"Whoosh—"
Natsume opened his all-encompassing Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
Vast ocular power poured out like the stars.
And this time,
after awakening the Eternal Mangekyo, Natsume felt his eyes were crystal clear, without the slightest irritation or side effects.
He didn't even feel the need to use the Hashirama Cells.
He no longer needed the Hashirama Cells to repair the damage caused by using the Mangekyō Sharingan.
"So this is the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan?"
"This feels amazing!"
Natsume murmured, unable to hide his excitement.
After all, the Eternal Mangekyo was far stronger than an ordinary Mangekyō.
The reason was simple: fusing two pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan was not as simple as one plus one equals two.
Not going blind was only the basic benefit. Ocular power at least doubled, while eyesight, each eye's unique abilities, Susanoo's power, and more all received a considerable boost.
After all, Sasuke, with only the Mangekyō, had struggled against Danzo.
But after gaining the Eternal Mangekyo, he was basically on par with Naruto, a perfect Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
So the gap between the Eternal and ordinary Mangekyō was at least equivalent to half a Nine-Tails' worth of power.
The increase in strength was unmistakable.
Put simply,
before, if Natsume didn't use the Eight Inner Gates,
then even if he used every trick he had, he could at best take on someone at the threshold of Super Kage level—and even then, he might well lose.
Now, with the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, Natsume's overall strength had firmly entered the Super Kage ranks.
Of course, he was still a little behind monsters like Madara and Hashirama.
But among the shinobi alive today,
he could easily make the top five, and maybe even fight his way into the top three...
In short, he could now begin to roam freely across most