The Ōtsutsuki Clan's Secret Chamber

Boruto walked up and placed his hand on the door. The feeling of resonance reached its peak here, like countless tiny currents dancing along his nerve endings.

"Let me in," he said.

"Boruto!" Naruto tried to stop him, but Boruto had already pushed the door open.

The sight inside the secret chamber left everyone stunned.

The container was still on its platform, glowing brighter than before, but not with a harsh light. It was soft and pulsing. The Light Patterns rotated clockwise, steady and regular. Each rotation came with a faint pulse of energy, its frequency identical to what Boruto had felt.

But the most striking thing wasn't the container. It was what floated above it.

It was a Light Spot, tiny—about the size of a fingernail—but solid and distinct. It hovered a meter above the container, rotating slowly and giving off light at the same frequency.

"What is that?" Sarada asked quietly. Her Sharingan was fully activated as she tried to analyze the Light Spot's structure, but all she could see was a blurry halo of light.

Yamada's Byakugan was also working at full capacity, but his expression grew more and more bewildered. "Impossible... This can't be..."

"What can't be?"

"That Light Spot..." Yamada's voice trembled. "Its Chakra signature... perfectly matches the records of Shiki."

The room fell deathly silent. Boruto took a few steps forward. The Light Spot seemed to sense him approaching; its glow brightened slightly, and it began to rotate a little faster.

"Shiki?" Boruto called tentatively.

There was no answer. The Light Spot continued to rotate, its light continuing to pulse, but it conveyed no information.

"It's not Shiki." Boruto dismissed the idea himself. "Shiki's consciousness has dissipated. This is... something else."

"It's a remnant," Yamada said suddenly, as if he'd thought of something. "When