"As for you."
After White Zetsu left, Black Zetsu turned his gaze toward Obito Uchiha, who stood nearby.
"Akatsuki can barely save itself, and you still want to order me around?" Obito said disdainfully, venting all the resentment in his heart.
Black Zetsu did not refute Obito's question. It walked over to the window, gazed out at the rain-soaked village, and said calmly, "What if I could help your eyes advance another step—or even awaken that supreme ocular technique, the Mangekyō Sharingan?"
"What? You actually have a way to help me awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan?" Upon hearing Black Zetsu's words, Obito shot to his feet, his eyes fixed tightly on Black Zetsu's back.
It was not that Obito was overreacting. The information Black Zetsu had revealed was simply too shocking.
"I said that I can tell you how to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. I can even help you awaken it."
Black Zetsu turned around. Its round, disk-like face had no features besides its eyes, yet Obito could still sense the sly expression on its face.
The Sharingan was one of the Shinobi World's three great ocular techniques, known as the "Eye That Reflects the Heart." It was the Kekkei Genkai of the Uchiha Clan, descendants of Indra, the eldest son of the Sage of Six Paths. It could be awakened through intense emotional stimulation and continuously evolve.
According to the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, the Sharingan required a certain degree of stimulation to awaken. The Uchiha possessed immense "love" by nature, but once they lost that love, a special chakra would surge forth in their brains and affect their optic nerves, causing their eyes to change. This was commonly known as awakening the eyes.
When awakened, the eyes would turn red, and a tomoe would appear within each pupil. The