Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 280 Black Zetsu: Should we postpone the Eye of the Moon Project?

Countless pure white chakra fist shadows, condensed to their ultimate form, rained down upon the silver halo! It was no longer the pressure point strike of the Hyuga Gentle Fist, but an attack imbued with the power of the Tenseigan, powerful enough to shake space itself!

Boom boom boom!
A pure white fist shadow clashed violently with a silver halo! Each collision caused a small-scale spatial collapse! The two moved and fought at high speed in the center of the explosion, their speed so fast that only two intertwined light shadows remained!

Naruto and Sasuke exchanged a glance upon seeing this.

Because control of the giant Tenseigan was contested and the energy supply became unstable, the golem's attack strength and recovery speed decreased significantly, greatly reducing the pressure on the two Susanoo warriors.

"Let's go too!" Naruto slammed his fist on his palm and laughed loudly.

At this moment, the giant Nine-Tails grinned. He had been suppressed by the giant Tenseigan earlier and had been fighting very frustratingly. Now he finally had a chance to take revenge.

Without the power of the Great Tenseigan, the Gedo Mazo was forced to retreat under the onslaught of Naruto and Sasuke, and the long sword of the Susanoo left several deep, bone-revealing wounds on its opponent.

Meanwhile, in mid-air, the clash between Neji and Toneri's Tenseigan chakra modes was nearing its end.

"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"

The two shouted simultaneously, and two enormous lightsabers slowly condensed in the sky above the moon before slashing fiercely at each other.

Silver and azure lightsabers clashed violently in the sky above the moon! There was no explosion, only a piercing, sharp screech that seemed to slice through space itself! Terrifying ripples of energy spread out, forcing the armored Susanoo and the Reincarnated Golem locked in fierce combat below to retreat repeatedly!

The two attacks were locked in a stalemate in mid-air, but only for a moment!
To Shiren's horror, he discovered that the moment his azure lightsaber made contact, the chakra structure within it began to disintegrate and purify under the strange power of the silvery-white light! Like ice and snow melting away!

Otsutsuki Toneri's Tenseigan, which he created by using other people's eyes and ocular power, is not actually that much different from Neji's original Tenseigan. However, in a battle of this magnitude, this tiny difference is like an insurmountable chasm.

"Break!" Neji shouted, and the silver-white light sword shone brightly!

Click!

The azure lightsaber shattered instantly!

"Ugh!" Shiren was struck as if by a heavy blow, spitting out a mouthful of blood. His azure chakra cloak dimmed considerably in an instant! The silver-white light sword continued its momentum, slashing fiercely at the Truth-Seeking Ball defense that he had hastily assembled!

Boom!

The Seeking Truth Orb was shattered and the Recluse was slammed against the lunar surface by the immense force, creating a huge crater! Smoke and dust filled the air.

Below, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, under the relentless onslaught of the Susanoo in its armor, finally let out a mournful cry. Its massive body began to disintegrate, its crystallized skin cracked and peeled away, and its countless proliferating eyes dimmed and closed.
Subsequently, after a special spell appeared on the surface of the Gedo Mazo's body, it disappeared on the moon.

Neji slowly landed on the edge of the pit, his silver-white chakra cloak flowing like moonlight, his Tenseigan calmly gazing at the bottom of the pit.

In the deep pit, Shiren struggled to his feet, his azure coat tattered, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, and the light in his Tenseigan eyes dimmed, filled with unbelievable frustration and confusion.

However, in the next instant, the Tenseigan in his eyes suddenly emitted an eerie light, and Shiren covered his eyes and screamed in agony as his life force began to rapidly drain away.

Seeing this, Neji rushed forward, but the change happened too fast. He only had time to protect Hanabi's Byakugan. As for Otsutsuki Toneri, he was instantly swallowed up by the light and turned into a dried corpse, then turned into dust and scattered on the moon.

“Neji…this…” Naruto stepped forward, looked at Toneri who had turned to ashes, and frowned.

“A similar fluctuation appeared on that Gedo Mazo just now,” Sasuke said, frowning. “It must have been the work of the person behind it.”

"Anyway, let's go back to the village first and tell the teacher what happened here." Neji turned around, removed the white cloth covering Hanabi's eyes from Hinata's arms, put her eyeballs back in, and then used the chakra in Tenseigan mode to help her heal her injuries.

