Inside the Medical Room, the Uchiha present exchanged glances. No one said a word.
In truth, none of the Uchiha present wanted to hand Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan over to Orochimaru. But the eyes were already blind.
As for how to restore sight to a pair of eyes, that was beyond the Uchiha's knowledge. They could only choose to trust the "experts" in the field.
When it came to medicine and modifying the human body, the Uchiha had considerable faith in Orochimaru.
As for how to get the eyes back once they could see again, that was a problem for later. For now, all they had were a pair of blind eyes anyway.
"Good. It seems I won't have to waste my breath."
Orochimaru licked his lips and surveyed the group before leaving the Medical Room without a second thought. He hadn't acknowledged the two Council Elders once.
They were uninvited guests to begin with, outside the scope of the invitation.
"Orochimaru, you..."
Utatane Koharu furrowed her brows, her face flushed with anger. But as soon as she rushed out of the Medical Room, someone stopped her.
Mitokado Homura shook his head. "Why invite humiliation? It's about time we accepted the fact that there's nothing we can do about Orochimaru."
"But if Orochimaru gets that Mangekyō Sharingan, it'll become a source of trouble sooner or later."
Utatane Koharu's gaze was stern. She'd once been a rabid Uchiha supporter, and now she seemed to be turning into an Orochimaru supporter instead.
"And what of it? Are you going to march over there and tell Orochimaru to destroy Shisui's eyes?"
Mitokado Homura glanced at the Medical Room, then toward the direction Orochimaru had gone, and sighed softly.
"Shisui has rendered a great service, after all. If we deny him the chance to regain