"How is my memory bad?!" Naruto immediately glared at him indignantly.
Sasuke could not be bothered to argue with him about it. He pulled a folded map from his ninja tool pouch, unfolded it, and spread it over the stone surface between them.
The firelight cast wavering shadows over the map, making its marked lines and symbols stand out in the flickering light.
"We're here right now."
He pointed to a spot circled in ink in the southwestern corner of the map. "About twenty li north of here, there's a ruin that was discovered two days ago."
Sasuke outlined an area with his hand. "Very little was preserved inside. A few walls carved with symbols, shattered stone slabs on the floor, and a broken stone pillar."
"The symbols look very similar to the ones we saw in Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's ruins before, and their style is close too."
"But there are still too few useful clues."
"The village's Intelligence Department sent people from the Analysis Team to help, but they didn't find much either."
Naruto stared at the circle on the map, his brows drawing together slightly. "Then why are you still here?"
"If you've already searched it, you should move on somewhere else."
"Oh, right. I already asked that."
Sasuke glanced at Naruto, the meaning in his gaze plain.
And you still claim you have a good memory?
"Ahem, ahem. Go on." Naruto chuckled, pretending nothing had happened, and repeatedly urged him to continue.
Sasuke rolled his eyes before continuing, "We were planning to leave, but someone on the Search Team accidentally destroyed a stone wall in the ruins, which led us to discover other clues."
"You think there might be more ruins nearby?"
"I'm not sure."
Sasuke's answer was blunt. "There might be nothing at all."
"When we go