Mangekyō Sharingan on the Verge of Awakening

In a corner of the villa, within the luxurious suite assigned to Zhan Lan, she turned on the home theater and began playing the movie Titanic.

As the film played, a romantic atmosphere spread through the room.

"Do I look pretty?"

At that moment, Zhan Lan tied her beautiful hair into a single ponytail with a hair tie. She adjusted her glasses and smiled at Uchiha Gen.

Under the moonlight, she was so pale she seemed to glow.

"Very pretty."

Uchiha Gen nodded and answered honestly.

He had seen plenty of beautiful women in both his past and present lives. Even counting the Ninja World, where beauties were abundant, Zhan Lan would still rank among the very finest.

And at that level, there was no longer any point in judging who was better or worse.

It was simply a matter of differing temperaments and personal preferences.

At that moment, on the movie screen, the male and female leads embraced and kissed.

Thump, thump, thump.

Zhan Lan's heart raced.

She had never been an introverted person. When she liked someone of the opposite sex, she would take the initiative to show her affection.

After several months together, Zhan Lan had already come to understand Uchiha Gen extremely well.

Uchiha Gen's sunny confidence, the sense of security brought by his great strength, and the stern seriousness he showed when helping her train in martial arts all merged with that handsome face at this moment, filling Zhan Lan's heart with endless longing.

In this dangerous world of reincarnation, he was her emotional pillar.

He was stronger than her. He would charge alone into the depths of the Hive to protect weak and fragile her.

He would not die so easily, nor would he leave her alone in sorrow.

He was single, and so was she.

As for their so-called age difference, that was not a problem at all. Their future was still long.

The gap that now seemed like a whole generation would amount to no more than ten years after a century, or even a millennium.

At this moment, Zhan Lan could no longer restrain the stirring emotions in her heart and pressed her cheek against his handsome face.

Uchiha Gen watched the woman draw near without pushing her away.

A beautiful woman who liked him, a beautiful woman who matched his tastes.

It could relieve stress, strengthen the bond between teammates, and improve the team's harmony. Why refuse?

The atmosphere was perfect, and the man and woman embraced as they exchanged each other's breath.

Then, thunder stirred earthfire.

They did not sleep all night. A crimson plum blossom bloomed, and spring came and went who knew how many times.

When she woke again, Zhan Lan looked at Uchiha Gen's ruggedly handsome face. Although her body was still somewhat tired and sore, her face was full of satisfied smiles.

"Little Gen, your Sharingan has changed!"

After an unknown amount of time, Uchiha Gen also woke up. At that moment, Big Lanlan's startled cry rang out in the room.

In his sleep, Uchiha Gen's Sharingan had opened automatically.

As he looked into Zhan Lan's eyes, the three tomoe spun within his pupils. A black ring had also appeared around them, connecting the three tomoe as though they were about to evolve into an entirely new level.

Having just opened his eyes and met Zhan Lan's gaze, Uchiha Gen heard Zhan Lan's surprised voice beside him. He shifted his gaze away from Big Lanlan's milky-white breasts and turned to look to the side.

In the dressing mirror, Uchiha Gen stared back at himself.

He could clearly sense exceedingly powerful Pupil Power flowing through his eyes, more than ten times stronger than when he had first awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

"It seems my Pupil Power has reached the standard for awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan. All I need next is an opportunity to open the Mangekyō Sharingan."

Uchiha Gen explained to Zhan Lan.

After Uchiha ninja awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, the Pupil Power in their eyes continued to accumulate alongside their cultivation of Yin Release.

Its outward manifestation was a black dashed ring forming within the pupil and linking the three tomoe together.

As their Pupil Power continued to grow, those dashed lines would gradually solidify into a true black ring. At that point, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan had reached its absolute peak, and the Mangekyō Sharingan could be awakened at any time.

Uchiha Gen himself did not possess the aptitude to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, but the Bodhi Heart he had consumed had constantly nourished his soul, improved his cultivation aptitude, and developed the potential of his Saiyan Bloodline.

More than three hundred days had now passed since Uchiha Gen had Exchanged for and fused with the Bodhi Heart. Through its continuous nourishment and transformation, he had arrived before the threshold of awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Next, he could either receive a stimulus and awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan amid gaining love and losing it.

Or he could accumulate sufficiently immense Mental Strength and forcibly awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

For Uchiha Gen, the latter was clearly the path he intended to take.

"I see."

Zhan Lan nodded in understanding.

She was still very happy inside, since Uchiha Gen's Sharingan had changed only after he had gotten together with her.

That fully proved her place in his heart!

"Come on. Get up, wash up, eat, and go out today."

Uchiha Gen said with a smile.

Then he pulled Zhan Lan into the bathroom.

After an unknown amount of time, it was nearly evening by the time the two finally emerged from the room.

When the Central Continent Team gathered again, Zheng Zha and Zhang Jie wore suggestive smiles as they looked at Uchiha Gen and Zhan Lan.

Zhan Lan showed a trace of shyness at that, while Uchiha Gen remained calm.

Food and sex were human nature.

There was nothing to be embarrassed about when it came to the reproductive instinct engraved into one's genes.

After the group ate, they announced that they were disbanding to enjoy themselves separately, agreeing to gather in Raccoon City for the final two days.

Next, Uchiha Gen and Zhan Lan took a private jet away from Hawaii and headed to Iceland to see the aurora.

After that, they went to Antarctica to see penguins and to the Atlantic Ocean to see the Blue Hole Sea Eye.

The beautiful scenery and beautiful companion gave both their bodies and minds the greatest possible relaxation.

After enjoying themselves for several days, the group gathered in Raccoon City. The Umbrella Corporation had prepared a training ground and ample weapons and equipment there.

The members of the Central Continent Team put romance out of their minds and began seriously training with all sorts of weapons and equipment.

With the help of the Gene Lock, everyone quickly mastered how to use those weapons. Though they could not be called experts, they could at least use them and had already formed combat capability.

Then the ten days ended, and everyone returned to the Main God Space.

After that, they continued their team training.

This time, because the Main God provided rooms that could be created freely, they also tested the attack power of the Pulse King and the defensive power of the Yu Tian Ring.

The Pulse King was still extremely powerful, especially the unlimited-ammo version.

With one burst, seventy thousand bullets per second came spewing out. A ten-meter-thick alloy steel plate was pierced through in a fraction of a second. Against a Third-Stage Gene Lock with insufficient enhancement, it could take them down without a sound.

Next chapter, they entered Xenomorph. After Xenomorph, they returned to Konoha.

There was no clone Uchiha Gen. How could a noble outer-multiversal traveler possibly be copied?

Honestly, I thought the clone was a major flaw.