Naruto: Getting Stronger by Drinking

Possessing a Three Tomoe Sharingan meant having the combat strength of a jonin—and being an exceptionally strong one even among jonin.

But the strength of a Three Tomoe Sharingan was not enough to make Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha's higher-ups wary.

What they feared was the next stage after the Three Tomoe Sharingan: the Mangekyō Sharingan!

As long as one possessed a Mangekyō Sharingan, it meant the birth of Kage-level combat power!

And as their control over the Mangekyō Sharingan's Dojutsu grew, they could even control Tailed Beasts!

That was the real reason Konoha's higher-ups feared the Uchiha Clan.

After all, Uchiha Madara had once controlled the Nine-Tails and fought a great battle against the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, ultimately perishing together with him.

As Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi knew some secrets that others did not.

The Uchiha Clan's Sharingan required mental stimulation to awaken.

For a long time, the Shinobi World had believed that the Uchiha Clan was cold and heartless, and that impression matched the conduct of most Uchiha clansmen.

But in truth, the Uchiha Clan's feelings of "love" ran extraordinarily deep. Yet precisely because those feelings ran so deep, they carried the risk of spiraling out of control!

Once the object of their emotional attachment was destroyed, hatred would fill an Uchiha's heart and drastically change their temperament.

Correspondingly, special chakra would appear within the brains of Uchiha clansmen, and that chakra would stimulate the evolution of the Sharingan.

Hatred, rage... all negative emotions were catalysts for the Sharingan's evolution.

But the price of that evolution was simply too great.

Every Uchiha clansman who awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan was not only a genius, but also a group of... madmen who had lost "love"!

That madness could not normally be seen, but once something provoked them, it could lead to