Chapter 263: Eternal Ocular Power

Chapter 263: Chapter 263: Eternal Ocular Power

Hearing Uchiha Ryota’s demand, Hyuga Kagami was somewhat surprised. He immediately curled his lips and said, "At this point, do you really think you’re still in any position to negotiate terms with me?"

Uchiha Ryota fell silent for a moment before calmly replying, "Whether I’m in a position to make demands or not, you should know better than I do."

This time, it was Hyuga Kagami’s turn to fall silent.

The Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan represented the pinnacle of the Uchiha bloodline’s Yin Release dojutsu—the ultimate manifestation of the Uchiha clan’s spiritual power. Therefore, if one wished to obtain a pair of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, the cooperation of Uchiha Ryota, the host body, was indispensable.

Without the spiritual power representing Uchiha Ryota’s will, it would be impossible for the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan to complete its final fusion.

Having awakened the Tenseigan himself, Hyuga Kagami had actually anticipated this possibility long ago. It was just that, all this time, he had held onto a sliver of hope that Uchiha Ryota’s unconscious bodily instincts would be enough to complete the fusion of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

But reality had made one thing clear to him: when it came to matters involving spiritual power, there was no room for luck!

Lying on the operating table, Uchiha Ryota continued, "You must have noticed several days ago that my consciousness had already awakened, right? The reason you left me alone... wasn’t it because you knew I couldn’t use the power of the Sharingan?"

Hearing this, Hyuga Kagami’s expression gradually darkened.

Uchiha Ryota smiled. "While the Sharingan are in the process of fusing, even I, their owner, can’t use them. Even if you took them now, all you’d get would be a defective pair of eyes that are completely useless. So either agree to my request, or give up on my eyes!"

Hyuga Kagami said, "You’re no match for me. Even if you possess the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, that fact won’t change."

Uchiha Ryota raised his voice. "Thanks to you, I finally obtained the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan—the embodiment of eternal ocular power—and reached the pinnacle of the Uchiha! You expect me to hand over the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan without even getting the chance to test this power for myself? How could I possibly accept that?!"

"But that won’t change anything. You’ll still lose to me." After a brief pause, Hyuga Kagami continued, "Besides, how can you guarantee that once I restore your freedom of movement, you won’t destroy your own eyes?"

Hyuga Kagami was completely confident that he could defeat Uchiha Ryota even after Ryota obtained the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. But if Ryota took the opportunity to destroy his own Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, Kagami truly wasn’t confident that he could stop him in time.

Uchiha Ryota replied, "What kind of joke is that? These eyes are the last proof that my brother and I ever existed in this world. They’re the symbol of the Uchiha’s power! As long as these eyes continue to exist, the names Uchiha Ryota and Uchiha Hideki will continue to be remembered. Why would I ever destroy them with my own hands?!"

After weighing the pros and cons, Hyuga Kagami nodded. "Since you want a defeat you’ll never forget, I’ll grant your wish!"

A few days later, within the Land of Tea.

Uchiha Ryota tore away the sterile cloth wrapped around his eyes and slowly opened them.

At that moment, within his crimson eyes was a complex pattern formed from an interwoven diamond and triangle.

After taking a moment to adjust, Uchiha Ryota murmured in awe, "So... this is eternal ocular power?"

Not far away, Hyuga Kagami calmly watched as Uchiha Ryota tore away the sterile cloth, carefully examining the pair of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan that he himself had brought into existence.

At that moment, Uchiha Ryota’s gaze fell upon Hyuga Kagami.

Although Kagami was wearing a mask, there was no questioning the perceptive power of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. In just an instant, Ryota determined that the person before him was a very young man, leaving him somewhat confused.

"You... weren’t you a woman? How come...?"

Hyuga Kagami casually brushed him off. "That was merely one of my puppets."

Since he was about to face the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan in battle, the body Hyuga Kagami was currently using was naturally his strongest—the original Yin Release body.

Uchiha Ryota asked, "Can I know who you really are?"

Hyuga Kagami removed his mask, revealing his face.

"Hyuga Kagami!"

Uchiha Ryota wasn’t particularly surprised. Back when he had been imprisoned in the secret facility, he had already killed one of Hyuga Kagami’s clones. Thus, the possibility that Kagami was the mastermind behind everything had already crossed his mind.

Carefully examining the Byakugan in Hyuga Kagami’s eyes, Uchiha Ryota’s brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

"Why do you possess such incredible strength and all those strange abilities? As far as I know, the Byakugan of your Hyuga clan shouldn’t possess any of those powers, right?"

Hyuga Kagami slowly replied, "The Sharingan can evolve into the Mangekyo Sharingan. Two pairs of Mangekyo Sharingan belonging to blood relatives can then fuse into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, granting eternal ocular power."

He continued calmly, "So why can’t the Byakugan of our Hyuga clan evolve as well?"

Uchiha Ryota suddenly understood. "So that’s how it is!"

Hyuga Kagami said nothing more and urged, "All right. That’s enough idle talk."

Rolling his shoulders and loosening up his body, Uchiha Ryota grinned. "Fine! Let me experience the power of your evolved Byakugan once again. I refuse to believe that the Uchiha are inferior to the Hyuga!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a golden phantom projected outward from Uchiha Ryota’s body.

Clearly, knowing just how powerful Hyuga Kagami was, Uchiha Ryota skipped the pointless probing altogether and immediately unleashed his strongest dojutsu—Susanoo!

Whoosh...

The enormous golden Susanoo stirred up a howling gale!

Staring at the golden Susanoo before him, Hyuga Kagami was slightly surprised.

By now, Kagami had seen quite a few different Susanoo. Having once transplanted Mangekyo Sharingan himself, he had even personally used Susanoo several times.

But whether it was Shisui, Shinichi, or Kagami himself, the Susanoo they manifested had only been around a dozen meters tall, roughly equivalent to a three- or four-story building.

Yet Uchiha Ryota’s golden Susanoo had clearly surpassed that height.

Watching as the golden Susanoo exceeded forty meters and continued expanding, Hyuga Kagami’s expression gradually became serious.

At that moment, Uchiha Ryota leaped high into the air and flew directly into the diamond-shaped space on the golden Susanoo’s forehead.

He shouted, "Dojutsu: Mikoto!"

In an instant, the already imposing Susanoo grew another size larger and became clad in a layer of golden armor. Immediately afterward, a ring of golden flames appeared around the outside of the armor, enveloping the entire Susanoo.

Looking up at the towering figure, Hyuga Kagami silently estimated, "It’s nearly a hundred meters tall. This should be Uchiha Ryota’s limit..."