Uchiha Myoji's "battle" had ended.
The trial version did not offer unlimited revives; it only gave five lives.
Once all five lives were used up, the trial ended.
When his consciousness returned to reality, Uchiha Myoji still felt as though he had crossed into another world and could barely react. The mental shock brought on by dying repeatedly left him dazed, his body twitching uncontrollably. His Sharingan also seemed impossible to deactivate. Even now, the tomoe within his eyes continued to spin.
After the several Uchiha spectators returned to their senses, their gazes all turned toward Uchiha Myoji. Upon seeing the state of his Sharingan, Grand Elder Uchiha Setsuna immediately activated his own Sharingan and stared intently at Uchiha Myoji.
After a while, joy became impossible to suppress on Uchiha Setsuna's aged face, and he burst into laughter. "Hahahaha! Good! Very good! Excellent! Hahahaha!"
The sudden laughter made the other Uchiha, who had yet to understand the situation—or simply could not see the change in Uchiha Myoji—turn to look at him.
Uchiha Fugaku could not help asking, "Grand Elder, what happened? Was the Genjutsu Game's effect that good?"
Uchiha Setsuna shook his head, then nodded. Under everyone's increasingly puzzled gazes, he said in a deep voice, "The Genjutsu Game is far better than imagined. Its incomparably realistic scenarios are an unimaginably precious asset to the Uchiha Clan."
"The change in Myoji is the best proof—everyone, starting today, the Uchiha Clan has gained another top-tier Three-Tomoe Sharingan user."
Everyone was stunned. Then they hurriedly looked at Uchiha Myoji again and saw the black Pupil Ring clearly linking the three tomoe within his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
That degree of clarity was the hallmark of a top-tier Three-Tomoe Sharingan!
Within the Uchiha Clan, there were clear differences in strength even among Three-Tomoe Sharingan users. The most obvious sign was the Pupil Ring connecting the three tomoe.
With the most basic Three-Tomoe Sharingan, one could essentially only see the three tomoe, while the Pupil Ring was at most a few faint dashed lines.
With a more advanced Three-Tomoe Sharingan, those dashed lines formed a clear connection, though the line was so thin that it was hard to notice without looking carefully.
A top-tier Three-Tomoe Sharingan, however, allowed one to clearly see that Pupil Ring.
Uchiha Fugaku and his son, along with Uchiha Setsuna, possessed this level of Sharingan. In the entire Uchiha Clan, only those three had them.
But now, there was one more: Uchiha Myoji.
Uchiha Myoji's bloodline was not particularly strong. Because his bloodline purity was insufficient, he had awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan more than twenty years ago, yet had remained stuck at the intermediate level without making any further progress.
Yet today, after merely "trying out" the Genjutsu Game, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan had broken through the limitations of his bloodline and evolved to the highest level. There was no doubt that this was cheating.
Most importantly, this kind of cheat was in the hands of an Uchiha!
For a time, the Uchiha all looked at the calm and composed Uchiha Qi with fervent eyes. After all, he understood the Uchiha Clan's situation well enough to have expected this development long ago. He was even thinking that, as expected, not every Uchiha could awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. Without the talent and aptitude, no amount of stimulation would do more than strengthen the Sharingan slightly.
Those with aptitude and talent, like Uchiha Obito, could cheat their way directly from Two Tomoe to the Mangekyō Sharingan—and it was the absurdly powerful Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan at that. He truly was the kind of person favored by heaven.
Yet in the eyes of the Uchiha, Uchiha Qi's calm composure meant that he had everything under control, that even Mount Tai collapsing before him would not change his expression, that he stood above worldly affairs—every possible compliment applied.
As for why there were so many descriptions, it was because each of the dozen or so Uchiha had different thoughts when looking at Uchiha Qi.
But overall, everyone felt that Uchiha Qi looked exceptionally handsome and incredibly impressive right now.
It could not be helped. Before an unprecedented genius who could truly break through limitations and use genjutsu to advance his clansmen's Sharingan, no level of respect would be excessive.
The Uchiha Clan had long tried using genjutsu to stimulate the heart and make their clansmen awaken or advance their Sharingan, but every attempt had failed.
Unless one had reached the Mangekyō Sharingan, and possessed a Mangekyō ability specializing in genjutsu like Tsukuyomi, the genjutsu created would inevitably feel false.
