But although he could not compare to Indra now, few ordinary Mangekyou could rival this level of ocular power.
Beyond ocular power, the most important thing was the Dojutsu born after awakening the Mangekyou.
The Sharingan was the Eye of Heart Reflection. The Dojutsu birthed by the Mangekyou were closely tied to the user's heart at the moment of awakening, and even the Mangekyou's pattern was deeply connected to it.
For example, Obito Uchiha witnessed Rin Nohara's death, so his Mangekyou bore a twisted symbol. The Dojutsu it produced, Dojutsu: Kamui, was proof of how he felt he had lost everything and wanted to create a world with Rin in it.
As for Itachi Uchiha's dart-shaped Mangekyou, Uchiha Ten could not think of a reason for it. Perhaps it had something to do with his title as the Ninja World's shuriken master.
But the eternally unquenchable black flames of Amaterasu represented how he bore the village's darkness without regret.
Tsukuyomi, which controlled time and space, reflected his wish during the final days before the clan massacre to have more time to resolve everything.
The same was true for Shisui Uchiha.
Uchiha Ten neither wanted nor was able to judge Obito Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha as people.
He was merely a spectator, not someone who had lived through it.
But from his perspective, he naturally despised what the two had done.
After all, following his transmigration, he was a member of the Uchiha Clan, and the night of the massacre was not far away.
When it did not involve him, he could call Itachi Uchiha the Itachi God, excuse Obito Uchiha's extremism, and say that there were no truly bad people in Naruto.
But after transmigrating, it involved him too—and he would likely die because of it.
How was he supposed