Sharingan and Talent of the Immortal Clan

Chapter 42: Sharingan and Talent of the Immortal Clan

"Cough...!"

"Cough...!"

The grievous damage to her internal organs made Uchiha Sarina cough uncontrollably.

"Hana... you don't really have many friends either, do you?"

"Then I'll be your best friend."

A fading light shone in Uchiha Sarina's eyes as she smiled and gently stroked Uchiha Hana's cheek.

"Mm."

"You're an irreplaceable friend to me, Sarina!"

Uchiha Hana knelt on the ground, her heart heavy with grief. She sniffled, wiped her tears with her sleeve, and forced a smile as she answered.

"Hana, if one day..."

"you lose your way in the darkness..."

"follow the guidance of your heart, and head toward the light..."

"Protect everyone alongside Lord Shin, and then save... this twisted world..."

"Hana, you're such a lucky girl..."

"Sarina!"

"Ah... ah...!"

After struggling to finish her final words, Uchiha Sarina collapsed into Uchiha Hana's arms. The breath of life had left her.

Remembering all the happy times she and Sarina had shared, Uchiha Hana was overcome with grief!

"Sarina... don't worry!"

"I'll follow Lord Shin and save this twisted world!"

"I swear!"

Determination filled Uchiha Hana's eyes. She gently laid Sarina down, then softly covered her with a white cloth.

"One-Tomoe Sharingan!"

"Poor thing!"

Uchiha Goichi, who was guarding Uchiha Shin and Uchiha Hana, had seen Uchiha Hana awaken a One-Tomoe Sharingan after Sarina's death.

Most astonishingly, the girl was only six years old.

It seemed the future held yet another remarkable talent.

Amid his shock, Uchiha Goichi looked at the six-year-old Uchiha Hana with a complicated expression, tinged with sympathy.

Everyone knew that members of the Uchiha Clan were born with the Sharingan.

However, the Sharingan they were born with had to be awakened before they could truly use it.

Awakening usually occurred when the user experienced intense emotional trauma...

Usually, it happened during a battle where their life was at stake.

Or when a close friend or family member died right before their eyes.

For example, in the original Naruto, Sasuke awakened his Sharingan while fighting Haku in the Land of Waves.

Another example from the original Naruto was Itachi's teammate, Shinji. Ma was killed by Obito right in front of Itachi while protecting him as he retreated.

Similarly, evolving the Sharingan required comparable circumstances.

For example, in the original Naruto, when Sasuke defected, his Sharingan evolved from two tomoe to three during his battle with Naruto at the Valley of the End...

In other words, once the Sharingan was awakened or successfully evolved, its user could use it for the rest of their life.

Of course, the Sharingan could also be obtained through an eye transplant, which meant that even people outside the Uchiha Clan could acquire one.

Kakashi from the original Naruto was one such example. His teammate Obito had given him his Sharingan before he died.

However, because their bodies were different, people outside the Uchiha Clan...

spent much more Chakra when using the Sharingan, and it strained their bodies, so they couldn't use it too much.

For example, Kakashi kept Obito's Sharingan covered with an eyepatch, forcing it to stay closed.

Danzo had also used bandages to cover the Sharingan he had taken from Shisui Uchiha and Kagami Uchiha.

One reason was to hide the fact that he had acquired Sharingan. The other was to keep the transplanted eyes from consuming too much Chakra if they were activated.

Members of the Uchiha Clan, however, were not subject to this restriction.

Although using the Sharingan consumed Chakra, the amount was so small that it hardly had any effect.

For example, Itachi, Madara, and Obito almost always kept their Sharingan activated.

As for the ordinary Mangekyō Sharingan, it was an advanced form of the regular Sharingan.

In this state, the Mangekyō Sharingan looked different from the regular Sharingan.

The regular Sharingan had three separate tomoe, while the three tomoe of the ordinary Mangekyō Sharingan were joined together, forming a shape like a boomerang.

Ordinary Mangekyō Sharingan could have different designs...

Kakashi's ordinary Mangekyō Sharingan looked different from Uchiha Itachi's.

