Naruto: The Rise Of Uchiha

Swish—

Due to the lack of gravity, Susanoo, which normally carried a load, now free of this burden,

becomes noticeably faster than usual, reaching several times its normal speed.

This increased speed will significantly shorten the time it takes Uchiha Fugaku to cross the airless zone.

With this reduced time, air consumption will naturally decrease, potentially allowing him to cross without a respirator.

The only downside is the large and small meteorites that float in the airless zone.

Even if Uchiha Fugaku controls Susanoo to dodge them, he can only avoid the larger ones, and will still collide with smaller ones from time to time.

Fortunately, Susanoo's defenses are sufficient to withstand such impacts.

However, this will increase the depletion of his eye power and chakra.

If he cannot cross the airless zone before his eye power and chakra are exhausted, he will be exposed and die there.

After depleting half of the eye power and chakra contained in the Yin Seal, Uchiha Fugaku successfully passed through the airless zone and entered the lunar region without resorting to a respirator.

This brought a sigh of relief to Uchiha Fugaku.

Not only had he successfully passed through the meteorite-strewn airless zone, but he also still had plenty of eye power and chakra left to sustain the rest of the flight.

This successful passage through the airless zone was primarily due to the fact that this world was different from his previous life.

The moon in this world wasn't naturally formed, but was crafted by the Six Paths Sage using the Six Paths Chibaku Tensei. It was much closer to the Ninja World than the moon in his previous life.

This was why he dared to attempt a flight to the moon.

If it were like his previous life, even flying at several times the speed of sound would take two or three days, and he would definitely have given up on such an unrealistic idea.

Furthermore, this world's moon differed from his previous life in another respect: it not only contained air but was also breathable.

Once he could enter the lunar region, he would no longer have to worry about breathing.

Uchiha Fugaku didn't have much time to lament. Although he still had half of his eye power and chakra in the Yin Seal, it wasn't a significant amount.

Swish—

Uchiha Fugaku controlled the Perfect Susanoo and descended toward the moon.

Under the pull of gravity, Susanoo's speed accelerated.

Its immense speed caused intense friction with the air, turning its black surface red from the friction, like a giant meteorite falling toward the moon.

This also exacerbated the depletion of Susanoo's eye power and chakra, causing them to drain at a faster rate than usual. With

a boom—

with its eye power and chakra nearly depleted from the Yin Seal, Susanoo finally approached the lunar surface.

With a resounding bang, Susanoo crashed into a forest on the moon.

A massive crater was first blasted into the forest, followed by a terrifying wind and waves that blew away every tree.

The once lush forest was completely destroyed by the impact.

"Whoosh..."

Released from Susanoo, Uchiha Fugaku collapsed into the crater, searing from the impact.

This mad dash to the moon finally ended; he successfully landed there.

The price he paid was that not only his own eye power and chakra were nearly depleted, but also the eye power and chakra within the Yin Seal. Not

since he mastered the Yin Seal had he consumed so much energy.

With a swish—

although exhausted from the depletion of both chakra and eye power, Uchiha Fugaku quickly rose from the ground.

Using his remaining chakra, he activated the Mayfly Technique, concealing his presence and quickly retreating from the devastated forest.

This arrival had caused quite a stir. If Ōtsutsuki Toneri sent puppets to investigate, with his near-depleted eye power and chakra, the situation would be extremely precarious.

Therefore, he needed to find a secluded and safe place to recuperate and recover his lost eye power and chakra.

Shortly after Uchiha Fugaku left, over a dozen giant birds flew in from the sky.

A closer look revealed they were not birds, but flying puppets.

Atop each flying puppet was a Ōtsutsuki puppet, one Uchiha Fugaku had previously encountered.

They descended into the massive crater created by the fully-formed Susanoo.

The puppets' eyes swiveled like cameras, capturing the vast crater.

Meanwhile, within the Moon Palace, Toneri Ōtsutsuki, controlling the puppets, observed the scene through their eyes.

"It looks like a crater created by a giant meteorite, but there's no meteorite..."

Watching the scene, Toneri Ōtsutsuki sensed something unusual.

If the crater had been created by a giant meteorite, it would undoubtedly contain unburned meteorites, and they would certainly be quite large. After all, this was an impact that destroyed an entire forest.

Now, despite the massive crater, there was no meteorite—a distinct anomaly.

"Could it have grown legs and run away?"

Toneri Ōtsutsuki looked puzzled.

Without a meteorite, the only possible explanation was that the meteorite had grown legs and fled, but how could that be possible?

"What if this isn't a meteorite, but a living being?"

