"This was a misconception brought on by awakening your Mangekyo Sharingan. Awakening it doesn't actually give you much of a boost in strength right away.
"You need time to grow familiar with it. Your strength will improve rapidly during that period.
"Each eye of a Mangekyo Sharingan holds an ability unique to you. Activate both eyes at once, and you can use Susanoo.
"You'll master all of that in time." Fugaku's advice was something Jin would eventually discover for himself, but it could save him some time.
Jin nodded earnestly. "The Mangekyo Sharingan takes too much out of me. I only activated it for a moment, and blood was already running from my eyes."
"There's no such thing as a free lunch. The greater the power you want, the greater the price you have to pay. The Mangekyo Sharingan is an equal exchange.
"Unless you have no other choice, don't use it lightly. Now that you've awakened it, your strength will soon start improving rapidly.
"Even without using the Mangekyo Sharingan, you're more than strong enough to handle ordinary enemies.
"And this isn't the best time to reveal it. When the time comes, showing your Mangekyo Sharingan might bring the clan unexpected benefits."
Jin nodded. Before, he had never been able to gauge Fugaku's strength. He had only known that it was unfathomable. Now that he had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, he could judge others' strength more accurately.
Yet when he looked at Fugaku, he still saw nothing but a bank of fog. Fugaku remained unfathomable.
Still, hope had risen in Uchiha Jin's heart. He felt that once he had fully adapted to the Mangekyo Sharingan's power and passed through this period of rapid growth, he would finally be able to see how strong Fugaku was.
Fugaku had no intention