In the night sky, a sliver of moon so faint it was almost invisible began to wax at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A crescent, a half-moon, a waxing gibbous, until it became a full moon!
It was as though an enormous heavenly eye in the sky was opening little by little.
The eerie full moon was so red that blood seemed to seep down from it, and its clear, cold light began to turn crimson.
The scarlet, ominous moonlight looked just like the bloody glow of a Sharingan.
"Aaaargh!"
From within the blood-red full moon, there seemed to come mad whispers, affectionate calls, and all sorts of clamorous noises mixed together. They poured mercilessly into Uchiha Naruto's mind, making him howl in agony.
His head felt as though it would explode!
Clinging to a shred of reason, Uchiha Naruto used the Body Flicker Technique to leave the battlefield, leaping dozens of meters backward.
"Hah, hah, hah!"
Uchiha Naruto knelt on one knee and forced his right eye open. The three tomoe in it turned slowly. Blood still stained the corner, but the bleeding had stopped. One hand covered his left eye, and blood continued to stream between his fingers.
"It hurts so much. What's going on? Just now, it felt like something was forcibly poured into my brain, then forcibly branded into my left eye!"
Uchiha Naruto tried using Medical Ninjutsu to heal his left eye, but it had no effect whatsoever. The stabbing pain in his left eye was so intense that he almost thought he had gone blind.
"Heeheehee... I heard... Mother... heehee, I understand!"
Just then, a chilling, strangely accented Osaka voice rang out, threaded with madness.
Bishop's Sanbaso Noh mask tilted high, staring straight at the night sky as he babbled incoherently.
*Did