From Shion's astonished gaze, Shinji knew she had witnessed his fierce battle with the Hand Demon.
In other words.
His Susanoo had been exposed, and the secret of his Mangekyo Sharingan was hard to conceal now.
Shion, completely unaware of Shinji's inner turmoil, looked him up and down with eyes full of admiration.
Should I silence her?
Shinji couldn't bring himself to do it.
Swish.
As if sensing a flicker of killing intent emanating from Shinji, the small bell hanging on Shion's chest suddenly emitted a dazzling light.
"What is this…?"
Sensing a threat, Shinji took a step back.
Others might not know, but he was aware of the Land of Demons Miko's background.
The small bell on Shion's chest was an extremely powerful magical artifact.
While it appeared to be protecting Shion, its true purpose was to seal away her powers as a Land of Demons Miko, preventing the young Shion from accidentally harming those around her with her uncontrolled abilities.
Simply put, that thing was a restraint disguised as a protective charm!
To kill Shion, one would first have to destroy the bell. And once the bell was destroyed, one would have to face the unsealed Land of Demons Miko.
Shinji abandoned the idea of silencing her.
It was true that Shion was a novice Land of Demons Miko now, but wasn't he also a novice ninja?
He wasn't sure if his Susanoo could withstand Shion's sealing jutsu, especially considering the Land of Demons Miko had the ability to seal monsters on the scale of Tailed Beasts.
However, simply letting her go was clearly not an option either.
So, he thought of Genjutsu. Staring at Shion, he activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and, through his pupil power, implanted a psychological suggestion into her mind: "You haven't seen me."
Instantly.
Shion's expression became vacant, and she unconsciously echoed Shinji's words, "Haven't seen… Haven't seen…"
"Did it work?"
Shinji observed for a moment, then secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Shion's powers as a Land of Demons Miko were sealed, and she had only been with him for a short time. Otherwise, with his half-baked Genjutsu using the Mangekyo Sharingan, implanting this psychological suggestion would have been very difficult.
Even so, he didn't feel entirely secure.
If he were to meet Shion again in the future, there was still a significant chance she might recall this memory.
Fortunately, as the Land of Demons Miko of the Land of Demons, Shion rarely left the Land of Demons, so the probability of them meeting again in the short term was low.
Just then, a fiery glow appeared in the distant night sky. It seemed a large group of people, holding torches, were rushing anxiously towards the palace.
Clearly, these were reinforcements from the guards of the Land of Demons, arriving from other locations.
And just as Shinji was fretting about how to return to Konohagakure, with a whoosh, his figure vanished from the spot.
Looking at the familiar room, Shinji realized he had returned.
The wall clock indicated he had been gone for about thirty minutes.
This was precisely the time it took for him to witness the Hand Demon slaughtering the guards and for him to kill the Hand Demon.
In other words, he had instantly teleported to the area where the Hand Demon had invaded, which was the palace of the Land of Demons Miko of the Land of Demons, and then instantly teleported back after it was over.
It was somewhat similar to the Flying Thunder God Technique.
"Ah!"
A sudden, sharp pain shot through his eyes.
Enduring the intense pain, Shinji quickly closed his Mangekyo Sharingan, his crimson eyes quietly returning to their usual inky black.
After a while, the stinging pain in his eyes gradually subsided.
Hoo.
He let out a breath, his expression somewhat grim.
Having successfully repelled the invasion and received the Ninja World's boon, the amount of Chakra in his body had indeed nearly doubled. But Chakra was Chakra, and the pupil power of the Mangekyo Sharingan was pupil power.
To put it simply.
Chakra was synthesized and refined from physical and mental strength, and it could be restored through rest.
It was renewable!
The pupil power of the Mangekyo Sharingan was a type of extremely high-quality Yin Release Chakra.
Its total amount was fixed when the Mangekyo Sharingan was awakened. Whatever was used was gone.
Before possessing the ability to convert ordinary Chakra into high-quality Yin Release Chakra, the pupil power consumed by the Mangekyo Sharingan could not be replenished.
"Activating Susanoo this time consumed too much. If I do this a few more times, my Mangekyo Sharingan will be ruined!"
In the life-or-death moment before, he hadn't thought much when he activated 'Susanoo'.
The sharp pain in his eyes just now made him personally realize the undeniable fact that 'Mangekyo Sharingan are consumables'.
Supporting his forehead with his hand, Shinji sat down on the bed.
This time, the invaders of the Ninja World were demons from Demon Slayer, so the probability of it being demons again next time was very high.
But he wasn't an expert at dealing with demons!
The method he used to eliminate the Hand Demon just now was the most basic one.
After smashing the Hand Demon for the first time with 'Susanoo', he had confirmed through the detailed observation of the Mangekyo Sharingan that the Hand Demon was smaller after recovering.
