Chapter 158

After all, she had never forgotten that Hashirama Senju had once promised to remove the Caged Bird Seal from her.

She had remembered it all along.

To Hiyu Hyuga's eyes,

the only person in the entire ninja world capable of breaking the Hyuga clan's seal

and freeing her from the Caged Bird Seal was Hashirama Senju.

Only this mysterious, immensely powerful man could accomplish this!!

If this matter were true,

and she could assist Hashirama Senju,

she would naturally be overjoyed.

On one hand, it would let Hashirama Senju see her value,

raising her standing in his heart.

On the other hand, it would help Hashirama Senju strengthen his own power.

If Hashirama Senju grew stronger,

it would naturally benefit her even more!!

……

"Gain the power of Shinra Tensei, and liberate the ignorant masses from suffering!!"

Staring at the stone tablet on the teleportation array,

Hashirama Senju's face wore a strange expression!!

Among the Uchiha clan,

he had seen identical stone tablets before.

And the inscriptions on them were exactly the same.

As for the power of Shinra Tensei,

Hashirama Senju already knew what it was.

It must be the Six Paths power,

and only the Six Paths power could fulfill what was written on the tablet!!

But now he felt

that this tablet seemed deliberately crafted, unnatural.

The content could not have been written by the Sage of Six Paths,

nor could it reflect the beliefs of Asura or Indra.

The tone of the words resembled a cult leader inciting his followers,

nothing like something an old man who constantly preached love and peace would say.

Hashirama Senju squinted at the tablet's inscription,

he had not expected the hidden currents beneath the ninja world ran deeper than he thought,

it seemed many entities had long been hiding behind the scenes,

plotting unknown schemes.

If he had not revealed to the Uchiha clan a gentler method to awaken the Sharingan

and helped Madara Uchiha resolve the Mangekyo Sharingan problem,

he had a premonition

that one day, when Madara Uchiha, fully plunged into darkness, saw these words,

or when any Uchiha clan member saw them,

they would believe the tablet's content!!!

He shook his head, pushing these thoughts temporarily aside,

the most urgent issue now was to activate the teleportation array with Six Paths power

to see if he could travel to the moon and investigate.

Hashirama Senju was deeply curious about the moon.

Who could have imagined,

that the moon above their heads since childhood was inhabited by people?!!

And now,

he was about to land on this mysterious planet.

91. He doesn't still want to awaken the Tenseigan, does he?!

Seeing the teleportation array before him,

Hiyu Hyuga was also greatly surprised!

She herself had not known

that the Hyuga clan possessed such a thing!!

If Hashirama Senju had not brought her here,

she would never have discovered this teleportation array in her entire life.

"Ancient ritual…"

"Testament of friendship between the two clans…"

"Path to a better world…"

Hiyu Hyuga stared at the nearby teleportation array,

She whispered it aloud.

At the same time,

she recognized it,

this was precisely the oldest family script of the Hyuga clan!!

If she hadn't read similar script as a child,

she herself might not have recognized what was written here!!

The form of this ancient script,

now not a single person in the entire Hyuga clan can recognize it!!

【Hinata Hyuga: My lord father, what exactly does it say…? Why have I never seen this script before?】

【Hana Hyuga: I have seen this script before. I only know that in the earliest days of the Hyuga clan, only its members used this script, but later, fewer and fewer people used such ancient writings…】

【Hiashi Hyuga: Hmm… I don't recognize this script either. Perhaps only the eldest elders in the clan might understand what's written here…】

【Neji Hyuga: How laughable— as a member of the Hyuga clan's main house, you don't even know basic script! This inscription records the ancient alliance ceremony between the original Hyuga clan and the lineage on the moon!!】

【Orochimaru: It seems we are about to witness the miraculous sight upon the moon… I never imagined that the moon above our heads was artificially created… and that people still live upon it…】

【Jiraiya: I wonder whether the people on the moon are easy to get along with… As long as we don't activate this teleportation array, it's fine—we remain independent, untouched by them. But once we activate it, who knows what will happen…】

【Raikage: What's there to worry about? Even if they're stronger, isn't there Hashirama Senju? Besides, they haven't activated this array for all these years—who knows what accident befell them? They might not even exist on the moon anymore!!】

…

"Step back—I'm about to activate this teleportation array with Yin-Yang power…"

"This array hasn't been activated in so many years… I don't know what lies on the other side…"

"If there's danger, you can still hide behind me."

Hashirama Senju grabbed Hana Hyuga and pulled her aside, signaling her to retreat.

Hearing him say this,

a smile appeared on Hana Hyuga's lips—unnoticed by herself.

She had originally thought her relationship with Hashirama Senju was merely a simple exchange,

but as their interactions grew,

Hana Hyuga felt a strange reaction stir within her heart,

one she didn't understand the meaning of.

Yet she knew,

Hashirama Senju cared for her so deeply,