"Although that's not entirely accurate, it's more or less correct." Tony casually waved a hand.
"Ha..."
Maya Hansen nodded blankly.
Tony continued introducing his abilities in a boastful manner. "The Twelve-Tomoe Rinne-Rebirth Sharingan—it evolved from the Nine-Tomoe Rinne-Sharingan that came with the physique I gained after eating an ability-awakening item called the 'God Tree Fruit,' which that kid Leon brought back."
"During that evolution, I could choose from several branches, but in the end, I chose the Twelve-Tomoe Rinne-Rebirth Sharingan. Want to know why?"
Tony mysteriously held up one finger and asked.
"W-why?"
Maya Hansen cooperatively asked.
"Because—"
Tony paused before continuing, "It looks cool~"
"Honestly, the Nine-Tomoe Rinne-Sharingan already had a pretty high coolness factor on its own, but ordinary people might find it a little horrifying."
"But after those eyes evolved into the Twelve-Tomoe Rinne-Rebirth Sharingan, that sense of horror completely vanished. Its coolness factor hit the ceiling, while it also possessed an extremely high degree of divinity and demonic allure. You should have already felt that, from the moment you first saw my eyes."
"Divinity and demonic allure? I guess that's right." Maya Hansen recalled the sensation of her soul seemingly being pulled away earlier, nodded in agreement, and grew even more puzzled.
In the end, Maya Hansen, who had never read The Legend of Eyes: Five-Village Melee, had no idea just how valuable Tony's eyes were.
"Do your abilities have to be activated through your eyes? Did you turn back time just now?" Maya Hansen asked the question that troubled her most.
"Thinking abilities must be activated through the eyes is an obvious misconception." Tony raised an index finger before him and shook it, then continued:
"The instant I awakened these eyes, all their abilities were directly imprinted into my soul. Even if I lost these