This small island had once belonged to humans, but later these black monkeys had taken over the territory, Uchiha Madara thought.
However, one thing made Uchiha Madara extremely curious. Although these inscriptions looked like they had been made by humans, there was something strange about them: there were no traces whatsoever of humans having lived on this island.
If humans had once occupied this island, it would have been impossible not to find any signs of human habitation in the very center of it.
Could this be ruins left behind by ancient humans? If not, there was no explanation for the dense inscriptions covering the gate.
At that moment, Uchiha Madara recalled the writing carved onto his clan's stone tablet. Only the Sharingan could read the words on it.
Perhaps there was some secret within this gate that could affect the entire world. Perhaps whatever was inside could greatly help him carry out his plan after he returned.
With that thought, Uchiha Madara slowly walked toward the gate.
"Stop!" To his surprise, Uchiha Madara heard a human voice on this island, which he had originally believed to be deserted.
That meant his analysis had been correct. There were actually humans living within the Dark Sea.
Uchiha Madara turned around, and the two figures behind him truly startled him.
The things before him were human, yet not human. They resembled monkeys, with obvious simian features, and stood naked before Uchiha Madara.
The heads of the two creatures looked as though they were midway between monkey and human, while their bodies were covered by only a thin layer of black monkey fur.
Their upright posture, their joints, even the proportions of their upper and lower limbs were already basically human.
Both held similarly styled longswords. From the way their hands gripped the