Chapter 27

【Uchiha Madara: I never expected this version of me to awaken the Three Tomoe Sharingan so early. I remember it took me several years to go from one tomoe to three after my eyes first awakened. It seems his future will definitely be even stronger than mine...】

【Kakashi Hatake: The Sharingan is, at best, merely a tool. It cannot fully represent a ninja's strength. Whether a ninja is powerful ultimately depends on the ninja himself, not on what kind of Kekkei Genkai he possesses...】

【Naruto Uzumaki: Kakashi-sensei, are you talking about yourself????】

【Sakura Haruno: Naruto, you actually got smarter? I feel the same way—Kakashi-sensei, are you secretly praising yourself?】

【Jiraiya: Kakashi, I told you long ago that this Sharingan is nothing but a burden to you. You are not a member of the Uchiha clan, and you don't have a particularly strong constitution... Using this Sharingan brings you nothing but harm, no benefit at all.】

Thinking of Kakashi Hatake's fate,

Jiraiya sighed deeply.

If Kakashi Hatake had never used this Sharingan,

his achievements might well have been greater than they were now.

This eye, for him,

may have boosted his strength considerably in the early stages,

but the further he went, the heavier the burden became.

Kakashi Hatake rose to fame as a youth,

becoming a genius jōnin at the age of twelve.

At that time, Konoha,

and indeed the entire shinobi world, held the highest expectations for him,

believing he could surpass his father, Konoha's White Fang!!!

But ever since he began using this Sharingan,

his growth in strength had grown slower and slower.

It could even be said he had not improved at all in many years.

【Kakashi Hatake: Jiraiya-sama, I understand everything you're saying, but this is the last gift Obito left me. I don't want to just abandon it. I want to use this eye to watch how this world unfolds from here on.】

Inside the cave,

Obito Uchiha stared at the comments in the livestream, his face shifting between light and shadow.

He had wanted to say something,

but after a moment's thought, he swallowed the words back.

……

"Dammit!!! Dammit!!!!"

"Uchiha Madara!!! Move your body already!!!!!"

The young Madara stood in place, shouting furiously,

pouring every ounce of strength into his body, hoping he could regain his mobility under Hashirama's pressure.

"Madara... you've truly disappointed me!!!"

"I had such high hopes for you..."

"I thought you might be the one person in this world who understood me best, the one who most recognized my dream."

"I always regarded you as the opponent most worthy of my respect."

"But... but..."

"But how could you be this weak?!!!!"

The young Hashirama pressed a hand to his forehead,

and sighed deeply.

A look of pity and regret crossed his face.

Hearing these words, the young Madara's

fury erupted like a volcano inside him.

The tomoe in his pupils spun wildly,

bit by bit,

the tomoe linked together,

slowly forming a great pinwheel.

"Ha!!! Dammit!! Hashirama!!"

"I will make you pay for this!!!"

"How dare you look down on me like this?!!!"

Suddenly, the young Madara found he could move again.

"Th-this is the Mangekyo Sharingan??!!"

At the same time, he felt something had changed in his eyes.

His vision seemed to have sharpened??.

25. Madara: Hashirama, I will work hard to catch up to you!

It was also the first time the young Madara had discovered

that the world through his eyes could be so clear.

He could see even the tiny dust motes drifting in the air with perfect clarity.

But what struck him most was his own body.

Earlier, crushed beneath the young Hashirama's pressure,

he hadn't even been able to move a finger,

but now...

He clenched his fists tightly,

The young Madara revealed an excited smile.

And all of this seemed to be attributed to the power of his own Mangekyo Sharingan.

"This is... the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan?"

"It seems the clan records were right after all."

"The Mangekyo Sharingan and an ordinary Sharingan are simply not on the same level of existence..."

"The current me... could easily defeat the me from before."

"Even Father... probably couldn't defeat me as easily as before."

The young Madara felt the powerful force transmitted from within his own body,

A look of intoxication and satisfaction appeared on his face.

【Fourth Raikage: The Uchiha clan... are they all this perverted?... The expression on his face makes it hard for me not to misunderstand something.】

【Tobirama Senju: Heh... This evil clan, no matter what they do, it's all very reasonable... That pair of eyes of theirs was originally inauspicious eyes.】

【Hashirama Senju: That's not right... Madara... I remember when you awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan back then, it was far more difficult than this... It didn't seem this easy, did it...】

【Uchiha Madara: Hmm... Back then, when Izuna and I awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, it was because each of us killed the most important friend within our own clan... Only by sacrificing the person closest to oneself can an Uchiha awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan...】

【Terumi Mei:... Looking at it this way, the Uchiha clan should have come to our Hidden Mist Village instead; this is very similar to the previous Blood Mist policy of the Hidden Mist Village.】

【Naruto Uzumaki: So disgusting... To think you have to kill the person closest to you to obtain this kind of power. If it were me, I'd rather die myself than choose to inherit this kind of power. It's too evil, too dark...】

【Kushina Uzumaki: Truly worthy of being Mommy's good son, Naruto... It seems that even though we weren't by your side all these years, you've still grown up healthy. Mommy is comforted by this kind of thinking of yours.】

【Minato Namikaze: Naruto, you're right... This way of obtaining power is too dark; it is not the correct path.】

【Orochimaru: Hehe... But the Uchiha Madara in the picture didn't kill anyone, yet he still awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan. It seems the way the Uchiha clan awakens the Mangekyo Sharingan isn't only as recorded by them... They may have been misled by the records within their own clan.】

【Tobirama Senju: Outstanding, young junior!!! Are you the Monkey's disciple? To be able to deduce so much from such brief information — the future of Konoha can be entrusted to you juniors, I feel very reassured!!!】

【Hiruzen Sarutobi:...】

【Shimura Danzo: Hahahaha!! Teacher, Orochimaru is indeed Hiruzen's disciple, but under Hiruzen's teaching, what he did in Konoha — you have the chance to ask him yourself!!!】

【Shikamaru Nara: I suspect... the Uchiha clan's obtaining of the Sharingan, the evolution of the Sharingan... perhaps it's not as they imagine... It has to do with their emotions... or rather, spiritual power?】

Inside the cave, Obito Uchiha,

At this moment, was also staring motionlessly at the picture in the black frame.

Seeing Uchiha Madara awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan in the picture,

He was also extremely shocked inside!!

In his understanding,