Although Kage Level already made someone a lofty powerhouse in the Shinobi World, to the Otsutsuki Clan, it might really only be the starting point.
The thought that the greatest pride of his entire life was very likely just the Otsutsuki Clan's starting line left Jiraiya feeling more than a little unwilling. More than a little annoyed too.
He could not beat the powerful Otsutsuki. Fine. But could he really not beat the Otsutsuki Fisherman?
After all, from Kaede Kitahara's tone, that guy did not seem all that impressive.
"But Otsutsuki Toneri actually fought an Otsutsuki from the Otsutsuki Main Family. So things really are different now?"
Jiraiya looked at the diary's description. Although he did not know exactly what it meant for the Otsutsuki Fisherman to have ambushed Otsutsuki Toneri, he could fully imagine it had not been done openly or honorably.
Kaede Kitahara's meaning was clearly to tease Otsutsuki Toneri for suffering such a huge drop in strength after losing the Tenseigan, to the point that he actually took a major loss from the Otsutsuki Fisherman.
But in the eyes of smart people like Jiraiya, they saw something else.
That was, it seemed the Otsutsuki Branch Family on the moon and the Otsutsuki Main Family deep among the stars were not on the same side. There might even be some kind of conflict between them.
Otherwise, why would a member of the Otsutsuki Clan's Main Family launch a sneak attack on a member of the Otsutsuki Clan's Branch House?
"They really aren't those Otsutsuki anymore."
Tsunade looked at the diary's contents and reached the same conclusion. If they followed Kaede Kitahara's explanation, then their Senju Clan could technically be called part of the Otsutsuki Clan too.
That was, if they chose to inherit the surname of their ancestor Otsutsuki Hagoromo. But just as Kaede Kitahara was unwilling to inherit the name of the Uchiha Clan, their Senju Clan had no interest in inheriting the Otsutsuki surname either.
In other words, they and the Otsutsuki Branch Family on the moon were actually the same kind of people. Both were descendants of mixed blood between the Otsutsuki Clan and the natives of the Shinobi World. They could no longer be counted as true Otsutsuki.
Although their strength and talent far surpassed the native people of the Shinobi World, they still recognized themselves as ninja of the Shinobi World, not something like Otsutsuki Momoshiki, who constantly called others inferior creatures.
So just as Tsunade would never acknowledge herself as some Otsutsuki, the Otsutsuki Branch Family on the moon had probably also drifted farther and farther away from the Main Family.
She just did not know whether they had communicated over the years, or whether there had been any conflict between them.
"Could it be that the Otsutsuki Branch Family has stayed quiet all these years because they were resisting the Otsutsuki from the stars?"
Tsunade suddenly thought of another possibility. Kaede Kitahara had previously mentioned the internal conflict among the Otsutsuki on the moon. In it, the Otsutsuki Main House had fled into the Shinobi World like Stray Dogs and become the Hyuga Clan.
And the Otsutsuki Branch Family had chosen not to pursue them into the Shinobi World. They had not even carried out the so-called last command of their ancestor, Otsutsuki Hamura. Was that because of the Otsutsuki Main Family among the stars?
With that explanation, so many things fit. They all fit.
It could completely explain why the Otsutsuki Branch Family had remained quiet for so many years.
It was just that their idea of destroying the Shinobi World was far too horrifying. If a celestial body as huge as the moon crashed down, then everyone would be finished. Every living thing would be finished.
The Shinobi World would completely become a silent world of death.
Without question, in Tsunade's eyes, even Orochimaru's Konoha Crush Plan, which was right in front of them and already imminent, could no longer count as a major issue. The ones truly worth her attention were still those Otsutsuki.
Although, from the look of things, it would be at least several decades before the Otsutsuki came to Earth. By then, she would already be as old as the Third Old Man was now. Why would she still need to worry about it?
"Uchiha Pile Driver…"
Uchiha Sasuke put down the Kusanagi Sword in his hand, utterly speechless. Of all the things Kaede Kitahara could have said, he had brought up the Uchiha Pile Driver again. After reading the diary for so long, Sasuke already knew that Uchiha Pile Driver referred to him, which made him even more speechless. Kaede Kitahara had such awful taste. Every time, he used this incident to tease him.
What was wrong with the Uchiha Pile Driver? Had it eaten his rice or something?
"Legend of Eyes, Legend of Tattoos?"
Uchiha Itachi looked at the diary's record. Based on what he had learned from reading the diary for so long, Legend of Eyes should refer to a series of dojutsu Kekkei Genkai, including the Sharingan, Byakugan, and Rinnegan.
Clearly, in Kaede Kitahara's understanding, these were undoubtedly the highest-level Kekkei Genkai. Any other type of Kekkei Genkai looked dim and inferior when compared with dojutsu.
This was an inheritance from the bloodline of a god clan from an alien planet. Indeed, compared to dojutsu, other types of Kekkei Genkai were not much different below Kage Level. But the higher one climbed, the wider the gap became.
Then what about the Legend of Tattoos, which could stand beside the Legend of Eyes?
Legend of Tattoos?
He could fully sense the thick malice in Kaede Kitahara's joking words.
But since it could stand alongside the Legend of Eyes, it was very clearly another powerful Kekkei Genkai series. It might not even involve only one specific Kekkei Genkai.
Kaede Kitahara's terrible personality has not changed. After his strength increased greatly, his nature did not undergo any major shift.
Uchiha Itachi silently added another line to the paper.
After Kaede Kitahara's strength had improved tremendously, Itachi had once worried that Kaede Kitahara might turn bad. He had seen plenty of such cases before, people whose mentality shattered after their strength suddenly rose.
Virtue unworthy of position.
But clearly, Kaede Kitahara did not have that problem. In his own positioning, he seemed to always place himself on the level of the weak. The matter of the Otsutsuki Clan remained forever suspended above him like a sharp sword.
But as long as Kaede Kitahara had not changed for the worse, that was good. At least Itachi did not need to consider preparing a special countermeasure against him.
"Toneri… Is that guy going to be ambushed by the Otsutsuki Clan from beyond the sky?"
Seventh Hokage Naruto looked at the diary's contents and frowned.
Compared to the others, he knew much more. He also knew who Otsutsuki Toneri was.
That was the romantic rival who had nearly killed him and stolen his wife.
Of course, that was all in the past. Later, after Otsutsuki Toneri realized his misunderstanding, he had turned back from the wrong path. Naturally, the most important reason was that Naruto had beaten him into submission.
After that, in order to atone for his sins, he had chosen to remain on the moon and watch the stars for powerful Otsutsuki enemies approaching Earth.
Now, it seemed he should have encountered a powerful Otsutsuki enemy head-on.
The known ones were Otsutsuki Momoshiki, Otsutsuki Kinshiki, that ridiculous Otsutsuki Fisherman, and Otsutsuki Isshiki.
And according to Kaede Kitahara, Otsutsuki Isshiki had always been in the Shinobi World. That meant the outsiders were Otsutsuki Momoshiki, Otsutsuki Kinshiki, and the Otsutsuki Fisherman.
But in Kaede Kitahara's earliest diary video, only Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Otsutsuki Kinshiki had appeared. Then had that Otsutsuki Fisherman hidden himself inside the Shinobi World without showing up?
That was dangerous!