Overall, it felt like a dream. People would be muddleheaded, feel that everything in the world was unreal, and find even their bodies beyond their control.
Such "falsehood" simply could not stimulate the Uchiha to awaken their eyes or advance their Sharingan.
When the future Uchiha Weasel used genjutsu to stimulate his foolish little brother, he had in fact used the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Even so, Second Pillar had shown the world exactly what it meant to say, "Go ahead and stimulate me. If my eyes evolve, I lose."
That was the Uchiha Clan's true experience with using genjutsu to stimulate the Sharingan. To change an Uchiha's eyes, stimulation could only be found in reality.
That usually meant painful shocks and hardships, which was also why the Uchiha, as a clan of love, generally had psychological issues.
But now, things were different. The Genjutsu Game created by Uchiha Qi was built around realism, and its various hellish tricks were things the Uchiha had never encountered before.
With such a secret technique in hand, would they still need to fear future Sharingan-related problems among the Uchiha?
If anyone wanted to awaken their eyes, or if anyone wanted to advance their Sharingan, they only needed to take a trip through the Genjutsu Game.
Of course, the Genjutsu Game was not omnipotent. At the very least, in the eyes of Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Masanobu, the game "Homecoming" was quite stimulating, but still insufficient for awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan.
However, the Genjutsu Game still possessed immense development potential. It all depended on whether Uchiha Qi could go even further from this foundation.
Later, when Uchiha Myoji came back to himself and discovered that his Sharingan had advanced again, he became immensely excited, his face full of wild joy.
Though he had been abused horribly in the game, the gains in reality were tremendous. He could not help expressing his gratitude to Uchiha Qi and clearly stated that if Uchiha Qi ever needed anything in the future, he only had to give the word. Uchiha Myoji would go through fire and water without hesitation.
That attitude was practically no different from offering a pledge of loyalty.
If another clan had encountered such a situation, its Clan Head and elders would certainly have grown wary of Uchiha Qi, believing that he was causing trouble and posing a massive threat to their authority and power.
But...
This was the Uchiha Clan!
Faced with this situation, Uchiha Setsuna and the others felt only gratification and joy. Uchiha Fugaku was also delighted and deeply relieved—his promising junior had finally risen completely!
Honestly, this clan atmosphere was genuinely great. Their unity was unbelievable. If not for the future appearance of Obito Uchiha and the Weasel who exterminated his own clan, even with internal disagreements, they would never have become so tense and hostile by the time they prepared their coup.
Of course, Uchiha Qi was not thinking too deeply about such matters now. While the other Uchiha immersed themselves in joy and anticipation for the future, he too was happy.
It was just that he was happy about something personal—within the system panel, the mission's Emotion Value collection progress had surged forward by a large amount.
Moreover, it was not only Uchiha Myoji, the player, who had provided Emotion Value. The Uchiha spectators had also provided it, though not nearly as much as Uchiha Myoji.
The numbers were rather low. For example, Uchiha Setsuna had provided 22 points of Emotion Value, which was nowhere close to the more than 600 points provided by Uchiha Myoji.
Uchiha Qi studied the system for a while and eventually discovered that there was a fixed rule for Emotion Value provided by spectators. The amount absorbed was one-tenth of the Emotion Value the spectator actually generated.
For example, Uchiha Setsuna had provided 22 points of Emotion Value. This meant that, from his godlike spectator's perspective while watching Uchiha Myoji play, he had generated 220 points of Emotion Value. But the system absorbed only one-tenth of it—22 points.
A ten-percent absorption rate.
That ratio made Uchiha Qi's eyes widen before he exclaimed that it was absurdly high.
After all, these were spectators, not the players themselves!
Anyone from Earth knew what the livestreaming industry was like. Uchiha Qi had only carried out preliminary development based on the Genjutsu Game, allowing just a few people to "spectate."
But what if he continued developing the Genjutsu Game so that more people could watch livestreams?
What if the scope of livestream viewing expanded to all of Konoha, or even the entire Land of Fire?
At that point, the Emotion Value generated would no longer be something a mere player could compare to.
With that thought, Uchiha Qi understood that the Live Streaming System had to be developed—and developed on a grand scale!
Thus, Uchiha Qi added a "livestream development" project to his future game expansion plan, and placed it at the very top.
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