Seeing Uchiha Ryo roll up the last volume of the Bamboo Carving Book, Uchiha Akihiko couldn't help but ask, "Finished reading?"
"Ah, yeah. It's truly a captivating kind of strength," Uchiha Ryo put down the Bamboo Carving Book. "But it's also a rather troublesome kind of strength - and there are too many doubts in it.
The origin of the powerful pupil power of the Mangekyo, the way the Eternal Mangekyo comes into being, and how to achieve the [fairness] that Indra pursued - although the last one is really preposterous. Not a single bit of what I want to know is mentioned in this book.
On the contrary, the third volume records in great detail all kinds of ways of obtaining strength by harming clan members. If we really think about it like this, rather than saying the Sharingan is the pride of the Uchiha clan, it's more appropriate to say that the Uchiha are tools for cultivating the Sharingan - and this is actually the important news recorded on the clan stele that we've always preserved. It's simply extremely absurd."
"But we really are like what's recorded in it. We have to rely on the passing - away of important people to gain strength..." Uchiha Akihiko lowered his head. "And you know the personalities of the clan members.
If they can let the people they value gain strength, the clan members will do anything - even if this action will hurt the people they value or sacrifice themselves.
The reason this isn't obvious now is just because of these endless wars... Uchiha Ryo, you can't expect everyone to be as broad - minded as you."
"Broad - minded..." Uchiha Ryo laughed. "I'm not as generous as you think. Instead, I'm quite petty."
Uchiha Akihiko couldn't help but smile. "You're petty? There isn't a single Uchiha in the clan as forgiving as you."
"That's not forgiveness. It's just that I want to do my best for those I care about and those who care about me within my ability and make efforts for it.
If it's a friend, protect him, guide him, and let him grow. If it's an enemy, set him up, mislead him, and kill him. I don't want my friends to be sad, so I have to strive to stay alive. I don't want my enemies to be in high spirits, so I have to become stronger - these are just the duties I should fulfill as an Uchiha."
The smile on Uchiha Ryo's face faded a bit. "So I'm a little angry now - all the things I cherish were treated like rubbish by those ancient people... Hey, Akihiko, do you think I should wear the clan uniforms and go to the Senju clan to buy some low - grade incense at a high price for the next sacrifice? Anyway, we're the [useless descendants]. It's okay to use low - grade incense during the sacrifice, right?"
"No... You don't have to get so angry even if you see that. After all, they're all dead. The principle of showing respect for the dead -"
Uchiha Ryo kept the smile on his face. "That's exactly why they're dead that I have to buy low - grade incense to express my dissatisfaction. I can't go down there myself to argue with them, right?"
Uchiha Akihiko: ... You're really not afraid of being punished by God for being disrespectful to your ancestors.
With a soft sigh, Uchiha Akihiko changed the topic. "Let's continue discussing the Mangekyo Sharingan... Now that you've read it all, what do you have to say?"
"Hmm... There are indeed points that catch my attention," Uchiha Ryo said, tapping the table with his finger. "Putting aside the method of awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, the eye jutsu generated when the Mangekyo awakens is what interests me the most.
"Even I think the Uchiha clan is a highly aggressive one, but less than one - fifth of the recorded eye jutsus have active offensive abilities. The rest are more for defense than offense...
"I saw an eye jutsu in your records called Izangnuo. It's said that it can perform Future Telling for all living things within sight in the next ten seconds. It can be understood as a way to foresee danger. What about the other one? Should it also be a defensive type?"
"Yes, you're right," Uchiha Akihiko didn't intend to hide it. "My other eye jutsu is called Izangran. Through eye contact, I can project my Mangekyopupil power onto the other person, allowing them to use Susanoo in battle.
"However, the person can't be too far away from me. If they are, the link of pupil power will be lost, causing Susanoo to disperse. Moreover, when using this jutsu, I can still continue to use Susanoo myself - it just doubles the consumption of my pupil power."
"Hmm, Future Telling and lending Strength..." Uchiha Ryo frowned slightly. "Based on your example and the experiences of those predecessors, we can conclude something. The abilities of the Mangekyo Sharingan come from the strongest desire of the person at the moment of awakening, or the ability they think can save them from the desperate situation.
"To put it more specifically, what stimulates us to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan might not be despair, but a strong desire for something. If we try to guide it from this aspect... Well, I just can't think of anything worth being that happy about."
"Isn't the most important thing that being happy itself means fulfilling the desire in our hearts?" Uchiha Akihiko sighed. "Moreover, in this god - forsaken era, unless the Senju clan is wiped out by a Heavenly AdventMeteorite, I really can't think of anything worth being that happy about."
"Then can we come up with a way to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan based on the personality of each clan member?" Uchiha Ryo stroked his chin. "Take Masaki for example. That guy is so promiscuous. We could knock him cold, then plant the idea in his mind the moment he wakes up that [the operation was very successful and he's now a girl], and then lift the genjutsu after he accepts it...
"No no no, forget it. That guy in drag would be so gross - with that beautiful face and all those muscles. Even the Senju people would have nightmares if they saw him. If it were Kenji, it would be more acceptable. After all, although that guy is very strong, his figure is even a bit skinny... But Kenji probably wouldn't fall for this.
"Who else can we try this on... Hiro? Like telling him he's the number one and then suddenly waking him up? Would it be too much of a shock?"
However, the feasibility of [Korega] should be relatively high..."
"Hey, Uchiha Ryo, are you a ghost?"
"Huh? What's wrong? Why are you saying this all of a sudden..."
Looking at Uchiha Ryo's innocent expression, Uchiha Akihiko twitched the corner of his mouth. "You'll definitely go to hell after you die, for sure."
"Wow, that's so mean. Although I know I'm not a good person and deserve to go to hell, it still hurts to hear it from you."
"No, you're underestimating yourself. Even the King of Hell would give up his seat to you for two days after seeing your actions." Uchiha Akihiko was a bit at a loss for words. "Moreover, your act of directly scripting the clan members is no different from what's recorded on the stele."
"Well, I'm just making an assumption. When it comes to actual implementation, I'll still ask the parties involved first and then use genjutsu to overwrite their memories..."
"After all, isn't this kind of dramatic twist better than just blindly facing tragedy? But then again..." Uchiha Ryo looked a bit more serious. "Can your eye jutsu really only be used through eye contact?"
Uchiha Akihiko immediately understood what Uchiha Ryo meant and couldn't help but be even more speechless. "Yeah, that's right. It can only be used through eye contact. Don't even think about it, and actually, you're the last person who should be causing trouble right now, okay?"
"Well, you're right. After all, from a certain perspective, I'm directly immune to visual genjutsu now." Uchiha Ryo laughed heartily. "And it's enough that I can survive and continue to write my story and experience more battles. I shouldn't ask for too much."