Fugaku, Makumi, Itachi, Shisui.
Rengoku suddenly noticed that Fugaku was wearing a pair of thick glasses over his eyes. The lenses were as thick as the bottoms of beer bottles, making him look somewhat comical.
But compared to complete blindness, this appearance was nothing worth worrying about.
"So, Fugaku, you can't see now?"
There was a hint of teasing in Rengoku's tone.
Fugaku looked quite relaxed and replied calmly, "It's good that the clan leader has returned. As for these eyes of mine, should they be fused with Itachi's, or should we wait until Sasuke awakens the Mangekyo?"
In fact, with Orochimaru's capabilities, cloning a pair of eyes was nothing more than child's play.
Whether in terms of technology or the various materials required, it was an extremely easy task.
However, it should be noted that even if the eyes were successfully cloned, these newly generated eyes would not initially possess the Sharingan. They would merely be ordinary eyes.
For this reason, Fugaku had been making do with his original eyes, using his own body to nurture this pair of Mangekyo Sharingan.
One must know that the Mangekyo Sharingan was undoubtedly an extremely important strategic resource for the entire Uchiha clan.
And the authority over its allocation naturally belonged to Rengoku as the clan leader.
It wasn't something Fugaku could simply give to whoever he wanted.
If Rengoku had not returned to the clan for a long time, the Uchiha might eventually have had no choice but to select a new clan leader.
Of course, in the hearts of most clan members, they still hoped that Rengoku would return as soon as possible and take charge again.
After all, looking across the entire clan, how many people possessed wisdom and combat strength as extraordinary as Rengoku's?
Rengoku did not rush to answer immediately. His gaze fell on Itachi as he asked, "How are your body and your eyes now?"
Itachi first respectfully bowed to Rengoku before replying, "Senior, I regularly go to Lord Orochimaru for comprehensive physical examinations."
"At the moment, my overall condition is fairly good. It's just…"
At this point, Itachi paused slightly, "After that battle last time, the vision in my eyes declined noticeably."
"To be specific, I now have about one hundred degrees of astigmatism, along with nearly three hundred degrees of myopia."
Hearing Itachi say this, Rengoku nodded slightly in understanding.
After all, with that level of vision impairment, it might not cause much trouble in the daily life of an ordinary person.
But for a ninja like Itachi, even the slightest change in eyesight could become the key factor that decides life or death. It was quite deadly.
Thinking about this, Rengoku reached out and lightly patted Itachi's broad, solid chest.
A series of dull thumping sounds followed. The firm and powerful sensation traveled through his palm. Clearly, it was all tightly packed muscle.
Looking at the Itachi in front of him, who had already grown into a young man, and recalling the immature boy he used to be, Rengoku let a quiet sigh in his heart.
There was no denying it. From his youth until now, Itachi's body had indeed become far stronger and sturdier.
According to the original timeline, someone his age should have been weak and sickly, perhaps even gravely ill by now.
Now it seemed that illness had originally been caused by Itachi overusing the Mangekyo Sharingan too early, along with the massive psychological pressure he bore from personally slaughtering so many of his own clansmen.
But now, his overall physical condition was extremely good.
Although Itachi's pupil power had indeed suffered some loss, fortunately it was still within a reasonable and bearable range, and it had not fundamentally reduced his strength.
"As for the matter of your eyes, I think we still need to consider it carefully. By the way, I asked you before to look for Kagami's corpse. Has there been any progress?"
After answering Fugaku, Rengoku turned his gaze toward Shisui.
After all, the first stage of the Mangekyo Sharingan was not perfect and carried certain flaws.
Now that they had an outstanding life science expert like Orochimaru and a top-tier medical powerhouse like Tsunade forming a powerful team, they naturally had to find ways to compensate for these shortcomings.
The best solution, without question, was to complete the genes and strengthen pupil power, thereby allowing it to evolve into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
However, all the clan members belonging to Shisui's branch had already passed away. The closest relative left was Uchiha Kagami.
Unfortunately, Kagami had died many years ago, and his corpse had never been found.
Facing Rengoku's question, Shisui gently shook his head and answered,
"It still hasn't been found. Orochimaru has sent word that we may have to activate the second or third plan."
The so-called second plan was actually to inject Hashirama cell solution into the body in order to restore the upper limit of pupil power.
However, this method carried enormous risks. The reason was that the cellular will within Hashirama's cells was extremely strong. If anything went wrong, the experiment could easily fail.
And the result of failure… well, that would naturally be turning into a tree.
As for the third plan, it was relatively more complicated, but also somewhat more stable and reliable.
The Uchiha clan's Sharingan was considered one of the top bloodline limits in the ninja world. But when it evolved into the Mangekyo stage, it concealed a massive danger.
Because of genetic instability, this evolution often triggered the collapse of bodily tissue.
Obtaining the eyes of a blood relative was not merely about completing genes. Perfecting pupil power was just as important.
For that reason, the third feasible plan appeared, the Bloodline Fusion Method.
The specific process was to extract Shisui's blood and compare it one by one with the blood of every clan member.
Through this method, they could screen out those whose bloodline was particularly close to Shisui's. Then they would attempt bloodline fusion with them, hoping to find an individual who could perfectly match Shisui.
All of these operations were modeled after the method Rengoku had used when advancing toward the Eternal Mangekyo.
It's worth mentioning that Shisui himself did not rely too heavily on his Mangekyo Sharingan.
For many years, he had carefully preserved his pupil power, so his eyes had almost no signs of deterioration.
Therefore, for Shisui, there was no urgent need to take action for the time being.
At that moment, Rengoku turned to Makumi and asked, "Makumi, what about you? What's your situation now?"
Naturally, this referred to the matter of his eyes.
Ever since Makumi successfully awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, all related knowledge had been fully opened to him.
When he learned that the Mangekyo Sharingan carried the severe defect of possibly causing blindness, Makumi had already begun cooperating with Orochimaru early on in all kinds of experimental research in an attempt to find a solution.
Makumi replied, "Clan Leader, I'm currently using the third bloodline fusion plan."
"It uses the Sharingan gene from my daughter. But so far, no obvious results have appeared."
"Next, Lord Orochimaru plans to further supplement Yang Release chakra to accelerate the catalytic process."
"But my vision loss isn't severe, so it won't affect combat for the time being."
After hearing this, Rengoku nodded slightly in understanding and said in a low voice, "Alright, I understand all of your situations. I'll discuss it with Orochimaru later."
"That's it for today. I'm going to visit those kids."
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure flashed. In an instant, he used the Body Flicker Technique and vanished like a gust of wind.
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