"Don't look at me like that."
Indra seemed to sense the complex emotions churning in Sasuke's eyes.
Wariness, resistance, rejection of an unknown fate, and even a trace of frustration that asked, "Why me?"
He waved a hand impatiently, as though shooing away an annoying fly.
Indra gestured at the purple consciousness space he had taken the lead in constructing around them.
"This will certainly not be where you end up, either.
I told you, I have no interest in occupying your inner world. This is only a temporary place for us to talk."
He abruptly changed tack, driving straight into the deepest, rawest wound in Sasuke's heart like a scalpel wielded with perfect precision:
"Besides, don't you want revenge?"
Those words struck Sasuke's heart like an icy iron hammer.
Revenge... revenge against that man... it was indeed his greatest reason for staying alive, the foundation of everything he did, and the unhealed wound and obsession within his heart.
Indra's eyes, already bearing the Mangekyō pattern, regarded Sasuke coldly, as though he could see through to the hatred burning in his soul:
"If you want your revenge sooner, I can teach you."
His voice held a certain temptation, an efficiency and ruthlessness that cut straight to the goal.
"I can teach you how to truly unleash the Sharingan's power."
"Not the half-baked way you're using it now. I mean... awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan."
The instant his words fell, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan in Indra's eyes began spinning dramatically faster!
At last, they formed a six-pointed star.
"Once you awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan."
Indra repeated the words with the certainty of someone who held the truth in his hands.
"You can gain perception beyond that of the three tomoe, more powerful genjutsu abilities, and... an ocular technique unique to you."
He even