So, next was Uchiha Nobuhiko! After stroking the relatively new bookshelf, Chiba slowly moved forward, walking deeper inside. As he looked at the books on the shelves, which grew older with the passing years, and at the coded plaques marking the years that gradually began appearing on the shelves, his brows knitted slightly.
According to Nao's story, Uchiha Nobuhiko should have been in Hirohiko...
Based on Nao's account, he began estimating the year Uchiha Nobuhiko had betrayed the village.
After walking for a while, he stopped beside two adjacent bookshelves bearing the same coded writing, his brows furrowing deeply.
So many things happened in the year Uchiha Nobuhiko betrayed the village? After stopping, Chiba looked again at the two adjacent shelves behind them. The coded writing on them was exactly the same.
In other words, the events of that year filled a full four bookshelves! This was the first time Chiba had encountered such a situation. Four bookshelves was eight times the number of records in the year with the fewest events he had seen, and twice that of the busiest year aside from this one.
That year should have been Konoha's busiest year.
Hmm? I remember that year being peaceful too. Nothing major happened, did it?
Why was there so much archived material, as if something earth-shattering had happened? Could Uchiha Nobuhiko's betrayal really have caused such a huge reaction in Konoha? Frowning, Chiba raised his head, stood on tiptoe, and took down a scroll from the top shelf. As he brushed away the dust, he began reading with suspicion.
As he read, Chiba was quickly drawn in.
One scroll, two scrolls... one bamboo slip, two bamboo slips... one book, two books...
The more he read, the tighter his brows drew together.
Nothing... nothing! There was nothing?
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