Chapter 121: The Mangekyō
After eating grilled meat, Akaseki and Fugaku returned to the clan compound together. On the way, Akaseki curiously asked, "Brother Fugaku, do you think there might be an even stronger form beyond the Three-Tomoe Sharingan?"
"Hm? The Three-Tomoe is naturally the limit of the Sharingan—why would you think that?" Fugaku asked back, even more puzzled than Akaseki.
"Nothing. It's just—we of the Uchiha Clan are descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, aren't we? I was wondering whether our Sharingan could evolve into the Rinnegan," Akaseki explained.
Fugaku smiled upon hearing that, thinking Akaseki was quite imaginative—
Seeing Fugaku's reaction, Akaseki understood that even the clan head's son knew nothing about anything "beyond the Three-Tomoe."
Akaseki had planned to ask the clan head and the Clan Elders once they returned to the compound—
But in reality, the moment Akaseki and Fugaku returned to the clan compound, they were summoned by the clan head.
Clan Head Jiancheng and Clan Elder Lanyu were extremely pleased that the two had passed the preliminaries and become Konoha's only two arena champions. They praised them lavishly, especially encouraging Akaseki for fully advancing his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, and then—
"You may rest today. Starting tomorrow, the clan will put you through special training! Fugaku, I will personally be responsible for you." Lanyu spoke while looking sternly at Fugaku.
Akaseki guessed that Lanyu was afraid Fugaku's own father would not be strict enough, so she had decided to personally train her future son-in-law.
As for Akaseki—
"Akaseki, Kagami will return tomorrow as well. Your situation is better suited to receiving Kagami Clan Elder's guidance. Mm—when it comes to training, listen carefully to Clan Elder Kagami." Jiancheng emphasized this specifically.
When it came to training—
The unspoken meaning was undoubtedly: Outside of training, do not