Shimizu's Mangekyō Sharingan... Activated!

Shimizu stood at the very center, bearing the brunt of these onslaughts.

Cracks gradually appeared on the hard chakra armor of the Susanoo, extending inward to the muscle fibers and the skeleton beneath.

As the fissures widened, Shimizu's complexion paled slightly.

He had been a bit too arrogant.

He had recklessly allowed the Allied Shinobi Forces to exhaust a massive amount of his chakra.

He had only truly engaged Senju Hashirama in battle after fighting for several hours.

Yet, the smile at the corners of Shimizu's mouth grew more intense; with blood streaming from his eyes, he looked somewhat deranged.

"I see it now, the path of the Mangekyō!"

The Three-Tomoe Sharingan in Shimizu's left eye socket spun and shifted incessantly.

The dark tomoe gradually transformed into white.

The original ring of white patterns was suddenly imbued with a layer of golden radiance.

Each of the three white tomoe squeezed out an additional tomoe, which became embedded into the newly emerged golden patterns.

Waves of profound ocular power surged from Shimizu's left eye, spreading throughout his entire body.

Shimizu's physical body, which had been nearing its growth limit, broke through its bottleneck once again.

Bolstered by the feedback of this ocular power, his physical attributes improved in every aspect.

"This ominous chakra... is he only just awakening his Mangekyō now?!"

For the first time, Senju Hashirama felt a sense of alarm.

The level of threat he assigned to Shimizu was elevated to the maximum.

Having fought Uchiha Madara many times, he understood clearly just how powerful the Mangekyō Sharingan was.

He had originally assumed that Shimizu's Three-Tomoe Sharingan was a special type of Mangekyō.

He had never expected that he hadn't awakened it at all, and that he was only just unlocking the Mangekyō Sharingan now.

Boom, boom, boom!

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