Side Effects

Taichi! Your eyes!?

At this moment, Shiro and Nakamura, who were still paying attention to the situation of the Seven-Tails behind them, immediately turned around after hearing Shikaki's call.

Taichi covered his eyes, and blood was flowing from between his fingers!

"Taichi! Are you alright? Wait a moment, I'll treat you right away!" With that, Shiro extended his right hand.

"Projection, turn it on!"

"Ugh!" Shiro's right hand twitched, and then he screamed in pain, clutching his right hand tightly as he knelt on the back of the giant bird.

Clearly, the previous Projection had taken a toll on Shiro. Although he had already overloaded himself many times, the Magic Circuits wouldn't adapt just because you overloaded them a lot.

Its strength is what it is; as long as Shiro's control doesn't improve, no matter how many times it happens, the result will be the same.

Therefore, seeing this situation made Nakamura even more worried.

Fortunately, Taichi had already lowered his hand and said with his eyes half-open, "Don't worry, I'm fine. I just overused my eye power. I'll be fine after a rest."

"I'm fine. Just like before, I'm still overworked. I just need some rest, don't worry."

"Alright, then you two take a rest. Shiro, hand over the control of the giant bird to me. You and Taichi rest."

"Okay, I understand, Mr. Nakamura."

"Thanks, Captain."

Shiro glanced at Taichi but said nothing.

In fact, Taichi's bleeding was not simply due to excessive consumption of his pupil power. His eyes were bleeding because of the Mangekyo Sharingan, and his vision had actually been affected.

The original Mangekyo Sharingan, if used only with pupil power, would not damage eyesight; it would only damage eyesight when using Dōjutsu.

However, Taichi's version is incomplete; it's merely a derivative of a Noble Phantasm, lacking even Dōjutsu. Furthermore, because he didn't experience the mental stimulation of awakening his eye, his foundation is not very solid.

Therefore, using the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan would be a great burden, especially since he had forcibly controlled the Tailed Beast. Although the success was partly due to the Seven-Tails' lack of consciousness, the consumption was still enormous.

Therefore, Taichi's eyesight was actually quite damaged, but he didn't say it.

Firstly, she didn't want Nakamura and the others to worry, and secondly, she wanted to keep it a secret.

The fact that the Mangekyo Sharingan can damage eyesight remains a secret of the Uchiha Clan, and one that most of the clan members are unaware of, so it's not really appropriate to talk about it.

This has nothing to do with trust; it's simply a code of conduct.

Therefore, Shiro took this into consideration, which is why he didn't say it.

However, Shiro wasn't particularly worried about this, because he had a way to deal with this side effect; he had just tried to Projection his Noble Phantasm to heal Taichi.

In his haste, he neglected his own situation, leading to further backlash.

But it's alright, Shiro only needs to rest for a bit before he can heal him, since that Noble Phantasm doesn't require the release of its true name to take effect.

Just as Shiro was deep in thought, Nakamura, who was controlling the giant bird, suddenly spoke up, "We didn't fight the Seven-Tails today; we only saw it from afar and were lucky enough to escape. Do you understand?"

"Hmm?" Shikaki glanced at Nakamura, nodded, and said, "Yeah, it was close. We almost didn't escape."

"Thank you, Nakamura -sensei, and Shikaki." Taichi looked at them in surprise and said, touched.

"Thanks, Captain. Um, I was overloaded because of the massive amount of Explosive Tag Projection."

After Shiro finished speaking, everyone turned their attention to Kazuki, who had come to her senses.

Kazuki was taken aback, looked around, then glanced at the area below the giant bird, and then collapsed.

"Ah, I'm dizzy. I was so scared. I don't know what happened. I'm so scared. No, my head is spinning. I need to sleep for a while." After saying that, she lay down and didn't move.

"Haha." Everyone looked at each other and laughed. Kazuki's antics had eased the tense atmosphere considerably.

Nakamura's decision was primarily to protect Shiro.

Nakamura was already well aware of the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan, and now that he has faced it directly, he understands it even more clearly.

Shiro possesses the ability to awaken this powerful eye in members of the Uchiha, even if the time is short, because there are so many of them, and there are quite a few Uchiha Three-Tomoe.

Therefore, Shiro's abilities must not be exposed, otherwise not only will Shiro be in danger, but the village will also be in turmoil.

As a Jonin, Nakamura had already come into contact with some of the village's affairs.

The higher-ups of the Hokage lineage have always been at odds with the Uchiha, and the Uchiha have never really hidden their ambitions.

If they find out that Shiro can help them activate the Mangekyo Sharingan, the village's fighting power will immediately become unbalanced, and chaos could break out at any moment.

Therefore, Shiro's information must absolutely not be revealed!

Fortunately, only the five of them knew this, so they could still keep it a secret.

In fact, Shiro had considered this consequence when he first came up with this idea, but later, because the side effect was too strong, it was basically a technique that could only be used once, so Shiro abandoned it.

If the situation hadn't been urgent, Shiro wouldn't have used this plan.

It's important to understand that forcibly activating the Mangekyo Sharingan is not a good thing. It's not like in some fantasy novels where you can prematurely comprehend later realms and enjoy some great benefits.

Activating it prematurely will only deplete Taichi's potential and cause great harm to the future, and this harm is irreparable.

Normally, the awakening of the Mangekyo Sharingan involves an extreme mental transformation. In that instant, a special substance is produced that combines with Chakra to form the Mangekyo Sharingan, which places a tremendous burden on the user.

However, during this process, the Uchiha bloodline will also be developed to a certain extent, which will compensate for the burden brought about by its sublimation.

This is why one's strength increases further after awakening their eyes; it's not just due to the difference in eye power.

This is also why Kakashi is short on chakra; with two burdens, how could he not be?

Even if the side effects are severe, it's all worth it as long as it saves my life.

After that, Shiro and the others quietly recuperated.

Meanwhile, after leaving, Black Zetsu thought for a moment and returned to the position of the Seven-Tails.

He stared silently at the Jinchuriki lying in the deep pit, his eyes narrowed, deep in thought. Before he could make up his mind, the Takigakure members arrived.

He abandoned his plan, shook his head, and left.

"Forget it, let's not take the risk. Let Madara worry about it. But we still need to find an opportunity to gain Madara's trust, otherwise it will be very inconvenient to move around. It seems we need to make some more arrangements."

At this time, Black Zetsu had not yet appeared before Madara, so all of his small actions regarding the Tailed Beast were very dangerous. This time, he also used other arrangements to have the Seven-Tails attack them.

He dared not show himself. It was not easy to find someone who had awakened the Rinnegan, and he could not let this opportunity go to waste. Before he gained Madara's trust, he had to proceed with caution.

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