MTLNOVEL Chapter 3: CHAPTER 3
The Power of Plug-In Level
The once dark room was now bathed in bright light. Uchiha Yue, having finally calmed from his earlier excitement, stood before a mirror, gazing intently into his own reflection.
The boy staring back at him was still youthful, his features yet to fully mature. However, even at this age, his appearance was striking—on par with, if not surpassing, the future Uchiha Sasuke in handsomeness.
His eyes, now transformed, glowed with a deep crimson hue. Within them, a unique Mangekyō Sharingan spun slowly—a pattern resembling Uchiha Obito's, yet distinct in its own right. The three-bladed shuriken design, its hollowed-out center, exuded an air of mystery, adding to Yue's already magnetic presence.
"Heh, awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan at just ten years old… That's a whole year earlier than Uchiha Itachi, the so-called genius." Yue's smirk deepened, confidence brimming in his voice. "It seems my potential isn't any less than his."
And that wasn't all.
As the flood of knowledge and instinctive understanding of his newly awakened power settled in, Yue's pride swelled. He now grasped the full extent of his Mangekyō's abilities, and the sheer thrill of it made his heartbeat quicken.
At this moment, all the frustration and pressure of the past three months melted away. An uncontrollable urge surged within him—a desire to shout, to unleash the exhilaration burning in his chest.
After all, power like this was meant to be celebrated.
The reason Uchiha Yue awakened this particular Mangekyō Sharingan ability is that it aligns precisely with his envisioned power. Beyond being incredibly strong, his pupil technique possesses limitless potential, far surpassing ordinary Mangekyō abilities.
From Uchiha Yue's perspective, as long as one can discern the fundamental principles behind a phenomenon and understand its governing laws, influencing or manipulating it becomes significantly easier.
The same logic applies to the Sharingan. By understanding the specific conditions required for its evolution and the principles governing the emergence of Mangekyō abilities, it is theoretically possible to guide this process deliberately. Through careful intervention and the right external stimuli, one could potentially awaken a desired ability rather than leaving it to chance.
With this hypothesis in mind, Uchiha Yue leveraged his unique intelligence and the foresight of a traverser. He not only attempted to accumulate and refine negative emotions in advance to trigger the Mangekyō transformation but also delved into the fundamental nature of the Sharingan itself.
Over the past three months, he has made significant progress, basing his research on the Sharingan's core principle—its function as the "Eye of Spiritual Reflection." Given that the Mangekyō is shaped by the user's emotions, obsessions, and mental state, he systematically explored the psychological conditions necessary to manifest specific abilities.
Through repeated visualization, deep analysis of his desires, and continuous psychological reinforcement, Uchiha Yue conditioned himself to awaken the exact Mangekyō ability he had envisioned.
And the hard work pays off. After three months of continuous belief strengthening, aided by Sharingan hypnosis, and because he willingly abandoned all resistance and cooperated fully, the ideal mental state he envisioned was finally perfected.
Thus, when everything was in place and his Mangekyō Sharingan awakened smoothly, his pupil technique manifested exactly as he had expected—taking the form he had deliberately pursued.
Uchiha Yue's left-eye ability, named Izanagi, grants him the power to rewrite reality itself, turning events into mere illusions. This ability allows him to alter fate, escape death, and nullify injuries by momentarily making reality indistinguishable from a dream.
In the original work, this technique was most notably used by Danzo Shimura, who implanted multiple Sharingan into his arm to repeatedly activate Izanagi. As long as he had active Sharingan available, he could avoid death, no matter how many times he was fatally wounded.
Taking inspiration from this concept, Uchiha Yue's Mangekyō version of Izanagi has been refined. Unlike the standard version, which permanently blinds a Sharingan after a single use, his exclusive pupil technique overcomes this fatal flaw.
With this ability, Uchiha Yue is virtually unkillable unless his ocular power is completely depleted, instantly elevating his survival capability to an entirely new level.
Having established the power of his left eye, the ability of Uchiha Yue's right eye is named Izanami—a counterpart to Izanagi, designed to entrap opponents within an inescapable fate.
Of course, Izanami's inspiration also came from the original work. It was performed by Uchiha Itachi during his battle against Kabuto Yakushi. At the cost of a Sharingan, Itachi trapped Kabuto in an endless loop of illusions, forcing him to accept his fate. Unlike Izanagi, which rewrites reality to the user's advantage, Izanami is designed to make the target realize their mistakes and break free through self-acceptance.
However, compared to Izanagi in the original manga, Uchiha Yue's pupil technique is far more powerful and functions as the complete opposite of Izanagi.
In other words, while Izanagi allows the user to alter reality by turning their illusions into reality for a limited time, Uchiha Yue's ability seemingly allows him to create things out of thin air—bringing what exists only in illusion directly into reality.
With such a pupil technique, he could be considered the Shirou Emiya of the Ninja World, as he can project whatever he imagines, eliminating concerns about a lack of weapons or resources.
Of course, these two ocular techniques—each already incredibly powerful on their own—would not be enough to excite Uchiha Yue to this extent. If it were just that, it wouldn't truly represent unlimited potential.
What truly thrilled Uchiha Yue—after countless efforts and immense dedication—was the fusion of these two opposing yet complementary ocular abilities, forming a power beyond conventional limits.
Specifically, it is somewhat reminiscent of Uchiha Obito's Kamui, where his Mangekyō Sharingan manifested two distinct yet interconnected abilities—one allowing him to phase through objects and another enabling him to warp space itself. However, in Uchiha Yue's case, the fusion of Izanagi-like and Izanami-like abilities creates an ability that surpasses both individually, granting him a truly reality-altering power.
Obito's true Mangekyō Sharingan ability is fully realized within Kamui's dimensional space. Whether it is intangibility, teleportation, or spatial warping attacks, all of these feats are fundamentally achieved through Kamui's unique space-time manipulation.
Perhaps it was because Obito possessed both complementary Kamui abilities—one in each eye—that his overall power was exponentially enhanced. Unlike other Mangekyō Sharingan techniques, which typically manifest as single, distinct abilities, his dual Kamui granted him unparalleled versatility, making his space-time manipulation far superior.
Additionally, external enhancements like Hashirama's cells merely serve to amplify his existing ocular power; they are not the foundation of his abilities but rather a supplement.
This unique characteristic of Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan highlights the potential of dual Mangekyō abilities when used in perfect synergy. If someone were to truly synchronize two complementary ocular techniques, they might create an entirely new realm—a space existing between illusion and reality, fully under their control.
At the moment of its formation, Uchiha Yue felt his two pupil techniques merge seamlessly. The once-limited applications of his abilities expanded infinitely, transforming into something far beyond conventional Mangekyō techniques.
With this specialized dimension as both the foundation and core of his power, Uchiha Yue's ocular abilities transcended the limits of individual techniques. No longer bound by a singular effect, they evolved into an ever-changing force, filled with limitless possibilities.
"Heh, so this is the true way to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan's full potential."
"Those who fail to develop and explore their abilities are merely inheritors of existing power, clinging to what was given rather than creating something new. No matter how unique or powerful their ocular techniques may be, they are ultimately fixed in form, with little room for growth."
As Uchiha Yue experimented with the boundless power within his eyes, he marveled at the feeling of near-omnipotence. A sense of deep satisfaction and excitement for the future welled up within him—he had only just begun to tap into his true potential.