Rōran
In the underground laboratory beneath a branch of the God Tree, vaporized chakra mist filled the entire room. Thankfully, White Zetsu maintained the Barrier formula, perfectly cutting off the fluctuations comparable to Tailed Beast chakra.
"Success!"
Though the hazy white mist obstructed Mao's senses, where her gaze fell, she could clearly see the jet-black Three-Tomoe Sharingan radiating majesty, condensed within a blood-red full moon-like image.
"Not yet."
Naori frowned tightly and grabbed the excited Mao. She had never heard of awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan causing such a spectacle.
The condensed black jade did not form a Mangekyō pattern. Instead, it rippled with blood-red circular waves.
Naori hurriedly stirred her chakra, summoning the White Zetsu hidden beneath the soil and directing them to use the God Tree's roots to draw upon the Dragon Vein's chakra.
For Rikusei, the Mangekyō Sharingan was something that came naturally.
Of the three strands of cellular essence integrated into his chakra pathways, Mao's cells—the most inconspicuous of them all—had stirred up the Natural Energy within his body, awakening the Sage of Six Paths' gift that had long since merged into his chakra.
The Susanoo encasing his entire body also could no longer maintain its skeletal form amid the turbulence of his mind, dissipating through the room like smoke.
Swelling pain.
Five streams of chakra flooded Rikusei's optic nerves, continuously washing over his eyes. The adhesive observed in the experiment completely failed at this moment, joining the frenzied struggle of survival.
Even with his eyes tightly shut, Rikusei could sense how terrifying he must have looked.
Thankfully, his clothing covered everything but above his neck.
Azure chakra pathways bulged high all over his body, while vicious blood vessels protruded alongside them, making him look as though he had activated the Byakugan.
The rapidly expanding pathways brought