Midnight, Forest of Death.
Uchiha Mikoto sat on a giant tree, studying the Water Release scroll in her hands under the bright moonlight and with her Sharingan.
The area within a kilometer was part of Shishou's giant centipede territory, so no animals dared to approach, making it very quiet.
Suddenly, Uchiha Mikoto looked towards the shadows under the giant tree.
Moments later, Shishou's figure emerged from the darkness.
"I'm taking you somewhere."
"Taking me..."
Shishou approached Mikoto, grabbed her shoulder, and in her surprised gaze, used the Flying Thunder God Technique to disappear.
Uchiha Residence.
A swarm of insects held a kunai, hovering three hundred meters above the ground.
The next second, Shishou and Uchiha Mikoto appeared in mid-air among the swarm and then began to fall straight down.
"Where are we..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Uchiha Mikoto realized the surroundings had changed.
Next, she felt herself suddenly become lighter and was horrified to find herself in mid-air.
"Ah~~~"
The sudden weightlessness made Uchiha Mikoto's mind go blank, and she screamed instinctively.
The fear of falling made her heart pound violently, and the rushing air quickly took away her body heat.
She felt as if she were falling into an abyss, her entire body freezing, her heart filled with unstoppable terror.
In the next second, strong arms wrapped around her body, surrounding her with warmth.
Opening her eyes, Uchiha Mikoto saw Shishou's handsome face smiling at her.
Being held in his arms, feeling his warmth, Uchiha Mikoto no longer felt the fear she did before. Instead, she felt an inexplicable sense of security.
Looking at his young, handsome face, Uchiha Mikoto, who had calmed down, suddenly felt a tremor run through her body.
A feeling of infatuation erupted deep within her heart.
She hooked her arms around Shishou's neck, closed her eyes, and kissed him.
Seeing Uchiha Mikoto initiate a kiss, Shishou was delighted, knowing his plan had succeeded.
Then, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique again to appear in Uchiha Sasuke's room.
At this moment, Sasuke was already in a deep sleep thanks to Shishou's "help." No matter how loud the noise, he wouldn't wake up.
Coming back to her senses from the kiss, Mikoto realized the surroundings had changed again.
Recognizing the familiar environment, her pupils widened in shock. She quickly broke free from Shishou's embrace and tried to reach out to the sleeping Sasuke, but Shishou held her back.
"Mikoto, you don't want Sasuke to know you're still alive, do you?"
"Do you think a child like him can keep such a secret?"
"Do you want him to face danger again?"
Hearing Shishou's words, Uchiha Mikoto froze, no longer struggling but instead stared at Sasuke, her eyes filled with a deep love.
But in the next moment, her body trembled.
Her cheeks quickly turned red.
"You-you-you..."
Uchiha Mikoto panicked.
"Intense emotional fluctuations help you master the Sharingan."
"Don't move, you don't want Sasuke to find out, do you?"
Hearing this, Uchiha Mikoto's heart raced, her nerves on edge.
"But..."
But Sasuke is right here.
Uchiha Mikoto's emotions surged wildly, her three-tomoe Sharingan becoming even redder, and her ocular power rapidly increasing.
"There's no 'but'."
...
One hour later.
Forest of Death.
On the giant tree, Uchiha Mikoto looked at Shishou with a complicated expression.
She had initially thought that the claim of intense emotional fluctuations helping to master the Sharingan was just his perverted hobby.
However, seeing the Mangekyou Sharingan in Shishou's eyes, she was silent.
The clear evidence before her left no room for doubt.
"Who would have thought this would awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan."
"Although what just happened was indeed very stimulating."
"But this was too simple."
Feeling the changes in his ocular power, Shishou was extremely happy.
His earlier actions were just a means to subdue Mikoto.
Unexpectedly, it led to the awakening of the Mangekyou Sharingan.
What a pleasant surprise.
Though this was unexpected, it made sense.
Shishou's Uchiha bloodline came from Phosphorescent Worms devouring the bodies of two to three hundred Uchiha clan members.
The richness of his Uchiha bloodline was on par with Uchiha Madara, the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths' son. Awakening the Mangekyou with a little stimulation wasn't hard to understand.
Simple?
Hearing Shishou's words, Uchiha Mikoto froze.
Thinking about how Shishou not only mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique but also awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan through her "help," and comparing it to her own failure to awaken the Mangekyou despite experiencing the clan massacre and recent humiliation, she felt a surge of bitterness and grievance.
Silent tears began to flow from her eyes.
"..."
Seeing Mikoto silently weeping, Shishou forgot about studying his Mangekyou.
He pursed his lips, cupped her face, and kissed her deeply.
There was a saying in his previous life:
When couples argue, nothing can solve it better than a good romp.
If one romp doesn't work, then two.
Shishou deeply believed this.
"You-you, you still want..."
Sure enough, Uchiha Mikoto's attention was instantly diverted, her face turning bright red...
...
Elsewhere, Uchiha Izumi, who had come looking for Mikoto after noticing her absence for too long, heard strange noises from above and paused.
Her face flushed, and she quickly hid in the shadows.
After listening for a while, Uchiha Izumi, with a red face, returned to the lab and prevented other children from searching for Uchiha Mikoto.