To be cautious, Uchiha En did not immediately exit the passage. Instead, he first sensed the area and only walked out after confirming that no one was around.
Compared to the desolation of the Moon's surface, the interior of the Moon appeared much more prosperous, bearing about 70 to 80 percent similarity to the depiction in the original work.
The difference, however, was that the active inhabitants inside the Moon were still people, not the kind of puppets seen in the movie version.
What surprised Uchiha En even more was that the Natural Energy inside the Moon was actually denser than in most places in the Ninja World, almost reaching the level of the Three Great Sacred Lands.
Uchiha En then used Transformation Jutsu to turn into the Ōtsutsuki Branch Family member from whom he had just extracted information, and began gathering intelligence inside the Moon.
After some investigation, Uchiha En found that there were actually not many Ōtsutsuki Branch Family members inside the Moon, fewer than a thousand people.
However, the number of puppets was substantial, nearly ten thousand. These puppets were driven by the Eye power of the Tenseigan, and on the Moon, they could constantly replenish their Eye power and repair themselves countless times.
According to Otsutsuki Kyojin, the strength of these puppets was categorized based on the refinement of their construction.
Adding that the puppet destroyed by Shisui earlier was likely at the level of an Elite Jonin, Uchiha En used these two points as a baseline to judge that most of the puppets here were equivalent to the Ninja World's Special Jonin.
There were about 1,000 puppets equivalent to Jonin and Elite Jonin.
One thousand "undying" Jonin, plus several hundred Ōtsutsuki Branch Family members who possessed the Byakugan and controlled the Tenseigan—Uchiha En suddenly felt immense pressure.
It seemed that even with the power of Kekkei Mōra, it would be extremely difficult to deal with these people on the Moon!
To eliminate these puppets, they first had to lift the Branch Family's control over the Tenseigan.
However, the Tenseigan was located at the very center of the clan territory, and the density of this number of puppets was too high. No matter how fast Uchiha En teleported, he would be discovered.
Thinking of this, Uchiha En sighed and decided to withdraw first.
After gaining a general understanding of the strength inside the Moon, Uchiha En teleported back outside and informed the others of the intelligence he had gathered.
Otsutsuki Kyojin was filled with shock. He never imagined that the Branch Family had managed to create tens of thousands of puppets in such a short time.
With this number of puppets, even the Main Family during its peak would have been forced to surrender.
"What exactly are these Branch Family guys trying to do by creating so many puppets?" Otsutsuki Kyojin asked, frowning.
"The Branch Family wants to destroy the Ninja World. Since they plan to destroy the Ninja World, they must have enough soldiers. I guess these puppets are their soldiers," Asana analyzed.
"That is indeed possible," Uchiha En agreed.
In the original work, Ōtsutsuki Toneri wanted to crash the Moon directly into the Ninja World partly because he was the only remaining member of the Ōtsutsuki Clan on the Moon at the time, so he had no restraints.
The other reason was that the presence of Six Paths Level powerhouses like Naruto and Sasuke made Toneri apprehensive.
Currently, there are no Six Paths Level powerhouses in the Ninja World, and with so many people remaining in the Ōtsutsuki Branch Family, it makes no sense for them to resort to a direct collision.
Therefore, these puppets are most likely the Ōtsutsuki Branch Family's soldiers for conquering the Ninja World.
"To be honest, dealing with this number of puppets with just the three of us would be very difficult. The only way is probably to first break the Branch Family's control over the Tenseigan," Uchiha En said.
Asana and Shisui simultaneously turned their heads to look at Otsutsuki Kyojin.
Just as Otsutsuki Kyojin was about to speak, a massive explosion suddenly rang out from outside.
"What was that?" Shisui asked, surprised.
"Judging by that noise, it seems like someone is attacking the Ōtsutsuki Clan territory," Uchiha En said.
"Someone attacking the territory? Could it be those few remaining members of the Main Family?"
Otsutsuki Kyojin instantly became tense upon hearing this. He didn't have many clan members left, and if it really was them, he had to save them no matter what.
Thinking this, Otsutsuki Kyojin gritted his teeth and stood up, preparing to leave.
Seeing this, Uchiha En shook his head and said, "Calm down. If you rush out now, you're asking to die."
"Then what should I do?"
"Wait! I'll go take a look." With that, Uchiha En teleported outside.
Outside, four Ōtsutsuki Clan members, two men and two women, were being besieged by a group of puppets.
"Otsutsuki Rinne, you actually dare to return? Aren't you afraid of death?" the Ōtsutsuki Branch Family member controlling the puppets asked the woman leading the group of four.
"Heh! Did you think we would come back without any preparations? You Branch Family members killed so many of our Main Family members—prepare to pay the price!" After speaking, Otsutsuki Rinne formed Hand Seals.
This technique was known by many in the Ōtsutsuki Clan: the simplest Space-Time Ninjutsu, the Summoning Jutsu.
The Ōtsutsuki Branch Family members showed no panic upon seeing this. They were curious to see what Otsutsuki Rinne could summon.
However, the next second, the Branch Family members' expressions changed, because what Otsutsuki Rinne summoned was actually the Gedo Statue.
Uchiha En, who had just teleported out, was also startled when he saw the Gedo Statue.
He hadn't expected someone on the Moon to be able to summon the Gedo Statue.
"En, that woman has a bloodline very similar to Asana's. Her Byakugan seems to have evolved once, and her Eye power should be stronger than Asana's."
Uchiha En turned his head and glanced at the woman upon hearing this. Sure enough, in her pupils, there was a pair of eyes that were different from the standard Byakugan.
The woman controlled the Gedo Statue and slammed it down onto the Ōtsutsuki Branch Family members.
The Branch Family members scattered in terror, but the woman did not stop, nor did she intend to let them go so easily.
The woman manipulated the Gedo Statue to chase after them, and in the blink of an eye, these few Branch Family members were crushed into meat paste by the Gedo Statue.
Just as the woman was about to manipulate the Gedo Statue to continue the attack, intending to rush into the Ōtsutsuki Clan territory in one go, the Gedo Statue suddenly vanished.
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