The Uchiha clan, which was wiped out entirely, lacked vision.

Chapter 86 The Tragedy of Hyuga

Chapter 87 The Tragedy of Hyuga

"What did you do to attract the Otsutsuki clan here?" An asked curiously.

"Otsutsuki?" Orochimaru didn't answer his question, but instead asked thoughtfully, "Is that the Sage of Six Paths' surname? Are you a descendant of the Sage of Six Paths?"

"No, not a descendant of Hagoromo Otsutsuki, but a descendant of Hamura Otsutsuki," An explained.

"Ah, so he's a descendant of Hamura Otsutsuki, the one with the Tenseigan!" Orochimaru exclaimed in sudden realization, overjoyed. "As expected, the Hyuga clan was deliberately hiding this from me!"

"What a bunch of old fogies!"

"We would rather die than surrender!"

"I should have killed them all and taken their eyes. It's a pity, quite a few still escaped."

"Hmm..." An tilted her head and thought for a moment, then decided it was better not to tell Orochimaru the truth, so she changed the subject and asked, "You still haven't told me how you lured them out."

"Oh, perhaps it's because I'm going to wipe out the entire Hyuga main clan?"

Orochimaru, seemingly nonchalant, casually explained:

"You are aware of the distorted structure of the Hyuga clan. Only the main family members are considered human; the branch families are all dogs."

"So before I took action that day, I had already set my sights on all the main families."

"As soon as I made my move, I used the most swift and decisive methods to subdue many members of the main family. Then I used their lives to threaten the other branch family ninjas, forbidding them from making any moves, or I would take action against the main family."

"The most ridiculous thing is that such a stupid tactic actually succeeded!"

"Under the orders of the main families, the branch family ninjas could only guard outside the courtyard and dared not come in to fight."

"Otherwise, it would be impossible for me alone to contend with a powerful clan in the ninja world."

"After gaining the upper hand, I revealed the secret of the Tenseigan's synthesis to the branch family ninjas and publicly demanded that the Hyuga main family reveal the method to break the Caged Bird Seal. This greatly excited the branch family ninjas and dispelled their idea of ​​disobeying the main family's orders to launch a sneak attack to rescue people."

"Everything was going smoothly at first."

"At the time, I interrogated many members of the Hyuga main family, but those stubborn old men in the main family would rather die than tell me how to remove the 'Caged Bird' curse seal."

"Even if I revealed the secret, they would still insist that I was trying to sow discord, preferring to alienate the branch family ninjas rather than release them from the Caged Bird Seal."

Upon hearing this, An opened her mouth, but ultimately remained silent, continuing to listen to Orochimaru's story.

"I was annoyed by those old fogies, so I told them directly that if they refused to hand over the method to remove the 'Caged Bird' curse, I would kill all the main family members and take all the Byakugan with me."

"I'll study cloning technology carefully later and try to clone the Byakugan in large quantities using cloning methods. I can still synthesize the Tenseigan."

"But those old fogies remained steadfast, preferring death to surrender!"

"Then I remembered that Nagato's Human Path can probe the information in people's minds, so I sent a summoning beast to invite the Human Path over."

"Perhaps the battle was too intense. The summoning beast was defeated, the Human Path didn't arrive, but instead that Otsutsuki guy appeared, used those strange puppets to entangle me, and then rescued Hyuga Hiashi."

"Did you only save Hiashi Hyuga? What about Hinata Hyuga and Hanabi Hyuga?" Ann asked curiously.

"Hiashi's two youngest daughters?" Orochimaru tilted his head and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I haven't been paying attention to those children. Perhaps they've already taken refuge in a shelter? Of course, it's also possible that they were rescued as well, but I just haven't noticed."

"Oh, I see! That makes sense now!" An scratched his head, having probably figured it out.

The Otsutsuki clan on the moon should have only been experiencing a few years of internal strife at this time.

After the Otsutsuki branch family wiped out the main family, only a handful of them remained. They were still thinking about "reshaping the ninja world" and fulfilling their ancestors' dying wish, so they definitely needed a powerful "Tenseigan" to do so.

As the sole surviving member of the Otsutsuki branch family, Toneri was born without eyes. He had to have a pair of pure Byakugan transplanted into him, and then use the pure, high-quality pupil power of the "Giant Tenseigan" to stimulate his eyes in order to evolve his own "Tenseigan".

The most suitable person for Otsutsuki Toneri would be either Hinata or Hanabi, the youngest princess of the Hyuga main family.

They are about the same age and have sufficiently high purity in their eyes.

Therefore, the Otsutsuki branch family must have been closely monitoring the movements of the Hyuga main family within the ninja world.

Thanks to the power of the Tenseigan, most of the actions in the ninja world cannot be hidden from the eyes of the Otsutsuki branch family.

If it were anything else, they might not bother with it at all, but now that Orochimaru intends to exterminate the Hyuga main family, the Otsutsuki branch family cannot tolerate it!

If they hadn't intervened and Orochimaru had wiped out the Hyuga main family, it's hard to say whether Orochimaru would have synthesized the Tenseigan in the future, but Otsutsuki Toneri would definitely have said goodbye to the Tenseigan for good.

Given this consideration, it is reasonable for the people from the Otsutsuki branch family to rescue the members of the main family.

As for why Hyuga Hiashi was also rescued, An wasn't quite sure. It was probably either because he was just a side trip, or because he needed it immediately!

He gleaned some of the information he knew and shared it with Orochimaru, who was thrilled to hear it.

"Hehe—so the purity of one's eyes is that important!"

"Thank goodness you told me this, otherwise I'm afraid I would have mixed all these disdainful looks together and started cultivating them."

"Hmm, as the head of the Hyuga clan, Hiashi's Byakugan should be pure enough, and his two daughters should be about the same."

"No, I need to carefully examine the Xiang family's genealogy to see which member of the Xiang family has the purest white eye."

"Since we're going to synthesize 'In the Blink of an Eye,' we definitely need the best materials!"

"I plan to use only the purest white eyes for cloning, and use the others as research material."

"I don't understand this, and I won't offer my opinion. It's up to you."

An waved goodbye to Orochimaru and left the laboratory with three guards.

After watching An and the others leave, Orochimaru smiled sinisterly, licked his lips with his long forked tongue, and reached under the experimental table to pull out a hidden compartment.

Inside the hidden compartment was a recess containing several test tubes, one of which was already more than half full of blood.

He chuckled as he took out the test tube, gently shook it to mix the anticoagulant and blood inside, then capped it, sealed it with a roll, and tucked it into his pocket.

"Hehe—since it's about cloning research, of course we need more material!"