At night.
With a flicker, Shinji quietly left Karin's apartment.
Just moments ago, he had made another trip to Karin's apartment to check on the progress of the fusion of her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
It was about as he had guessed.
Naturally fusing the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan was no easy task. On top of that, there had been quite a bit of cutting corners in Karin's fusion this time, so progress had not been smooth.
Shinji had expected as much.
After all, neither of the two Mangekyo belonged to Karin, and she had no Bloodline Relation to them whatsoever. The fact that she could successfully initiate the fusion was already a miracle in a way!
Back at his apartment, he removed his disguise and settled down to think it through.
"Judging by the current progress, my earlier estimate of two weeks was probably too optimistic. It'll likely take four to six weeks to complete the fusion."
He furrowed his brow slightly.
He had previously estimated two to three weeks, so he had arranged only an ordinary accident for Karin.
For most people, recovering at home for a while would not seem suspicious.
But Karin was different. She was an Uzumaki, renowned for her vitality. An ordinary injury might take ten days to half a month to heal for someone else, but she would recover in three to five days at most.
In that situation, if Karin stayed home for a month and a half to recover from nothing more than a superficial injury caused by an accident, anyone would find it suspicious!
Everyone's attention was on the upcoming surgery now, and they had no time to worry about Karin. But the surgery would take place by next week at the latest. Once it was over and the results were announced,