Chapter 77 - 76: Successfully Awakening the Two-Tomoe Sharingan

Chapter 77: Chapter 76: Successfully Awakening the Two-Tomoe Sharingan

Now that he had an idea, Naruto turned to Uchiha Izumi.

"Stop for now."

For now?

That meant they were going to continue later?

Uchiha Izumi gave Sasuke a sympathetic look.

She was worried that Sasuke wouldn’t be able to take it and might gouge out his own eyes. At the moment, she was using her Sharingan to control his body.

Thud!

Once the genjutsu and control were released, Sasuke collapsed onto the floor.

"Huff... huff!"

He kept gasping for breath.

Saliva dripped from the corner of his mouth, and his face was a complete mess.

Naruto glanced at Sasuke.

"That’s all it takes to break you?"

Sasuke opened his mouth.

He really wanted to stubbornly insist that he was still fine!

But he genuinely wasn’t.

Watching the blade stab into the chests of his clansmen and his parents again and again...

At the same time that his hatred toward Uchiha Itachi grew stronger, those blades felt as though they were stabbing directly into his own heart.

He didn’t want to see those scenes anymore.

He didn’t dare to.

Naruto sighed.

"I have another method. Do you want to try it?"

"What... what method?"

Sasuke, completely exhausted and barely able to maintain his dignity, looked toward Naruto.

He no longer dared to claim that he could handle anything.

Naruto went straight to the point.

"I’ll seal your memories. All of your memories from the day of the massacre until now will be sealed completely."

"You’ll forget everything that happened during these years, and then experience it all over again."

Naruto had been observing the changes in Sasuke’s Sharingan the entire time.

He could already sense signs that it was about to evolve.

But something was always missing.

It was like reaching the final step before the climax, only to find that no matter how hard you tried, you simply couldn’t cross that final threshold.

It was just a tiny bit away.

And as Sasuke watched the memories over and over again, the tendency toward evolution became weaker and weaker.

That was why, when Naruto told Uchiha Izumi to stop, he came up with the idea of sealing Sasuke’s memories.

Even if the memories in Sasuke’s brain were sealed, he would still retain bodily memories, cellular memories, and so on.

It couldn’t truly recreate the experience of witnessing the massacre for the first time.

But if Sasuke’s emotions became just a little stronger...

If the stimulation became just a little more intense...

Naruto believed Sasuke would successfully awaken the Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

The moment Sasuke heard Naruto’s words, his body trembled.

So he still wants me to continue?

Fear suddenly appeared on Sasuke’s face, and his body began trembling instinctively.

Seeing this, Naruto shook his head in disappointment.

"You’re afraid to face it again? Then forget it."

Sasuke instinctively clenched his fists.

Just like the disappointment he had seen in his father’s eyes when he was young.

Just like the disappointment of the Uchiha clan on the night of the massacre.

Naruto’s disappointed expression pierced deeply into Sasuke’s pride.

Sasuke gritted his teeth.

"No! Who said I’m afraid? I can do it!"

He wasn’t a useless person!

He didn’t want to disappoint anyone again!

He didn’t want to see that expression ever again!

"Good!"

The corners of Naruto’s mouth curled upward.

Without wasting any more time, he rapidly formed a series of hand seals.

"Seal!"

What—

Sasuke’s mind suddenly froze.

Everything became empty.

Blank.

It was as if something had suddenly disappeared from his mind.

His eyes gradually became vacant as he stared blankly at the room around him.

He didn’t know why he was here.

He didn’t know why he was lying on the floor.

He didn’t know why his head was throbbing with pain.

Uzumaki Naruto?

When he saw Naruto sitting nearby with a faint smile on his face, a thought surfaced in Sasuke’s mind.

He bullied me!

Anger and unwillingness suddenly surged within him.

He planted his hands on the floor and was about to get up.

"Sasuke."

Suddenly, a woman’s voice came from nearby.

Sasuke immediately turned his head.

Their eyes met.

Uchiha Izumi instantly activated her Sharingan genjutsu.

