Uchiha Akashi's Journey: The Immersive Short Play Experience
Chapter 31

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After 180 hours of Immersion, Family Happiness finally reached its grand finale...

Hong Yan, who had been the scapegoat for his older brother since childhood and was gaslit by his unbelievably brain-dead family, discovered at the age of thirty that his childhood sweetheart wife only viewed him as a substitute for his brother, and that she was still secretly involved with him.

To save his wife after she got into a car accident while on her way to a tryst, Hong Yan donated one of his kidneys...

Not long after, his brother was diagnosed with kidney disease. Under the collective moral kidnapping of his entire family—including his wife, who was kept in the dark about the source of the kidney—Hong Yan donated his second kidney, only to die on the operating table.

After his brother recovered, he rekindled his romance with his newly widowed childhood sweetheart. The whole family held a wedding banquet again, and during the vows, everyone tearfully reminisced about Hong Yan. Finally, when they took a group photo, one could vaguely see a shadow placing the brother's and sister-in-law's hands together...

Such a happy family making dumplings together; it was truly a joyous and celebratory occasion.

Akaseki: ...

In the final part, Akaseki had been watching in a "soul" state. He had originally thought the scene where "the doctor refused to operate upon seeing the surgical scar on his waist, only to be swayed by the protagonist's desperate pleas after overcoming the anesthesia" was the peak of Akaseki, but he never expected there to be a scene of souls holding hands afterward?

Akaseki felt that just watching this plot normally was already at the level of a mental attack!

However...

Because his "Hypothalamus" was being hosted, Akaseki was forced to be led by the emotions of the protagonist in the show, compelled to "gorge himself" on the experience.

Although the previous 179 hours had already been a massive shock to Akaseki, the final hour still made him feel that there was "always a mountain beyond a mountain"!

What...

The hell was that?

The moment the series ended, his hypothalamus was liberated, and Akaseki's true emotions finally erupted!

But in the very next instant...

A wave of coolness washed through Akaseki's brain, and his rational thoughts and emotional feelings seemed to split apart in an instant.

Bursts of special power generated within his brain, surging toward Akaseki's left eye and transforming into "ocular power"...

Immediately, Akaseki felt a slight stinging sensation in his left eye, though it was barely noticeable under the intense emotional contrast and the infusion of abundant ocular power.

At this moment, the special chakra fluctuations at Akaseki's residence alarmed some of the clansmen, especially those with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan!

Clan Leader Jiancheng and Elder Lanyu also sensed it instantly and arrived outside Akaseki's residence...

"Alright, alright, stop looking... everyone disperse."

"Everyone, Lanyu and I will go in."

Jiancheng and Lanyu stopped the other clansmen who were lingering nearby.

Many clansmen could recognize this kind of chakra fluctuation during the evolution of the Sharingan.

However...

If Akaseki had just lost a loved one or a friend, it wouldn't be strange.

Even if it wasn't a recent death, if he were setting up a funeral tent, one could assume he had suddenly recalled something heartbreaking.

But at this time, Akaseki was clearly alone in his residence, and no one had provoked him, so how could his Sharingan suddenly evolve?

Everyone was an Uchiha; why could you have such emotional fluctuations just by staying at home?

Could it be...

Is this the legendary, naturally emotional Uchiha Sacred Body?

Jiancheng and Lanyu vaguely guessed the reason, knowing that Akaseki must have been stimulated by that unknown power again, so they didn't let anyone else in and went inside to check personally.

Meanwhile, on Akaseki's side...

[Immersion in Family Happiness has ended. Liuliu Second-hand Platform reminds you: enjoy entertainment in moderation, keep a clear head, and please take a rest! Liuliu Second-hand Platform, door-to-door recycling, professional valuation, let your second-hand items flow...]

After the series ended, Akaseki didn't have time to check the condition of his left eye before he heard a notification different from the previous ones.

The GG reward this time seemed to be something special?

The next moment, in Akaseki's eyes, the ninja tool set that had just arrived was now marked with a price—150.

Akaseki didn't understand the specifics, but he understood the implication; it was likely similar to a pawn shop, intending to buy his items directly, but...

Door-to-door?

Who could come to his door?

Could it be... Space-Time Ninjutsu?

Akaseki didn't understand at this moment and felt a bit worried—what if a super powerful ninja popped out... no, what if a demon god popped out?

It was right then that Akaseki heard the voices of Clan Leader Jiancheng and Elder Lanyu...

Now Akaseki felt confident!

Who was coming to his door?

Since the Clan Leader was here...

Akaseki saw the countdown for the selection time and immediately chose the ninja tool set he had just acquired—aside from this, he didn't seem to have anything else worth recycling.

There was no space-time ninja or demon god as Akaseki had suspected; it was just a very ordinary... disappearance of the ninja tool set!

Akaseki: ???

[The balance has been credited to your account. Welcome to shop for more items...]

Hearing that the balance had been deposited, Akaseki finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Akaseki actually had a rough idea of what "150" meant—after all, in the various "GG" he had seen before, there were price tags attached.

Among the items Akaseki had seen in the GG, there were several that cost less than 150!

However, there was no time for Akaseki to shop for anything now...

"Akaseki, are you awake? We are coming in." The voice of Clan Leader Jiancheng arrived along with a knock on the door.

Akaseki had already regained his senses by then, so he hurriedly got up and opened the door.

Immediately, Akaseki saw the clan leader and the clan elder looking at him with pleasant surprise on their faces, seemingly... looking at his left eye!

"Clan Leader, Elder Lanyu, what are you..." Akaseki felt a bit uncomfortable being stared at like that.

"Hahaha... Good! Akaseki, you truly did not disappoint me." Clan Leader Jiancheng laughed.

"Huh?" Akaseki was stunned upon hearing this.

Although Lanyu kept a straight face, one could still see a hint of joy, and he spoke up to remind him: "Go look in the mirror."

Hearing this, Akaseki remembered the anomaly from just a moment ago and realized something. Ignoring politeness, he hurriedly turned back into the room to look in the mirror.

Sure enough...

In the mirror, Akaseki's left eye now clearly held two tomoe!

Even if his right eye hadn't changed, and it could only be considered a Quasi-Two-Tomoe Sharingan, it was already surprising enough...

Generally speaking, because of the awakening and transformation mechanism of the Sharingan, such "surprises" usually occur under the intense emotional agitation of a major change, and the person involved often doesn't feel surprised at all.

If an event is merely "a small thing that is quite profitable for awakening the Sharingan" to an Uchiha, then no matter how many times it happens, it is not enough to make them awaken the Sharingan!

Sayings like "one for your sorrow, two for your joy" are absolutely not to be spoken.

However, Jiancheng and Lanyu had no such burden regarding Akaseki; they both guessed that this must be the result of his "Immersion," not that something truly happened...

But thinking back to the plot of the "Immersion" earlier, Akaseki suddenly felt—this is what I deserve!

At the same time, Akaseki had a theory: the reason the transformation went so smoothly was likely half due to the false emotions during the Immersion, and the other half due to the eruption of real emotions after the Immersion ended completely. The conflict between the two had intensified the result...

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