The Otsutsuki Road from Kirigakure

On the other hand, Sugito and Nobuya, who failed in their mission, could only return to the Kaguya clan's territory after recovering from their injuries.

In the courtyard of the clan leader's residence, a middle-aged man with a face similar to Genji stood tall and straight under a tree with his hands behind his back. He had an expressionless face and a majestic presence without even being angry. He was none other than Kaguya Musashi, the current clan leader of the Kaguya clan.

"Chief, the mission has failed!" The two men came close to Musashi and half-knelt on one knee.

"Tell me about it." Musashi said calmly, without the rage the two had expected. But the more this happened, the more uneasy they were. As loyal lackeys of Kaguya Musashi, they knew Musashi very well. He was patient, ruthless, ambitious, and power-hungry. He could ignore his relatives for the sake of power. He was able to go from being an ordinary member of the clan without any background to exchanging interests with the elders of each clan, and finally counterattack to become a clan leader. The characteristics of a tyrant were fully reflected in him.

"Some unexpected situations occurred," Sugito explained.

"A man who looked like a monk went towards Kaguya Genji's house with a clear goal. The subsequent battles also showed that his target was indeed Kaguya Genji. It was very likely that he was his former enemy who came to seek revenge." Sugito's statement successfully led Musashi astray, and he was getting further and further away from the truth.

Nobuya continued to add, describing Jigen's appearance and clothing in detail to Musashi, wondering if the head of his family could recognize Jigen.

"Go on." Musashi didn't comment, but he was wondering about Jigen's origins. Although his two subordinates had not awakened their bloodline, the jonin of the Kaguya clan had always been synonymous with strength in the ninja world. Someone who could defeat the two of them together shouldn't be unknown.

"We didn't know at first that this man was here for revenge. Since we didn't know his identity and he looked like he had bad intentions, we had no choice but to take action. But we didn't expect that the two of us would be defeated in an instant and had no power to resist. The enemy is suspected to be proficient in space-time ninjutsu!" Nobuya's shallow knowledge could not recognize the essence of Jigenjutsu, so he could only make guesses.

Upon hearing this, Musashi, who thought that the two had been defeated after a hard fight and still managed to escape with their lives, couldn't help but shrink his pupils.

"He defeated the two of them in an instant, and he is not much different from me who already has the strength of a Kage. My younger brother actually has such a terrifying enemy!" Musashi sighed in his heart. According to the description of the two, Jigen's strength is already qualified to threaten Musashi.

"The two of us were defeated by this man, but he seemed very arrogant and did not bother to kill us. When we woke up, the battle was over. We went to see the battlefield, and Kaguya Genji should have used the Dance of the Early Warbler." The two described in detail to Musashi the traces of the battlefield they saw.

Finally, after hearing that there were still three piles of ashes remaining on the battlefield, Kaguya Musashi couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, but this scene was not seen by Sugito and Nobuya.

"It seems that my brother has fought for his life. The effect of the Ash Bone Technique is indeed terrifying." This thought flashed through Musashi's mind.

"I don't know if my nephew also awakened the Corpse Bone Vein and used the Ash Bone Technique, or if Genji lost control and accidentally hurt him. Well, it doesn't matter. The result is that they all died together." Musashi, who had never let go of his hostility and vigilance towards Kaguya and Genji's family, was finally relieved at this time.

"Okay, go down! I won't punish you this time. Please keep the details of the mission confidential." Now that the threat was gone, Musashi felt relieved and waved his hand to give the order.

The actions that Kiyoshi took before leaving, with the help of Sugito and Nobuya, finally succeeded in deceiving Kaguya Musashi.

As for the secret technique of the Corpse Vein, Kaguya Musashi, who has served as the clan leader for many years, can be said to be well aware of it. Even if he used the Burning Blood Technique, Genji could only briefly burst out with power close to that of a Kage. And he never thought that Genji, with his crippled body, could protect Seiji while dying together with an enemy who was suspected to be of Kage-level strength. You know, there is a huge gap in strength between Kage-level and elite jonin.

Without thinking about these anymore, Kaguya Musashi turned to thinking about how to improve his position. For him, as the current patriarch of the Kaguya clan, which is the top fighting force in the Hidden Mist Village, he is also a Kage-level strongman and a high-ranking member of the Hidden Mist Village. In addition, although the Kaguya clan and the village are not in harmony and live alone outside the village, they are one of the three bloodline clans that established the Hidden Mist Village. The position of Mizukage does not seem that far away from him.

The Hozuki clan had a second generation, the Yuki clan had a third generation, so why couldn't the Kaguya clan have a fourth generation?

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Qingsi woke up from his meditation, adjusted his posture, and seemed very satisfied with the message left by Isshiki.

With a jonin-level chakra capacity, the soon-to-be-9-year-old Seiji can be said to have fully acquired the combat power of a jonin-level after gaining combat experience with Jigen and Otsutsuki Isshiki.

The only regret is that Qingsi did not open his own eyes at this time.

After all, to the orthodox Otsutsuki clan, Kiyoshi can only be considered wild. Based on the information left by Isshiki, he can only guess that his Otsutsuki bloodline may not be strong enough or is not of a certain level yet.

But Qingsi could clearly feel that something was brewing in his eyes. And he could also vaguely feel the Mahakala space left by Isshiki, but he could not establish a connection with it.

Perhaps as he continues to integrate the gift of the Ishikuni into himself, he will be able to awaken his own Byakugan or other eyes.

After calming down and recovering to his best, Qingsi once again set out on a journey to find a town.

The current Seiji is familiar with most of the secrets of the ninja world, knows all the history of the past thousand years, and sees through the essence of the ninja world. He can be called a man who knows everything. Coupled with his scattered understanding of Naruto in his previous life, he is already qualified to be the chess player of the entire ninja world.

In the evening of the next day, Qingsi finally arrived at a town of relatively good size.

This is a medium-sized town located in the southern part of the Water Country, and the village where the exile is located is in a remote place further south.

Kiyoshi knew that his double horns were quite unique in the ninja world, so he used a transformation technique to change his appearance, hiding the horns on his forehead and the red dot between his eyebrows that symbolized the Kaguya clan.

Walking slowly into the town, although Qingsi did not deliberately exude any aura, his stern face, although handsome, still revealed a sense of keeping away from strangers.

Qingsi, who came to the outside world for the first time, was still a little curious about it. Although he had seen more prosperous cities and capitals of various countries in Isshiki's memory, this was his first personal experience after all.

(Most of the memory scenes were actually seen by Isshiki controlling Jigen, which means that many memories belong to Jigen. But Isshiki was resurrected through Jigen's body, and it can be said that he swallowed up everything of Jigen. In order to simplify the subsequent text, Jigen and Isshiki will no longer be explained separately, and they will be collectively referred to as Isshiki in the following text.)

Walking in the town, Qingsi slowly felt the breath of life that he had never felt before in this life.

Influenced by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, he already had a superior and deified character, but that quality is now slowly fading away.

The memories of Seiji's past and present lives are constantly blending with the memories of Otsutsuki Isshiki, and he gradually returns to a normal human posture. Perhaps in the future, when Seiji's bloodline evolves into a complete Otsutsuki, he can be called a god. But at least now, he is not a god, but just a human named Seiji, Otsutsuki Seiji.