Chapter 547: There is no way to take fewer detours than by relying on a rich woman

"I won't accept..."

Otsutsuki Hagoromo's attention was entirely drawn by the expressionless Kaguya Wangliang on the side; he was in no mood to accept such a strange prop.

"If you don't accept it, how can I live up to your filial piety, descendant?"

However, the moment the gesture of refusal was raised, the gaze of Kaguya Wangliang behind Uchiha Gin became dangerous. Otsutsuki Hagoromo's expression froze, and he immediately changed his tone, hurriedly taking Uchiha Gin's meeting gift.

*Damn it, when did Mother's consciousness clone slip out? *

Otsutsuki Hagoromo glared very obscurely at the younger brother who was crawling and trembling beside him. This lecherous idiot was unreliable in doing things; he didn't even notice such a big thing as Mother breaking out of prison.

In anger, he stretched out his leg and gave a kick to the other's high-raised buttocks, using this to vent his private resentment.

"Hamura, why are you still lying down? Are your feet numb?"

"Numb! Numb!"

Feeling the gaze of his mother, Otsutsuki Hamura shook like a sieve, his head pressed even lower against the ground.

"..."

*Hamura, this kid, when did he get infected with 'Wa'? *

Looking at his younger brother being scared into this state by a clone of his mother, Otsutsuki Hagoromo shook his head in anger at his lack of ambition, straightened his waist, and slowly stood up from the ground.

Having knelt on the ground for too long, his feet were indeed a bit numb.

"Hey, Sister Wang, why did you run out?"

Looking at the two brothers interacting intimately with black lines on his face, Uchiha Gin turned his head to ask the dark-skinned royal sister standing quietly behind him.

"You are in danger."

Kaguya withdrew her gaze, which carried a bit of inexplicability, from the two aging sons and replied expressionlessly.

She hadn't expected that in the time it took her to buy limited popcorn, Uchiha Gin had actually been dragged to this place by two unfilial sons.

Fortunately, her space-time talent remained. With the help of the power of the Realm of Shadows, she forcibly broke into Otsutsuki Hagoromo's impregnable Pure Land space.

She couldn't let the descendant she valued be bullied by these two unfilial sons.

"Being brothers, it's in the heart!"

Uchiha Gin looked at the dark-skinned royal sister who had come to rescue him, tears of emotion flowing in his eyes.

As the saying goes, adversity reveals true feelings. Since Sister Wang treated him as a brother, he wouldn't play mind games with Sister Wang anymore.

"I'm sorry, Sister Wang. I swear, I will never use overnight lemons to make lemonade for you again."

"..."

Hearing this, Kaguya clenched her fists. No wonder she always felt that the lemonade she drank recently wasn't fresh enough; it turned out this descendant was cutting corners and passing off inferior goods.

"Thump!"

A pink fist landed straight on Uchiha Gin's curly hair. The force wasn't great, about the same as a massage.

"Ouch, why did you do that~"

Uchiha Gin triggered the 'Kun-style' very cooperatively, his exaggerated scream and aggrieved expression winning Kaguya's favor.

"My descendant, who is this?"

Otsutsuki Hagoromo, who had floated up again after cleaning up his younger brother, fixed his gaze on the intimate Uchiha Gin and Kaguya Wangliang, a bit more strangeness appearing in his purple ripple eyes.

*This brat, isn't he going to super-add a generation? *

"Her? She is my dōjutsu creation. It's just that I've been cultivating her for a long time, and accidentally cultivated her to have intelligence."

Bearing the ravages of Kaguya Wangliang's delicate fist, Uchiha Gin answered truthfully.

"A dōjutsu creation..."

*Mother, you old lady really know how to play, even doing role-playing. *

Taking a deep look at his mother, who was keen on ravaging Uchiha Gin's curly hair, Otsutsuki Hagoromo forcibly suppressed the urge to complain, revealing a serious expression on his face.

"I didn't expect you to have grown to this point. It seems our two brothers' cultivation over these years hasn't been in vain."

"Huh?"

Uchiha Gin was stunned upon hearing this. When had these two old men ever cultivated him?

"The Giant Tenseigan."

As if seeing Uchiha Gin's confusion, Otsutsuki Hagoromo glanced at his younger brother beside him.

Many years ago, when Uchiha Gin first landed on the moon, Otsutsuki Hamura had handed over the control of the Giant Tenseigan to him, with authority so high it could even rival Otsutsuki Kaguya, the orthodox successor.

"The Tenseigan, huh~"

Uchiha Gin nodded in sudden realization. If it weren't for Otsutsuki Hagoromo's reminder, he would have almost forgotten that he still had a 'Lightning Reed' mode he could use.

After all, for so many years, no enemy had been able to force him to play all his trump cards.

"Then you old man..."

"The Nunoboko Sword."

Pointing at the black wooden sword hanging at Uchiha Gin's waist, Otsutsuki Hagoromo reminded him again.

