Chapter 31: Do Not Look
BOOM!!
The mental space split into two distinct colors.
Black and purple energy surged like a tidal wave, threatening to drown the searing red volcano.
"Who are you?!"
"How do you have such terrifying chakra?"
"And… how do you know my name?!"
Son Gokū felt an unparalleled chill radiating from the chakra before him.
This sensation…
It reminded him of the young Indra, the ancestor of the Uchiha clan.
The Yin Release purity in this boy's chakra was dangerously close to Indra's back then!
But Indra was a direct descendant of Hagoromo, the Sage of Six Paths. How could this boy…?
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Uchiha Kagami stepped onto Son Gokū's massive head.
His mental energy materialized into a gigantic fūma shuriken.
Humans often viewed tailed beasts as natural disasters—forces to be feared, sealed, and avoided.
Kagami knew the truth, yet he wouldn't approach them like Naruto would, striving for reconciliation.
Because he understood one thing clearly: he was precisely the kind of person tailed beasts hated most.
He didn't see them as companions. He sought only to exploit their power.
The spinning fūma shuriken, with its intense cutting energy, slashed mercilessly toward Son Gokū's neck.
"You brat! Don't underestimate me!"
Lava Release—Flower-Fruit Mountain!
Son Gokū struggled violently against the chains, releasing extreme heat that created a sea of molten lava.
BOOM!!!
The explosion of lava resisted the fūma shuriken's force.
But the stalemate didn't last long. Kagami's cold Sharingan poured relentless power into the shuriken, expanding it to a massive size of hundreds of meters.
CRASH!!
Son Gokū's body collapsed, the fūma shuriken pressing down bit by bit like a blade cutting through stone.
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"A natural enemy, is it?"
Through the seal's slight openness, Sukuna watched Kagami's actions from the mental plane.
The Sharingan's base abilities reminded Sukuna of the Six Eyes, providing him with a reference.
However, Sukuna thought even Satoru Gojo with his Six Eyes would struggle against this monster.
The beast before him carried a sheer density of energy leagues beyond that of Jogo.
Unlike the unique Six Eyes, though, this clan produced many users of such eyes...
"Could this clan be the legendary divine lineage?" Sukuna mused.
"Do they possess innate suppression over demonic and feral beings?"
Was Sukuna himself sealed within Kagami because one of this clan's ancestors had bound him here?
He pondered these questions, searching for ways to escape while observing Kagami's abilities.
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There was one point Sukuna misunderstood.
Under normal circumstances, a Sharingan at the three-tomoe level couldn't control tailed beasts.
Even Mangekyō Sharingan wouldn't necessarily work on stronger tailed beasts like Kurama.
Obito's brief control over Kurama was likely due to Uchiha Madara's residual influence.
The key wasn't merely the Sharingan's ability.
It was the wielder's strength.
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Kagami's domination over the tailed beast had been evident earlier with Kurama.
The answer was simple: ocular power.
Ocular power was a form of chakra, heavily emphasizing spiritual energy.
The Mangekyō Sharingan was born from spiritual energy reaching a critical threshold and evolving.
Kagami's current ocular power already exceeded that threshold, capable of evolving into Mangekyō Sharingan at any time.
But he hadn't yet resolved its inherent flaw.
Excessive use would lead to blindness.
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Why couldn't Mangekyō's ocular power recover?
Because the Uchiha's physical bodies were too weak to bear the strain of Mangekyō eyes.
Indra, the Sage's son, had no such concerns.
But his descendants lacked the physical resilience to sustain those legendary eyes.
Even Madara, in his old age, could no longer handle the Rinnegan.
To avoid exhausting his Rinnegan or his body, Madara had entrusted his eyes to Nagato, a descendant of the Uzumaki clan.
Kagami estimated it would take him another year before his body could fully withstand the Mangekyō's strain.
His ideal scenario involved capturing White Zetsu and seizing Uchiha Madara's research to graft Hashirama cells onto himself.
This wouldn't grant him the Rinnegan—that was exclusive to the Sage's descendants—but it would greatly alleviate Mangekyō's side effects.
Otherwise, even with Obito's efficient use of Kamui, his eyes would've long succumbed to blindness.
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Kagami also had a backup plan.
He speculated that Reverse Cursed Technique, which involved converting negative energy into positive energy, could potentially resolve Mangekyō's flaws.
Translating this into chakra terms meant converting Yin-attribute chakra into Yang-attribute chakra.
Theoretically possible, but far more complex than ordinary reverse techniques.
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In the mental space, Son Gokū roared in pain and cursed incessantly as the fūma shuriken cut deeper.
It was pointless.
If he weren't sealed, he might have stood a chance against Kagami.
Now, though…
It was a one-sided battle.
Kagami continuously harvested Son Gokū's chakra, feeling the fiery currents flow into himself.
A tailed beast was a living mass of chakra. As Kagami drained its reserves, Son Gokū visibly withered.
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The tailed beast chakra was leagues above ordinary chakra in both quantity and quality.
In mere moments, Kagami had gained new insights into developing Lava Release.
Suddenly, a deafening shout echoed across the mental space.
"Release!"
Kagami felt immense pressure trying to force him out of the mental space.
He glanced once more at the now emaciated Son Gokū and said coldly:
"A red-haired ape pretending to be the Monkey King. How pathetic."
"Goodbye, Four-Tails."
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Pretending?!
The Sage himself gave me this name!
Why are you so hostile toward me?!
Son Gokū's complaints were lost as Kagami's presence faded from his mental space.
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Back in the real world, a plume of smoke signaled Kagami's reappearance atop the giant eagle.
He gazed down at Roshi, now reverted from his tailed beast state.
It seemed the Four-Tails wouldn't recover its chakra for a while.
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"You just…"
Aburame Shibi hesitated, recalling the scene.
"That was... the Spirit Transformation Technique?"
"Don't make it sound like plagiarism, Shibi-senpai," Kagami replied flatly.
"You had plenty of time to use your parasitic insects against him. Don't tell me you didn't."
"Well, it all happened so suddenly… You were only gone for a few seconds…"
"No excuses."
CLANG—
Kagami unsheathed his blade and leaped from the eagle, charging straight at Roshi.
"I'll handle the jinchūriki. You just sit back and watch."
"As a helpless spectator."
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Do not look… into the Sharingan.
Having experienced its power firsthand, Roshi dared not meet Kagami's gaze.
Despite his seething rage and humiliation, he could only avert his eyes, bracing for the inevitable.
Like a lamb to the slaughter.
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