Naruto: Getting Stronger by Drinking

Because he had lost too much blood, it had formed scabs all over his body.

For Itachi Uchiha, who had always loved cleanliness, this made him feel uncomfortable all over.

"Fine! Once you've taken a bath, let's hear what explanation you have for me!"

The more Fugaku Uchiha looked at Itachi Uchiha's calm expression, the angrier he became.

If his furious beating of Itachi Uchiha earlier had been a reaction born of panic and fright,

then now, he was genuinely furious.

He roughly grabbed Itachi Uchiha and hauled him up, then slammed the door shut.

Bang!

"Tell me. What exactly happened? What happened at Lord Yuu's place? What was Lord Yuu's gift?"

After Itachi Uchiha had finished bathing and eaten a little, Fugaku Uchiha looked at him and asked.

"..."

Itachi Uchiha's lips twitched. He opened his mouth, but had no idea where to begin.

In the end, Itachi Uchiha decided it would be more convincing to reveal Lord Yuu's gift first.

"Bzzzz—"

Chakra gathered in his eyes, and a terrifying Dojutsu that even moved Fugaku Uchiha slowly radiated outward.

"Th-this is?!"

Fugaku Uchiha stared in disbelief at the sickle-shaped Sharingan in Itachi Uchiha's eyes, his entire body beginning to tremble.

"H-how can this be? The Mangekyō Sharingan?! You, you..."

As Fugaku Uchiha spoke, tears unconsciously streamed down his face, and his body shook without cease.

"Father, what's wrong?"

Seeing Fugaku Uchiha's utterly grief-stricken expression, Itachi Uchiha was completely baffled.

"Was the blood you washed off Sasuke's?"

Fugaku Uchiha's lips trembled. Looking at the Mangekyō Sharingan in Itachi Uchiha's eyes was like looking at the life of his young son, Sasuke Uchiha.

After all, both the Uchiha Clan's stone tablet and his own personal experience indicated that the method of awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan was to witness the death