Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 120: A microcosm of Aokiji's Mangekyou Sharingan abilities

"Too insignificant..."

Faced with creatures as insignificant as ants, the blue giant raised a hand and then slammed it down.

Susanoo is the power of a god; no one can stop this attack unless the one trying to stop it isn't human...

That was a hand.

An inhuman hand.

A hand from hell.

"W-what—!"

The demonic hand that gripped Susanoo had silver-white fingers that were long, curved, and sharp like the claws of a wild beast. The back of the hand was stained with dark blue, shrouded in mist, and exuded an evil aura no less powerful than that of Susanoo.

What on earth is going on?!

Dokai was taken aback when he saw this.

Ninjutsu?

No, this brat has no seal at all.

Just then, he suddenly noticed two streams of blood flowing from a pair of scarlet eyes.

This kid has awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan?

Was that a pupil technique?

No, this brat's eyes are still in the two-tomoe state, uh... now they seem to be three-tomoe.

Through the pupil of a black cat, Madara Uchiha's crimson eyes narrowed slightly behind the scenes.

In the history of the Uchiha clan, it is said that some exceptionally talented Uchiha members, in extremely rare circumstances, would awaken a portion of the future Mangekyou Sharingan's abilities prematurely, even while still possessing ordinary Sharingan.

(P.S.: This isn't something I made up; that's really how Tu Zi is.)

As the head of the Uchiha clan, Madara Uchiha was very knowledgeable about Uchiha texts, especially those related to the Mangekyou Sharingan.

The patterns on the Tomoe markings of each pair of Mangekyou Sharingan will vary depending on the user.

A pair of kaleidoscopes is an extremely precious existence. Members of the Uchiha clan have made special records of them, complete with associated patterns, matching eye techniques, and even personal information.

Before encountering this information, Madara Uchiha thought that the patterns corresponded to abilities, for example, the eye patterns of him and his younger brother Nazuna were different, and the eye techniques they represented were also different.

I later learned that everyone's kaleidoscope pattern is different, but their abilities often overlap.

A typical example is a type of eye technique called Amaterasu, which can release a large area of ​​black flames where the eyes are focused. Amaterasu burns the opponent, and the black flames will not disappear until the target is burned to ashes, making it extremely powerful.

The corresponding technique is Tsukuyomi, which can pull the enemy's mind into an illusionary space. In the Tsukuyomi world, all factors, including time, place, and mass, are controlled by the caster, and the enemy will suffer immense physical and mental pain in the illusionary world.

These two eye techniques are said to be the strongest physical attack of the Uchiha clan and the strongest mental attack, respectively.

These two eye techniques, as the two ninjutsu that accompany the most common Mangekyou Sharingan, have nothing to do with strength or weakness, but rather have other causes.

After a long period of patient research, Madara Uchiha discovered that the ability to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan is not only related to the individual's talent, but also, most importantly, to the individual's state of mind when the Sharingan is awakened.

Awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan requires intense mental stimulation, the most intense of which is witnessing the death of a loved one before one's eyes.

With the birth of such intense emotions, those who open their eyes often develop a strong sense of hatred, leading them to destroy everything.

At this time, Amaterasu, representing the destruction of everything, will naturally awaken.

Through extensive research and by combining his own abilities with those of his younger brother Izuna, Madara Uchiha became even more convinced of this hypothesis.

In other words, the Sharingan is known as the eye of psychological reflection, and the awakened kaleidoscope ability is usually based on a certain obsession of the eye's holder.

Through the cat's eye, Madara Uchiha observed the demonic hand. Dark blue flames burned on the wrist of the demonic hand, and as it burned, it gradually formed an arm.

It is dark blue all over, with several white diamond patterns distributed on its arms. Each of these diamond patterns contains a smaller diamond pattern inside it. In addition to the difference in size, the outer diamond pattern is hollow, while the inner diamond pattern is solid.

Furthermore, the structure of this arm is different from that of normal organisms. In most normal organisms, the upper arm is thicker than the lower arm because the upper arm needs to bear weight and requires more strength.

However, this arm does the opposite; the forearm is thicker and larger than the upper arm, and the hand is particularly huge with long, thick claws that look terrifying.

This design has never appeared in Uchiha texts before, but Madara Uchiha was able to discern the approximate abilities of Aokiji's Mangekyou Sharingan through his rich combat experience and extensive knowledge.

This demonic hand is likely a microcosm of Aokiji's future Kaleidoscope ability.

If the eye is successfully opened, it shouldn't be as simple as just summoning an arm; it might even be able to summon the complete form.

Based on his current condition, Madara Uchiha has reason to believe, and speculate:

Aokiji probably developed this eye technique after witnessing the terrifying power of Susanoo and subconsciously craving the power to directly confront Susanoo.

Madara Uchiha let out a satisfied laugh: "Hmph... Not bad, you unexpectedly awakened such a dojutsu, but unfortunately..."

"This demonic hand is merely a microcosm of your abilities. If your eyes are successfully opened in the future, the complete form summoned by this eye technique might rival Susanoo in its current state. However, for now, your eye technique is insufficient to rival Susanoo in its current state."

As Madara Uchiha had predicted, Aokiji's summoned demon hand gradually became unable to withstand the attack. Furthermore, Susanoo had not used its full strength earlier, otherwise Aokiji's half-baked eye technique would have been defeated on the spot.

However, it was precisely during this short period of time that...

This gave Ghost Hand an opportunity.

"Crackling, crackling... crackling crackling crackling crackling!"

The chill seeped through the demonic hand and into Susanoo's arm, freezing it at a speed visible to the naked eye.

However, just as the ice spread to half of Susanoo's body, Aokiji himself couldn't hold on any longer and clutched his bleeding, painful eyes.

The Demon Hand was not under Aokiji's control to begin with; he was only barely maintaining it. Now that Aokiji was in this state, it instantly crumbled like ice and vanished without a trace.

Dokai paused, his expression solemn, a lingering fear gripping him. What a terrifying ability…

As he used his other, unfrozen arm to try and defeat Aokiji, the same thing happened to him.

His powerful eye energy was becoming too much for his ordinary three-tomoe Sharingan to handle.

Even the Mangekyou Sharingan couldn't withstand the side effects of Susanoo, let alone the ordinary three-tomoe Sharingan, especially since Dokai wasn't even a member of the Uchiha clan.

When the side effects accumulated to a certain extent, the quantitative change led to the qualitative change. Putting aside the tearing pain all over his body, what was even more deadly was that his vision was deteriorating at a visible speed. In an instant, his vision became blurry, and he could not even maintain Susanoo.

Misfortune struck again; suddenly, a figure leaped out from behind, roaring, "Die—!"

Caught off guard, Dokai was punched in the forehead and instantly flew out like a cannonball.

The person who sent him flying with a single punch was none other than Tsunade.

"I'm sorry, I just spent quite a bit of time healing myself."

P.S.: In the next chapter, I'll try to put all this together and push the plot forward. Fanfiction should still be original and try to stay close to the original work; I felt like I accidentally went off-topic before.

(End of this chapter)