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Inside a quiet, recuperative cabin on Pale Moon Island, Sasuke removed the silken bandage covering his eyes.
Sizzle.
A pair of brand-new Mangekyō Sharingan blazed to life. The six-pointed star base remained, layered with his father Fugaku's tomoe pattern, but where the pattern had once curved, it was now drawn into sharp, straight lines.
Itachi watched the transformation, and his mind flashed back to the night of their confrontation with their father. He, a master of illusion, had been trapped within Fugaku's genjutsu.
His voice was complex. "Back then, I was convinced Father's ocular power was an illusion technique on par with the Tsukuyomi. It was only after my own understanding deepened that I realized… I had made a wrong judgment."
Sasuke nodded. "Yes. Father's power wasn't an illusion. It was a deceptively simple ability. It doesn't require active activation. It doubles—no, multiplies—everything related to the eye. Kuebiko. Under its enhancement… the basic illusion power of the Sharingan can surpass even the Tsukuyomi in potency."
"Everything… related to the eye?" Itachi's sharp mind latched onto the implication.
Sasuke confirmed. "Insight is doubled. Copying ability is doubled. Hypnotic suggestion and resistance to it are doubled. The visual range of ocular techniques is doubled. Their power is doubled. And the strain on our ocular power… is cut in half."
Itachi took the logic further. "So, using only half the strain, you can unleash twice the power. Effectively, this Kuebiko quadruples the efficiency of any ocular jutsu."
"That's just the theory," Sasuke said, a faint edge in his voice. "The practical benefits in a real fight… are likely even greater than that."
Itachi exhaled softly. "No wonder Father had the confidence back then… confidence to even control the Nine-Tails and bring down the village."
Sasuke's gaze lowered, becoming somber. "These eyes… they still hold the echoes of Father's pride… and his despair. The last leader of the Uchiha."
Sizzle. Itachi's own eyes flared, gazing out the window at the starry sky. Father… Sasuke has inherited your eyes now. He will carry the light you saw within him… and use it to pierce the darkness of these end times.
"Let's head outside," Sasuke said, pulling himself from the moment. "No point keeping everyone waiting."
The other residents of Pale Moon Island were already gathered outside the cabin.
"So that's Sasuke's Eternal Mangekyō, huh?" Suigetsu's snark was, as always, ready. "Kind of a fancy, over-decorated look if you ask me."
Sasuke, ever practical, ignored him. "Forget that. What's the situation out there?"
The group exchanged looks.
It was Kabuto who finally pushed his glasses up his nose, speaking for them all. "Sasuke-kun, we understand your desire to act quickly. But sometimes… it's good to indulge a little curiosity first."
Sasuke sighed. "Fine. You're curious about the new ocular power an Eternal Mangekyō awakens. I've just opened these eyes. The ability… hasn't fully manifested yet."
Suigetsu tilted his head. "Eh? That's weird. When Itachi opened his, that Amenosagume thing woke up right away!"
Itachi scratched his cheek, near his tear-trough. "Well… everyone's situation is different. Sasuke is the reincarnation of Indra, after all. The information density within his eyes is… immense. It makes sense it would take a little more time."
"Alright, alright…" Suigetsu shrugged.
Itachi looked at his brother. "Sasuke. Show everyone your Susanoo."
"Right." Sasuke closed his eyes. Purple light erupted from his form, coalescing into the skeletal ribcage and half-formed frame of the Susanoo.
Kabuto's eyes widened behind his lenses. "Is it my imagination? This skeletal form… it's nearly twice the size of his previous one!"
"But the strain on him," Itachi observed, "feels like only half of what it was before."
Kabuto was visibly shaken. "Incredible… So this is the power of Uchiha Fugaku's eyes…"
Nagato couldn't hold back his eagerness. "If that's the case… what would a Perfect Susanoo look like? It would surpass even Madara's! Let's see it! Show us!"
Sasuke closed his eyes, reaching inward, trying to grasp the sensation of summoning the Perfect Form from his memories.
Boom…!!
A massive wave of chakra surged. The skeleton shimmered, flesh and armor plating over it in an instant, forming the majestic, armored form of the Crow Tengu Susanoo.
But as Sasuke pushed further… he hit a wall.
The Perfect Form… wouldn't come.
"What?!"
Shock rippled through the group.
"You're saying… even with the Eternal Mangekyō, the Perfect Susanoo hasn't awakened?"
"That seems to be the case." Sasuke looked around, frowning. "Where's Orochimaru? He might be the only one who can explain this."
"Lord Orochimaru has been away for half a month now. He hasn't returned yet." Kabuto adjusted his glasses, his expression turning serious. "However, based on my observations, this phenomenon is undoubtedly linked to you implanting the Gedo Statue's core into your Susanoo. That fundamentally changed it. It became something new, following a completely different evolutionary path—the so-called 'Extra-Form.' The old concept of a 'Perfect Form'… simply doesn't apply to it anymore."
Nods of agreement went around the circle. Kabuto's analysis made sense.
"Sasuke, your ocular power has undergone a qualitative leap," Itachi encouraged. "The part that would have been the 'Perfect Form' will surely manifest within this 'Extra-Form.' Try it."
"That's what I was thinking…" Sasuke closed his eyes again, focusing.
Boom…!!
The power of the Eternal Mangekyō made it effortless. The 'Magnifying Lens' technique, which once required the Yang Seal to perform, activated with a thought.
Zing!!
As the pupils within the Susanoo's faceplate ignited with red light…
Sasuke's own eyes… projected and magnified onto the colossal form!
Just as he was about to force the Extra-Form into reality—
Agony. A searing, electric pain lanced through his optic nerves and into his brain.
"Grh…!!!"
"Sasuke!!!"
Everyone rushed forward, but Sasuke raised a hand, stopping them. He lowered the hand covering his face, revealing eyes alight not with pain, but with sudden understanding. "I see… So that's how it is."
Karin was frantic. "How what is?!"
Itachi's left eye—the Amenosagume—was already fixed on Sasuke's Susanoo. He saw the truth.
"Sasuke's Susanoo… because of the Gedo Statue's core… has awakened its own will. It won't obey his commands completely."
Karin's brow furrowed. "Hey! What are we supposed to do about that?!"
"Won't listen, huh…" Sasuke stood up straight. A sharp, dangerous light spun in his gaze. "Then I'll just have to use a different method."
Clap!
His hands came together in front of his chest, forming a seal.
If Orochimaru had been there, he would have been stunned.
It was the exact same seal Obito had used all those years ago to seal the Ten-Tails.
Under the group's astonished stares, the spine of the Crow Tengu Susanoo… extended, connecting directly with Sasuke's own backbone. Then, the entire colossal construct surged forward—and flowed into Sasuke's body.
"Did he… just absorb the Susanoo?!"
ZING!!!
Purple chakra-flame erupted around Sasuke again, but this time it didn't form a giant. It condensed, wrapping around him like a skintight, form-fitting bodysuit. Intricate black patterns snaked across the glowing purple energy.
"Such a thing…"
"Unbelievable, if I hadn't seen it myself."
"It's almost like… a Jinchuriki…"
Susanoo: Living Mode.
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