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  " Head, would it be possible for me to see the historical records of the Hyūga ?" Shin asked.

  Even though the Head didn't know about the ōtsutsuki , that didn't mean there was no record of them in the Hyūga archives.

  The Head's expression instantly darkehis was out of the question. Even if the request came from the feared "Reaper of the Shinobi World,"—it still wasn't permissible.

  Those records taihe 's secret Gentle Fist teiques—Hyūga heritage passed down through geions. At the moment, he even suspected Shin's true goal might be to steal the Gentle Fist style.

  The Gentle Fist was useless without the Byakugan, but he still didn't want to share it with outsiders.

  If it leaked, someone could develop a way to ter Gentle Fist, and that would spell disaster for the Hyūga, who rely on it for their livelihood.

  Seeing his rea, Shin said, "Hyūga Head, I'm only ied in the history of the Hyūga ot your secret teiques."

  The Head's expression softened. If Shin was only ied in their history, that was fine.

  He couldn't refuse someone as powerful as Shin.

  "Our records are very important, but sidering you're my son's cssmate, I suppose you take a look."

  The Head's sons were Hiashi and Hizashi, who had been cssmates with Shin at the Academy.

  He was just trying to build a retionship with Shin. If it weren't for Shin's strength, he wouldn't even bother.

  Iy, he was simply trying te a positive retionship with Shin—this "cssmate" favor was just an excuse. If Shin weren't so powerful, the head definitely would not have eaihe idea.

  "Thank you, Head."

  Shin's gratitude pleased the Head.

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  The Head led Shin to the Hyūga archives, removing all the scrolls reted to the Gentle Fist.

  He didn't care about the rest. Shin could read them if he wao. He didn't think they were valuable.

  Shin activated his [Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan] and flipped through the texts at lightning speed, skimming lier line in mere seds.

  It took him half a day to finish, but he was disappoihere was nothing he was looking for.

  He did find a mention of the ōtsutsuki , but it was just a brief mention, nothiailed.

  And there was no information about the underground passage to the moon.

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  "My thanks, Lord Hyūga. I'll be on my way,"

  Shin didn't linger.

  After Shi, Hiruzen Sarutobi became suspicious. He wondered what Shin's motive was for visiting the Hyūga .

  Shin hadn't tried to hide his visit, so it wasn't surprising that Hiruzen knew about it.

  Hiruzen was being paranoid. He was stantly trying to guess Shin's iions.

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  Meanwhile, Shin had returo Tsunade's house.

  "You two look like you've been fighting," Shin remarked as he noticed Tsunade and Kushina's somewhat disheveled appearance.

  "We were just sparring. I didn't expect to lose," Kushina grumbled.

  Right after Shi, Kushina and Tsunade had cshed, apparently irritating each other until they agreed to trade blows.

  Although her was truly hurt—they knew when to hold back—Kushina ended up worse off, looking distinctly med than Tsunade.

  "Give me two years, and I'll definitely be strohan you," Kushina decred.

  "You talk all you like. Right now, I'm the winner. So Kushina, you're doing the undry." Tsunade gririumphantly.

  They had made a bet: whoever lost had to do the undry.

  Kushina was annoyed, but she wouldn't go ba her word.

  "By the way, Shin, you don't look happy. Did you fail to achieve yoal?" Mikoto asked.

  "Bingo, but no prize fuessing right."

  Shin sat dooured himself a cup of tea.

  "Shin, what were y to do? you tell us?" Kushina asked, curious.

  "I'll tell you. I want to go to the moon. But finding the passage to the moon is proving to be difficult. Fortunately, I have other methods."

  "—What?"

  Tsunade, Kushina, Mikoto, and even Konan all stared at him, baffled.

  "Are you kidding? You want to go to the moon? Why don't you just fly to the sun while you're at it?" Kushina scoffed.

  Shin pinched her cheek and pulled.

  "Oww! That hurts! Shin, you jerk! Let go!"

  Kushina yelled.

  "Will you stop making fun of me now?"

  Shin released her. "And I'm not joking. Getting to the moon isn't as far-fetched as you think."

  Even if Shin didn't mao locate the underground passage, he had other methods. Teically, he could simply fly there using his abilities.

  The Perfect Susanoo had wings. They weren't just for show—meaning flight ossible.

  Of course, it would be a hassle, and even at high speed, flying all the way there wouldn't be easy.

  "Shin-nii, why do you want to go to the moon?" Konan asked curiously.

  Everyone was curious, but Konan was the first to ask.

  "I sense an evil presehere. I'm going to elimihem and save the world."

  Shin said righteously.

  The ōtsutsuki did want to destroy the world. To the people of the Shinobi world, they were indeed an evil force.

  "That still sounds unbelievable," Kushina muttered.

  "People living on the moon...?"

  "No, it's real—The ōtsutsuki bsp;lives there, and my goal is to elimihem." Shin insisted.

  His serious expression was enough to visunade, Kushina, and Mikoto. They no longer doubted him. Konan had never doubted him to begin with—she believed in him wholeheartedly.

  "I always thought the moon was just a lifeless rock," Mikoto said.

  "Mikoto, you weren't the only one. I thought the same," Tsunade said.

  "Shin, how do you know about the ōtsutsuki ?" Kushina asked.

  "I like to colleformation on the Shinobi world. That's how I found out."

  Shin said, making up an excuse.

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