive Tenseigan on the moon could sustain such a terrifyingly potent sealing technique!

This move by the Otsutsuki branch family signaled they had no immediate plans to attack the shinobi world or the Hyuga clan again.

This should've been good news for Shinji.

At the very least, he could have some peace, free from worrying about attacks from the moon.

But on second thought, their retreat to the moon hinted at their weakness!

"Toneri's probably only two or three years older than me, still lacking in strength and experience. The Otsutsuki branch family likely has few members left—maybe just a handful, and probably old or infirm. If I could sneak through this passage, they'd be completely unprepared!"

A bold idea surged in Shinji's mind.

Given the Otsutsuki branch family's reliance on the massive Tenseigan, they wouldn't expect anyone to bypass its sealing technique. If Shinji could successfully smuggle through, he could catch the dwindled Otsutsuki clan off guard.

And if he succeeded, the massive Tenseigan would be within his grasp!

The thought of the Tenseigan set Shinji's heart ablaze, but he knew it all hinged on sneaking through the passage undetected.

Otherwise, it was just a pipe dream.

He reined in his thoughts and focused on devising a way to counter the sealing trap in the passage.

The trap was likely sustained by the massive Tenseigan.

As a Six Paths-level artifact, the Tenseigan's chakra was unmatched in the current shinobi world, making brute force impossible.

Shinji's plan was to create a small breach in the sealing trap, just enough for him to slip through quietly.

The simplest and most effective way to counter a sealing technique was with another sealing technique.

Over the next few days, Shinji's real body entered the illusory passage.

After extensive scouting with shadow clones, he had pinpointed the approximate trigger zone of the sealing trap.

He then began testing his own 'Four Symbols Seal' against the cicada-wing-thin sealing trap.

"Four Symbols Seal!"

With a soft shout, inky seal patterns flowed from his fingertips, surging toward the thin curtain.

Moments later, the inky seal patterns slithered into the curtain like snakes.

Ripple, ripple.

Instantly, a ripple spread across the curtain!

Amid the ripples, the inky patterns of the 'Four Symbols Seal' were swiftly eroded and vanished.

Shinji's expression darkened, and he quickly retreated several dozen meters.

The attempt had failed. His 'Four Symbols Seal,' also a sealing technique, crumbled against the Tenseigan-sustained trap, lasting only a breath or two before being completely nullified.

"The gap… it's huge!"

Shinji felt a pang of discouragement.

The vast disparity doused his confidence.

After some thought, he decisively turned and left the passage. He hadn't given up—he was going to call for backup!

Though his sealing technique couldn't breach the trap, that didn't mean he was out of options.

A few days later, Karin, dressed in Akatsuki garb, arrived in the Land of the Moon.

Shinji, also in Akatsuki attire, met with her. After confirming Karin had left a shadow clone in the Hidden Leaf, he wasted no words and led her straight to the illusory passage.

Pointing ahead, Shinji asked, "See that thin curtain up there?"

Karin's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, boasting the strongest dojutsu in the shinobi world, matched Shinji's Byakugan-enhanced perception. She instantly spotted the cicada-wing-thin sealing trap.

After observing closely, Karin asked, "My lord, what do you need me to do?"

Shinji said, "I need you to use a sealing technique to counter that curtain and create a gap I can pass through!"

Karin didn't hesitate and began her attempt.

Like Shinji, she chose the 'Four Symbols Seal.' As she formed hand signs, inky seal patterns danced through the passage, swiftly burrowing into the curtain.

Ripple, ripple.

As with Shinji's attempt, the 'Four Symbols Seal' triggered a violent reaction from the curtain, and the inky patterns were eroded away.

The only difference was that Karin's 'Four Symbols Seal' lasted about five or six breaths.

But that wasn't enough time, as no one could tell if another curtain lay beyond this one.

After all, relative to Shinji's current level, the massive Tenseigan's chakra was practically limitless.

Maintaining an extra sealing trap would be no burden for an artifact of its caliber.

"Sigh!"

Shinji let out a soft sigh.

If even Karin's sealing technique couldn't breach the curtain, he'd have to abandon the plan.

Unwilling to see Shinji disappointed, Karin gritted her teeth and surged her chakra again.

This time, she didn't use the 'Four Symbols Seal' but a newer technique she'd recently mastered: the 'Adamantine Sealing Chains'!

Instantly, several shimmering golden chains shot from her body, flying toward the curtain. As ripples spread, the golden chains trembled within the curtain, as if an invisible force was tearing at them…