Pill

"How are we supposed to use it?" Uchiha Fugaku stepped forward as well and instinctively asked after hearing Kagetsu's words.

"Use it as the main ingredient to make a pill." Kagetsu answered, then glanced at the three pale-faced Uchiha jonin who had expended a great deal of energy before continuing.

"They also need time to recover their strength, adjust their physical condition, and prepare themselves mentally. This experiment is dangerous. During this adjustment period, they can also decide whether they truly want to participate in the next experiment."

Fugaku looked at Uchiha Minghuo and the other two. He was not an excessively domineering Clan Head, so he would not force these three jonin, who could be considered both his trusted aides and friends.

"Does this medicine really work?" Minghuo, under Fugaku's gaze, looked at the fruit in his hand that seemed connected to him by blood and felt somewhat hesitant.

"You can choose one person to take it first and see." Kagetsu offered a suggestion.

"Can it help us awaken the Mangekyo?" When Minghuo spoke, his eyes burned with fiery anticipation.

For the Uchiha Clan, their pride and confidence in the Sharingan were carved into their bones and blood. Aside from the Senju Clan, their arrogance was directed at all ninja and ninja clans.

The Mangekyo was a higher level of eye said to exist beyond the Three Tomoe within the Uchiha Clan, possessing unbelievable power. No Uchiha who took pride in their eyes and craved power could remain calm before such a temptation.

"Do you think that's possible?"

Kagetsu's retort instantly cooled Minghuo's blazing heart and emptied Fugaku's expectations as well.

"Doesn't this fruit allow the Sharingan to advance further?" Fugaku stepped forward and asked in a deep voice.

"What do you take it for? A cure-all?"

"Its function is merely to stimulate and promote the Sharingan's evolution through an illusion. Put simply, based on your personality, interests, and way of thinking, it uses an illusion to create a mental world most likely to stimulate you into awakening your eyes.

"If you have enough potential, you may successfully evolve eyes of a higher level. But if you possess only the talent for Three Tomoe, then it can only make your Three Tomoe ocular power stronger.

"But all of this rests on the premise that your mind does not suffer irreparable trauma within the constructed mental world.

"Turning it into pills is meant to reduce the chances of mental collapse as much as possible without greatly weakening its effects."

Kagetsu raised his head, glanced at Fugaku, and answered.

Fugaku looked at Kagetsu, then at the silent Orochimaru beside him. For a moment, he could not tell what these master and disciple were planning.

Still, he was not especially disappointed. As long as the Three Tomoe Sharingan was powerful enough, it was sufficient to reach Kage-level.

As for the Mangekyo?

They were indeed incomparably powerful eyes, possessing unmatched ocular techniques, but even in the Uchiha Clan's records, such eyes were shrouded in mystery.

Over the past century, the only two with clearly recorded awakenings were Uchiha Madara and his younger brother, Uchiha Izuna.

For other Uchiha clansmen, awakening the Three Tomoe already meant exceptional talent and the potential to become at least a jonin.

"Fugaku-kun, these are pills for restoring stamina. You can have the three of them take them and begin recovering their strength and Chakra.

"In two hours, we'll proceed to the next step." Orochimaru stepped forward, holding out a long box containing three thumb-sized green pills.

Fugaku had originally intended to have Minghuo and the others take Soldier Pills, but upon seeing the transparent box Orochimaru held out, he hesitated before accepting it. He opened it and distributed the pills among Minghuo and the other two.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Minghuo and the other two sat cross-legged on the ground and swallowed the pills.

As soon as the pill entered his stomach, Minghuo felt new strength surge through his exhausted and weakened body, which had been on the verge of running dry.

His stamina recovered rapidly, and his heavy body swiftly regained its agility.

His Chakra also recovered quickly. His closed Sharingan reopened under the stimulation, and the Three Tomoe slowly spun within his blood-red eyes.

In merely a few minutes, the three of them had nearly recovered to their peak condition. Nor did they feel the deeper emptiness that came after Soldier Pills squeezed out their strength.

Orochimaru, standing nearby, narrowed his eyes into slits, looking somewhat restless. But after glancing at Fugaku standing beside him, he chose not to make a move.

Three little white snakes slowly crawled out from Orochimaru's sleeves. Under the instant attention of the three Uchiha who had activated their Three Tomoe, they slithered over to them.

"Give them some blood. It'll be needed for the next experiment," Orochimaru said.

Minghuo and the other two hesitated. Only after seeing their Clan Head nod did they follow Orochimaru's instructions, allowing the little snakes to bite their fingertips and suck out some blood.

After that, Orochimaru and Kagetsu left Fugaku and the others there and returned to the room where the experimental instruments had been placed.

"Those failed Test Subjects can actually yield this kind of substance. How wonderful! It causes human cells to divide rapidly, then quickly restores stamina, Chakra, and even injuries.

"While the pill is in effect, can it achieve something similar to Tsunade's Forbidden Technique, Creation Rebirth? No, it should only be able to achieve a certain level of Medical Ninjutsu recovery."

Through analyzing the blood and observing the condition of Minghuo and the other two, Orochimaru muttered to himself.

He discovered that after broadening his horizons and changing directions, Hashirama Cells had become an astonishing treasure trove!

Although the substance required for these pills was difficult to extract and came with a certain risk of assimilation Aftereffects, its inherent medical and restorative effects could be a decisive factor for ninja in critical moments.

It was like the Akimichi Clan's Three-Colored Pills. Even though the final pill had severe Aftereffects that endangered one's life, the Akimichi Clan still carried them at all times, swallowing them at critical moments.

And the Uchiha physique seemed capable of resisting the pills' side effects.

Was it the Sharingan's ocular power?

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes slightly. On the path toward immortality, perhaps having a little Kekkei Genkai Research that interested him would not be so bad?

Time passed second by second. Several hours later, Kagetsu and Orochimaru emerged from the Laboratory and placed three bluish-green pills before Minghuo and the other two.

"A reminder: this experiment is dangerous. I have no way of predicting what kind of mental world will be created for you. But it will certainly be brutal and filled with grief.

"Later on, it will be almost impossible for you to realize that it is an illusory world. I will also have a hard time knowing what you experience inside.

"But you must keep your minds stable!" Kagetsu warned solemnly.