SWNOVELXO Chapter 175: Chapter 175
"Byakugan!"
Uchiha Shin moved swiftly toward the cave, activating his Byakugan.
The enhanced insight and perception of the Byakugan were one of his few yet significant advantages.
With the immense ocular power of his Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, the range of his Byakugan had expanded to over 100 kilometers.
In mere moments, Uchiha Shin had already scanned the underground depths of the cave.
"There! Amenotejikara!"
In the blink of an eye, he swapped places with a tiny speck of dust within the cave, instantly appearing inside it.
His Byakugan receded, reverting to his normal dark pupils.
Raising his gaze to the ceiling of the cavern, he noticed an ancient inscription:
[A]
A single kanji character—A, the first in the sequence. A sign of the beginning.
Recognizing its meaning, Shin shifted his attention to the glowing spring at the center of the cave.
He was right.
Even with the immense perceptual prowess of his Rinnegan, he couldn't see the bottom of the glowing spring.
Or rather—there was no bottom.
"So, this is the gateway to the Moon."
Muttering to himself, Uchiha Shin made his decision.
He had unwavering confidence in his power—and an even stronger belief in his own immortality.
Though he lacked the regenerative hax of certain shinobi, he could survive the severing of his own head and still return.
Unless his body was obliterated entirely and on a microscopic level, he would always come back.
But even then, he wouldn't die.
His soul endured—stored within the Curse Seal of the Sage, capable of reconstructing his form through a higher-dimensional transmission of information.
It was beyond mere space-time ninjutsu—a higher order of existence.
Thus, without hesitation, he leapt into the luminous spring.
SPLASH!
Cool liquid erupted around him, yet his clothes remained completely dry.
No jutsu protected him—it was simply the nature of the Light Spring itself.
Immersed within, Shin gazed below, seeing the endless tunnel spiraling into the unknown.
Excitement sparked in his eyes as he activated a repulsive force, propelling himself forward at blinding speed.
He tore through the depths like a blade slicing through water.
Then—
CRACK!
Breaking through an unseen barrier, Shin found himself surrounded by orbs of light.
The liquid element was gone, replaced by an abyssal void.
Only the flickering spheres offered a semblance of warmth.
POP!
As one of the orbs brushed against him, it burst like a soap bubble.
A foreign force invaded his mind—an illusion attack.
Yet, with an effortless flex of his will, Uchiha Shin obliterated it.
"Hah. A memory cage? A weak attempt at trapping wanderers in a fabricated past until they die?"
He scoffed, waving his hand to disperse the orbs around him.
For a shinobi of his caliber, such illusions were child's play.
Even a moderately skilled genjutsu user could shatter this.
The true purpose of this barrier? To deter weaklings and beasts who wandered here without understanding.
Ignoring the failed trap, Shin pressed on.
Before long, his sight settled upon a vast, glowing lake of ethereal blue.
"The entire space was warped into a passage leading directly to the Moon… An astonishing feat."
He couldn't help but admire it.
Even with his current expertise in space-time ninjutsu, he was nowhere near capable of such a grand-scale manipulation.
He was still refining his mastery over the Flying Thunder God, working toward creating a personal dimension for storage.
Progress was smooth—but stabilizing it fully would take another month at least.
"No point in waiting. Let's go."
Cracking his neck, Shin prepared to advance.
But at that moment—
He halted.
Turning sharply, his gaze locked onto an elderly figure standing behind him.
"Who are you?"
His eyes narrowed with immediate vigilance.
The old man's face was wrinkled with age, yet his long, white horns and flowing gray hair marked him as someone beyond ordinary.
"It doesn't matter who I am, child," the old man's voice was calm, unwavering. "I was not meant to meet you at this point in time.
I only hope that you will one day understand what true love and peace mean… and that your path does not lead to destruction."
The words didn't feel like an illusion.
And from the tone alone, Shin deduced something unnerving—this old man had been watching him for a long time.
Yet his face showed no fear.
"Love and peace? I am practicing them."
His lips curled into a confident smirk.
"When I unite the shinobi world under my rule, war will cease. I shall become the eternal king and lead all into the future."
The old man's expression remained unreadable, though his gaze flickered with something akin to understanding.
He knew he could not change Uchiha Shin's mind.
Because even he did not know if Shin's path was truly wrong.
But—
People like Shin were dangerously easy to stray into darkness.
And if he deviated, his strength would bring war greater than any before.
"...Hah."
With a sigh, the old man faded from sight—vanishing as though he had never been there.
Shin narrowed his eyes, tracking the lingering chakra in the air.
This was no living person.
It was a remnant soul.
Yet even as a spirit, his chakra and Yin-Yang Release mastery granted him power.
'A Six Paths-level being…'
His suspicions solidified.
"Otsutsuki Hamura? Tch. Damn old ghosts."
Shin clicked his tongue in irritation.
The man likely knew his goal, yet did not stop him.
In the original history, the Otsutsuki clan on the Moon destroyed itself in a civil war—and neither Hamura nor the Sage of Six Paths intervened.
Even when their descendants slaughtered each other, they stood idly by.
"What a pointless philosophy…"
Scoffing, Shin dismissed the thought and pushed forward.
Bursting through the luminous veil, he emerged onto new terrain.
Landing smoothly, he scanned his surroundings—
Only to find himself face-to-face with a titanic crab over ten meters tall.
It roared, brandishing its massive pincers.
"A summon? And it's this fat?"
A sinister grin spread across Shin's face.
Before he could make a move, the colossal crustacean attacked—
WHOOSH!
A concentrated jet of pressurized water blasted toward him.
Shin merely exhaled.
"Ice Release: Arctic Tempest."
A breath of frost escaped his lips, and the temperature plummeted.
The water jet solidified mid-air—
And in the next instant, the entire crab was encased in an icy prison.
He stepped forward, examining the frozen beast.
"Hah. A perfect specimen. I'll let Orochimaru clone a few and start breeding."
Stretching out his hand, he activated his power.
With a mere flick of his wrist, the frozen crab vanished.
Gone.
Not erased—
But teleported.
To someone else.
At that very moment—
Tsunade, having just woken up, staggered through her doorway with Kanako's support—
Only to be met by the colossal frozen crab blocking her path
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