"Where is Shisui?"
Izumi said, "At the hospital! Go quickly and see. Many Anbu are guarding Shisui's side; even great figures like Lord Jiraiya and Lord Minato escorted him personally."
Itachi said apologetically to Daikoku, "Sensei, I'm sorry, we'll talk about the graduation application later!"
Daikoku was also very understanding. "Itachi, go see Shisui quickly!"
"Yes!"
Itachi ran out of Daikoku's office without looking back, moving with great speed.
"Itachi, wait for me!"
Izumi chased after him from behind.
Itachi and Izumi rushed to Konoha Hospital in a hurry.
Just as Izumi had said, there were many Anbu protecting the area outside Shisui's ward. Even members of the Uchiha Clan who wanted to visit Shisui, the Uchiha's Greatest Genjutsu Master, were unable to enter.
Itachi was somewhat puzzled. What had Shisui done? Why were there so many Anbu guarding his ward?
Itachi stepped forward and explained his identity to the Anbu.
The Anbu member refused with a cold face, "No, Uchiha Shisui cannot see anyone right now."
Shisui had lost his eyes but not his hearing. Upon hearing Itachi's voice inside the ward, he asked his Anbu colleagues outside to let Itachi and Izumi in.
As soon as Itachi and Izumi entered and saw Shisui on the hospital bed, they froze.
At this moment, Shisui's eye sockets were sunken and his eyelids were tightly closed. Two faint scars ran across his eyes; there was no ferocity, only a quiet imperfection that made one's heart ache.
Shisui had already lost the symbol of the Uchiha; he had lost the powerful Sharingan.
"Shisui—"
Out of sorrow or perhaps anger, Itachi unconsciously activated his Sharingan.
"The Sharingan!"
Inside, Minato and Jiraiya were both shocked as they looked at Itachi's eyes.
But that wasn't all. After witnessing the tragedy of Shisui losing his eyes, another tomoe appeared in Itachi's pair of Sharingan.
Itachi loved those close to him dearly. When the news of Ryou's death arrived previously, although Itachi had not witnessed it with his own eyes,
That kind of pain had already allowed him to awaken the Uchiha lineage.
Now, seeing the mentor of his life's path in such a miserable state, the sorrow and anger in his heart surged into his Sharingan.
Jiraiya sat on a sofa in the distance and sighed with emotion, "As expected of Ryou's nephew, to have such high talent!"
Minato stroked his chin and analyzed, "Lord Jiraiya, this has nothing to do with talent; it's about emotions."
"Emotions?"
Jiraiya was puzzled.
Minato said, "The conditions for whether an Uchiha can awaken the Sharingan are related to both their own talent and their personality."
Minato had interacted with many Uchiha Clan members and had summarized a pattern for the Uchiha's eye awakening.
"The more they love those around them, the more painful it is when they lose them. This pain allows them to awaken the Uchiha lineage and gain even more powerful dōjutsu power."
Minato explained to Jiraiya.
Jiraiya shook his head. "This is the power of hatred. The more one relies on hatred to gain power, the more they will eventually twist themselves."
Minato nodded, then suddenly dazed for a moment.
Yes, since the Uchiha's talent is related to love, then the Uchiha who cherishes their comrades the most would be the one most capable of awakening the Sharingan.
Who was such a person?
The first person Minato thought of was Obito.
Obito was an outlier among the Uchiha. Unlike the arrogant members of the Uchiha Police Force, he had a certain silliness about him.
It wasn't silliness, but rather the misfortune of wanting to gain recognition but being unable to do things right.
For example, helping an old lady cross the street but being late because of it, or getting kicked away by Guy in an instant during the Chunin Exams because he wasn't paying attention...
Obito was always just a bit short in everything he did! It was full of various accidents.
But on the other hand, Obito also cherished the comrades by his side.
When Rin was taken away by the Iwagakure, Obito immediately abandoned the important mission to save her, even getting into a huge argument with Kakashi over it.
In his eyes, the importance of a comrade was higher than any mission.
This kind of personality would suffer greatly because he could not bear the pain of losing a comrade.
For instance, if Kakashi or Rin were to lose their lives in front of Obito, he would absolutely awaken the ultimate Uchiha Dojutsu—the Mangekyo Sharingan.
Minato finally had a realization: "That time wasn't an accident. Obito was targeted by Uchiha Madara from the very beginning!"
"What?!"
Jiraiya was somewhat confused.
Minato had originally thought that Obito being pinned by the large boulder was a case of him being accidentally saved by Madara.
But thinking about it now, it wasn't.
Before Ryou's Forbidden Jutsu existed, Madara was already on his last legs. He had set his sights on the most special Uchiha, Obito, from early on.
The plan was to make Obito lose his beloved, awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, and then fall into darkness to become Madara's successor after his death.
Losing a beloved!
Minato thought of Kakashi and Rin. The two of them were not particularly powerful and could lose their lives at any time during the Third Great Shinobi War.
Especially Rin, who had almost no protective capabilities.
Even if Rin could fortunately escape, with Madara's calculations, he could definitely ensure Obito witnessed Rin's death.
This would cause Obito, the kindest Uchiha, to fall into despair regarding this world and devote himself to the illusory world of the Eye of the Moon Plan.
Minato had a very high IQ; in the original work, he had figured out the mechanics of Obito's Kamui in just a few rounds.
From the fact that Uchiha awaken their eyes due to pain combined with information about the Mangekyo, Minato instantly deduced Madara's original scheme.
However, Minato couldn't be certain, as there was no critical evidence.
But even if he guessed correctly, it was already too late. Madara had already been resurrected because of Ryou and no longer needed Obito.
Nevertheless, Minato now knew that the more deeply an Uchiha loved, the more distorted they would become upon losing that love.
In the future, he would have to provide Obito with proper psychological counseling.
Obito was different from Kakashi; Kakashi had already witnessed his own father commit seppuku.
Although Obito's grandmother had also passed away, it was due to reaching the end of her natural lifespan.
Kakashi had already withstood the pressure, but Obito had not.
He hadn't been through the storm yet and couldn't bear the death of a loved one.
Thinking about it this way, could Minato accept Kushina's death?
He clenched his hands tightly, realizing that if Kushina really died, a part of Minato's soul would be left vacant.
At that time, if there were a world where he could meet Kushina again, could Minato resist seeking it out?
To some extent, Madara's Eye of the Moon Plan was unsolvable for those who had lost their beloveds.
Minato and Jiraiya chatted on the side, not disturbing the emotional moment of the Uchiha Clan members.
Relying on the Chakra Sensing Technique he had learned from Minato, Shisui felt Itachi's boiling dōjutsu power; it seemed he already had a two-tomoe Sharingan.
Shisui was somewhat pleasantly surprised, yet also somewhat worried.
Because the Uchiha's Sharingan was a curse—a curse that once activated, would lead to tragedy.
Itachi asked angrily, "Shisui, was it my uncle who destroyed your eyes?"
Shisui shook his head. "No, I destroyed them myself. Ryou-senpai wanted to seize my Sharingan. To prevent him from obtaining the Dojutsu within the eyes, I destroyed them myself."