Chapter 157

The teleportation formation that Otsutsuki Hagoromo had once spent immeasurable心血 and manpower to build,

the branch lineage left on Earth had actually lost even the ability to activate it.

【Hinata Hyuga: Father… does our clan have this teleportation formation behind us? I've never seen it in the Hyuga clan's records…】

【Hanabi Hyuga: Sis, that's because you never paid attention yourself. The clan does have similar records on this, but I always thought they were just legends. I never expected they were actually true.】

【Hiashi Hyuga: Only in the most ancient era of the Hyuga clan's history were there records on this… but all of us only treated it as a mythological story. Who could have imagined it was real?】

【Orochimaru: It seems I underestimated the Byakugan before. If I get the chance, I need to study the Hyuga clan's Byakugan as well. It turns out the Byakugan wasn't weak — it's just that the Hyuga clan never brought out its power…】

【Madara Uchiha: Hmph!! How can a mere Byakugan compare to our Sharingan? Even if the Byakugan evolves further, how strong could it possibly be??】

【Sasuke Uchiha: The Hyuga clan?? They're not even on the same level as the Uchiha clan. I've never heard any of the clan's elders say the Byakugan was particularly strong.】

【Fourth Raikage: I'm actually more curious what would happen if the Byakugan's abilities were developed to their极致. Too bad the Hidden Cloud Village doesn't have the Byakugan Kekkei Genkai… our Cloud Village's taijutsu paired with the Byakugan would truly be invincible!!】

……

After carefully telling Hashirama Senju the method to activate the teleportation formation,

the Sage of Six Paths took another deep look at him.

"Young Asura reincarnation, I've told you everything I can."

"I hope you don't forget everything I've told you today…"

"You're different from every previous Asura reincarnation, and even quite different from Asura himself…"

"I don't know why you're so different, but I think this might just be fate…"

"I used to believe that although Asura's reincarnation underwent reincarnation, he was still Asura himself…"

"But I don't think that way anymore…"

"Asura is Asura, and you are you. You are not some reincarnation of Asura — you are Hashirama Senju, the one and only Hashirama Senju…"

"So… Hashirama Senju… do as your own heart dictates."

"I hope you can bring some different changes to this world."

"This world's future is in your hands."

With a wave of the dark staff in his hand,

the Sage of Six Paths' figure gradually vanished before his eyes.

Watching the Sage of Six Paths disappear before his eyes,

Hashirama Senju shook his head and let out a wry chuckle.

What did this represent?

Had he suddenly become this world's savior?

Hashirama Senju had no thoughts whatsoever about being the savior the Sage of Six Paths spoke of.

From beginning to end, he only wanted to carry out his own convictions!!!

It was simply because these enemies were obstructing his path,

so for now his thoughts and actions aligned with the Sage of Six Paths'.

If someday in the future the Sage of Six Paths' ideals clashed with his own,

Hashirama Senju would not change his own thoughts!!!

He would not hesitate in the slightest because of what the Sage of Six Paths had imparted to him today.

In Hashirama Senju's eyes,

his stepping into the Six Paths level was merely a matter of time.

Even if the Sage of Six Paths hadn't imparted the power of Six Paths to him today,

he would one day step into that Six Paths level regardless —

merely a question of sooner or later.

However, after the Sage of Six Paths imparted the power of Six Paths,

he could indeed sense something deep within his soul.

Deep within his soul,

there seemed to be a chakra that was both extremely ancient and very familiar.

When the Sage of Six Paths had just appeared,

the fluctuation of this chakra was unusually distinct,

as if it were about to emerge from the depths of his soul at any moment.

But for some reason, it still held back.

After the Sage of Six Paths had said so much,

Hashirama Senju had also roughly figured out the origin of this chakra.

When he found the time,

Hashirama Senju actually wanted to have a good chat with this chakra.

But from the looks of it,

this chakra didn't want to appear before him right now.

……

"You're saying… our Hyuga clan actually has a blood relation with the Sage of Six Paths??"

"Our Hyuga clan is the descendant of the Sage of Six Paths' younger brother Otsutsuki Hagoromo…?"

Hanabi Hyuga opened her mouth wide,

and it took her a long time to digest this news.

Yet the expression on her face was still one of utter astonishment.

This news was truly astonishing.

How had the Hyuga clan suddenly become connected to the Sage of Six Paths?

Although it sounded like a good thing,

Hyuga Kazuki harbored great doubts about this matter.

If the Hyuga clan shared a bloodline connection with the Sage of Six Paths,

then why had the Hyuga clan wandered the shinobi world for so many years before only now reaching their current position??

After searching through her mind for a while,

Hyuga Kazuki finally found some related clues.

She frowned and said.

"What you mentioned, I seem to have a slight impression of it."

"In the ancient records of the Hyuga clan... there seems to be one branch of distant relatives..."

"At first, the Hyuga clan still had much contact with this branch of distant relatives, but gradually they stopped keeping in touch."

"As for the specific reason, the family history does not record it."

"If you hadn't brought this up, I wouldn't have recalled at all that our Hyuga clan had any distant bloodline relatives..."

Seeing the thoughtful, puzzled expression on Hyuga Kazuki's face,

Hashirama Senju didn't have the heart to say why their family had no record of it.

Your Hyuga clan even lost the ability to activate teleportation arrays,

so naturally you couldn't have recorded this matter either.

And compared to the descendants of Otsutsuki Hagoromo on the moon,

your branch of Hyuga clan descendants on Earth were the fringe group abandoned on this planet by them.

"Whether it's true or false, I'll take you to see and you'll know."

"However, I can't just barge into the Hyuga clan's ancestral land on my own—I still need you to take me there..."

Hearing Hashirama Senju say this,

a delighted expression finally appeared on Hyuga Kazuki's face.

After all, this was the first time Hashirama Senju had taken the initiative to seek her out,

asking her to help him with something.

480 Ever since the last incident,

Hashirama Senju had not contacted her for a very long time,

and she feared that after what happened that night,

Hashirama Senju had simply forgotten about her.