Changing Eyes

"Teacher!" Li Yi exclaimed. Danzo also hurried over to look, only to see the ninja with glowing green light on his hands sigh and shake his head. It was clear that the situation was beyond saving, and the green light on his hands gradually faded away.

Danzo looked at Uchiha Kagami's corpse and finally sighed, saying, "Seal Kagami's body and bring it back to the village."

Regardless of anything else, Uchiha Kagami was a hero of Konoha and his teammate; Danzo still had to make proper arrangements for his funeral affairs.

At the same time, Danzo took out the two Sharingan and, after a moment of thought, said, "Li Yi, you heard your teacher's words just now. Since Matsushima is here, do you want to have this Sharingan transplanted?"

Matsushima was the medical ninja who had just performed the medical ninjutsu.

Although Danzo wanted to keep both Sharingan for himself, Uchiha Kagami had spoken in front of these other ninjas about giving one to Li Yi. If he didn't comply, it would look rather bad, so Danzo asked anyway.

As for the pressure from the Uchiha clan, he, Danzo, would shoulder it.

Li Yi nodded. It was a Sharingan, after all. Although it was quite chakra-intensive, it was a Mangekyo Sharingan; having it transplanted into his own body was better than letting Danzo have it.

Danzo took out one Sharingan and handed it to Matsushima, who was standing nearby, saying, "Go and perform the transplant for him!"

Matsushima nodded and said to Li Yi, "Jonin Li Yi, come with me!"

Li Yi responded and followed Matsushima out. Danzo looked at the remaining Sharingan in his hand, had someone bring a vial of solution, and after placing the eye inside, he began to send intelligence to Sarutobi Hiruzen. Now that the Cloud Village had entered the fray, it seemed this war was about to escalate once again.

Li Yi followed Matsushima to a tent, where Matsushima said, "Jonin Li Yi, lie down and leave the rest to me. Also, transplanting someone else's eyes may cause a certain degree of rejection, so please bear with it for a while. It will get much better once you adapt."

Li Yi nodded and lay down. Matsushima began the transplant. It had to be said that Matsushima's medical ninjutsu was quite competent; at the very least, Li Yi did not feel any discomfort.

Once the transplant was complete, Li Yi frowned. Wasn't it said that a Sharingan transplant would definitely cause rejection? He didn't seem to feel much of anything.

"If the rejection feels severe, you can use your chakra to slowly nourish it; that will help a lot!" Matsushima said, noticing Li Yi's frown.

After all, he was quite familiar with this process.

After speaking, he took out a small vial and said, "Jonin Li Yi, this is your original eye."

Li Yi took it and thanked him. Matsushima told him to get plenty of rest recently before leaving.

Li Yi found a mirror and looked at his eyes. Sure enough, one was black and one was red. The red one was his left eye, and at this moment, three tomoe were spinning within it. Li Yi felt that seeing the world through the Sharingan was truly a marvelous experience; no wonder the Sharingan's kinetic vision was so superior.

Of course, this Sharingan was constantly consuming his chakra, though not by much—it was well within Li Yi's acceptable range.

Perhaps due to his own constitution, there was no rejection reaction at all. However, he couldn't deactivate the Sharingan either; unless one possessed the Uchiha bloodline, there was basically no way to close it.

Now that he had a Sharingan, he would have to adjust some of his combat styles.

He wondered if he could awaken the Mangekyo.

Thinking of this, Li Yi began to gather his chakra. In his left eye, the three tomoe began to spin wildly, and gradually, a four-pointed pinwheel pattern emerged. Li Yi's chakra was also being consumed at a frantic pace.

"Hmm?" At this moment, Li Yi suddenly understood the Mangekyo ability of his teacher's Sharingan.

Every pair of Mangekyo had its own unique ocular jutsu, and Uchiha Kagami's unique ability was "Substitution."

That's right, substitution—swapping his own body with an enemy's, a forced displacement. How to put it? This ability could be incredibly powerful if used well to catch someone off guard, but it could also be quite mediocre.

In reality, Uchiha Kagami had awakened his Mangekyo in a fit of rage after the Second Hokage decided to act as bait. At the time, his only thought was how great it would be if he could swap places with the Second Hokage. As the Sharingan is the eye that reflects the heart, this was the ability that manifested.

On the battlefield, if there were many people, this ability could save his life. After all, imagine being targeted by over a hundred ninjutsu attacks, only to suddenly swap places with someone else—one could imagine the miserable fate that person would suffer.

It was somewhat similar to the ability Sasuke would later gain with his Rinnegan, called Amenotejikara. However, Sasuke's Amenotejikara allowed him to swap his own position with objects locked in his sight within a short-to-medium range.

Uchiha Kagami's ability could only swap with people, meaning in a one-on-one situation, this Mangekyo ability was basically useless.

Now, Li Yi understood why Uchiha Kagami had ended up dead after encountering the Third Raikage.

He just didn't know what ocular jutsu was contained within the other Sharingan Danzo held; Uchiha Kagami had never mentioned it to him.

Deactivating the Mangekyo, Li Yi felt his chakra—it had already been drained by half. It was indeed a massive chakra sink.

He used his forehead protector to cover his three-tomoe Sharingan and checked his appearance. He looked a bit like Kakashi, though Li Yi lacked Kakashi's white hair.

Walking out of the tent, he happened to run into Danzo. Danzo glanced at Li Yi, pondered for a moment, and said, "The Sharingan consumes a lot of chakra after a transplant and can cause significant rejection. Don't take on any missions for the next few days; just focus on adapting."

Li Yi nodded. He wasn't about to tell Danzo that he felt no rejection and that the chakra consumption was within his limits.

Even though Danzo seemed decent enough right now, who knew if the "blackened" version of Danzo in the future would come looking for trouble.

"Very well, don't let Kagami's eye go to waste. As for the Uchiha, you don't need to worry about them; I will shoulder the responsibility entirely!" After saying this, Danzo left, and Li Yi returned to his own tent.

Over the next few days, he would indeed have to change his combat style.

Moreover, he needed to practice the application of the Sharingan. As for the Mangekyo ability, Li Yi had no intention of using it; it was only useful when being ganged up on. Using just the three-tomoe was much more cost-effective. At the very least, the power of his genjutsu would reach a new level, making it much more intuitive to use.