Then, Neji looked at the giant Tenseigan floating on the moon's surface. "Then I have to bring Master here to seal this thing away. This eye has the power to control the moon. If it falls into the enemy's hands, we'll be in big trouble."

After saying that, Neji waved his hand, and the giant Tenseigan sank into the ground. Then, the Tenseigan in Neji's eyes flashed, and a layer of chakra cloak appeared on the bodies of the people present.

Neji led the group and flew directly towards the ninja world.

"Aren't we going to walk the same way we came?" Naruto was taken aback.

“Yes, it’s faster this way. I also have some things to take care of on the way,” Neji said.

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of Iwagakure and Kumogakure, the armies of the two great ninja villages had already assembled. After learning that Konoha had been attacked by a meteorite, Onoki and A immediately thought that they could take advantage of the situation and loot the place. So they assembled their troops.

Of course, they wouldn't dare to actually fight for the time being, but they could use the border exercises to threaten Uchiha Touko, who is currently stuck in the village and unable to leave.

However, before the troops of both countries could set off towards the Land of Fire, two sword beams descended from the sky and carved out a trench several kilometers long and tens of meters deep at the entrance of their village.

Neither of the two ninjas was injured or killed, but the sword light landed just one meter in front of the ninja walking at the very front, the meaning of which couldn't be clearer.

Onoki took a deep breath and waved his hand to give the order to retreat. The power of the attack that came from the sky was secondary; he could have created such a commotion with his Dust Release if he put in a little more effort. What was terrifying was that they hadn't even seen the attackers! That was truly terrifying.

In Kumogakure, A, who was leading the charge, saw the attack landing just a meter in front of him. His facial muscles twitched, and he touched his prosthetic arm before turning back to his troops with a dark expression.

After resolving the issue of the two major ninja villages that were planning to take advantage of the situation, Neji led his group back to Konoha.

"Neji, just leave me here. Grandpa Jiraiya is still waiting for me at Mount Myōboku." Naruto said hurriedly as they were getting close to Konoha.

Neji glanced back at Naruto, nodded, and then slowly landed.

"Where else do you want to go?" Sasuke snorted coldly when he saw Naruto trying to run away again.

“Didn’t I tell you? I have my own things to do,” Naruto said.

"Neji? Aren't you going to take him back?" Sasuke turned and asked. Neji had also exited the Tenseigan chakra mode, and then looked at the two of them, shaking his head helplessly. "My teacher said that taking this guy back is your task, and that I shouldn't get involved in your affairs."

Back when Naruto had just left the village, Neji had asked Uchiha Touko about it, and the reply he received was that he shouldn't get involved. Moreover, strictly speaking, both he and the Hyuga clan owed Naruto a debt of gratitude for coming back to help.

"Thank you, Neji and Hinata. I'll be going now." Naruto patted his clothes and waved to the group with a bright smile.

"Naruto-kun!" Hinata wanted to say something, but when the words reached her lips, she found herself unable to say them.

"Are you completely ignoring me?" Sasuke narrowed his eyes, snorted coldly, and said, "I told you, even if I have to break your legs, I will bring you back to the village."

"Then go ahead and try!" Naruto said without backing down an inch.

"Naruto-kun, Sasuke-kun, please stop fighting!" Hinata quickly said upon seeing this.

However, in just a short while, the golden and purple lights collided, and the two intertwined streaks of light flew together into the distance.

"That direction? The Valley of the End?" Neji sighed upon seeing this, then looked at Hinata. "Let's go back to the village first so Hanabi can receive treatment."

"Neji-nii-nii..." Hinata looked in the direction the two had left, her face full of worry.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen to them." Neji said, then picked up Hanabi and walked towards the village.

Meanwhile, inside the Naga Shrine, Uchiha Touko entered the shrine's secret chamber, and Black Zetsu also materialized at that moment.

"Ancestor, there may have been a slight setback in the Eye of the Moon Project." Uchiha Touko said with a solemn expression as soon as Black Zetsu appeared.

"Dou Guang, what exactly happened?" Hei Jue was extremely anxious when he heard that his plan to save his mother had gone wrong, and hurriedly asked.

“Our enemy this time comes from the moon,” Uchiha Touko said. “Our ancestors must have seen the meteorite yesterday, and according to the intelligence brought back by Konoha’s Anbu, the people who planned this attack are from the moon.”

