"Mangekyō Sharingan? Why do you have those eyes?"
It took Enkō a long while to recover from his shock. His first reaction upon seeing those eyes was that one of his clansmen's eyes had been dug out.
Unlike the Hyuga Clan branch families, the Uchiha Clan had no Caged Bird Mark as a safeguard. Although it was extremely rare for an Uchiha to die on the battlefield and have their Sharingan recovered by the enemy, it was not unheard of. But the next moment, he dismissed that thought.
While the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan could indeed be used directly by outsiders, there were limits. Not only was its effect inferior to that of its original owner, but the user's own chakra could not keep up with the Sharingan's consumption, resulting in extremely poor endurance. That was not even mentioning the far more terrifying consumption of the Mangekyō Sharingan.
That meant the woman before him was undoubtedly the original owner of these Mangekyō Sharingan. But why would someone from the Uzuki Clan possess the Sharingan? Even if there had been intermarriage, the Uchiha Clan would never leave their descendants to be raised by another clan.
At that moment, Enkō wanted to know the truth behind this even more than the woman did.
The woman merely glanced at the mask on the ground, already split in two. Her expression did not change in the slightest as she slowly raised the long blade in her hand!
"Hey, hey, hey, stop! I'm done fighting!" Enkō hurriedly raised his hands to stop her. Only after seeing her return the blade to its sheath did he breathe a sigh of relief. Then he said irritably, "Why were you wearing a mask? If you'd told me earlier that you were an Uchiha, wouldn't that have settled things?"
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