The study.
Fugaku Uchiha sat upright, facing his own son, who had just been promoted to Temporary Captain of the Anbu Sixth Division: Itachi!
"Itachi, you've grown up..." Fugaku sighed before he even began, his face full of emotion.
Itachi remained unmoved, quietly waiting for him to continue.
"There's something I should tell you now." Fugan Uchiha's expression gradually grew serious.
"Are you referring to...?" Itachi felt an ominous premonition rise in his heart.
He could have told him sooner or later, but he'd waited until Itachi became Temporary Squad Leader... There was a scheme at work!
"This concerns the Kekkei Genkai of the Uchiha Clan!"
Fugaku said gravely, "As everyone knows, the Sharingan awakens as a One-Tomoe, and through training can evolve into a Two-Tomoe, then a Three Tomoe. But what outsiders don't know is that the Three Tomoe... isn't the Sharingan's final stage of evolution!"
"What?" Itachi's pupils contracted.
The Three Tomoe wasn't the Sharingan's final stage of evolution?
How was that possible?!
Ever since his Sharingan had evolved into the Three Tomoe, he'd imagined taking it a step further. But no matter how he trained, the Three Tomoe remained the Three Tomoe!
"See for yourself!"
Fugaku knew that no amount of talking could compare to showing off in person. He closed his eyes, then opened them. His dark pupils had become a scarlet Three Tomoe Sharingan. Then he closed and opened them again, and the three Tomoe shifted in a strange way.
"This is..." Itachi's expression changed.
"This is the Sharingan that stands above the Three Tomoe. It's called... the Mangekyō!" Fugaku declared solemnly.
By now, the Tomoe had finished transforming, forming an entirely new pattern!
Mangekyō Sharingan... Surprise, shock, and longing welled up in Itachi's eyes.
Fugaku was pleased by his son's expression and smiled. "In