"Susanoo…"
Naruto murmured.
Looking at the ribcage that appeared around Wife Izumi.
His intuition told him that this creation, born from the Mangekyo Sharingan, could both attack and defend… and could even upgrade like the Sharingan.
As expected.
Izumi retracted her Susanoo, then softly said, "It's fine. Although it consumes a lot, it's still within an acceptable range… This is just the initial form of Susanoo."
"I feel that it will get stronger later on, but it will also require more pupil power."
"However, if I only use the initial form, it won't consume much."
"Hmm, this Susanoo feels very strange to me, but this way I'm relieved." Naruto nodded slightly.
This way, Wife Izumi also has the ability to protect herself.
"Mhm~" Izumi nodded obediently.
At this moment, they arrived at their destination.
Naka Shrine.
Looking at the Naka Shrine, which was overgrown with weeds.
Uchiha Izumi sighed softly.
However, feeling the warmth in her hand, Izumi quickly recovered.
The former Uchiha Clan had become history.
But it had not completely vanished.
Her mission was to resurrect the Uchiha Clan, to revive the Uchiha Clan!
Hmm… although she shouted it forcefully in her heart.
But returning to reality, seeing Naruto's half-smile, she immediately cowered.
"Cough, cough." She coughed twice to hide her inner panic.
Then she stepped forward and activated her Sharingan.
"There is indeed a seal."
"I'll open it now."
Naruto didn't expose her change of topic.
What Izumi was just thinking naturally couldn't be hidden from Naruto.
'This matter can't be rushed, it's not time yet.'
Rumble—
Perhaps because it hadn't been opened for too long.
When the gate sealed by the Sharingan opened, the commotion was considerable.
Bang—
Naruto formed a hand sign with one hand, creating several Shadow Clones.
Whoosh—
The moment the Shadow Clones appeared.
Naruto didn't need to say anything more.
They immediately scattered in all directions.
Izumi retreated to Naruto's side.
After layers of dust dispersed.
She curiously observed the mysterious shrine.
"Let's go."
As his voice fell, the remaining Shadow Clones rushed in first.
Naruto held Wife Izumi's hand and followed behind.
As long as the Shadow Clones hadn't dispelled, it meant there was no danger.
Entering the dark passage.
While the Shadow Clones scouted ahead, they also lit the torches around them.
Instantly.
The dark passage was illuminated by firelight.
Several years had passed, and it seemed to have remained unaffected inside.
Using the firelight, they observed their surroundings.
There were no traces of anyone having entered.
Of course, this was judged based on its sealed state back then.
"What could be inside?"
Izumi didn't relax her vigilance.
"I don't know, but it's confirmed, there's no danger. This shrine is more like a small underground secret meeting base."
Buzz—
Saying that, Naruto took Izumi and disappeared from their original spot.
Appearing at the location where the Shadow Clones had vanished.
At the same time, a three-pronged kunai was left in the passage.
When the two appeared, the surrounding torches had just been lit.
This was a secret room, neither big nor small.
There was nothing.
Except for a stone tablet between the two fires in front.
"Sure enough."
Naruto's eyes lit up.
The Uchiha Clan's stone tablet.
This was not something easily obtained.
Izumi also curiously observed the stone tablet.
"I can't tell what it is."
"But, I feel… it seems like I need to activate the Sharingan or even the Mangekyo Sharingan to read it."
"Give it a try." Naruto said.
"Okay."
Izumi stepped forward and activated her Sharingan.
Her delicate brows furrowed, "There's a slight change, but it's not obvious."
"It's somewhat similar to the ancient texts I've read before."
As she spoke, Izumi's Sharingan disappeared, and she further activated her Mangekyo Sharingan.
"Eh?"
As soon as she activated it, Izumi let out a puzzled sound, then moved closer.
Naruto followed beside her.
"How is it?"
"There's a change… the characters recorded on this stone tablet are slowly changing… it seems to require pupil power to decipher." Izumi said with some uncertainty.
"Is it enough?" Naruto said in a deep voice.
If the consumption was too great, they would decipher it in several attempts.
"It won't exceed my recovery speed." Izumi shook her head.
Then she formed hand signs.
She squinted her eyes slightly and began to concentrate on deciphering.
She stumbled through the words.
"There's a lot of content… I'm starting to decipher."
"Hmm… wait, it seems someone else left some text… ignore that for now, let's decipher the content recorded on the stone tablet first."
"A… deity… for stability, divided the world into two poles, Yin and Yang…"
Izumi's deciphering speed was not fast.
It took her two and a half minutes to decipher this single line of text.
Of course, this was also related to Izumi having only mastered the Mangekyo Sharingan for a short time.
Naruto frowned slightly.
Deity?
The deity he believed most likely existed… no, it should be said, a demigod.
Was the Six Paths Sage.
The Rabbit Goddess was the second most likely to have existed.
To pacify a chaotic world, one must possess absolute power.
Naruto thought of the Great Fox.
Perhaps… the Rabbit Goddess was the First Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?
Unfortunately, whenever these topics came up, the Great Fox would feign ignorance.
Perhaps it thought that his current self didn't need to know too early.
"Two opposing elements… interacting? Combining?"
"Will produce… All Creation."
The moment Wife Izumi's voice fell, Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"This principle can be applied to many things. Two opposing forces… interacting, resulting in All Creation."
"What if they are similar?"
According to legend, the descendants of the Six Paths Sage… the Uzumaki, Senju, possess the sage body.
The Uchiha, Hyuga, possess the Sage Eyes…
If these legends passed down are true…
Naruto's eyes gleamed.
All Creation… All Creation…
Murmuring twice, Naruto trembled all over.
"Uchiha Madara didn't die, he must have seen this… feigned death, Izanagi!"
"Why did he instigate the battle with Senju Hashirama… there's a problem!"
"A huge problem!"
"Perhaps it's… All Creation… was he trying to get something from Senju Hashirama?"
"The combination of sage body and Sage Eyes…"
Just as Naruto was murmuring.
Wife Izumi suddenly exclaimed, then grabbed Naruto's hand and pointed at the stone tablet, too shocked to speak for a moment.
Naruto didn't rush, first calming Wife Izumi's emotions, then asked, "What did you see?"
Izumi swallowed, somewhat incredulously.
"If what's recorded on the stone tablet is true…"
"Naruto, the Six Paths Sage!"
"What?"
"I saw a part of the content, it seems to have been left by the Six Paths Sage!"
"It's harder to decipher than the other content!"
Saying that, Izumi continued to look at the stone tablet and deciphered aloud:
"My name is Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, later generations often call me the Six Paths Sage."
"One who… can read this tablet… awakens the power of my eyes."
"My eldest son, Indra, inherited the power of my eyes…"