Chapter 235: Choices

Chapter 235: Chapter 235: Choices

Only after taking quite a while to adjust did Hyuga Kagami finally shake off that irritating dizziness and barely manage to focus his mind again.

Stepping down from the operating table, he staggered toward the mirror, intending to examine the Mangekyo Sharingan he had just transplanted into his eye sockets.

But the moment he looked, his temper immediately flared.

The Mangekyo Sharingan in his eyes had actually reverted to the three-tomoe Sharingan state!

"No wonder the dizziness disappeared..."

Just moments ago, Kagami had secretly been rather pleased with himself, thinking his adaptability was quite impressive. After all, it had only taken him a short while to adjust to the newly transplanted Mangekyo Sharingan.

Who would have thought that the only reason he could barely adapt was because the Mangekyo Sharingan he had obtained from his new host had reverted to the three-tomoe state?

After thinking it over for a moment, Kagami quickly understood.

Kakashi had used his own chakra to stimulate the two-tomoe Sharingan Obito had given him, causing it to awaken into a Mangekyo Sharingan. In terms of compatibility alone, a Mangekyo Sharingan awakened through Kakashi’s own chakra should not have rejected him too strongly.

Yet even so, a genius like Kakashi had still spent more than ten years nurturing and experimenting with that eye before he could finally manage to activate and use the power of his Mangekyo Sharingan.

This alone showed that transplantation was only the beginning.

It wasn’t as though everything would be settled once a Mangekyo Sharingan had been transplanted, allowing the recipient to immediately activate it and use its Mangekyo abilities.

Of course, compared to Kakashi, who had known virtually nothing about the Mangekyo Sharingan, Kagami possessed many advantages.

First and foremost, Kagami himself was a dojutsu Kekkei Genkai shinobi. When it came to the techniques involved in using dojutsu, he possessed an innate advantage that Kakashi simply couldn’t match.

Secondly, thanks to possessing the Tenseigan, Kagami had an enormous amount of experience using ocular power. Particularly when it came to controlling high-level ocular power, he could practically be counted among the very best in the entire shinobi world.

Finally, compared to Kakashi, who had known nothing about the Mangekyo Sharingan, Kagami naturally possessed a far deeper understanding of it. He also knew exactly what he was trying to accomplish by activating it, so there was no need for him to spend an enormous amount of time fumbling around from the basics like Kakashi had.

And so, Kagami began attempting to activate the Mangekyo Sharingan using the same method he used to activate his Tenseigan.

As he continued trying, he quickly noticed a change in the mirror.

The three-tomoe Sharingan in his eye sockets were beginning to transform, the three tomoe faintly showing signs of converging together.

But immediately afterward, that familiar wave of dizziness struck him once again.

Within only a few breaths, it completely disrupted the rhythm of his activation, causing his first attempt to end in failure.

"Huff... huff..."

Covering his eyes with one hand, Kagami crouched halfway to the ground, breathing heavily.

Yet there was hardly any disappointment on his face.

Although his first attempt had failed, Kagami understood that he had already found the correct method. He simply needed some time to adapt to the Mangekyo Sharingan.

But right now, the one thing Kagami lacked most was time.

He couldn’t afford to slowly adapt to it.

Besides, this clone possessed no Uchiha bloodline. No matter how well he adapted, it would never be able to perfectly bring out the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan. In that case, he might as well forcibly activate the Mangekyo Sharingan once and first figure out what unique ocular abilities belonged to Uchiha Hideki’s pair of Mangekyo Sharingan.

Having made up his mind, Kagami no longer cared whether this clone could withstand the strain and forcibly activated the Mangekyo Sharingan once more.

In an instant, the chakra within his body surged violently toward the Mangekyo Sharingan in his eye sockets.

And right on cue, that same wave of dizziness struck him once again!

"Tch... You think a mere pair of Mangekyo Sharingan can stop me?"

Kagami spat disdainfully through a somewhat twisted expression, his resolve only growing firmer.

He had no idea how much time passed before the dizziness finally began to gradually subside.

Although it was still there, it was no longer enough to prevent Kagami from concentrating and thinking clearly.

At the same time, his blurred vision gradually sharpened.

When he opened his eyes again, the reflection in the mirror showed that his three-tomoe Sharingan had already transformed into the triangular-patterned Mangekyo Sharingan.

Immediately afterward, information began flowing into Kagami’s mind.

Information concerning this pair of Mangekyo Sharingan.

"Iwato...!?"

Kagami fell into thought.

The unique ocular ability of Uchiha Hideki’s Mangekyo Sharingan was called Iwato. When activated, it could summon an Iwato to protect the user’s soul from genjutsu attacks, spiritual attacks, and sealing techniques that targeted the soul.

In other words, Iwato was a defensive-type ocular ability, somewhat similar to Uchiha Shinichi’s Otenshu.

The difference was that Otenshu maintained a constant state, while Iwato specifically protected the soul.

Habitually rubbing his chin, Kagami pondered, "Most of the time, this ocular ability is basically useless. But when you truly need it, it could be a trump card that saves your life."

Kagami wasn’t someone who would blindly pick fights with powerful enemies. Most of the time, he preferred overwhelming the weak with superior strength, so Iwato was somewhat redundant for him.

After all, his Tenseigan already possessed resistance against both genjutsu and spiritual attacks.

However, the fact that Iwato could defend against soul-sealing techniques made Kagami rather envious.

The only problem was that he had no idea just how much resistance a Mangekyo Sharingan-level ocular ability could provide against soul-sealing techniques, or whether it could reach the point of complete immunity.

If it could completely nullify soul-sealing techniques, then Iwato would undoubtedly be a god-tier defensive ability.

But if it merely provided a certain degree of resistance, then its value would be greatly diminished.

Next, Kagami repeated the same process, replacing the eyes with Uchiha Ryota’s Mangekyo Sharingan and carefully examining the unique ocular abilities contained within them.

The unique ocular ability of Uchiha Ryota’s Mangekyo Sharingan was called Mikoto.

His left eye could strengthen the power of his Susanoo, while his right eye could reduce the chakra consumption of Susanoo.

After learning the unique ocular abilities of both pairs of Mangekyo Sharingan belonging to the Uchiha brothers, Kagami couldn’t help but find himself torn.

Fusing two pairs of blood-related Mangekyo Sharingan into a single pair of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan that would never lose its light was, for Kagami, the obvious choice.

But there was still one thing he couldn’t decide.

Should he use Uchiha Ryota’s Mangekyo Sharingan to absorb Uchiha Hideki’s Mangekyo Sharingan?

Or should he do the reverse, using Hideki’s eyes to absorb Ryota’s?

"Which one should I sacrifice... Mikoto, or Iwato?"