Naruto: Uchiha Survivor Forced to Save the Shinobi World

Shinji's eyes sharpened, his face beneath the mask revealing utter astonishment.

Like the 'Four Symbols Seal,' the chains of the 'Adamantine Sealing Chains' were squeezed and tugged upon piercing the thin curtain.

But unlike the inky seal patterns that dissipated in mere breaths, the 'Adamantine Sealing Chains,' though constantly pulled and ground down with a grating, teeth-aching sound, held firm against the curtain's force, refusing to break!

"Leader!"

Karin shouted in excitement.

Shinji cautiously approached the curtain and observed for a moment, confirming that Karin's 'Adamantine Sealing Chains' were indeed withstanding the sealing trap in the illusory passage.

With a spark of inspiration, Shinji formed hand signs to cast the 'Shadow Clone Jutsu,' creating two shadow clones, while instructing Karin, "Try gathering the chains into a ring to create a breach in the curtain!"

Karin immediately followed his orders, slowly drawing the eight golden chains together to form a circular shape.

With only eight chains, even when gathered, there were still large gaps between them.

But sealing techniques were different. The chains' presence was the greatest disruption to the curtain. Even if the circular breach had gaps, allowing the curtain to seep through, its power would be significantly diminished.

Thus, Shinji cast the 'Four Symbols Seal' again, using inky seal patterns to fill the gaps between the chains.

The seal patterns, which could only last a few breaths in the curtain alone, stabilized the breach with the 'Adamantine Sealing Chains' bearing the main pressure, forming a passage just wide enough for one person.

Shinji's face lit up with joy, and he signaled his two shadow clones with a glance.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Instantly, the two shadow clones passed through the breach, stealthily moving toward the other end of the illusory passage.

Karin, tasked only with maintaining the 'Adamantine Sealing Chains,' curiously scanned her surroundings and asked, "Leader, what is this place?"

Shinji replied, "This is a passage leading to the moon!"

"To the moon!?"

Karin was stunned, never expecting such an answer.

"It's complicated, not something I can explain in a sentence or two," Shinji paused, then added, "Just know that a ninja clan called the 'Otsutsuki' lives on the moon, and they want to destroy the shinobi world!"

"So that's how it is…"

This time, Karin wasn't surprised.

After all, the Akatsuki's purpose was to save the shinobi world!

After a while, one of Shinji's shadow clones returned and nodded to him, "Everything went smoothly. The rest of the passage only has some genjutsu traps. We successfully reached the moon."

Shinji frowned slightly, "No guards?"

"None—not even a single puppet," the clone smiled, "Looks like the Otsutsuki branch family has complete faith in this sealing trap, believing the passage is impassable!"

Shinji let out a relieved breath.

He understood the Otsutsuki branch family's approach. The sealing trap's strength was such that not only ordinary shinobi factions but even a great ninja village like the Hidden Leaf would be powerless against it.

If someone tried to brute-force the trap, the Otsutsuki on the moon would immediately notice.

What they didn't anticipate was that someone in the shinobi world could use a sealing technique to create a small breach in a trap powered by the massive Tenseigan.

After all, those capable of such a feat were exceedingly rare in the shinobi world.

Karin was an exception. As an Uzumaki with the First Hokage's cells and the most powerful Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan in the shinobi world, she could just barely manage it.

Without any one of those conditions, she wouldn't have succeeded.

Besides her, Shinji figured only Shion, having absorbed Moryo and mastered the full power of the priestess, might be capable of the same.

Shinji's real body then said to Karin, "Wait here for me. I'm going to check it out myself!"

Karin, concerned, asked, "Leader, should I come with you?"

Shinji shook his head, "The situation on the moon is complex. We need to avoid direct confrontation with the Otsutsuki. Even if you came, you wouldn't be much help and might slow me down."

Karin didn't insist, "Understood. I'll guard here!"

After Shinji passed through the breach, Karin released the 'Adamantine Sealing Chains' and stepped aside, quietly standing watch.

On Shinji's end.

With his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, he easily navigated the genjutsu traps in the latter half of the passage and arrived on the moon.

"Phew, I'm back!"

Looking at the unique interior of the moon, Shinji's spirits soared.

So far, the Otsutsuki branch family hadn't detected his infiltration, meaning he had a real shot this time.

He pulled a map from his ninja pouch, spread it on the ground, and studied it carefully.

The map was drawn from memory after his last rampage on the moon. It wasn't precise, but it accurately captured the general terrain, especially around the Otsutsuki branch family's stronghold.

"Here's the Otsutsuki branch family's castle… the shrine housing the massive Tenseigan is here… the connected floating debris belt is in this area…"

His finger traced the map as his mind raced to formulate a plan.

The ideal outcome was to end it all in one fell swoop—ambushing and wiping out the remaining Otsutsuki branch family members, then claiming the massive Tenseigan for himself.

Of course, that was the best-case scenario.

He currently knew nothing about how many Otsutsuki members remained, where they lived, or their strength.

Without sufficient intel, an ambush would be far more challenging!

But Shinji didn't dwell on it. He folded the map and headed toward the Otsutsuki branch family's castle.

After a day's journey, Shinji reached the castle's outskirts.

As before, the castle was enveloped in a protective barrier generated by the massive Tenseigan, surrounded by countless Tenseigan puppets guarding it impenetrably!

"Heh!"

Yet Shinji gave a faint smile.

The castle's defenses were arranged exactly as they had been during his last rampage here, showing just how arrogant the Otsutsuki branch family was—they hadn't even bothered to adjust their security.