And Uchiha Itachi's ordinary Mangekyō Sharingan also differed from Uchiha Madara's and Uchiha Sasuke's.

The Uchiha Clan's Mangekyō Sharingan was also known as the Eye of Heart's Reflection.

Take Uchiha Obito, for example...

He had witnessed Nohara Rin die after Kakashi's Chidori pierced her chest.

That made him feel as though the entire world had become twisted.

So the pattern of his Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan was a distorted symbol.

The power of the Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan was also a vortex that warped space from thin air.

After Rin's death, he felt he had lost everything and wanted desperately to escape this world. That was why his Mangekyō Sharingan awakened the power to make him intangible.

Having lost Nohara Rin, he felt as if he had lost the entire world.

So he wanted to destroy this real world and create another one where Rin was alive. That was why his Mangekyō Sharingan also awakened the power to tear through space.

Take Uchiha Itachi, for example...

Uchiha Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan abilities were Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi.

Amaterasu was an inextinguishable black flame. It represented Itachi bearing the Will of Fire and carrying the darkness of the village as he moved forward, without ever regretting it.

As Uchiha Itachi had said during the Fourth Shinobi World War, while under Impure World Reincarnation: no matter how dark the village became, he was still Itachi of Konoha.

Before the clan's annihilation, Itachi had also kept trying to buy time for the Uchiha Clan...

But when the moment of the massacre finally arrived, after Uchiha Itachi had killed his own parents with his hands...

he must have wished he'd had more time to resolve the conflict between the clan and the village.

Thus, the second ability of Uchiha Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan was Tsukuyomi, which allowed him to manipulate time freely.

As for Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Izuna, and Shisui Uchiha, the abilities each of them gained upon awakening their ordinary Mangekyō Sharingan...

were all directly connected to what they had most deeply desired at the moment their Mangekyō Sharingan awakened.

"All right, Hana..."

"The battle is over."

Ninjas from the clan will take Sarina's body back and bury her in the Uchiha Clan cemetery.

"Let's go!"

Uchiha Shin patted Uchiha Hana on the shoulder, comforting her after she had awakened a One-Tomoe Sharingan because of her friend's death.

He hadn't expected Sarina to have such a shining moment.

Ever since Uchiha Shin had seen through Uchiha Sarina's true nature, he had kept his distance from her.

He had thought that Uchiha Sarina would amount to nothing, dying quietly and being forgotten without a trace.

But he hadn't expected her to take a blade for Uchiha Hana.

Could a person's nature really change?

Just like people said online in his previous life: could a single thought really lead to either hell or heaven?

Uchiha Shin shook his head slightly. He understood some of it, but not all.

By the way, according to the clan ninja's report, Master Yamashita of the Fire Temple and all the warrior monks who had taken part in the tournament had been captured.

Uchiha Shin remembered that in the original Naruto, the Fire Temple possessed a secret technique remarkably similar to Sage Mode.

"Talent of the Immortal Clan!"

Whether it was Welcoming Approach: Thousand-Armed Murder, Furious Vajra, or Sealing Iron Wall...

Uchiha Shin had been trying to develop a Sage Mode of his own, but he had never been able to find a way forward.

The Three Great Sage Lands—Mount Myōboku, Shikkotsu Forest, and Ryūchi Cave—had mature Sage Modes, but Uchiha Shin was afraid the three sages would lead him into a trap.

As the saying went, teaching a disciple everything you knew would leave you with nothing.

The three sages had survived since the Mythic Era. They weren't fools. Why would they pass on the Sage Mode that was truly their hidden treasure, their sacred secret?

These three old schemers had to have some ulterior motive for teaching this kind of Sage Mode. Uchiha Shin was sure of it.

So if he could learn how to cultivate Talent of the Immortal Clan from Master Yamashita of the Fire Temple and the captured warrior monks...

and use it to broaden his thinking and fully understand what Sage Mode really was...

then Uchiha Shin believed that sooner or later, he would create a Sage Mode unique to the Uchiha Clan.

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