The beatings Sasuke had taken and the suffering he had endured over the past two months had clearly not been in vain.
After Hyuga Kagami's training, his abilities had improved dramatically across the board. His perception and stealth were no exceptions. Under the cover of the deep night, he had actually slipped past every patrol in the village. The village's tightly guarded defenses seemed nonexistent before him as he silently returned to the Uchiha Compound.
Upon returning to the clan head's residence, Sasuke could no longer restrain the excitement in his heart. He rushed straight toward his parents' quarters in the back courtyard. "Father, Mother, I'm back!"
Mikoto Uchiha immediately came out to greet him. Rather than asking about the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, she carefully looked Sasuke over from head to toe, then smiled with relief. "You've grown taller."
Inside the house.
Uchiha Fugaku sat cross-legged with his arms folded. Though he still wore his usual stern expression, the way he cocked his ear to listen completely exposed his current feelings.
Itachi, who was also at home, hurried over upon hearing the commotion. Seeing Sasuke radiating sharpness and vigor, he smiled faintly.
Before long, the family returned inside.
Sasuke pressed his forehead to the floor and respectfully performed a deep bow toward Fugaku, who sat at the head of the room. "Father, I successfully fused with your Mangekyō Sharingan and obtained the legendary Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan!"
After saying that, Sasuke raised his head and activated the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan in his eye sockets.
Staring at the complex pattern in Sasuke's Sharingan, where a six-pointed star intertwined with three-bladed Shuriken, Mikoto said, "So this is the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan?"
Itachi also carefully examined Sasuke's newly awakened Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and sighed. "What powerful ocular power!"
Without question, with Itachi's sensory abilities,