Chapter 184: Evolution of the Eyes

Once it was over, Shikamaru bathed in the river and changed. Now he finally gained the ability not only to accumulate natural energy at any moment of the battle, he acquired the ability to turn into a sage with a simple sign of concentration. All this is only the first change, it is quite possible with a long accumulation of natural energy, you can even achieve the Transformation of the Sage, and this is a completely different level of this ability. Of course, Shikamaru hadn't counted on that yet. He was confident in the ability of his body to survive this, but natural energy was still dangerous, it accumulated in specially designated places created when Jugo's genome was obtained. These were a kind of organs that distributed natural energy to the chakrakanals and mixed it with the human chakra. Then everything went through the cells and, of course, into the brain. It is for this reason that Jugo transformed and could be too aggressive, because they simply could not cope with the power of natural energy affecting the brain, and quickly lost control over the body. In this Shikamaru, although he surpassed them at times, he still did not intend to rely too much on this dangerous method. In addition, there were still enough abilities, and he also planned to acquire new ones.

“Okay, now it's time to improve my eyes ... The next award I will receive only after that. There are still many ways to get fate points ahead. ”Having made up his mind, Shikamaru tossed the black pill into his mouth and immediately grimaced. She instantly melted and her taste was just disgusting! Moreover, the effect was not long in coming, and Shikamaru's eyes instantly took on a deep red tint. The Sharingan was activated without any order and the pain pierced the brain, and then the body shuddered. A panic attack began, far exceeding the last one!

An hour later, the trembling finally stopped, the guy, shrinking in a fetal position, finally got up and wiped away the bloody tears. Shikamaru's lips twitched a little more, but he slowly bounced back. As soon as he opened his eyes, the unique Mangeky Sharingan finally appeared.

For the first time in the world, someone outside the Uchiha clan has awakened eyes of such power. In Shikamaru, they were noticeably different from any other owners of this Dojutsu. Almost the entire eye was filled with darkness, and only three successive gray circles narrowed towards the pupil itself. Otherwise, the eye did not change anymore, it began to look more intimidating and completely lost any affinity with Mangeky, the red colors disappeared forever.

At the same time, Shikamaru realized his new capabilities acquired from the awakening of a new power. He also completed a new assignment.

"Evolution of the eyes"

Achieve one Dojutsu evolution.

Reward: 10,000 Destiny Points, The Art of Sequential Sacrifice

Collecting the reward, Shikamaru got up and walked to the lake, peering into his reflection. The look of those black eyes seemed quite dignified even to him. Along with the power of the eyes came an understanding of their abilities. There were only three of them, first of all - Susano. It is only after awakening Mangeky that the Uchiha is able to use this unique technique. She was quite special, for the reason that in the future she did not need eyes to maintain and, in fact, Susano was a kind of projection of the owner's strength, his emotions. At least that's what Shikamaru had suggested, he hadn't really learned the technique yet.

Next came two unique abilities, which he has not yet named.

Not far from the river was a huge cobblestone weighing at least several tons. Shikamaru gazed at the gray stone and at the same moment the white circles in his eyes flashed with a piercing light. Immediately, literally before our eyes, the stone shook, and after it began to crack, not even a second had passed before the stone split, turning into dust, followed by scattering in the wind.

Shikamaru rubbed his eye and nodded contentedly. Everything was within control, there was no particular strain on the eye, and he very easily was able to destroy such a huge object. This already said a lot. Then, Shikamaru decided to test his abilities already on a living object and turned to the nearest tree. Peering into its trunk, the guy's eyes sparkled again, and then the tree literally began to dry up before our eyes, the leaves did not have time to fall off, as they instantly scattered in the wind, no more than three seconds passed, when there was nothing left of the tree except a dead stump. Shikamaru could have continued to turn back time, but he still stopped. It took a lot of concentration, it was already much more difficult to influence living matter and it took time. But even so, Shikamaru could easily make the tree grow old, turn stones into dust, and the river into steam. His left eye allowed him to control the time of certain objects as he pleased. Shikamaru named this ability Time Orb. After all, he literally could make the past become the present, plunge youth into old age. An amazing ability, albeit costly. Shikamaru did not expect anything else from the Mangeky Sharingan. If he were a simple Uchiha, it would clearly not be so easy for him to use such abilities. But with so many pedigrees, he easily supported these loads. However, after practicing on a few more trees, Shikamaru quickly became convinced that it would be better not to use this ability too irresponsibly. First of all, you need to maintain control, otherwise time will again take its course. Small objects that have not been altered by chakra can age in a matter of moments, so the Time Sphere can play well in a battle against water or fire techniques. But, against the people themselves, it can be more difficult, since they will be able to defend themselves with chakra. Even against simple trees, Shikamaru spent almost three seconds on its complete withering, and against humans, there would clearly be more. But it didn't really bother him, even in this form, this ability is simply incredible. She can literally turn a decrepit old man back into a young man! No joke, this power almost bestows immortality! True, most likely the waste will be too harsh and it is quite possible, even with his own body, Shikamaru will not be so easy to unwind for several decades.

In any case, Shikamaru was not going to rely too much on the Mangeky Sharingan. He had many other techniques in stock. At least he was not going to rely on the Time Sphere, but on Susano or the second special eye skill, quite ...

Next came a more useful ability in battle - the Sphere of Control or Sphere of Space. Shikamaru still couldn't decide what to call her: the space sounded more pleasant. This unique ninjutsu, as the name implied, made it possible to influence the space and the matter in it. Simply put, along with the ability to change the time of people and things, Shikamaru could also change their position or state. Of course, with certain reservations ...