"So... what's your decision, Akihiko? Or rather, what are you going to do after learning about the Mangekyo Sharingan?"
Uchiha Akihiko looked up at Ling sitting upright opposite him. His eyes were a little vacant. After a moment, he shifted his gaze. "I plan to find an opportunity to die in front of Kazuhiko later to stimulate him to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, and then transplant my eyes to him...
In this way, Kazuhiko can gain more powerful power, and the Uchiha clan can also keep a pair of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan... This is the best way I can think of."
"Didn't I tell you? Don't let the Kekkei Genkai control you." Ling sighed and shook his head. "Things haven't even developed to that point, and you've already chosen the worst situation and sentenced yourself to death... You have the nerve to say I'm extreme."
Uchiha Akihiko openly curled his lips. "Then tell me what to do."
"As I said before, the stone tablet I saw only said that our Uchiha clan will gain more powerful power by chance. Now it seems that this so - called powerful power is undoubtedly the Mangekyo Sharingan. But this 'by chance' is still open to question."
Ling raised his hand and gently stroked his chin. "If we can only gain power by losing our loved ones, our ancestors should have written something like 'turning the corner in grief and despair', instead of 'by chance' - unless the chance at that time and the chance we are talking about now are not the same thing.
Moreover, the emphasis on sacrificing blood relatives is also suspicious. Even if the final record says something like 'wanting the dead relatives to stay with us forever, so we dug out our eyes and merged them, and finally found out the evolution method', I would believe it without hesitation. But now... there are too many doubts."
"Whether it is or not, the fact is right in front of us... Not only my Mangekyo Sharingan, but also the clan members who have awakened it before have experienced extreme despair. I've seen all these with my own eyes from the various eye powers left on the stone tablet... Ling, sometimes people really need to accept their fate. Don't try to persuade me anymore. I'm very calm and I've already made up my mind."
"Stop right there."
Ling raised his hand, his expression indescribably complicated. But upon closer inspection, one could clearly see his helplessness. "You're not like me, whose eye sockets are completely ruined and can't have an eye transplant... At worst, after you take out your eyes and give them to Kazuhiko, you can just have another pair transplanted. Why are you acting so suicidal? Instead of that, isn't it more important to think of a way for Kazuhiko to awaken his Sharingan without suffering?"
Uchiha Akihiko: ...Oh, right.
"Tsk, I got brainwashed by those old fogeys in the clan..." Uchiha Akihiko raised his hand to cover his forehead, his face slightly flushed. "And it's so embarrassing to have you say it so bluntly... Damn it, I want to dig a hole and crawl into it."
"Hey, show some respect to the elders..." Ling sighed. "You used to think things through very carefully, but now your judgment has declined so much..."
"It seems we need to re - evaluate the impact of awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan on the user. Although it's a bit troublesome, could I ask you, Akihiko, to engrave the information you can see from the stone tablet for me? I'd like to do some research."
"Huh? Oh, sure." Uchiha Akihiko glanced at the bamboo - carved book Ling had placed aside. "I'll engrave a copy for you when I go to record the Mangekyo Sharingan information on the stone tablet once my injury heals."
"Yeah, thanks. I always feel there's something fishy about this... Maybe there's a more peaceful way to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan." Ling frowned slightly. "To be honest, Akihiko, your chakra is very different from before. It gives me a very cold - and - gloomy feeling. It's very likely that your pessimistic thinking is affected by this chakra. You need to pay more attention to this in the future."
Uchiha Akihiko also thought of the stupid thing he did just now and immediately covered his face. "I got it. I'll think things through more before I act... Okay, that's all I have to say. I'm leaving."
"Wait a second. I still have something to ask."
Only then did Uchiha Akihiko raise his head again. "...What?"
"You just said you'll go to the stone tablet to engrave the eye jutsu after your injury heals, right? Are they the unique eye jutsu of your Mangekyo Sharingan?"
"Yeah, so what? Besides the usage method of the Mangekyo Sharingan, it also records the unique eye jutsu of the Mangekyo Sharingan of previous generations."
Ling lowered his head and pondered for a moment before speaking. "Then how many unique eye jutsu have you awakened, Akihiko?"
"...I only have two eyes, so of course it's two." Uchiha Akihiko folded his arms. "What? Do you want me to tell you what my eye jutsu are?"
"No. I want you to record only one eye jutsu on it this time. After I read the engraved book you bring back and give it some thought, we'll have a detailed discussion. Then, under the pretext of awakening another eye jutsu, go and engrave the information on the stone tablet again. It must be exactly the same as the content on the stone tablet, including the stroke style."
Uchiha Akihiko: ...
Although Uchiha Akihiko felt that Ling was just looking for an excuse to make things difficult for him, he didn't object. He nodded in response, indicating that he would do as told, and then didn't stay any longer. He got up and bid farewell to Ling.
Ling didn't try to detain him. Instead, he got up and escorted him to the door.
However, looking at Ling's unimpeded movements even without his blind stick, Uchiha Akihiko's expression turned strange. "Did you develop some weird ninjutsu again?"
Hearing this, Ling tilted his head. "Huh? What do you mean by developing some weird ninjutsu?"
"Um... You're now... Well—"
"Ah, you're wondering why I'm not holding my blind stick, right?" Ling let out a soft laugh. "After sparring with you last time, my senses, including physical fitness, have improved. Plus, I've gotten used to the darkness. It's just a short distance to see you off to the door and then come back. I don't need the blind stick to assist my senses."
Uchiha Akihiko opened his mouth but couldn't ask anything finally. He just joked with a smile. "You're always ahead of us, whether it was before or now."
Ling: …?
"What the heck? Why are you smiling so creepily all of a sudden."
"Come on, you know the consequence of the Mangekyo Sharingan is blindness. You've skipped ahead of us by a huge margin! With you paving the way, who knows, we might even form a special force?"
Hearing this, Ling pondered for a moment and then said, "I don't think it's possible. As far as I remember, among those who can awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, only Hiro is a sensory - type ninja.
As for the others... Sorry, Akihiko. It's not that I'm looking down on you, but some things are really impossible for non - sensory types to achieve."
Uchiha Akihiko: … Are you allergic to jokes?