Chapter 594: The Essence of the Sharingan

Chapter 594: Chapter 594: The Essence of the Sharingan

"This...!?"

The expression on Kagami’s face instantly froze.

He clearly remembered that Danzo had only transplanted a three-tomoe Sharingan into his right eye, while his left eye was his own original eye. Even the previous body modification surgery had not involved any changes in this regard.

Yet at this moment, not only had both eyes in Danzo’s sockets transformed into blood-red Sharingan, but the tomoe in both eyes were spinning faster and faster, faintly beginning to merge into a continuous ring!

Anyone witnessing this scene, even someone unfamiliar with the Sharingan, could immediately tell that there was something unusual about the pair of eyes in Danzo’s sockets, let alone a researcher like Kagami, who had conducted extensive studies on the Sharingan.

Thus, he thought in astonishment, "Don’t tell me he’s about to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan!?"

His thoughts racing, Kagami immediately began analyzing the reason behind this phenomenon.

Although Danzo’s left eye was his own original eye rather than a Sharingan, what truly made a Sharingan a Sharingan was not its flesh and blood, but the Yin Release chakra possessing the unique characteristics of the Uchiha clan.

In the original timeline, during the final battle against Otsutsuki Kaguya, Obito, who had died after being struck by the All-Killing Ash Bones, used the remaining ocular power within his soul to activate Kamui. Crossing the boundary between the realms of the living and the dead, he returned to the shinobi world and entrusted all his remaining ocular power to Kakashi.

This transformed both of Kakashi’s eyes into Mangekyo Sharingan, allowing him to briefly experience the power of Kamui Susanoo.

From this, it was evident that the essence of the Sharingan lay in the characteristics of its chakra—or, more precisely, its ocular power!

The fact that Danzo could instantly transform his ordinary left eye into a three-tomoe Sharingan meant that, while undergoing the fusion process, he had already developed Yin Release chakra of sufficient intensity to rival that of an Uchiha possessing the three-tomoe Sharingan.

Moreover, as the fusion progressed, the intensity of the Yin Release chakra within his body continued to rise. This explained why the Sharingan in his sockets were showing signs of evolving into the Mangekyo Sharingan.

After sorting through all this, Kagami immediately came to a realization.

He discovered that he no longer needed the assistance of the two observation instruments beside him. Simply by observing Danzo’s eyes, he could accurately determine the condition of Danzo’s body through the state of his Sharingan, and even gauge the progress of the fusion.

And this was undoubtedly the most direct and precise method!

Orochimaru had naturally noticed the abnormality in Danzo’s Sharingan as well. An expression of utter madness immediately spread across his face—a mixture of longing, anticipation, covetousness, admiration, astonishment, and countless other emotions.

The greed in his snake-like vertical pupils had completely overflowed, and he no longer made the slightest attempt to conceal it!

Kagami caught sight of Orochimaru’s unsightly expression from the corner of his eye.

However, he did not allow himself to be distracted by Orochimaru. Instead, he focused even more intently on Danzo atop the ritual altar.

As far as he was concerned, whatever Orochimaru might be plotting was nowhere near as important as collecting data at this moment.

"Under high-temperature conditions, the devouring efficiency of the new Chimera Bud is even better than anticipated..."

"Once the ritual enters the fusion stage, chakra becomes the key factor determining the progress of the fusion. Even a Tailed Beast-level chakra reserve cannot guarantee the successful completion of the ritual. This point must receive particular attention..."

"With an abundant supply of chakra, the test subject’s Sharingan has displayed signs of evolution. This indicates that the chakra natures within the test subject’s body have successfully begun to fuse, proving that the ritual we designed is effective..."

"As long as all the necessary conditions are met, achieving Kekkei Mora is no longer an unrealistic dream..."

While pushing his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan to its limits and observing every change occurring in Danzo atop the ritual altar, Kagami silently summarized all the valuable information he had gathered.

About three minutes later, the Sharingan in Danzo’s sockets finally underwent another transformation.

After the three rapidly spinning tomoe merged together, a thick black ring appeared within his scarlet eyes. Immediately afterward, angular protrusions emerged along the edge of the ring, transforming the originally smooth black circle into a gear-like pattern.

The transformation of the pattern in Danzo’s Sharingan was completed in a single breath, after which the pattern stabilized.

"The Mangekyo Sharingan!"

Staring at Danzo’s eyes, Kagami’s expression grew solemn.

Although he had already anticipated this outcome, witnessing a non-Uchiha awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan right before his eyes still felt somewhat unreal.

As for Orochimaru, who stood beside Kagami, the moment he saw the newly awakened Mangekyo Sharingan in Danzo’s sockets, he couldn’t help but extend his tongue and lick his lips!

Danzo, atop the ritual altar, also seemed to have realized the transformation occurring in his eyes, and an expression of immense satisfaction appeared on his face.

However, at that very moment, a strange expression suddenly crossed Danzo’s face. It seemed to contain fear, anger, and even a barely perceptible trace of blankness.

"Huh? What’s this?"

Perhaps because he frequently used his spirit body to control his clones, Kagami immediately noticed that something seemed to have gone wrong with Danzo’s spirit body atop the ritual altar.

Bang...

Accompanied by a muffled explosion, Danzo’s body suddenly ruptured!

Although he had previously absorbed almost all the Chimera Bud into his body, he now seemed unable to withstand them any longer. His body had been burst open by the transparent, colloid-like Chimera Bud!

In an instant, the Chimera Bud erupted outward once more, spreading in every direction like wildly flailing claws and fangs.

Below the altar, Kagami frowned, momentarily puzzled. He couldn’t figure out exactly which stage of the ritual had gone wrong.

Orochimaru was also startled and muttered, "The Chimera Bud have gone out of control?"

Danzo’s obvious abnormality atop the ritual altar not only astonished Kagami and Orochimaru, but also threw the Root shinobi stationed around the altar into a panic.

At that moment, seeing that Danzo had completely lost control of the Chimera Bud, Root’s chief researcher could no longer afford to hesitate. He hurriedly activated a large machine that had been prepared beside the ritual altar.

Psssh...

As the machine activated, an icy mist instantly engulfed the entire altar.

Under the rapidly dropping temperature, the rampaging Chimera Bud on Danzo’s body immediately lost their vitality. Like withering plants, they visibly shriveled up at a speed discernible to the naked eye.

Although the rampaging Chimera Bud had been brought under control, the abnormality affecting Danzo’s spirit body remained unresolved.

He collapsed to his knees atop the altar, the expression on his face changing incessantly like a revolving lantern. His entire being was teetering on the brink of losing control and collapsing.

Kagami was not particularly surprised by this.

According to his latest calculations, Danzo’s probability of surviving the Bloodline Fusion Ritual was a pitiful 2%, while his probability of achieving Kekkei Mora still approached zero.

And the reason for this was precisely that Danzo’s team had never realized the importance of soul fusion!