"So it turns out you sent this, old man. I was wondering why no one wanted this thing."

Saying this, a hint of thought appeared in Uchiha Gin's eyes. It seemed he had entered the Sage of Six Paths' field of vision very early on.

"We two brothers are now just two groups of chakra with consciousness. Logically speaking, we shouldn't interfere in human affairs."

Otsutsuki Hagoromo shook his head, a hint of solemnity floating in his purple Rinnegan.

*Finally getting to the point. *

Uchiha Gin's expression tightened. Otsutsuki Hagoromo definitely wouldn't cultivate him for no reason, and even less would he help him dispose of the Death God who came to claim his soul.

Doing these things must mean there was some important task entrusted to him.

"But now, disaster may descend upon the human world. We brothers really can't watch this planet be plunged into misery and suffering."

*Sure enough, the big one is coming! *

"Ancestor, if you need any help, just say it. My Uchiha Gin's 'Everything Shop' values 'money first, then service'—honest and fair."

Uchiha Gin nodded firmly. If he weren't in a state of consciousness, he would have shown Otsutsuki Hagoromo his commission price list.

"Uh..."

*Does he still want money? *

Otsutsuki Hagoromo forcibly suppressed the urge to kick Uchiha Gin back and spoke slowly.

"We discovered an outsider."

"An outsider?"

Uchiha Gin's pupils constricted upon hearing this, his face feigning confusion, while his eyes wandered around, looking for flaws in this space.

*These two old men wouldn't have discovered my identity as a transmigrator and be preparing to trick me into coming over to kill me, thereby repairing the timeline to a normal state, right? *

"That's right. There is one named... eh? Why are you retreating so far?"

Otsutsuki Hagoromo had just wanted to tell the whole story of discovering Jigen's identity, when he saw Uchiha Gin, who had just been in front of him, retreating dozens of meters away with Kaguya Wangliang at some point.

"I just wanted to see how big this place is."

Uchiha Gin, who stopped his retreat, explained with drifting eyes.

"The Pure Land space is infinite. Even if you retreat another ten thousand steps, you won't reach the border."

"You old man, continue."

Because he couldn't sense any malice from Otsutsuki Hagoromo, Uchiha Gin hesitated for a long time before returning to his front.

"I hope you can find a monk named Jigen, and then erase him with your own hands."

*Jigen!? *

He hadn't expected even the Sage of Six Paths to be paying attention to that magical ageless monk. It seemed the other party's background wasn't simple.

"I'm looking for him too."

Uchiha Gin nodded. This Jigen was inseparable from the disappearance of Hashirama and his cousin, and he was also the mastermind behind the creation of the 'Another Riders'.

As the saying goes, peers are enemies, let alone a pirated version that copies oneself. Uchiha Gin must punish him severely and make the other party spit out the copyright fees.

"Then you must be careful. He comes from the distant outer space, and his strength and means are unfathomable."

*Alien? *

*Wait! *

*It wouldn't be... *

Uchiha Gin calculated the time. There were still several decades before the next wave of the Otsutsuki main family descended. What was the origin of this suddenly appearing alien?

"Who exactly is he?"

"He is from the Otsutsuki clan from outer space, descending to our planet a thousand years ago."

Carefully glancing at the dark-skinned royal sister beside Uchiha Gin and finding that the other party didn't have a warning look, Otsutsuki Hagoromo continued with peace of mind.

"Their clan takes hunting planets as their duty. Every planet whose energy they plunder eventually heads toward destruction."

Uchiha Gin listened to Otsutsuki Hagoromo's explanation, the shock in his eyes only increasing. *Could it be that Otsutsuki Kaguya wasn't alone when she came back then? *

*Was there another Otsutsuki? *

"Ah! Sister Wang, why are you pulling my hair?"

Just as he was racking his brains to search for the plot in his memory, Uchiha Gin suddenly felt a pain in his scalp, a large bunch of hair moving away from him.

"Accidentally."

Carelessly throwing the curled hair in her hand aside, a hint of imperceptible solemnity appeared in Kaguya's eyes.

*Isshiki, that guy, has he recovered so quickly? *

The story Otsutsuki Hagoromo was telling Uchiha Gin now was what she had passed on to these two unfilial sons back then.

After all, her original intention in splitting the power of the chakra fruit to create the Six Paths brothers, besides helping her resist the Otsutsuki main family, was also to find Otsutsuki Isshiki, who only had his upper body left, and completely clear this hidden danger.

"That's really too dangerous!"

Uchiha Gin carefully stroked his scalp, nodding in agreement seriously.

If Jigen really was the teammate who descended with Otsutsuki Kaguya back then, then this guy of unknown background must be erased, otherwise there would be endless trouble.

"That's right."

"Give me the address; I'll go over and deal with him right now!"

There is no time to lose; acting a second late is a disrespect to his own future comfortable life.

"No."

Unexpectedly, Otsutsuki Hagoromo shook his head directly to stop him.

