"Sasuke..."
Seeing his little brother looking like he was about to burst into tears, Itachi felt awful for him. But what could he do?
He had asked Fugaku Uchiha the same question once, but Fugaku Uchiha hadn't given him an answer either!
So Itachi genuinely had no idea how to make the Three Tomoe Sharingan evolve into the Mangekyo Sharingan!
"Brother, I'm going home." Sasuke looked utterly dejected. He turned and headed home, wiping away tears as he went.
Back home, he sat quietly in the backyard, staring into space. It wasn't until evening, when Fugaku Uchiha returned from work, that he went out and asked the same question again.
"I already told you last time. This isn't a field you're ready to explore at your level. Don't reach beyond your grasp!" Fugaku Uchiha had just gotten off work, and his powerful Advisor's presence still clung to him. He was as imposing as a prison!
Sasuke clenched his fists, lowered his head, and turned back toward his bedroom. "I'm not eating dinner."
Night slowly fell.
After making sure his family had gone to bed, Sasuke quietly climbed off the Tatami and snuck over the wall.
After an hour on the road, Sasuke finally reached the woods where he'd encountered Tobi last time.
"Tobi, I'm here. Come out!" Sasuke hissed.
The moonlight was faint that night. The shadowy woods looked like a haunted realm, their gnarled branches like the claws of demons. Sasuke had a feeling that if he got any closer, he'd be rubbed raw...
"Hee hee, you finally came, Sasuke Uchiha." Tobi emerged from the ground, smiling as he looked at the young lad.
"Whatever the conditions are, tell me how to evolve the Mangekyo Sharingan!" Sasuke gritted his teeth, struggling to suppress the frustration, gloom, and anger welling