Unexpected Bonus

Returning to his secret laboratory, Shinji headed to the underground training ground.

He stood in the center of the unlit training ground. In the darkness, he slowly opened his eyes, revealing the scarlet pair in his eye sockets.

Tomoe spun across his irises, linking together like black threads until they formed a complex, angular pattern.

"Susanoo."

Shinji let out a low cry. A golden phantom projected from his body, taking shape from bones to tendons, then muscles, and finally armor. In an instant, a golden, half-armored giant appeared in the training ground, driving back the darkness!

Shinji sensed the change and smiled.

At his current level of Dojutsu, maintaining the Mangekyo's most taxing technique, Susanoo, was no longer a burden.

Steadying himself, he activated his Mangekyo Dojutsu, Susanoo Lamp.

Roar!

In an instant, the golden Susanoo surrounding Shinji let out a furious roar. Its faceplate fell away, revealing three pairs of eye sockets!

Shinji took out the small nutrient jar containing the Red Dragon Eye and removed the pair inside, which looked like gems yet seemed almost flesh and blood.

Cradling the Red Dragon Eye in his palm, he activated Susanoo Lamp again, removed the Ketsuryūgan controlled by the third pair of eye sockets, and replaced it with the Red Dragon Eye.

"Phew."

After replacing the eye controlled by the third pair of sockets with the Red Dragon Eye, he closed his own eyes and focused all his attention on sensing the changes.

"Hm?"

A moment later, he murmured in surprise.

Compared to when he had controlled the Red Dragon Eye before, its Dojutsu seemed much stronger now, approaching the level of an ordinary Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

The increase in Dojutsu was secondary. What surprised Shinji most was that the Red Dragon Eye's soul-enhancing effect was at least two or