Sometimes, all it took was a comparison to spot what was wrong.
The black shadow gradually faded.
Uchiha Hikari revealed her true appearance.
"Forget this 'senior' nonsense—you should call me Grandma! Even if I really were that Madara Uchiha, you'd still have to call me Grandma! So what if I use my junior's name?"
She looked rather smug.
Sasuke sighed.
Then he bowed to Kira and prepared to leave.
But Kira grabbed hold of him.
"Anyway—look here!"
Kira made Sasuke look into her eyes.
Sasuke: ?!!
Something entered them.
"Anyway, I'll lend you Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi for the time being."
Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan abilities were not Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi.
Because of the differences in his state of mind and his energy, the power Sasuke had awakened in his Mangekyō Sharingan was itself different from before.
However, Uchiha Hikari possessed many Mangekyō ocular techniques.
Her eyes had "recorded" many techniques similar to Amaterasu, Kagutsuchi, and Tsukuyomi.
The reason Uchiha Hikari knew so many different ocular techniques was that members of the Uchiha Clan had engraved different Mangekyō abilities into her Sharingan.
"...Thank you."
His ocular power had strengthened.
Sasuke could clearly feel that stirring sensation within his eyes.
"Then I'm off." Sasuke turned and left the village.
"I've come back here again."
Scene Change. Naruto had now arrived in the Land of Demons.
This place had once been ravaged by the Nine-Tails, but it now seemed to have regained its usual tranquility.
"Naruto!"
Almost the instant Naruto arrived, a figure immediately rushed toward him.
"Shion—"
Naruto had intended to push her away, but in the end, he did not.
"Idiot—idiot—idiot—that obviously wasn't your fault!"
Nine-Tails: "..."
Mm, it really had been the Nine-Tails' fault.
Like Sasuke, Naruto had left the village in secret, and no one knew.
But Shion possessed the