Meanwhile, at Naka Shrine.
Sasuke stood there, frowning at the Stone Inscription.
During the earlier battle, he had happened to glance at the inscription with his Sharingan activated and discovered that he could actually read part of it.
But once he deactivated his Sharingan, the writing on the Stone Tablet became impossible to understand or decipher.
"This really is a place near the clan grounds. Is this another secret of the Uchiha Clan...? I can read part of it, but all it records is the history of the Uchiha Clan's origins? No, there's clearly more after that. Why can't I read it?"
Sasuke was puzzled. Did it have something to do with the Sharingan's Eye Power?
Itachi once showed me that ability called the Mangekyō Sharingan. Naruto also said he was controlled by Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan ability.
What exactly is the Mangekyō Sharingan? Is it the final stage of the Sharingan's abilities? Would Kakashi know anything?
Unfortunately, Kakashi had already left on a secret mission. And since Naruto, Team 7's Chunin, was also technically "injured," Hinata had gone to look after him, leaving Sasuke alone and forced to take some time off.
"What about you? Can you make anything out?"
Sasuke turned to ask the companion beside him.
Hearing his question, the boy with the Byakugan, dressed in a white training uniform and wearing a Konoha Forehead Protector, let the veins around his eyes subside and shook his head.
It was Neji Hyuga, whom he had not seen in quite some time.
Neji had grown a little taller than he had been a year ago, and his gaze was much more resolute.
"No. Perhaps it's something only the Sharingan can see? At least, under my Byakugan, the Stone Tablet doesn't change at all. But I can see chakra fluctuations