Chapter 281: The Idiot on the Moon
"Your attack just now will probably alert your 'clan member' on the moon."
"As for whether he'll descend to the ninja world ahead of time, that's unclear."
"Even if he does, there's nothing to be afraid of."
Shiromo said this to Hanabi.
The ability he had just acquired, he named it [Wonder of U].
However, this ability was still different from the Stand ability in his mind.
If it were the original version, then things would be over.
Everyone would die.
Anyone who knew Shiromo's identity would be subjected to unending calamities.
After they were all dead, Shiromo would not even be able to order takeout in the future.
What Shiromo had obtained was not a purely automatic ability. He could regulate the intensity of the calamity's attacks, and he could even temporarily grant this power to others.
For example, just now, he had used Hanabi as a test.
Anyone harboring hostility toward Hanabi would suddenly become very unlucky.
And that very unlucky person was Ōtsutsuki Toneri on the moon, who had been planning to descend to the ninja world to seize a pair of eyes, steal a woman, and then destroy the ninja world.
"On the moon?"
Hanabi remembered. Back when Shiromo had guided her to abandon darkness and turn toward the light in Konoha, he had mentioned this.
If she did not gain strength, her eyes would be dug out and her sister would be taken away.
However, Hanabi knew about this. Orochimaru, Tobirama, and the others did not.
Previously, Shiromo had only spoken about the greatest threat, the true Ōtsutsuki clan. He had not mentioned this pseudo-Ōtsutsuki clan that had only one member left.
"The Hyuga on the moon… the Byakugan?"
Orochimaru took out a small notebook and jotted something down.
"Yes. Hamura's descendants on the moon and the Hyuga clan on Earth both practice internal marriage within their clans."
"The difference is that the Hyuga on Earth do not follow rigid rules. Over the centuries, there have been exceptions."
"But Hamura's descendants on the moon, even if they wanted exceptions, never had the opportunity."
"They could only reproduce through close relatives. The result of that is obvious."
Shiromo began explaining the situation of Hamura's descendants on the moon.
"At least the Hyuga on Earth have outside genes to balance things out, along with the subtle protection of this mysterious ninja world…"
As someone who specialized in genetic research, Orochimaru immediately grasped the issue.
"And the moral standards left behind by the Sage of Six Paths ensured that even with internal marriages, the Hyuga would keep some distance, preventing direct close-relative unions."
"But Hamura's descendants on the moon are another matter."
Tobirama added his own view.
As the Second Hokage, he was well acquainted with the Hyuga clan. Their internal marriages did indeed maintain some separation.
Although there was still risk, it was significantly reduced.
"Exactly. Ōtsutsuki Hamura may have educated his descendants, but it was clearly a failure."
"Even the crucial principles were misunderstood by later generations."
"If we set aside what we know about the Ōtsutsuki invasion, the two brothers of the Sage of Six Paths were, in a narrow sense, good people."
"They both wished for peace in the ninja world."
"However, there was only that small group of people on the moon. Even without Black Zetsu tampering with history, over time, the story somehow twisted into 'If the ninja world created by the Sage of Six Paths is flawed, then we will destroy it and create a new one.'"
"Either Ōtsutsuki Hamura was an idiot, or all of his descendants on the moon are idiots."
Shiromo spoke bluntly.
"It's quite obvious that the latter is highly likely."
"Close-relative offspring producing idiots is entirely reasonable."
Orochimaru nodded.
"Could these people serve as training for the ninja world before the real Ōtsutsuki arrive?"
Tobirama considered this angle.
"Not possible."
Shiromo shook his head.
"Since Hamura's descendants on the moon did not have the Caged Bird Seal, the peace-loving main family was slaughtered by the branch family that wanted to destroy the ninja world."
"The remaining branch family members were already inclined toward destroying the world. That alone suggests intellectual problems and severe genetic defects."
"Sure enough, they died young, were infertile, or were born with missing limbs."
"Ōtsutsuki Toneri himself was born without eyes due to genetic defects."
"The rest of the branch family gradually died off, leaving only Toneri."
"Perhaps Toneri was extremely lucky. Among a pile of genetic defects, he only randomly got the one where he was blind."
"Blind Toneri inherited the branch family's will and decided to destroy the war-torn ninja world and create a new one."
"As for how to create this new world, he planned to find a woman with pure main-family blood, such as Hyuga Hinata, marry her, and produce perfect new offspring."
"Yes, even until the end, Ōtsutsuki Toneri never understood why he had no eyes or why his clan had gone extinct."
"A thousand years of inbreeding had already made the situation irreversible."
"And yet his plan for founding a new ninja world was to kill everyone and then continue inbreeding."
"That level of intelligence has basically said goodbye to riding a bicycle."
"But this is not entirely Toneri's fault."
"It is an unsolvable vicious cycle."
"Inbreeding leads to reduced intelligence. Reduced intelligence leads to failing to recognize the problem of inbreeding. So they continue inbreeding."
"But honestly, Toneri's method is technically feasible."
"After all, the mentally ill often have broad ideas, and brain-damaged children are easily amused."
"If the new ninja world were filled entirely with idiots, then indeed no major wars could arise. At most, they would just fight a little every day."
"The mentally ill have broad ideas, and brain-damaged children are easily amused…"
Hanabi's mouth twitched.
The others were also speechless.
Turning the entire ninja world into idiots to stop war had a similar flavor to activating the Infinite Tsukuyomi and making everyone sleep and dream forever.
After hearing Shiromo's explanation, Hanabi finally understood the full background of the story he had told her back then.
But…
This Ōtsutsuki Toneri really was intellectually impaired. He needed a pair of eyes and someone to bear children.
Then why not dig out her sister's eyes and choose her instead?
What kind of taste was that!
Shiromo was much smarter and wiser for choosing her.
Hanabi grumbled inwardly.
"So why? Why did Ōtsutsuki Toneri choose Hinata instead of Hanabi, who has better strength, talent, and personality?"
"Black Zetsu" voiced the soul-searching question.
Who knew?
Shiromo did not know either.
Could it be that Ōtsutsuki Toneri was actually the type who preferred other people's lovers and wives, viewing young maidens as already wilted flowers while considering taken women the true treasures?
"No idea."
Shiromo shook his head.
"Then if it were you, how would you choose?"
"Black Zetsu" looked at Shiromo and asked.
"First of all, I wouldn't even think about destroying the ninja world… but fine, taking ten thousand steps back, if I really had to choose, then I would definitely…"
"~"
Hanabi's face lit up with anticipation.
"...take them all. Leaving aside whose eyes to dig out, what does digging out eyes have to do with having children? It's not as if the kids would be born without eyes just because you dug out someone's eyes."
"Ōtsutsuki Toneri really is an idiot, isn't he?"
"… "
Hanabi's expression froze for a moment, but after thinking about it carefully, that actually made sense.
(End of this chapter)