The Jade-Scaled Three-Flower Eyes!
They could practically be considered the ultimate overlord of snakes in the Battle Through the Heavens World. From the Two-Headed Snake all the way up to Half-Saints, none could withstand them.
"In a sense, calling the Jade-Scaled Three-Flower Eyes a special Mangekyo that specifically counters snakes doesn't seem wrong to me..."
Sasuke rubbed his nose, pointed at the slightly altered Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his eyes, and waggled his eyebrows.
All he lacked now was a trigger. There was no helping it-his emotions were too stable. Sasuke had even tried casting Genjutsu on himself countless times, but there had been no reaction whatsoever.
Still, it wasn't as though he had no other options. At the end of the day, awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan didn't necessarily require sorrow. Hadn't someone later awakened it through love?
Their Uchiha Clan was, after all, a clan of love.
At worst, he could go back and make some grand vow. If that still failed, he could try draining Naruto dry.
He refused to believe that the chakra of this generation's Asura couldn't help Indra complete himself.
He had never heard of Asura needing a mental breakdown to grow stronger, either. Their ancestor Indra had been able to use Susanoo without even awakening the Mangekyo.
If a genetic mutation wouldn't work, he could try letting quantitative accumulation bring about a qualitative transformation.
Sasuke even felt that this was the proper path. A Mangekyo awakened through emotional stimulation had far too many obvious flaws.
"Speaking of the Mangekyo, I suddenly remembered the artificial Soul Bone and Artificial Soul Ring techniques Tang San was researching. Put simply, aren't they just drawing out the innate abilities Soul Beasts are born with and merging them into oneself?
"With my comprehension, all those Dojutsu of ours, and Sasuke's