Rasa's Confusion

Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi each held a scalpel and directly cut away the two men's eyelids.

No anesthetic could be used for this eye transplant. Ideally, the surgery had to be performed while they were conscious.

The pain was far from ordinary.

Their eyelids were difficult to control, so they had no choice but to remove them first.

Then Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi began cutting directly.

Itachi and Fugaku were both veterans who had endured countless battles and injuries.

But having someone operate inside their eye sockets was a first even for them.

Fortunately, Kabuto Yakushi and Orochimaru were highly skilled and very fast.

They removed their eyes in less than a minute.

They first placed them on measuring equipment to record the data, then began transplanting the eyes.

A few minutes later, Orochimaru indicated that it was done.

At that moment, Senyo came before Itachi and placed a hand on his head.

In his mind, he pulled up the Star of Bonds menu.

He opened Fugaku's fourth star, which he had never claimed before.

"Ding, Uchiha Fugaku's level-four bond has been unlocked."

"Congratulations, Host, you have obtained: 100% of Uchiha Fugaku's ocular power."

Within Itachi's sea of consciousness, he crushed the star.

A vast amount of Fugaku's ocular power spread out, rapidly merging with Fugaku's eyes in Itachi's sockets.

Though Itachi had been told of the process beforehand, the sudden appearance of so much ocular power still caught him off guard.

Senyo's voice rang out. "Don't move. Slowly merge your ocular powers and repair these eyes."

"Understood, Senior."

Itachi calmed down. Orochimaru restored his eyelids and applied medicine.

These were Fugaku's severely damaged eyes.

But now that abundant ocular power had been infused into them, they would recover quickly.

Meanwhile, Fugaku had received Itachi's relatively healthier eyes.

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