Jin burst out laughing again. His body blurred, and all Takigawa saw was a black shadow flash past before several innocent clansmen fell dead.
Jin seemed to have surpassed his limits in an instant. Not one of the clansmen could stop him.
Takigawa's heart twisted with grief. Just because Jin had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, did he have to slaughter his entire clan to prove his worth?
"This isn't the brother I've competed with all these years."
"Jin, you must be a fake. You're not the real Jin. The real Uchiha Jin would never do something like this."
Uchiha Jin turned and gave him a mocking sneer. "You're just a wretch with a Three-Tomoe Sharingan. You'll never understand the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan.
"Pathetic fool! Hahahaha! Only after awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan can you truly understand this world."
Blood Tears streamed from Takigawa's eyes as he muttered over and over, "Mangekyo Sharingan... Mangekyo Sharingan... I have to... awaken... the Mangekyo Sharingan..."
His muttering grew louder in the dim space until it became almost hysterical. The three tomoe in his eyes spun faster and faster.
Gradually, the curves of the tomoe joined together, forming a Mangekyo Sharingan shaped like a three-bladed pinwheel.
Each blade was slender and looked razor-sharp. [The blades were thinner than Itachi's.]
As the Mangekyo Sharingan took shape, the scene before him blurred. The Illusion Realm Fugaku had built began to shatter.
Even an Illusion Realm built with the Pupil Power of an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan struggled to hold someone with a Mangekyo Sharingan. Besides, Takigawa had awakened his, so Fugaku had no reason to keep him trapped.
Takigawa's fury slowly gave way to confusion.
Then he remembered what he had overlooked: Fugaku had been absent from the Illusion Realm.
In it, Uchiha Tenjo had been the