In the basement, Karin stood behind Yakushi Kabuto, listlessly holding a notebook and jotting something down.
Clearly, Uchiha Sasuke's departure had dealt her a tremendous blow.
If she had known where Uchiha Sasuke had gone, the girl would have eagerly run off after him.
"Brother Houka, you're back."
Yakushi Kabuto turned around and saw Houka enter. Smiling, he said, "The Eternal Mangekyou has already been cloned. I'm analyzing its genetic sequence now."
"Any progress?" Houka asked nervously.
Yakushi Kabuto said, "There is a segment in the genetic sequences of your, Obito's, and Shisui's Mangekyou that is highly similar. I believe the Eternal Mangekyou has such a segment as well, and that segment must be more complete than those in the three of you. As long as I find it, I can identify the genetic flaw in your Mangekyou!"
Houka asked gravely, "Once we find the flaw, can we figure out a way to compensate for it?"
Yakushi Kabuto frowned. "That will be difficult. Between biological brothers, their Mangekyou can compensate for each other by exchanging Sharingan, allowing them to evolve into an Eternal Mangekyou. But without a biological brother, the odds of finding a Sharingan that happens to compensate for the flaws in one's own Mangekyou are extremely low—and the Uchiha Clan has already been wiped out."
Houka was utterly dumbfounded. Damn it, had all that effort been for nothing?
He couldn't accept that.
Yakushi Kabuto seemed to want to comfort him. "If you give me enough time, I can find a way to cultivate a pair of Sharingan capable of compensating for the genetic flaws in your Mangekyou! But..."
There wasn't enough time.
Although Yakushi Kabuto had been conducting experiments here all this time, he had once worked as an intelligence agent and naturally had his own channels for