Mangekyō Sharingan?

As he gazed at the eyeball in the cultivation dish, glowing with a faint blue light, Ensei Uchiha felt incredibly excited.

But soon, as he infused it with Sharingan power, a trace of vivid red seeped into the eyeball, which had originally been surrounded by a blue glow. Then, in an instant, it was transformed...

It was as if the eyeball had been contaminated.

In fact, that was exactly what had happened. Though the power inside it had not weakened much, it was now completely contrary to Ensei Uchiha's original goal.

"According to the Otsutsuki Clan's accounts, the Byakugan is the most important. The Sharingan, the Rinnegan, and the Tenseigan are all flawed evolutions of the Byakugan."

"Unfortunately, I don't know how powerful this so-called Jōgan is."

"But this is probably the limit of what I can do right now. I'll need some outside help to take things any further."

As Ensei Uchiha recorded his experimental data and considered his next plan, he suddenly sensed an unfamiliar Chakra inside the Laboratory.

"Who's there?"

His eyes erupted with a powerful force, immediately startling Shisui Uchiha, who had quietly slipped inside.

Shisui Uchiha was a Mangekyō user himself. Though the overwhelming force startled him for an instant, he quickly recovered and even managed to glean a fair amount of information.

"This power... It doesn't feel like the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan. It's too diffuse, though there's an immense amount of it... And what are all these devices for?"

"Are you really Ensei Uchiha?"

Shisui Uchiha had already activated his Mangekyō Sharingan. If the person in front of him failed to give a satisfactory answer...

Then he would have to use the technique he had kept hidden all this time, one with a cooldown lasting several years.

Faced with the threat of Kotoamatsukami, Ensei Uchiha didn't seem concerned. He calmly finished organizing his experimental data and set it neatly aside.

Glancing at the Ninja Cat caught in a genjutsu by the door, Ensei Uchiha couldn't help sighing.

"It looks like the Ninja Cat Clan still isn't strong enough. It's time to start researching Senjutsu."

"But I don't have enough Chakra. Trying to master Nature Energy right now would be too much for me..."

Hearing Ensei Uchiha speak as if no one else were there, Shisui Uchiha frowned slightly.

Just as he was about to make a move, Ensei Uchiha spoke again. One sentence was all it took to stop him in his tracks.

"Did you know? According to the original timeline, the Uchiha Clan will be wiped out in about three or four years."

Even Shisui Uchiha, usually so composed, lost control at those words.

"How is that possible? What are you talking about? You're definitely not Ensei. Who are you?"

With that, Shisui Uchiha launched the first attack, using his Mangekyō Sharingan's power.

Both of Shisui Uchiha's eyes had Kotoamatsukami, but like Kamui, each eye worked differently.

The Kotoamatsukami in his left eye had a cooldown lasting several years, perhaps even more than a decade.

The Kotoamatsukami in his right eye, on the other hand, had a shorter cooldown and could briefly hypnotize multiple enemies.

Shisui Uchiha used the Kotoamatsukami in his right eye. But this silent technique, which should have been impossible to avoid, had no effect.

It was as if the person standing before Shisui Uchiha weren't human at all, but a vast mass of ocular power. The technique had vanished into him without a trace.

Feeling a faint sting in his eyes, Ensei Uchiha realized what Shisui Uchiha had done. He had no interest in continuing the conversation. Facing Shisui Uchiha, he extended his left hand.

In an instant, an invisible force surged out, sending Shisui Uchiha and the surrounding wall flying a great distance.

Fortunately, Shisui Uchiha had been standing by the door. If the blast had damaged his Laboratory, that would have been a real nuisance.

Ensei Uchiha casually summoned a few Ninja Cats and told them to watch over all the materials inside the Laboratory. Then he turned and walked out.

By the time he reached the outside of the house, Uchiha Clan shinobi had already gathered all around it. Their Sharingan burned crimson, and their killing intent was palpable.

Don't get the wrong idea. The Uchiha Clan shinobi hadn't come to help Shisui Uchiha. They had simply been drawn by the commotion.

"Shisui, what happened? Are we under attack?"

Fugaku Uchiha arrived a little late. Seeing the scene, he immediately spoke to Shisui Uchiha, who was struggling to get up from the ground.

Ensei Uchiha's attack had come without warning, and there had been no way to dodge it.

Shisui Uchiha hadn't suffered any serious injuries, but the tremendous impact had left his whole body aching.

When Fugaku Uchiha asked him what had happened, Shisui Uchiha didn't know how to respond.

"Nothing. He broke into my house, so I threw him out."

Ensei Uchiha's small figure emerged from the ruins.

When he finally came into view, everyone's gaze was drawn to his strange eyes.

"Is that... the Mangekyō Sharingan?"

"Impossible. He's only ten. No matter how talented he is, that can't be!"

"The Mangekyō Sharingan isn't that color. Is it a bloodline mutation?"

"..."

A jumble of voices rose around them. Everyone was focused on Ensei Uchiha's eyes; no one paid any attention to what had caused the commotion in the first place.

That was only natural. The Uchiha Clan's obsession with the Sharingan was intense—so intense that it could make them overlook almost anything.

Yet the more someone worshipped the Sharingan, the less likely they were to awaken it. Those who were most unwilling to lose someone, on the other hand, were more likely to awaken it.

That really did fit the description of the "cursed clan."

"Since there are no enemies here, everyone except Shisui and Ensei can leave!"

Fugaku Uchiha wasn't in a good mood. He wasn't nearly as pleased as he appeared to be about another Mangekyō Sharingan awakening in the clan.

Especially since the one who had awakened it was a child.

A child meant unpredictability, even a potential threat. For the Uchiha Clan, already beset by turmoil, that wasn't good news.

Still, he couldn't bring himself to abandon a prodigy who had awakened the Mangekyō.

At that moment, Fugaku Uchiha was just like Shisui Uchiha beside him, caught between two choices.

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