"Heh, I should say I'm the one who got a lesson. I never imagined that Konoha's most outstanding rising star, the Wood Release user Kōki Itō, would actually be the one controlling the Light Organization from behind the scenes. If this news gets out, it'll probably cause a huge uproar in the Shinobi World."
Lying on the operating chair, Uchiha Ryuko spoke calmly, but the look of horror in his eyes revealed that he was not as composed as he appeared.
His recent Dōjutsu attack revealed that Aizen and Jörmungandr in the Light Organization were actually puppets, and the special Chakra residing within them was the means to control them. All of this was controlled by Kōki Itō.
This kid, who's not even ten years old, is absolutely terrifying. He's completely outmaneuvered the entire Konoha Village.
"I just don't understand why you would do such a thing. With your status as the inheritor of Wood Release, with your extraordinary strength and monstrous talent, as long as you grow normally, no one in Konoha, or even the Shinobi World, will be your match. You have no need to do such a dark thing."
Uchiha Ryuko couldn't understand. After Kōki's Wood Release and strength were revealed, the village's expectations of him skyrocketed, and the villagers respected him greatly. Even he Uchiha, admired Kōki immensely.
Coupled with Kōki's own extraordinary strength, everyone in Konoha believed that as long as Kōki grew a little older and reached the required age, the Hokage Position Kōki be a sure thing for him.
Therefore, he didn't understand why Kōki would secretly form a Light Organization to target Konoha.
Faced with Uchiha Ryuko's questioning, Kōki paused for a moment, then slowly said, "Because the future of the Shinobi World will face a great calamity, I don't want to be powerless in that calamity, so I can only try my best to become stronger, stronger than Hashirama Senju, stronger than the Sage of Sage of Six Paths."
"The future? Calamity?"
Uchiha Ryuko couldn't understand what it meant for a great calamity to occur in the future, or how Kōki knew about the future.
However, Kōki didn't offer any explanation, but simply asked, "Then why are you unwilling to honestly abide by the agreement?"
"That's because I'm a member of the Uchiha Clan, and my pride won't allow me to submit!"
"Is the glory of the Uchiha enough for you to disregard even your own brother's life?"
Kōki was puzzled by Uchiha Ryuko's words. In his opinion, Uchiha Ryuko should love his younger brother more than the honor of the Uchiha.
Hearing Kōki's question, Uchiha Ryuko said quietly, "Only when you have control over your own destiny can you feel at ease. You are my enemy, and my brother is your prisoner. How can I completely entrust my brother's life to the enemy's ability to keep his promise? I only trust myself."
Now Kōki understood that the root cause wasn't the Uchiha's glory, but rather trust.
Because Uchiha Ryuko didn't trust the Light Organization at all, she naturally didn't believe Aizen's promises either. So even though she knew that her brother might be in danger if she failed in her resistance, she still tried her best to fight for it whenever she saw a glimmer of hope.
This is precisely the arrogance unique to the Uchiha Clan.
They only trusted their own judgment, just like Madara Uchiha believed the contents of the Six Paths Stone Tablet after seeing them in the original work, Shisui Uchiha entrusted Konoha and the Uchiha Clan to Itachi, and Itachi imposed his own ideas on Sasuke.
It was that unique arrogance that led to an even more tragic outcome.
Having learned his lesson, Kōki completely abandoned his compassion and silently injected Uchiha Ryuko with an even more potent numbing drug. He also used Chakra Scalpel to sever many of Uchiha Ryuko's nerves, turning him into a Uchiha Ryuko where he could only see but not move, and unable to use his Chakra.
As for whether doing this will affect the appearance of the Eternal Eye, Kōki can proudly say that it will not!
After observing for the past few days, he concluded that the most important factor in the formation of the Eternal Eye is the integrity of the nerves around the eye. As long as the meridians in this area are not damaged, there will be no impact whatsoever.
Five more days passed, and another Eternal Eye was successfully born. During this time, Uchiha Ryuko struggled, but his struggles were ineffective against Kōki's most comprehensive restraints.
Looking at the Uchiha Ryuko before him, Kōki said to Jörmungandr beside him, " Uchiha Seika has no reason to exist anymore, finish her off."
Then he turned to look at a pair of Eternal Eye soaking in a green medical solution.
"In a moment, we will be able to truly feel the power from the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan."
An hour later, in the vast forest outside the base, Kōki and the others were gathered around Uchiha Ryuko, whose Eternal Eye Sharingan had been re-implanted. Yuki asked, "How is it? Is this body, now equipped with the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, adapting well?"
"It's alright, I haven't felt any pressure yet," replied Uchiha Ryuko, who had become a clone of Kōki, upon hearing the question.
"Let's begin."
Although the gains this time were significant, Kōki wasn't entirely confident about whether he could successfully utilize the Eternal Eye.
In Kōki's opinion, the Eternal Eye is different from other Kekkei Genkai; it can be said to transcend the scope of Kekkei Genkai.
In particular, the Eternal Eye is closely related to Yin Release, so Kōki is worried that his special clone constructed with Yin Release will not be able to fully control the Eternal Eye Eternal Eye, and may even be affected by it in return.
As a clone, Uchiha Ryuko understood the original body's concerns, so he didn't say anything, but slowly began to demonstrate the abilities of this body.
" Three-Tomoe Sharingan! No problem."
" The Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, no problem." But before Uchiha Ryuko could finish speaking, he immediately changed his mind, saying, "No, after activating the Eternal Eye, I could sense a slight difference. However, it wasn't very noticeable, and I'm not sure if it was just my imagination."
This immediately made Kōki and the others very nervous. These were the eyes they had gone to great lengths to obtain; if there were any problems, they would suffer a huge loss.
However, from another perspective, this also confirms Kōki's conjecture: Special Shadow Clone still have limitations. They are not a problem when controlling ordinary corpses, but they still have a slight weakness when encountering top-tier Kekkei Genkai like the Eternal Eye.
Moreover, this shortcoming cannot be remedied. After all, the special Shadow Clone is merely a means of controlling the corpse, not a technique that truly involves the soul, and therefore cannot compare to the soul of the original owner of the body.
It was precisely this that led Kōki to develop the idea of researching the soul.