In the cottage where he had been recuperating on Blue Moon Island, Sasuke removed the ribbon covering his eyes!
Zzt!
A brand-new pair of Mangekyō Sharingan appeared in his pupils... The Six-Pointed Star still formed the base, with Fugaku's Mangekyo tomoe embedded within it, but their curved tails had straightened into Straight Tomoe!
Looking into Sasuke's new eyes, Itachi could not help remembering the night he had confronted his father!
Proud as he was of his genjutsu, he had fallen under Fugaku's!
With mixed emotions, he said, "Back then, I believed Father's Eye Power was a powerful genjutsu on par with Tsukuyomi. Only later, as my knowledge grew, did I realize I had been wrong..."
Sasuke agreed. "Yes. Father's Eye Power wasn't genjutsu, but a seemingly unremarkable ability. It doesn't need to be activated, and it doubles every ability related to the eyes. Kuebiko-no-Mikoto—with this Eye Power enhancing it... even the Sharingan's ordinary genjutsu surpasses Tsukuyomi!"
"Every ability related to the eyes?"
Itachi keenly picked out the crucial point.
Sasuke nodded. "Double the perception, double the copying ability! Double the hypnosis and resistance to hypnosis! Double the range of dōjutsu, double the power, and half the Eye Power consumption!"
Itachi took the interpretation a step further. "It produces twice the power while consuming only half the Eye Power. That means Kuebiko-no-Mikoto effectively quadruples the efficiency of dōjutsu!"
Sasuke said, "That's only in theory. In actual combat, the benefits probably aren't as simple as a fourfold increase..."
Itachi marveled, "No wonder Father was confident he could control the Nine-Tails and destroy the village back then."
Sasuke's gaze darkened. "These eyes still hold Father's pride and helplessness as the last Uchiha Clan Head..."
Zzt! Itachi's eyes transformed as he gazed at the starry sky outside the window.
*Father, Sasuke has inherited your