"No harm done, all of this is worth it."
The Great Elder sat in his chair, looking with a gentle smile at Uchiha Gen, who now carried a sharp edge between his brows and possessed an extraordinary bearing, his eyes full of gratification.
Barely two years had passed, yet he had already grown to this extent.
Not only had he mastered the Phantom Body Flicker Technique that Kagami Uchiha was renowned for, making a name for himself across the Five Great Nations and becoming a top-tier powerhouse in the ninja world to restore the clan's glory, but he had now even awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan!
"Might old me take a look at your eyes?"
The Great Elder looked into Uchiha Gen's eyes, asking with anticipation.
"Mm."
The latter nodded slightly, his eyes closing and opening as red radiance flared within both orbs, answering the Great Elder's expectations.
The slowly rotating hexagram pattern was gorgeous, mysterious, soul-captivating, and intoxicating.
This was the Mangekyō Sharingan in the eyes of the Great Elder.
"Thirty years, old me has waited for thirty years, and today I've finally seen a pair of eyes like this again."
Looking at the beautiful pattern within Uchiha Gen's eye sockets, the Great Elder wore a nostalgic expression, filled with deep emotion.
"Old me once saw the shadow of Madara in you, and even thought about grooming you into a powerhouse like Madara who could prop up the clan's glory, but I never thought this day would come so fast, that in my remaining years, I would get to see another pair of eyes like this.
You are not a second Madara or Izuna, but with these eyes, old me believes the future of the clan will surely usher in a revival upon you."
"I will shoulder the mission of