"The strength of the Otsutsuki clan is strange and unpredictable. If you go rashly, I'm afraid you'll fall into his hands. Ashura's reincarnated body fell for his tricks."

Uchiha Gin was the thug the two brothers had worked hard to cultivate, and in the future, they would still need him to deal with their mother, who had broken the seal.

*Uh... now it seems it might not be needed. *

Looking at Kaguya Wangliang, who was in intimate contact with Uchiha Gin, the sense of crisis in Otsutsuki Hagoromo's heart became increasingly heavy.

*Am I going to get a father in my old age? *

*Is it only Ashura? *

From Otsutsuki Hagoromo's words, Uchiha Gin keenly captured an important piece of intelligence.

Only Hashirama was controlled by Jigen; his cousin seemed to be safe and sound.

"Where did he run off to? That brat, he actually doesn't even want his family anymore."

Since he wasn't captured, why hadn't Uchiha Madara returned to Konoha? Was the outside world's flower-filled world so fascinating?

Was the position of Hokage not fragrant, or was his cousin's red envelope not thick enough?

"Achoo!"

In the distant border of the Land of Lightning, in the underground of the Cemetery of Mountains, Uchiha Madara, who was meditating, suddenly felt a chill and sneezed fiercely.

"It's cold; add another piece of clothing. The soup will be ready soon; clean up and come over to drink."

Just as Uchiha Madara was rubbing his sore nose, wondering who was thinking of him, a figure wearing an apron hurried over following the sound. It was Black Zetsu, who had occupied Hashirama's clone body.

At this moment, in order to cultivate Uchiha Madara into a weapon he could use easily, he didn't hesitate to lower his status and began to carefully manage the other's diet and daily life, determined to use the emotional card to bring this sharp blade into his account.

"Any news from Konoha recently?"

Looking at Hashirama's clone body, which looked like a virtuous wife and mother, the coldness on Uchiha Madara's face faded quite a bit, and he turned to ask about the recent situation in Konoha.

"Sarutobi Hiruzen has become the Third Hokage, and Uchiha Kagami has taken the position of branch secretary."

"What? What about Izuna?"

"He went to sea."

Black Zetsu's words weren't wrong; taking a boat to the Land of Waves—how could that not count as going to sea?

"Phew... that brat. Does the Tailed Beast Knight system I left for Konoha have a new owner?"

"Yes, the Tailed Beast Knight system was assigned by Sarutobi Hiruzen to the Shimura clan for management."

"Help me up; I'm going back to Konoha!"

"Then what should I do?"

Since he was worried he wasn't Jigen's match, was it time for the 'power-up' segment?

Uchiha Gin opened his eyes wide with anticipation, preparing to accept Otsutsuki Hagoromo's gift.

He didn't mind a little Yin power, and he didn't mind a little Yang power—give him something so he could experience the ripple eyes, preferably the kind with tomoe.

"We are now just a group of chakra; there is nothing we can give you."

Looking at his mother, who was very intimate with Uchiha Gin, Otsutsuki Hagoromo gave up the idea of giving this descendant a power-up, feigning that he had nothing.

The reason he said this also had his own considerations. What if Uchiha Gin couldn't withstand his mother's temptation and stood on the opposite side of all humanity? How would his power-up act today be any different from helping the enemy?

"You won't let me go, and you won't give me a power-up. This makes it very difficult for me."

Uchiha Gin frowned slightly. If he hadn't read Naruto, he would have really believed Otsutsuki Hagoromo's words.

If he won't give it, he won't give it. After all, he isn't the reincarnation of his good son, so it's reasonable not to get the Yin and Yang powers.

After all, good things are spread through bloodlines.

"Although I can't give you effective help, I can pass on my life's learning to you. I hope you can have some insights."

Otsutsuki Hagoromo thought for a long time. If he really gave nothing, it wouldn't seem right.

But the things he gave couldn't be too practical.

In the end, he chose to pass on the knowledge and experience he had accumulated over a thousand years to Uchiha Gin.

As for whether he could take off, that would depend on his comprehension.

"Ah... can't you give something practical?"

Uchiha Gin's face wrinkled upon hearing this. When Naruto and Sasuke came, they were directly given power-ups and upgraded to Six Paths level; he, on the other hand, got a pile of study materials, and old textbooks that were a thousand years out of date at that.

"Not practical? This is the old man's life's learning; it can save you from taking many detours, do you know that?"

Seeing the look of disdain on Uchiha Gin's face, Otsutsuki Hagoromo raised his eyebrows. Who is this descendant looking down on?

"Save me from taking detours? Then I might as well rely on a rich woman with strength. Don't you think so, Sister Wang?"

"That's right."

Listening to Uchiha Gin's grumbling, Kaguya Wangliang nodded fiercely and seriously. The arc of the corners of her mouth curling up made Otsutsuki Hagoromo's heart go cold for more than half.

*It's over. Next time we meet, I'll have to be the one to kowtow once. *

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 548 =====