Chapter 72.6- One Thousand Hands

“Stop getting distracted Shorirama” She hissed, turning about once she realised I was too busy looking around to follow her to the tablet. Wo could blame me? This was literal history. Well, history that was yet to happen, but you get the vibe.

I walked to the tablet, and even with my byakugan, there was nothing to be seen. Just characters that were either half or a quarter formed. They didn’t mean anything.

“I assume there’s something here I can’t read” I said, turning to her.

“Bloodline based? A seal that can tell I don’t have Uchiha blood and thus blocks me from reading it?” I asked.

“Close. Only those with the sharingan can read the beginning of the tablet. More of it becomes available as your eyes progress. An Eternal Mangekyou like mine can read most of the tablet, but the bottom bits are missing. For those, I need better eyes”

“Better eyes?” I asked. “You want me to lend you my byakugan? Shame to burst your bubble but I can’t see shit, superior eyes or no.” Uzume looked about to pull her hair. It was fun, being annoying in situation like these.

“I mean the Rinnegan” I was sure to give her a look like she was insane.

“That’s a myth”

“Seeking stability, one god was divided into yin and yang, these opposing two acting together obtain all things in creation” She read out. And it was clear that she was quoting more from memory than the tablet itself.

“What does that mean?”

“The tablet tells the story of the Sage of Six Paths. He wrote it himself. He was the god you see there. He fought the ten tails and divided them into the tailed beasts. Before he had the Rinnegan, he had the mangekyou sharingan and that is why the mangekyou can control the tailed beasts. Because the sage made them.”

“I still don’t see what this has to do with me”

“How can you be so blind, Shori? It’s me and you. Uchiha and Senju. One god, the sage of six paths, was divided into yin and yang. Yin, the soul, the Uchiha Clan. Yang, the body, the Senju clan. It’s clear that our clans are the product of the Sage’s sons. We are his descendants. If we want to make the rinnegan again, we need to find some way to fuse the clans again” She said, sounding so passionate I had to check to be sure she wasn’t under some genjutsu.

“If this is some sort of marriage proposal, It’s not a very good one” I said, trying to lighten the mood, but Uzume wasn’t having it. She actually took me seriously.

“No. Children won’t work. I’ve tracked down at least two Uchiha and Senju marriages in history. The children were born powerful but they inherited the sharingan not the rinnegan” She said.

“So what do you think?” I asked.

“I think we need to swap eyes” Yup, she was certifiably insane.