Hyuga Rinka admitted she still felt a trace of affection for Uchiha Yi. To her, at least, he was different.
She had never felt it before, but this time, something about him seemed to have changed. Her body seemed to yearn for him, as though he possessed something she needed.
Rinka forced down the impulse and looked at him curiously. Could Yi really be the successor of the Sage of Six Paths? No, his reincarnation? How else could he have awakened the Rinnegan?
The Uchiha Clan was only supposed to have the Sharingan. Even if it evolved, it should become the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Plenty of people in the village had wondered why Yi, despite being so powerful, had never awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan like other powerful Uchiha.
Well, now they had their answer. He had not awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. He had awakened the Rinnegan instead.
"Your eyes..." Uchiha Mikoto began, then hesitated before speaking.
Yi had already told her a little about the Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan. The two clans had fought to the death during the Warring States Period, yet they were descendants of two brothers. Their feud had been over the right to inherit Ninshu and whether that inheritance would be acknowledged.
And their father was the legendary Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
"Uh! I just had a breakthrough." Yi covered his eyes. Good. He managed to retract the Rinnegan, returning his eyes to normal.
"A breakthrough?" Mikoto's eyelid twitched. Yi really was different. He had even awakened the Rinnegan. If Grandpa and Grandma Mito knew, they could rest in peace with smiles on their faces.
"Yeah, you could call it that." Yi touched his eyes, then quietly warned them both, "Don't tell anyone about the Rinnegan yet."
"Why? Aren't you invincible in the Shinobi World now?" Rinka