Thus, he confirmed that although the demon could continuously recover, it still required some flesh and blood power.
As long as he dealt multiple devastating blows to the demon in a short period, and the demon couldn't replenish its flesh and blood, it would lose its recovery ability due to excessive consumption.
However, this method was applicable to the bulky Hand Demon, but not necessarily to other demons.
If he encountered a demon with high agility and strong tactical ability next time, it would be very difficult for Shinji to repeat this victory.
"I must find a way to truly counter demons!"
Cutting off their necks with a Nichirin Blade was undoubtedly the simplest method, but Shinji wasn't sure if the Ninja World had the special ore to forge Nichirin Blades.
He hadn't seen wisteria flowers in Konoha either.
As for sunlight, the demons clearly wouldn't invade the Ninja World during the day.
"If demons fear sunlight, would 'Amaterasu', known as the flame of the sun, be effective against them?"
Shinji suddenly thought of the Mangekyo Sharingan dōjutsu, 'Amaterasu'.
The black flames of 'Amaterasu' had the characteristic of burning everything and never extinguishing.
So even if it didn't have a special counter effect on demons like the Nichirin Blade, it could attach itself to the demon and cause it to turn to ash and smoke through endless burning.
It's a pity...
Shinji's Mangekyo Sharingan did not have the 'Amaterasu' dōjutsu.
The thought of his Mangekyo Sharingan dōjutsu made him scratch his head incessantly.
His left and right eyes had the same dōjutsu, named 'Susanoo Lamp'.
As the name suggests, it was a dōjutsu based on 'Susanoo'. To activate 'Susanoo Lamp', one must first activate 'Susanoo'.
Unlike common ninjutsu-type or genjutsu-type dōjutsu like 'Amaterasu' and 'Tsukuyomi', 'Susanoo Lamp' was a relatively rare functional dōjutsu.
When both 'Susanoo' and 'Susanoo Lamp' were activated simultaneously, a second pair of eye sockets would appear on the face of his 'Susanoo' phantom, empty sockets that could accommodate another pair of eyes!
That's right!
The ability of 'Susanoo Lamp' was to allow his 'Susanoo' to wield a second pair of eyes!
From a certain perspective, the birth of this dōjutsu might be a comprehensive reflection of the Sharingan's original owner and him, the transmigrator.
In Shinji's opinion, this dōjutsu was actually very powerful.
It was just that he didn't have a second pair of eyes to wield at the moment, so his Mangekyo Sharingan was currently a blank slate, with only 'Susanoo' as the usable dōjutsu.
Compared to Mangekyo dōjutsu like 'Amaterasu' and 'Tsukuyomi' that could be cast with a single eye, 'Susanoo' placed a much greater burden on the body and consumed more dōjutsu power.
If he fought with 'Susanoo' in every battle, he wouldn't be able to last more than a few rounds.
Shinji sorted out his thoughts and pondered solutions.
There were solutions, actually.
The simplest and most direct one was to find a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan from a close relative and evolve his own Mangekyo Sharingan into Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
Even if that wasn't possible, he needed to get a second pair of Mangekyo Sharingan that could be wielded by 'Susanoo Lamp' to have more usable dōjutsu.
Following this line of thought, he began to calculate the current Mangekyo Sharingan in the Ninja World: "Excluding mine, there should be four pairs of Mangekyo in the Ninja World now."
Obito's Mangekyo, one was on Obito himself, and the other was on Kakashi.
Shisui's Mangekyo, one was seized by Danzo, and the other was collected by Itachi.
Itachi's Mangekyo was on him.
These three pairs of Mangekyo were held by powerful individuals, and with Shinji's current strength, he couldn't even think about them.
The only one he could consider was the Mangekyo Sharingan of the deceased Uchiha clan head, Fugaku Uchiha.
The reason he said he could consider it was mainly because Fugaku had never exposed his possession of Mangekyo Sharingan until his death.
Therefore, although the village confiscated Fugaku's Sharingan, they probably didn't know it was a Mangekyo pair.
In this way, the guard level for that pair of eyes wouldn't be too high.
After all, in the morgue that night, Shinji had personally seen the Medical Team remove Sharingan from the corpses of various Uchiha clan members and put them into nutrient jars.
With so many Sharingan collected at once, the preciousness of Sharingan would inevitably be diminished.
Therefore, among the four pairs of Mangekyo in the Ninja World, Fugaku's pair had the lowest acquisition difficulty and was the one Shinji was most likely to obtain.
"But I need to figure out where the village has sealed the Sharingan first."
Although it was urgent, Shinji knew he couldn't rush this matter and had to plan carefully, because one wrong move could result in not getting the Mangekyo and losing himself in the process.
In addition, quickly improving his taijutsu and ninjutsu was also his top priority.
As he thought, he gradually felt sleepy. The excitement of the great battle subsided, and fatigue set in.
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