Ye couldn't help laughing when he heard the question.
He didn't even take his hands out of his pockets, much less bother to stand up straight.
His eyelids lowered.
When he opened them again, his ink-black pupils were instantly drowned in crimson.
Three tomoe linked end to end within his pupils, twisting and stretching before finally settling into an intricate, cold dark-red pattern.
Sasuke stared fixedly at those scarlet eyes, his mind already in turmoil.
He had learned about Obito awakening his eyes during the Fourth Great Ninja War; the trigger had been Rin's death.
But this man called "Ye" simply did not exist in the official history.
A "cousin" who should not have existed was not only standing before him alive and well, but had also endured the clan's curse and awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan!
Judging by the purity of that Eye Power alone, this guy was definitely no novice who had just awakened his eyes.
What the hell had happened in that past timeline?
[ Ding! Shock Points from Uchiha Sasuke, +8500! ]
The system notification rang crisply in Ye's mind, but he ignored the numbers on the panel.
"Holy shit..." Boruto swallowed. "This guy has a Mangekyō too?"
Sarada's heart pounded wildly. Excited, she took another half-step forward, her voice rising.
"Senior Ye! What is your Mangekyō ability? Is it stronger than Senior Obito's Space-Time Ninjutsu?"
Obito rubbed his nose beside them, turning away to avoid Ye's gaze as he muttered stubbornly.
"How could his eye technique possibly be stronger than mine..."
He said it without the slightest confidence.
No one knew better than him that Ye's eyes were practically Kamui's natural enemy.
Ye chuckled and nodded toward the center of the clearing. "Watch."
The moment he spoke, the intricate pattern in Ye's left eye abruptly began