Finally, after a brief moment of frustration, the Six Paths Sage and his brother managed to regain some composure, though they still couldn't look at Lin Xuan without feeling unsettled.
It wasn't because their mother had become Lin Xuan's maid, but rather because they had previously heard about Lin Xuan from Hashirama and the others. At the time, they were very curious about this so-called President Lin from another world. Now, they had finally met him in person.
They just never expected that the powerhouse who could influence the Fourth Great Ninja War, and even indirectly helped them resolve the conflict, would be such a young man!
"Where's the enemy?" Lin Xuan had no patience for small talk with these two old men and cut straight to the point.
At this, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki and Hamura Ōtsutsuki snapped back to attention, giving Lin Xuan a deep look.
Then, Hamura spoke: "They discovered the roots of the God Tree in space and are currently inscribing something over there."
In their current state, the two brothers didn't dare get too close.
Even Hamura's only remaining descendant on the moon, Toneri Ōtsutsuki, had been instructed to avoid the intruders. They knew that Toneri and his people simply didn't have the strength to confront them.
Therefore, the Six Paths Sage and his brother hadn't yet managed to investigate what exactly the other party was doing.
After listening to their explanation, Lin Xuan fell into deep thought.
He had to admit, the timing of his arrival at this particular node was quite interesting.
In the original storyline, this should have been around the time when Toneri Ōtsutsuki was preparing to invade the ninja world. However, now that his ancestor Hamura had personally appeared before him, Toneri had fully understood the previous misunderstandings about their ancestor's intentions and naturally wouldn't proceed with the invasion.
Furthermore, protected by Hagoromo and Hamura, Toneri hadn't been immediately captured and sealed like in the original storyline when an Ōtsutsuki named Urashiki arrived. So now, he could even appear before Lin Xuan, personally serving tea to Lin Xuan and Orochimaru as their conversation drew to a close.
This version of Toneri wasn't the one with bloody eye sockets from the movie, but had instead equipped a pair of ordinary Byakugan.
After all, Lin Xuan couldn't be sure if the Ōtsutsuki members who arrived early were the ones he knew—Urashiki, or perhaps Momoshiki and Kinshiki. He would have to go see for himself!
While sipping the tea served by Toneri, Lin Xuan made his decision. He pointed at the Six Paths Sage brothers and said, "Orochimaru, perform the Impure World Reincarnation on them."
Their previous reincarnated bodies had ultimately crumbled. Now they were in a strange state of souls附着ed with chakra, without physical forms, which wouldn't be convenient for the upcoming tasks.
"No problem!" Orochimaru agreed readily.
Once the Six Paths Sage brothers were reincarnated by Orochimaru, Lin Xuan waved his hand and said, "Let's go. Take us to see what the situation with the enemy is."
It was worth noting that the two brothers, being deceased, could survive in the vacuum of space without air, but Lin Xuan and Orochimaru, as living beings, couldn't do so for long. They had tested this on their flight from the ninja world—short periods were manageable, but if a fight broke out, that would be a different story.
However, this naturally didn't stump Lin Xuan.
He directly purchased four leaf-like objects from the Prestige Store and attached two to each of his and Orochimaru's cheeks. Amazingly, this allowed them to function comfortably in space.
These leaves, called Star Spirit Grass, were according to the system introduction, special plants from the Swallowing the Starry Sky world. They could absorb various stray energies in space and convert them into oxygen, costing only ten thousand prestige points.
Nevertheless, this incident served as a reminder for Lin Xuan: he needed to find a permanent solution to adapt to vacuum environments, otherwise this would remain a significant weakness.
With this issue resolved, Lin Xuan's group immediately set off from the moon, led by the Six Paths Sage brothers, arriving near the section of the broken God Tree root in space that Hamura had mentioned.
From a distance, Lin Xuan could see several figures. Their clothing and appearance style were indeed very similar to Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's.
However, after scanning the group, Lin Xuan didn't recognize a single face among them!
None of the figures he expected—Urashiki, Momoshiki, Kinshiki, or others—were present!
This left him momentarily stunned. What's going on? Is it because of the butterfly effect I caused, leading another group of Ōtsutsuki members to accidentally discover the existence of the ninja world?
Before coming here, Lin Xuan had actually consulted Kaguya Ōtsutsuki about the Ōtsutsuki clan. According to her, the Ōtsutsuki clan possessed a vast influence across the universe, with many branches of its members scattered across different star systems, ruling over various life-bearing planets, cultivating God Trees to create Chakra Fruits.
She belonged to Momoshiki's branch and was a servant of that branch. However, she wasn't born a servant; her parents had committed some offense, leading to her being punished and demoted to servitude.
But she was clearly different from the other servants of Momoshiki seen in the original Boruto storyline. Unwilling to accept this fate, coupled with certain events that transpired on this planet, she ultimately stole and ate the Chakra Fruit over a thousand years ago in an attempt to rebel against her destiny.
Now, seeing these unfamiliar Ōtsutsuki members, Lin Xuan naturally guessed they belonged to another branch.
Of course, he still needed to confirm this with Kaguya. The method was simple: just have Madara Uchiha or another Uchiha find Kaguya and use a genjutsu to show her the images of these people obtained via the chat group.
Soon, Lin Xuan saw the answer Madara obtained in the group chat: "Kaguya Ōtsutsuki says these people do not belong to their branch."
Seeing this result, Lin Xuan couldn't help but curl his lips into a slight smile. "So, these guys are essentially here to steal too?"
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