"Anything." Lilynette nodded. "But I should warn you, some of the knowledge here is dangerous. Reading it might overturn everything you believe. Are you sure you want to see it?"
Naruto looked at the shelves, at the ancient scrolls. He knew Lilynette was telling the truth.
But he also knew that if he wanted to understand Liuyu, understand Las Noches, and understand what had really happened to this world, he needed to know the truth.
"I do."
"All right, start over here." Lilynette led him to a section where the shelf labels read "Shinobi World history: before the Warring States Period."
Naruto took out the oldest-looking scroll. It was made from some kind of animal hide, yellowed and brittle with age.
He carefully unrolled it. The writing was in an ancient script, yet somehow he could read it-was the Nine-Tails translating for him?
No, it wasn't the Nine-Tails. It was him.
These characters... I feel like I've seen them somewhere before.
"That is the script used in the Sage of Six Paths' era," a gentle voice said behind him.
Naruto turned and saw Uchiha Ryūha standing there. He had no idea when he had appeared.
He still wore his white robe, his eyes behind his glasses resting calmly on the scroll in Naruto's hands.
"You can read it because of your bloodline." Liuyu walked over and took another scroll from the shelf.
"The Uzumaki Clan descended from the Sage of Six Paths. You inherited the sage body, along with the ability to read this script.
"Although Konoha's education system removed this knowledge long ago, the memory remains in your blood."
He unrolled the scroll in his hands, revealing a picture.
In it, a woman with long white hair and two horns on her head floated in the air. Her eyes