Minagawa Uchiha's string of counterquestions left Kakashi at a loss. Remembering what the other man had said earlier—that Obito and Rin's deaths held another truth—he grew even more anxious.
"What do you mean? Didn't I evolve the Sharingan to Three Tomoe myself? Or has this Sharingan already evolved into a Mangekyō Sharingan?"
"Heh, you're quite perceptive!
But do you really think an outsider without Uchiha blood can evolve the Sharingan?
At its core, the Sharingan is still a bodily organ of the Uchiha Clan. The special chakra required for its evolution can only be synthesized by those with Uchiha blood when their emotions fluctuate intensely. Its evolution is not something that can be achieved simply by having intense emotions and possessing a Sharingan.
And I can tell you with absolute certainty that the Sharingan in your eye, which belongs to Obito Uchiha, has indeed evolved to the level of the Mangekyō Sharingan.
As an outsider, it was impossible for you to evolve the Sharingan, much less awaken it to the Mangekyō level. Yet it truly evolved in your eye."
"That makes things very interesting, doesn't it?"
Minagawa Uchiha believed that, after being prompted this much, someone as intelligent as Kakashi would surely realize soon enough that Obito Uchiha had not died.
Sure enough, Kakashi immediately asked anxiously,
"You mean Obito didn't die in the Third Shinobi World War? The Sharingan evolved because of him?
Impossible! I saw him buried beneath those boulders with my own eyes. There was no way he could have survived that.
And even if he did survive, why didn't he come find Rin and me right away? Why hadn't he returned to Konoha all these years?"
Seeing Kakashi's genuine emotions, Minagawa Uchiha felt somewhat reluctant to continue. But whether it was because he did not want