Three-Tomoe Sharingan!

Sasuke’s pupils contracted.

His gaze immediately became vacant as the scenes before his eyes began spinning.

There was an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

But he didn’t know why.

Ignoring Sasuke, Naruto turned toward Uchiha Izumi.

"Let him watch it one more time. If he can successfully awaken the Two-Tomoe Sharingan, that’s ideal. If he can’t, we’ll think of another way. That’s enough for today."

It had already been more than an hour since they had finished dinner and left the house.

Although Naruto had created a clone to act as a disguise, as far as the ANBU were concerned, Sasuke was still inside Naruto’s house and hadn’t come out.

Keeping him there for too long wouldn’t be good.

"Mm."

Uchiha Izumi had been maintaining the genjutsu while simultaneously controlling Sasuke to prevent him from instinctively gouging out his own eyes.

Even she was starting to feel a little tired.

She came over and sat beside Naruto.

The two of them leaned against each other, resting their chins on their hands.

They watched Sasuke lying on the floor with vacant eyes.

His expression constantly changed.

Sometimes he was bewildered.

Sometimes terrified.

Sometimes furious.

When they saw Sasuke instinctively activate his One-Tomoe Sharingan again, the two of them became slightly more expectant.

Not long after...

The tomoe in Sasuke’s eyes began to rotate!

Naruto raised an eyebrow and secretly nodded.

Success.

The single tomoe began spinning rapidly.

In an instant, another tomoe split off from it.

The scarlet eyes transformed into a pair of Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

Seeing this, Naruto finally relaxed.

Thankfully, both eyes evolved.

He immediately turned toward Uchiha Izumi.

"Izumi, stop."

Uchiha Izumi quickly dispelled the genjutsu.

Sasuke’s vision suddenly went black, and he nearly passed out.

There was nowhere for him to fall anyway.

He was already lying on the floor.

The veins on Sasuke’s forehead bulged.

His mouth opened slightly, as if he were about to unleash an angry roar.

Naruto quickly formed a hand seal.

"Release!"

Sasuke’s mind froze for an instant.

As his memories instantly returned, his pupils contracted.

He felt it!

He could feel the immense increase in the ocular power within his eyes!

His vision had become clearer than ever.

Did I succeed?

Worried that it might only be an illusion, Sasuke instinctively looked toward Naruto.

Naruto was smiling.

He had somehow produced a mirror from nowhere.

"Look for yourself."

Seeing the reflection of his scarlet Two-Tomoe Sharingan, Sasuke clenched his fists tightly.

I’m not useless!

I really can do it!

Even though the process had been painful, everything had been worth it!

Seeing this, Naruto couldn’t help shaking his head with an amused smile.

Then he said,

"That’s enough for today. When you go back, don’t activate your Sharingan. Understand?"

Sasuke, still immersed in his satisfaction, frowned in confusion.

"Not even at home?"

Naruto gave Sasuke a meaningful look.

Sasuke’s heart stirred.

Someone is watching me!

When did this start?

How come I never noticed?

As expected, the Hokage doesn’t trust me!

Damn it! What was I feeling so proud about just now?!

He was nothing more than a little bird trapped inside a cage!

The joy he had felt from successfully awakening the Two-Tomoe Sharingan was instantly extinguished as though someone had dumped a bucket of cold water over him.

Seeing that Sasuke had once again fallen into his paranoid delusions and had no idea what he was thinking about, Naruto couldn’t be bothered to explain.

"All right. We’re heading back."

After returning home and receiving the memories from his shadow clone, Naruto said to Sasuke,

"You should go home for now. Focus on training your body during this period. We’ll talk about everything else once your physical condition improves."

Sasuke silently nodded.

He walked to the door, opened it, and stepped outside.

He hesitated for a moment.

Under Naruto’s puzzled gaze, Sasuke quietly said,

"Thank you."

Bang!

He immediately shut the door as if escaping and ran toward his home.

Seeing this, Naruto couldn’t help shaking his head with an amused smile.

Sasuke has a tsundere side too.