Training While Closing in on the Target

Kakashi stood there in a daze. Only then did Sasuke, beside him, realize what had happened.

"Why did you do that?"

To him, Yinsen being able to trap Kakashi in a genjutsu was no longer surprising. What he was curious about was Yinsen's reason for doing so.

Did Yinsen have some personal grudge against Kakashi?

"You'll see why soon enough."

As soon as Yinsen said that, Kakashi woke from the genjutsu. He stood there blankly for a while, gathering himself. Yinsen did not disturb him, and even stopped Sasuke when he tried to press for more answers, telling him to wait quietly.

After a moment, Kakashi had recovered from those painful memories. At the same time, he sensed that something about himself seemed to have changed.

He raised a hand to touch his left eye beneath his forehead protector, then pushed the protector up to reveal the Sharingan he usually kept hidden.

"This is..."

Sasuke cried out the instant he saw Kakashi's eye.

He had lost his composure somewhat, but Yinsen understood. He could hardly stay calm, because Kakashi's Sharingan was no longer a Three Tomoe Sharingan. It had become something far more unusual.

Sasuke was not so shocked merely because the Sharingan's appearance had changed. He knew what that state signified.

"Mangekyo..."

Even within the Uchiha clan, few had managed to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan. Yet Kakashi, an outsider, had done so?

Having experienced the Mangekyo's power through Itachi Uchiha, Sasuke suddenly felt a little jealous. Then he recalled that Yinsen had cast a genjutsu on Kakashi, and Kakashi had awakened the Mangekyo afterward. Did Yinsen know how to awaken the Mangekyo?

"I do!"

"Then does that mean you can help me awaken the Mangekyo too?"

Kakashi was still familiarizing himself with the strange sensation. He already understood why