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A surge of icy Eye Power erupted from his eyes without warning!
His Three-Tomoe Sharingan appeared automatically, then began spinning wildly and transforming!
The tomoe connected, stretched, twisted...
Finally, they settled into an entirely new pattern!
It was an intricate pattern shaped like a Fūma Shuriken, its edges sharp as blades, but with a gentle curve at its center, like a barrier protecting its core.
Amid its utmost aggression lay a trace of gentle protection.
The Mangekyō Sharingan awakened!
But Ryōta did not move.
He did not even realize his eyes had awakened.
He merely stared blankly at his older brother, as though the whole world had lost its color.
Just then.
Outside the ward, a figure passed by, wearing the Uchiha's signature high-collared coat and a Dragon Release Village forehead protector bearing the "Coiled Dragon" emblem.
Enta Uchiha had just finished his daily training and was heading to the village entrance to meet his younger sister, Yami, who was returning from a mission with Pakura of the Scorch Release.
As he passed the hospital, he instinctively glanced inside.
Then he stopped.
"This Eye Power..."
Enta's pupils contracted slightly. He knew it all too well.
That cold, powerful fluctuation of Eye Power that seemed capable of tearing apart the soul—it was unmistakably the Mangekyō Sharingan!
And it was coming from Ryota Uchiha!
Is that Ryota Uchiha? His eyes awakened? When Ghost Fire died?
Enta was shaken.
He stood in the hallway, looking through the gap in the door at the scene inside the ward.
Ghost Fire lay quietly on the bed, no longer breathing.
Ryōta knelt beside the bed, his eyes scarlet, the new Mangekyō pattern faintly swirling in the dim light.
Enta watched in silence.
Ghost Fire was dead.
The genius who had once made a name for