Chapter 91: Two New Pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan! A Bountiful Harvest of Dōjutsu!
The three Uchiha clan members began to cry. Not only had they failed to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, but they had also completely lost their once healthy bodies. The sense of powerlessness left them in utter despair!
Ishihara watched them, shaking his head in disappointment. As expected, this was their limit. They had no potential to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. His secret technique had already removed the usual barriers to awakening the Mangekyō, yet it seemed there were still hidden conditions—likely related to lifespan and the rate of organ mutation. Clearly, these three failures did not meet the necessary requirements.
At that moment...
Boom!
Boom! Boom!
Two powerful, chilling bursts of chakra erupted from the remaining two Uchiha members. The three, still sobbing, turned to see their fellow clansmen had successfully awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
The stark contrast intensified their despair. Despite both groups being from the Uchiha clan and both having awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan earlier, only their peers had successfully unlocked the Mangekyō, while they had merely aged and weakened. The disparity and their frail conditions made the three collapse.
The unexpected turn of events left the two newly awakened Uchiha members silent instead of excited. Ishihara removed the barrier, allowing Fugaku and the others to rush forward to comfort the three fallen Uchiha.
Meanwhile, Ishihara turned his attention to the two who had successfully awakened their Mangekyō Sharingan, anticipation clear in his eyes.
"Uchiha Hirako! Uchiha Yashiro!" he announced.
"Now, it's time for me to research your dōjutsu!"
His words made the two immediately tense, but thanks to warnings from Tetsuka and Inoka earlier, they quickly calmed down.
It didn't take long for the two to reveal their respective abilities. Hirako's dōjutsu was called Pillar Gate, a barrier-type dōjutsu. Yashiro's was called Peach Blossom, a healing-type dōjutsu.
"Another failure!" Ishihara thought, a bit frustrated. Despite his powerful genjutsu, which implanted specific ideas into their minds, it still failed. What he didn't know was that Inaho had already hypnotized them with his own Mangekyō, leading him to the brink of blindness.
Fugaku and the others, realizing that their plan had failed as well, wore disappointment on their faces.
Ishihara, still determined, had them activate their second dōjutsu, but both abilities were extensions of their original powers, still lacking any replication abilities. Finally, he gave up the hope for replication, reminding himself that future experiments with other Uchiha members might prove more fruitful.
Turning back to the two, he began carefully analyzing their Mangekyō abilities, his expression gradually growing more intrigued. Hirako's Pillar Gate created a unique barrier formed by pillars. Inside this barrier, his strength, speed, and even ninjutsu were all enhanced, while his enemies were suppressed.
Even more astonishingly:
"This Pillar Gate barrier can block space-time ninjutsu!"
Ishihara's eyes lit up in excitement. He had never expected to obtain a dōjutsu capable of countering space-time techniques. This was a major stroke of luck, particularly for dealing with someone like Obito.
He immediately dove into deeper research:
[You have experienced and analyzed the dōjutsu Pillar Gate. You have gained insight and developed the secret technique: Pillar Gate Training Method.]
[Pillar Gate Training Method: Mastering this allows you to establish a Pillar Gate barrier, enhancing your abilities and suppressing your enemies within the barrier, while also blocking space-time ninjutsu!]
[You have experienced and analyzed the dōjutsu Reverse Pillar Gate. You have gained insight and developed the secret technique: Reverse Pillar Gate Training Method.]
[Reverse Pillar Gate Training Method: Mastering this allows you to break any barriers.]
Reverse Pillar Gate was Hirako's second Mangekyō ability.
After absorbing all this information, Ishihara nodded in satisfaction. This dōjutsu was powerful and extremely practical—it would surely be useful in the future.
Next, he turned his attention to analyzing Yashiro's Mangekyō Sharingan. He was even more astonished by what he discovered.
"Upon activation, Peach Blossom forms petals visible only to the user, which rapidly heal any injuries on their body!" he mused. "If there are no injuries, it enhances the user's physical abilities instead!"
"Not just a healing ability, but an augmentation as well!" Ishihara was amazed. The healing potential of Peach Blossom was so powerful that it could treat any injury as long as the user was still alive. Even if they were on the brink of death, it could restore them. This was a god-tier healing technique, surpassing even Tsunade's medical ninjutsu!
But it was Yashiro's second Mangekyō ability that truly shocked him.
"Damage transfer?!" Ishihara exclaimed.
This dōjutsu could transfer another person's injuries onto the user, or transfer the user's injuries onto someone else.
"Like replacing one life with another!" Ishihara thought, the Chinese idiom "Li Dai Tao Jiang" ("One thing is substituted or sacrificed for another." Literally, it translates to "The plum tree dies in place of the peach tree.") popping into his mind. The phrase perfectly captured the nature of the technique.
He had just obtained two god-tier survival dōjutsu in a row—this was unbelievable!
[You have experienced and analyzed the dōjutsu Peach Blossom (Left Eye). You have gained insight and developed the secret technique: Peach Blossom.]
[Peach Blossom: Mastering this allows you to manifest petals visible only to yourself. These petals can either heal your injuries or enhance your physical abilities.]
[You have experienced and analyzed the dōjutsu Peach Blossom (Right Eye). You have gained insight and developed the secret technique: Peach Blossom.]
[Peach Blossom: Mastering this allows you to transfer injuries between yourself and others.]
After absorbing this information, Ishihara finally felt relieved. All four dōjutsu were now his.
Today had been an incredible harvest of Mangekyō abilities!