"There are people on the moon?" Black Zetsu's words were filled with disbelief and astonishment. Even though he had lived for so long, he had never known about this.

“Yes, since the people on the moon are so hostile to our Konoha, our plan to use the moon to perform the Infinite Tsukuyomi will inevitably be affected,” Uchiha Touko said.

"Have you found out the identities of those people on the moon?" Black Zetsu asked hurriedly.

“Yes.” Uchiha Touko nodded. “The Hyuga clan was attacked last night. Two of my disciples were present at the time. According to them, the attackers called themselves Otsutsuki Toneri.”

"What?" Black Zetsu let out a sharp, explosive sound upon hearing the name Otsutsuki. "What's the enemy's name?"

"Otsutsuki Toneri, did our ancestor know the other party's origins?" Uchiha Touko asked hastily upon seeing this.

Black Zetsu realized that he had lost his composure, so he composed himself, organized his thoughts, and slowly began to speak.

“I don’t know the origin of the enemy, but in the long years I’ve spent in the ninja world, I’ve occasionally heard of the Otsutsuki clan. They are an extremely powerful clan,” Black Zetsu said. “If they are on the moon, then our Eye of the Moon project will probably have to be put on hold for the time being.”

Yes, after hearing news of the Otsutsuki clan, Black Zetsu began considering postponing the Eye of the Moon plan. After all, why did his mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki, create the White Zetsu army? Wasn't it to deal with the purge of this terrifying clan? And now, they've actually come knocking on our door! Right here on the moon!
Black Zetsu is extremely worried about his mother's safety, but he also knows that everyone in the entire ninja world, even the incredibly powerful Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, are like children in front of this clan.

Now, he can only hope that the seal set up by his two unfilial brothers is strong enough to completely isolate his mother's presence, and that he can find a way to save her later.

After all, his mother has only lost her freedom now, but if the Eye of the Moon project continues, she may lose her life.

"Powerful? How powerful can it be?" Uchiha Touko feigned displeasure, snorted coldly, and said, "Ancestor, rest assured, no one can stop the Eye of the Moon Plan! No one! For the peace that the Infinite Tsukuyomi can bring, the Eye of the Moon Plan will surely be realized!"

Upon hearing this, Black Zetsu immediately became anxious.

[Oh no! The Uchiha's psychopath has struck again!]

Black Zetsu now really wanted to slap himself twice. He had boasted too much when he tried to trick Uchiha Touko into joining him, and now that guy was single-mindedly focused on the Eye of the Moon plan, he had actually blocked Black Zetsu's path.

"Dou Guang, I think we should take this a step further," Black Zetsu said tentatively.

"Let's take a longer-term view?" Upon hearing Black Zetsu's words, Uchiha Touko immediately became excited. "We've already collected more than half of the Tailed Beasts! The Eye of the Moon Plan is only a few steps away from completion. Why do we need to take a longer-term view now?"

"The Otsutsuki clan is truly powerful, and they've taken over the moon. This evil clan will definitely stop our Infinite Tsukuyomi," Black Zetsu said.

"No one can stop the Eye of the Moon Plan! No one can stop the arrival of peace in the ninja world!" Uchiha Touko said fanatically, then looked at Black Zetsu.

"Calm down! Fighting Light!" Black Jue was almost crying at this point.

"Calm down! How can you expect me to calm down?" A flash of anger crossed Uchiha Touko's face. "Ancestor, tell me, is the Eye of the Moon Plan really true?"

Black Zetsu looked at Uchiha Touko's unprecedentedly angry appearance, and at the murderous look in Uchiha Touko's Mangekyou Sharingan that involuntarily surfaced due to his anger, and couldn't help but swallow hard.

Black Zetsu was certain that if he dared to say the Eye of the Moon plan was fake, the lightning bolt from Uchiha Toko's waist would strike him in the next second. He never doubted the madness and ruthlessness of the Uchiha clan.

"Douguang...The Eye of the Moon Project is indeed real, but..."

"It's good that it's true!" Uchiha Touko suddenly laughed wildly, then drew his sword.

The flash of light that streaked past almost scared Black Zetsu so much that he wet himself. However, the next second, Black Zetsu realized that Uchiha Touko's Lightning Strike had only sliced ​​off a corner of the stone tablet at the Naga Shrine with a single strike.

"Anyone who dares to give up again will be honored with this monument!"

(End of this chapter)