Chapter 215: Mistakenly Worshipping the Wrong Grave During Qingming

"Huh? Are the Byakugan users all this fragile?"

Uchiha Gin scratched the curly hair on his head, looked speechlessly at the tightly shut coffin lid, and muttered in complaint.

Truly, the further one can see, the narrower one's heart becomes.

"Relative of the Earth Ninja, please do not mind; the Clan Leader's temper has always been this way."

Just as Uchiha Gin was grumbling and preparing to run away, another cold, clear voice rang out from the darkness.

A lean man walked out slowly; within his equally pitch-black eye sockets, one could sense a look of apology.

"Although it is much earlier than expected, please take a look."

The lean man's emotions were clearly much more stable than those of the long-haired middle-aged man from before.

He pointed a finger, and the purple orb of light that had fallen to the ground rose slowly as if being guided, drifting in front of Uchiha Gin.

"Look? Ah! Your player here is quite fancy."

His blue-and-white eyes drifted along the trajectory of the purple orb. Watching it suddenly emit an intense light, Uchiha Gin, who had been stung into closing his eyes, subconsciously entered complaint mode.

"Whoosh! ~~"

As the purple light enveloped the entire great hall, Uchiha Gin's consciousness was transported into a wondrous space.

"Uh, why is there no change?"

Opening his eyes, Uchiha Gin did not see the scene of heaven and earth shifting as he had imagined; apart from the surroundings appearing as if they had been hit by purple spotlights, he was still inside the same great hall as before.

In his heart, he couldn't help but start to doubt whether this group of cousins was reliable at all—they couldn't even play a VCR without failing.

Suddenly, the grave mounds bulging before his eyes transformed one after another into figures; such an eerie scene truly gave him a fright.

Just as Uchiha Gin prepared to refine chakra to eliminate these monsters and demons, a familiar figure appeared once again.

"We are the descendants of Hamura."

The long-haired middle-aged man who had just had a falling out with Uchiha Gin appeared again, only this time, the displeased expression was gone from his face, replaced by a stern and serious look.

The long-haired man standing at the very front of the crowd walked slowly toward Uchiha Gin, explaining as he walked.

"The main branch of the Otsutsuki clan."

"Pfft~~"

Upon hearing this self-introduction, Uchiha Gin really couldn't hold back and laughed out loud. Calling this the Otsutsuki main branch? The fat and thin duo traveling through space would wake up laughing even in their sleep.

"Ugh!"

The long-haired man, who was about to continue speaking, once again wore the same displeased expression as before; judging by his face, he was preparing to quit again.

"Sorry, sorry, please continue; I just thought of something happy~"

Uchiha Gin knew a heavyweight character was about to appear, so he straightened his expression and explained solemnly. He couldn't afford to offend him; if the Second Uncle was narrow-minded, he would be the one to suffer.

"Ahem... Our main branch was destroyed by the branch family who misinterpreted Hamura's divine mandate."

"Haha~~ Sorry, I remembered that the sow at home gave birth to piglets today, so I laughed happily."

Uchiha Gin covered his mouth and explained with a very apologetic tone; the reason was logical and convincing.

"The last remaining descendants of the branch family are attempting to reactivate the Tenseigan, preparing to use it to destroy the world on the ground."

The long-haired man paused, subconsciously waiting for Uchiha Gin's laughter, but this time the other party was relatively well-behaved and did not make any more outrageous sounds, so he continued.

"Now, the only one who can stop them is you."

"Huh? You want me to fight Sukuna again?"

Hearing this, Uchiha Gin rolled his eyes and let out an inexplicable complaint.

"What Sukuna? You are to deal with the Otsutsuki branch family."

The long-haired man heard Uchiha Gin's words and even thought about it carefully, only to find that among the remaining members of the branch family, there was no one named Sukuna.

"Sorry, I can't help; I just want to go home~"

Regarding the newly issued quest, Uchiha Gin clicked "decline" directly.

This epic quest should be left for Naruto in the future to complete; otherwise, if that couple doesn't end up together, wouldn't he become a sinner through the ages?

*Boruto* isn't entirely without merit, right?

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~"

Just as Uchiha Gin finished refusing, the crowd standing blankly before him began to retreat, clearing a path in the middle.

Another unfamiliar figure slowly appeared in the void and paced toward him, while the long-haired man tactfully bowed and stepped aside.

When that figure walked in front of Uchiha Gin, an ancient and profound aura rushed toward him in an instant; the powerful pressure made him feel somewhat unable to breathe.

Keeping his blue-and-white eyes open, relying on his ocular power to barely steady his mind, he looked at the aged figure before him with a piercing gaze.

The person had three black orbs floating behind his back, wore a robe with an archaic design, and at the wide collar, several magatama were dotted on his withered chest; two small horns grew on his forehead.

His shriveled face was crisscrossed with deep lines, and his narrow eyes revealed a sense of inexplicable contemplation. After scanning Uchiha Gin from top to bottom, he frowned tightly; the words he had just been brewing in his mouth could not be spoken at this moment.

"Ah! You must be..."

Uchiha Gin looked at the elder exuding pressure before him with an expression of awe, extended a finger with a slight tremor, and said hesitantly.

"Heh, it seems my legend still circulates on the ground."

The elder, still in thought, saw Uchiha Gin's surprised expression and immediately showed a look of great satisfaction, saying with a faint smile.

"You must be the ancestor of the Hagoromo clan, right~"

"Pfft!"

Hearing Uchiha's words, a burst of low laughter erupted from the crowd kneeling behind.

