From forming the basic chakra skeleton, to filling it out with flesh and meridians, to manifesting Chakra Armor and shaping weapons... he explained every step with perfect clarity. Even Uchiha Itachi, who could only listen from the sidelines, was enthralled, feeling as though an entirely new door had opened before him.
"Makoto, you know so much!" Shisui's eyes shone as he listened. Many questions that had troubled him suddenly became clear.
He grew even more convinced that Makoto's talent and depth of knowledge were unfathomable!
His low profile over the years had probably been because he was pursuing deeper training and exploration.
"I've just read a few more miscellaneous books and mulled things over on my own." Uchiha Makoto smiled modestly, then introduced an even more explosive topic.
"Actually, I've been researching something lately..." His tone became a little subtle as his gaze swept over Shisui and Itachi, who were listening intently.
"I've been wondering: while awakening the Mangekyo requires extreme emotional stimulation, could it be possible... to induce it artificially, or lower the threshold, through certain external stimuli and supplementary methods?"
"What?!" Shisui and Itachi exclaimed together.
Using external methods to help awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan?!
The idea sounded utterly impossible, yet it made their hearts race!
Seeing the intense thirst for knowledge amid the shock in their eyes, Uchiha Makoto chuckled inwardly.
The bait was in place.
This time, his primary target for manifestation was Uchiha Itachi.
The kid might be difficult to win over, but once some initial trust was established, his weighting and the manifestation rate he could potentially provide would be among the very highest!
And a revolutionary topic concerning the Uchiha's ultimate power was the easiest way to provoke deep thought and trust.
Combining his previous research with some half-true conjectures, he began describing