More than two hours had passed since Tripitaka fused with Uchiha Madara's bloodline genes.
For a while immediately after the fusion, Tripitaka could barely detect any changes in his body.
Only after repeatedly examining himself did he finally discover a trace of exceedingly faint yet exceptionally pure spiritual energy deep within his brain.
Had this clone not possessed an astonishing natural talent for perception, further enhanced by various traits, he would almost have overlooked that insignificant change.
Then, about half an hour after the fusion, his eyes changed. Without warning or any external stimulus, they simply took on the appearance of the Sharingan.
They had not awakened!
They had transformed!
For a thousand years, the awakening of the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan had always required intense emotional fluctuations. Yet Tripitaka's Sharingan had completely bypassed this ironclad rule. It was as though they had simply woken up at a certain moment, naturally assuming the form they should always have possessed.
Just as people were born with black, amber, or ocean-blue eyes, Tripitaka's eyes merely happened to be red, with a single black tomoe inside.
After his eyes became Sharingan, Tripitaka discovered something else of interest: his Sharingan did not consume
even the slightest bit of his chakra, nor did they require any additional physical or mental effort.
Just as blinking and breathing were instinctive, so too were these Sharingan to Tripitaka. These scarlet eyes were his eyes' true form, innate and requiring neither activation nor upkeep, just as ordinary people did not need to expend deliberate effort or attention to keep their hearts beating.
That was why Tripitaka called it a transformation rather than an awakening.
Of course, if he actively employed the Sharingan's abilities, they would still consume chakra.
It was like ordinary people using their eyes to read densely written