"Hmph!"

The somewhat annoyed elder took a sharp breath and turned his head to glare behind him, and the laughter stopped abruptly.

"I am not a descendant of that fellow Hagoromo!"

The elder turned back, forced his drooping eyelids open to reveal a pair of dim Byakugan, and patiently educated Uchiha Gin.

"But you have horns on your head. The Hagoromo clan I know has horns on their heads."

Uchiha Gin pointed at the gray-white horns on the elder's head and said with certainty.

"My name is Otsutsuki Hamura, the ancestor of the Otsutsuki clan on the moon. As for the horns on my head, that is because I have another identity."

The elder was still quite patient with his descendants; as he spoke, he pointed to the two horns on his head and explained.

"I am the younger brother of Otsutsuki Hagoromo."

"Otsutsuki Hagoromo? Sounds a bit familiar, which village is he from?"

Uchiha Gin raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, feigning the ignorance of a bystander, his eyes filled with deep confusion as he muttered to himself, as if recalling this somewhat familiar name.

"Ahem... have the people on the ground forgotten even the founder of the Shinobi Sect?"

Otsutsuki Hamura frowned; if they had even forgotten his brother, then the Earth Ninjas truly did not need to continue existing.

"Oh, oh, oh~ I was wondering why it sounded so familiar; you mean—I know him very well!"

Uchiha Gin, unaware that his feigned ignorance had nearly caused the destruction of the world, hammered his palm after a brief moment of thought and exclaimed in sudden realization.

"That's right, the Sage of Six Paths is my older brother, which makes him your great-grand-uncle."

Hamura nodded with satisfaction upon hearing Uchiha Gin's words; it seemed he hadn't forgotten, so he would continue to observe for a while.

"No, no, no, the Sage of Six Paths is our clan's direct ancestor~"

Uchiha Gin could not agree and immediately shook his head, refuting him.

"Huh? Little one, don't go around misidentifying your ancestors. Your Byakugan purity is maxed out, yet you claim to be a descendant of Hagoromo?"

Seeing that Uchiha Gin had been worshipping at the wrong grave for so many years, Otsutsuki Hamura hurriedly corrected him.

No wonder the offerings had been getting fewer and fewer over the years; it turned out the descendants below couldn't tell Hagoromo and Hamura apart.

"Ah? No, I didn't. If you don't believe me, look!"

Seeing that the Otsutsuki Hamura before him was preparing to make him acknowledge his ancestors, a flash of light appeared in Uchiha Gin's eyes, and his blue-and-white Byakugan slowly became stained with scarlet.

Within his pupils, three mysterious tomoe slowly swirled, and a cold, obscure aura instantly filled the entire space. Opening a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan, Uchiha Gin said in a teasing tone.

"I am standing right in front of you; look at how much I resemble the past."

"Huh???"

This time, not only was Otsutsuki Hamura stunned, but the crowd behind him also erupted into a violent commotion.

"Ah, ah, ah, what is going on with that Earth Ninja's eyes?"

"That ocular power seems even more formidable than the Byakugan."

"I seem to have seen a record of those eyes in ancient texts; they are the eyes that the ancestor's brother once used."

"Uh, so this kid, switching between white and red, isn't he..."

"That's right, he's a hybrid!"

"I was wondering why I felt something was off the more I looked; why is the bloodline in your body so chaotic?"

Otsutsuki Hamura, having recovered from his shock, looked at Uchiha Gin before him with a furrowed brow.

Under his Byakugan, the intricate chakra in the other's body was tangled and knotted; not only did he possess his bloodline, but also the bloodline of his brother's descendants. In his suspicion and uncertainty, he couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Aren't the Earth Ninjas below always at war? What's this, is intermarriage popular now?"

Clearly, the Earth Ninjas observed by the Otsutsuki clan had been fighting since a thousand years ago, and his older brother's descendants were fighting so fiercely they were practically tearing each other's brains out.

Two of the major clans, in particular, had no room for mediation and would start brawling the moment they met.

How did such a little guy who gathered the strengths of a hundred families appear now? Otsutsuki Hamura, feeling uncertain, began to imagine Uchiha Gin's background.

It must be the product of intermarriage!

"Who knows? Maybe my ancestors' private lives were a bit loose."

Uchiha Gin spread his hands, appearing very helpless, the color in his eyes changing from red to white, like a flashing disco ball.

"Actually, I don't want this either, but when these eyes start changing colors, no one can stop them~"

"Fine, even if you are also a descendant of that fellow Hagoromo, the fact that you possess the Byakugan is beyond doubt."

Looking at the gifted Uchiha Gin before him, Otsutsuki Hamura, who had been dormant in the Pure Land for many years, could not help but harbor a few small intentions.

Among the descendants of Otsutsuki Hagoromo, there were so many famous powerhouses, while his own descendants left on the ground were originally intended to strive for some success so as not to lose face for him.

Yet he never imagined that the Hyuga clan would remain so lukewarm, and even now, they vaguely showed signs of being set in their ways, causing his prestige to remain unmanifested and turning him into a laughingstock for his older brother to discuss over tea.

However, this kid who had appeared now possessed a high-purity Byakugan and had the potential to revitalize the prestige of Otsutsuki Hamura, allowing him to straighten a back that had been bent for many years in front of his older brother.

Thinking of this, the old man's expression became very kind and amiable, and the look of appreciation in his eyes could not be concealed at all as he slowly opened his mouth to speak.

"Little one, after you go down, can you say that you are a descendant of the Otsutsuki clan?"

(End of this chapter)