Awakening! Mangekyō Sharingan

[The host has been detected replacing Obito Uchiha as Uchiha Madara's successor. System reward: Indra Bloodline development +10%.]

[Indra Bloodline development: 51%, 52%, 53%, 54%...]

[The host's Indra Bloodline development has reached 60%. Mangekyō Sharingan awakened.]

After Uchiha Madara left, Shisui had just taken action to keep this White Zetsu from escaping when he received the system notification.

Although he had awakened his eyes once before, in his previous life, Shisui had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan under immense grief and hadn't had time to experience it properly.

This time, every second, Shisui could feel the blood in his body surging. Vast amounts of chakra rushed wildly toward his eyes, and his mental energy continued to rise.

"Urgh..."

The black tomoe in Shisui's eyes spun faster and faster. His eyes could hardly bear any more chakra, and waves of throbbing pain pulsed through them.

"Mangekyō Sharingan, awaken!"

At that moment, Shisui exerted his power. The black tomoe in his eyes gathered at the pupils, coalescing into black dots.

Then the edges of the dots began to stretch outward, forming the shape of hollow, four-sided shuriken.

Shisui Uchiha had awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.

"My eyes... they're back..."

No one could truly understand the heartbreak Shisui had felt in his previous life when Danzo had forcibly gouged out his right eye.

Nor could anyone understand the deep despair he had felt when he personally removed his left eye and gave it to Itachi Uchiha.

Reborn into a new life, after eight years of enduring in silence, he had finally reclaimed what was rightfully his.

As the Mangekyō in Shisui's eyes slowly turned, he felt the response his body gave to them. Waves of purer chakra spread throughout him, and it felt as if every cell were cheering.

Shisui had waited far too long for this moment. If he hadn't still been inside the Uchiha Clan Compound, he would have loved to let out all the pent-up frustration of the past eight years.

In this life, no one would use him as a sacrificial pawn. He would not only take control of his own fate, but also shape the future of the Shinobi World.

"Why does something feel off?"

"The ability in my left eye is still Kotoamatsukami, but the ability in my right eye has changed."

"The Sharingan reflects the heart. The Mangekyō Sharingan's abilities are even more like the owner's innermost thoughts. Kotoamatsukami is a power I've always longed for, but what is the ability in my right eye...?"

[Yamata: A demon in mythology, representing savagery and consumption. It delights in devouring the gods.]

[Ability: Can plunder any Kekkei Genkai.]

"So this is the ability of my right eye..."

If "Kotoamatsukami" in Shisui's left eye represented his goodwill toward the world, then "Yamata" in his right eye carried the resentment in his heart over having his right eye stolen in his previous life, along with the deep malice he had suppressed throughout this life.

If the Shinobi World was fundamentally a place where the strong preyed on the weak, then why couldn't he be the one doing the devouring?

Still, Shisui could sense that "Yamata's" plundering ability had its limits.

[Name: Shisui Uchiha]

[Age: 8 years old]

[Bloodline: Indra Bloodline (development 60%)—Mangekyō Sharingan]

[Dōjutsu: Kotoamatsukami, Yamata]

[Chakra: S (Kage Level)]

[Chakra Nature: Fire · Proficient (55%), Wind · Average (0%), Earth · Average (10%), Lightning · Average (0%)]

[Skills: Multi-Shadow Clone Technique, Rasengan, Body Flicker Technique, Substitution Technique, Phantom Body Flicker Technique, Great Fireball Technique, Great Dragon Fire Technique, Genjutsu: Sharingan, Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique...]

[Items: Konoha Chunin Outfit]

The instant Shisui Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, the powerful members of the Uchiha Clan all felt a mental pressure.

Though the sensation vanished in a flash, the Uchiha strongmen had no idea whether the other party was friend or foe.

Only Fugaku Uchiha's Sharingan activated involuntarily when he felt that aura.

The three black tomoe began to merge as soon as his eyes opened. Centered on the black dot at his pupil, they stretched outward into three blade-shaped forms, each with a black dot behind it, arranged symmetrically around the pupil.

This was Fugaku Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan. He had activated it instinctively when he felt the ripple of mental energy from Shisui's awakening.

"Has a second Mangekyō appeared in the clan? Who could it be...? Why do I feel threatened by this mental energy, as if the other person wants to devour me...?"

Fugaku Uchiha naturally had no idea that this strange sensation came from the Yamata in Shisui's right eye.

Just as Fugaku was about to investigate further, the voices of several Uchiha Clan elders sounded from outside his courtyard.

"Clan Head, Setsuna Uchiha is here to see you."

"Clan Head, Tenwa Uchiha is here to see you."

"Clan Head, Kinzen Uchiha is here to see you."

"..."

"Everyone's here. Say what you came to say."

In the hall, clan head Fugaku Uchiha and eight elders sat on their knees on the tatami. These nine people made up the Uchiha Clan's decision-making leadership.

"Clan Head, we all felt that unusual pressure just now, but none of us have any leads or clues. Do you know what happened?" The first to speak was the elder called Tenwa Uchiha.

"I don't know the exact circumstances, but I can sense that the other person is somewhere within the Uchiha Clan Compound. The source of that ripple is likely one of our clan members awakening a higher level of eyes."

Fugaku's revelation instantly set off an uproar in the previously quiet room.

"The other person is in our clan? One of our own?"

"Awakening a higher level of eyes... Could it be eyes like Lord Madara's?"

Of everyone present, Setsuna Uchiha was by far the most excited to hear this.

As the leader of the clan's Hawk Faction, Setsuna had always considered himself the inheritor of Uchiha Madara's will. He advocated using the clan's military strength to secure greater benefits for the Uchiha Clan.

But in an era when no Mangekyō had appeared, the Uchiha Clan lacked the crucial fighting strength of a Kage Level shinobi. Setsuna Uchiha knew they had no chance against the Hokage Faction, so he had remained in hiding.

Now that he had heard the clan might have produced a Mangekyō Sharingan wielder, making up for the family's lack of Kage Level strength, how could he not be thrilled?

"Elder Setsuna, don't celebrate too soon. For all we know, that person might be on our side." The one who interrupted Setsuna Uchiha's fantasy was Tenwa Uchiha. As the leader of the clan's Dove Faction, he had long been Setsuna's rival.

Seeing the clan's two most influential elders about to clash again, clan head Fugaku Uchiha felt a headache coming on.