The Stone Tablet Explodes! Kamizuki Yu Gains Modified Kotoamatsukami, Kaguya's Will Chats Across Servers

The secret stone chamber beneath Nanga Shrine felt even more oppressive than usual.

Stone steps wound downward, leading to the shadowy space that bore witness to the Uchiha Clan's centuries of rise and fall.

Kamizuki Yu walked in front, with Itachi and Shisui close behind. Their footsteps echoed through the silence. Uchiha Clan Fugaku remained in the shrine's main hall, ensuring no one disturbed this special "interpretation."

The three stopped before the massive stone tablet.

The inscription was ancient and obscure. Even geniuses like Itachi and Shisui could decipher only some of its more superficial meanings.

"Advisor, this is the stone tablet passed down through the clan for generations." Itachi's tone was complicated, carrying both reverence for his clan's history and uncertainty about the future.

Shisui added, "They say only those who awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan can see its deeper contents. Even then, they may not fully grasp its true meaning."

Kamizuki Yu nodded slightly, his gaze settling on the stone tablet.

The twisted characters seemed to take on different forms in his eyes.

He silently recited in his heart.

System, check in.

"Ding! Check-in successful at [Nanga Shrine Secret Stone Tablet (Deep Interpretation of the Core Area)]!"

"Congratulations, Host, for obtaining [Modified Kotoamatsukami (greatly reduced cooldown, enhanced control version, can be used on oneself to strengthen one's will or break genjutsu)] and [Complete Uchiha Clan Stone Tablet Interpretation Authority · Includes an Initial Glimpse into Kaguya's Secrets]!"

In an instant, a vast surge of spiritual energy flowed into Kamizuki Yu's right eye. After a wave of warmth came an extreme coolness.

[Modified Kotoamatsukami].

This was not Shisui's original version, which required more than a decade of cooldown. Anything produced by the system was bound to be exceptional. Its cooldown was greatly reduced, its control far stronger, and it could even be used on himself to instantly dispel genjutsu or reinforce his own will.

It was practically a trump card tailor-made for the plans ahead.

At the same time, the patterns and writing on the stone tablet, which had previously been somewhat unclear even to him, became incomparably distinct. Their deeper meanings flooded into his mind like a tidal wave.

The legend of the Sage of Six Paths, the endless reincarnations of Indra and Asura, the origin of the Divine Tree, the birth of the tailed beasts... everything was laid bare before him in its most primitive, essential form.

He even caught a trace... a few scattered clues about Kaguya Otsutsuki and the "beyond the heavens" from which she came.

The instant Kamizuki Yu's consciousness touched that clue from "beyond the heavens," an indescribably cold will seemed to cast a glance from the far side of the starry sky.

That will was vast and frigid, carrying the indifference of one looking down upon ants.

The faintest contact made even Kamizuki Yu's soul tremble.

Damn, this world ran far deeper than I expected. Compared to the real threat, all the fighting and killing on the surface was child's play.

That will came swiftly and vanished just as quickly, as though it had merely been an unconscious moment of perception.

Kamizuki Yu remained outwardly calm, but waves had already risen in his heart. Kaguya Otsutsuki... and whatever stood behind her?

It seemed his plan to lie low and grow stronger needed some adjustments.

Itachi and Shisui had no idea what kind of harrowing spiritual clash Kamizuki Yu had undergone in that brief instant.

They only discovered in astonishment that, beneath Kamizuki Yu's gaze, the ancient stone tablet seemed to have... come alive.

The once dull and lifeless surface now appeared to shimmer with a faint glow. The complex diagrams and text that they had struggled to identify became exceptionally clear under Kamizuki Yu's gaze, as if the tablet itself were actively revealing its secrets to him.

"This... this is..." Shisui's voice was somewhat hoarse. He could sense a certain response emanating from the tablet, one directed at Kamizuki Yu.

Itachi's eyes widened as well. His Mangekyo Sharingan opened unconsciously as he tried to capture this strange change.

Kamizuki Yu withdrew his gaze, and the faint light from the stone tablet dimmed with it.

He turned around and looked at the two hopes of the Uchiha Clan before him.

"The tablet records that power itself is neither right nor wrong. What matters is the heart of the person who wields it." Kamizuki Yu's tone was calm, yet carried an undeniable force.

"Endless hatred and conflict will only breed greater power, dragging everything into a vortex of destruction."

"The tablet mentions that true peace does not come from one side's absolute suppression of the other. It requires love and understanding, and it requires finding a path to coexistence."

These words had been filtered and "artistically refined" by him. The stone tablet did indeed contain similar content, but it spoke far more of the evolution of ocular power and the cruel truth behind the pursuit of strength. He had selected only the parts most beneficial to the current situation and most likely to move Itachi and Shisui.

Itachi fell into thought. Love and understanding... how similar that was to the ideal of peace he had always pursued.

Shisui was even more excited. "Advisor, are you saying... that our Uchiha Clan truly has another path to take?"

"The path has always been there," Kamizuki Yu replied. "It simply needs someone to carve it out, and someone to guide the way."

"The tablet also warns future generations that if their eyes are blinded by power, if they pursue ultimate strength and lose their true nature, they will ultimately become slaves to power and bring disaster upon the world." His meaning was pointed as his gaze rested on the two of them for a moment.

Those words were meant for them, but they were also a warning to himself.

With [Modified Kotoamatsukami], along with complete authority to interpret the stone tablet, Kamizuki Yu had a greater grasp of his subsequent plans. Danzo's little schemes would have nowhere to hide before him. The internal purge of the Uchiha Clan could also become more precise.

"Keep what happened today strictly confidential," Kamizuki Yu instructed.

"We understand!" Shisui and Itachi answered in unison.

They knew that if what they had seen and heard today leaked out, it would stir an enormous uproar within the clan and across the entire Hidden Leaf.

"Let's go back." Kamizuki Yu stepped toward the exit of the stone chamber. "There is still much to do next."

Itachi and Shisui exchanged a glance, each seeing an unprecedented light in the other's eyes.

They quickly followed after him.

The stone chamber's door closed once more, sealing the tablet that bore countless secrets back within the darkness.

But some things had already changed.