A bizarre hypothesis suddenly struck him.

As far as he knew, the Ōtsutsuki clan came from the depths of the starry sky, having traversed it to reach this world.

This meant that even in a starry sky where ordinary humans couldn't survive, life might exist.

With this in mind, he gave an order.

"Dispatch ten more puppet teams, centering around the meteorite crater and searching the surrounding area!"

The moon was his territory; no matter what creature had descended, he would find it.

Before his chakra was completely depleted, Uchiha Fugaku found a secluded cave. He

took out a flashlight and placed it in a corner to illuminate

the cave. The entrance was winding, so he wasn't worried about light leaking through.

He then took out some rations and water, eating and drinking to replenish his energy.

After eating, he retrieved a sheet from the Sealing Scroll, covered himself with it, and rested against the cave wall.

Snap, snap, snap!

He hadn't rested for long when the sound of footsteps reached Uchiha Fugaku's ears.

He was startled. As a ninja, he could discern the general form of the footsteps' owner by their sound.

He determined that the footsteps belonged to a bipedal, humanoid creature.

"Byakugan!"

He opened his Byakugan, peering through the cave's rock formations, his astonishment growing even greater.

Not far from the cave, three Ōtsutsuki puppets were searching for something.

As they searched, they approached the cave, and it wouldn't be long before they discovered it.

"Could it be that Toneri Ōtsutsuki discovered my lunar infiltration?"

Uchiha Fugaku's face grew grave. Could these three Ōtsutsuki puppets be searching for him? Could Toneri Ōtsutsuki have already discovered his lunar infiltration?

It wasn't impossible.

The Ōtsutsuki clan's massive Samsaragan possessed many unique abilities, and it wasn't impossible that they had discovered his lunar infiltration through some strange power.

"No, it's also possible that Toneri Ōtsutsuki suspected some creature had landed on the moon,"

Uchiha Fugaku thought of the massive crater he had created when he landed on the moon.

The fact that such a massive crater was created without a meteorite was a flaw.

However, there was no way around it. Meteorites, unlike ordinary rocks, leave distinctive marks from the friction with the air during their descent, making them impossible to forge with earth-style ninjutsu.

"We can't let these three Ōtsutsuki puppets detect us!"

Uchiha Fugaku quickly extinguished the lights and then, using the Mayfly Jutsu, hid within the cave wall.

Even with his nearly depleted chakra, dealing with the three Ōtsutsuki puppets was easy.

The problem was that these puppets were controlled by Ōtsutsuki Toneri.

If they discovered his whereabouts, it would be as if he had discovered them. With both his eye power and chakra depleted, he stood no chance of success against Ōtsutsuki Toneri.

It wouldn't be him who killed Ōtsutsuki Toneri, but Ōtsutsuki Toneri who would kill him.

Snap, snap, snap!

Footsteps approached the cave, finally audible at its entrance. The three Ōtsutsuki puppets must have discovered the cave.

Upon discovering it, they entered, their bodies radiating a light, illuminating the interior.

Reaching the deepest part of the cave, the three puppets spotted the rock face where Uchiha Fugaku was hiding.

However, lacking the clairvoyance of their Byakugan, they could not see Uchiha Fugaku hidden within the rock face.

Their search yielded no results, and they turned and left the cave. After

confirming that the other puppets had exited the cave and were far away, Uchiha Fugaku emerged from the rock.

Glancing at the cave entrance, he chose not to leave and seek a new hiding place.

It wasn't that he believed the most dangerous place was the safest, but rather that his chakra was too low, and the remaining chakra wasn't enough to allow him to find a safer place.

Therefore, he could only remain in this cave, fearfully hiding and resting.

A day later, Uchiha Fugaku's eye power and chakra had largely recovered.

The cave had already been searched several times by the Ōtsutsuki puppets.

With chakra in hand, Uchiha Fugaku dug a hidden underground space within the cave, where he could rest without worrying about being discovered.

Two days later, Uchiha Fugaku's eye power and chakra had returned to their peak.

However, he still chose not to leave the cave.

He began pouring excess chakra into the Yin Seal, refilling it with chakra. Without pouring eye power and chakra in proportion, the Yin Seal

's eye power and chakra would only be able to use a certain eye technique, which would be too limiting.

A few days later, the Yin Seal was completely filled with chakra.

At this point, Uchiha Fugaku finally emerged from the cave.

His body had recovered to its peak, and the Yin Seal was filled with chakra. He had returned to his prime, and it was time to strike at Ōtsutsuki Toneri!

(End of Chapter)

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