Uchiha Hiro covered his face. He didn't understand why, now that he had finally obtained the long - awaited Strength, he just wanted to crawl into a hole and die.
It's okay that he was the second one to awaken his Sharingan! Anyway, after learning about the tragedy Uchiha Akihiko had gone through when awakening his Sharingan, he also wanted to find other ways to awaken it. But! But! What is this now!
Even if it meant getting himself injured, it would be better! Why did he have to awaken his Sharingan in such an extremely embarrassing way!
How can he face his children in the future? When his child asks, "How did Dad awaken his Mangekyo Sharingan?", is he supposed to say, "Because Dad misread the map and was mocked by his old rival, so he was so ashamed and angry that he awakened it"?
Who can say that!
Was it because he had killed too many ninjas that he was doomed to be punished by fate? It doesn't make sense! Which ninja doesn't kill people? Why is he the only one getting punished!
While Hiro was trying to calm himself down through self - isolation, Uchiha Ryo was constantly using chakra perception to sense the changes in the chakra in Hiro's brain.
Before awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, the strength of the pupil power of the Sharingan is entirely indicated by the number of tomoe in the Sharingan, and it is also a standard for outsiders to judge the strength of the Uchiha clan.
But in fact, even after the Sharingan evolves into the three - tomoe Sharingan, the pupil power will still increase with training and will not stop growing just because the three tomoe appear.
This also means that within the Uchiha clan, the pupil power difference between two three - tomoe Sharingan users can sometimes be even greater than that between a one - tomoe and a three - tomoe Sharingan user.
This is also why, although Uchiha Ryo could feel that Uchiha Akihiko's pupil power had increased geometrically after awakening his Sharingan, he didn't know if this was the standard pupil power that the Mangekyo Sharingan should have, which would rise to this value as soon as it was awakened, or if it was affected by the user's original pupil power, like the variable value of the three - tomoe Sharingan, or if it was just a constant increase of this huge amount of pupil power, not affected by any factors.
With Hiro's example, this point is still unclear, but at least Uchiha Ryo can completely rule out the first conjecture.
[At least two more Mangekyo Sharingan users are needed to determine whether it's the second or the third situation. Madara is still too young. We just need to find a way to guide him to awaken his tomoe Sharingan. If we want someone to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, we should choose from his peers.]
Uchiha Ryo unconsciously tapped on the hilt of his sword. [Kenji's pupil power should be sufficient, but he is more extroverted, and his actions are sometimes a bit out of line. It should be difficult for him to awaken his Sharingan as easily as Hiro. As for the other candidate...
Masaki and Chiho's pupil power should also meet the requirements for awakening the Sharingan, but one of them is avoiding me, and I want to avoid the other. It's a bit hard to handle...
Should we choose from the older clan members?]
It's just that my strength isn't sufficient for me to have an equal - footing conversation with them. If I really had to make a choice, it might take a lot of persuasion. However, for the sake of improving my strength, the clan members shouldn't refuse. Still, some necessary investigations are needed...
The two of them were lost in their own thoughts. In this strange atmosphere where one was in self - isolation while the other was observing, they completed the mission of collecting materials.
During this period, Uchiha Ryo also asked Hiro what his Mangekyo jutsu was. After being awkward for a while, Hiro finally spoke up, "Heaven's Guard and Time's Flow."
Heaven's Guard can help me nullify all genjutsu cast by jutsu - users with lower pupil power than mine. It is passively triggered and automatically consumes pupil power. Time's Flow can reverse my own time and needs to be actively triggered by consuming pupil power. That's it."
"Unexpectedly, it's a Mangekyo jutsu related to time..." Uchiha Ryo tilted his head slightly. "How does it reverse time? Is it for oneself, others, or even the world?"
"To put it simply, as long as I have enough pupil power, I can directly reverse my own time by a few years and then train myself from scratch." Hiro still looked unhappy and gave a very forceful grunt. "If I could directly distort the world's time, we could reconsider whether to take the mission in the Country of Demons, but I'd definitely strangle your chatty crow first."
Uchiha Ryo let out a laugh. "So, is this Mangekyo jutsu a very high - end genjutsu? Does it deceive oneself while deceiving the enemy?"
Hiro let out a long breath and nodded. "I also think it's a genjutsu. However, obviously, without the assistance of the Mangekyo Sharingan, it's impossible to achieve this kind of genjutsu that affects reality."
"By the way, has Akihiko mentioned his Mangekyo jutsu to you?"
"No. Generally speaking, no one would just tell others about this. What do you think your credibility is among us? Don't underestimate yourself."
"Haha, then I won't go into details with you," Uchiha Ryo said with a faint smile. "But thanks to your trust, next time I'm cornered, I might have to remember to scramble my brains to prevent the leakage of information."
Hiro turned his head away. "Humph, if you get cornered again, you deserve to die."
Uchiha Ryo shook his head but couldn't help but think, "It's really interesting. Although it's the same Kekkei Genkai, it has extended in so many different directions. Even more interesting is that these derived Mangekyo jutsu seem to be closely related to the user's will...
It's as if Akihiko wants to protect his younger brother, and you, Hiro, want to avoid something. "
"Uchiha Ryo! Do you believe I'll really fight you?"
Uchiha Ryo raised his hands in a surrender gesture. "Okay, okay, then let me put it another way - it's like you, Hiro, want to take something as a warning. After having enough pupil power, guided by that intense emotion in that instant, the Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyo."
To put it even more simply, if we want the Sharingan to evolve, we need to give the Sharingan a clear goal and tell it what we need. Thinking about it this way, it's not that difficult to guide out the desired Mangekyo abilities either."
Uchiha Hiro looked rather conflicted. "Why does something that's supposed to be quite powerful sound so off - putting after your description?"
"Maybe it's actually not that complicated," Uchiha Ryo shrugged. "After all, Kekkei Genkai is a form of Strength inheritance refined by our predecessors to facilitate the future generations. Although there is a threshold for unlocking this inheritance, which keeps many people out, if it is still difficult to master after crossing that threshold, then we have to wonder why this Kekkei Genkai was developed in the first place."