Head to Iwagakure! (Requesting Monthly Votes)

Looking at Karin's innocent, radiant smile, Hyuga Kagami shook his head. "It's just a pair of glasses."

Karin smiled without saying anything, carefully slipping the cleaned black-rimmed glasses into her pocket.

Karin, whose country had fallen and family been destroyed, who had witnessed her mother's tragic death, and Gaara, who had become a Jinchuriki and was hated by everyone around him, were different from ordinary children. Their childhoods had been filled with endless darkness and misery. Hyuga Kagami's concern for them seemed perfectly ordinary to him, but in their eyes, it was something incomparably precious.

It was Hyuga Kagami's appearance that had filled the part of their hearts that had been missing the most.

Not continuing the discussion about the glasses, Hyuga Kagami said as he put away the surgical instruments, "If your eyes feel uncomfortable in any way, tell me immediately."

Compatibility was a mysterious thing. Even though Karin possessed Uzumaki Clan blood, there was still a possibility that she would reject the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

Karin nodded, then skipped over to a mirror, took a look at herself, and cried out, "Sir, why have these eyes turned black again?"

Hyuga Kagami explained, "The Sharingan only turns red when it is activated."

This pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan had already been in a state of depleted ocular power, so after being transplanted into Karin's eye sockets, they automatically fell dormant.

This was somewhat similar to Nagato's Rinnegan transplant, except Madara's Rinnegan had entered dormancy voluntarily to lessen the burden on young Nagato's body, while this pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan had gone dormant passively.

Karin asked curiously, "Sir, how do I activate them?"

Hyuga Kagami shook his head. "For certain reasons, this pair of Sharingan is currently depleted of ocular power and needs to be nurtured for a while.