Fighting accelerates vision deterioration.
If both eyes went blind, the eye technique [Purification] would cease to exist.
Even if she could later evolve it into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, there was no guarantee that [Purification] wouldn't be replaced by another ocular technique.
In that case, her son would no longer be safe.
Therefore, Megumai hoped to minimize the loss of her vision and did not want to waste it in this current, inevitably fruitless conflict.
Helplessly, the Three Sannin's minds were made up and could not be swayed.
Tsunade, who possessed the Strength of a Hundred Seal; Jiraiya, who mastered Sage Mode; and Orochimaru, who was virtually immortal.
Each of the Three Sannin in their prime was an extremely troublesome presence.
Once the battle started, she would have to use the Mangekyo Sharingan to ensure her safety.
After all, carrying her son severely limited her mobility compared to the Three Sannin, making her a clear target; she would absolutely need Susanoo to defend against attacks from all directions.
Currently, Megumai dared not be presumptuous and decisively activated her Mangekyo Sharingan.
Her thought coincided with Asui's: they would wait until the Three Sannin were tired, then flee.
As for killing the Three Sannin, she wouldn't entertain such a luxurious idea for now.
...
Under the shade of the tree, Megumai's expression was calm, her eyes bearing strange patterns that were captivating and intimidating.
Tsunade was greatly shocked and quickly averted her gaze.
In that instant, based on the information provided by Jiraiya, and recalling the history her grandfather had told her, she recognized those eyes.
"Megumai! You actually possess a Mangekyo Sharingan like Uchiha Madara's!"
When this was said, everyone was stunned.
The reason was none other than the name of Uchiha Madara.
"Don't look into her eyes! Beware of Genjutsu!"
Tsunade quickly warned them, immediately summoning Katsuyu, distributing her to Jiraiya and Orochimaru, ready to use Katsuyu's Chakra to break any Genjutsu at any moment.
Orochimaru did not look away; instead, he stared intently into Megumai's eyes, utterly fascinated by the Mangekyo's ocular power and visual quality.
What a beautiful and powerful pair of eyes!
A strong interest naturally arose in Orochimaru.
Yugito Nii and Asui were especially delighted.
Coming to the Land of Iron and recruiting an Uchiha mother and son for the village was already lucky enough.
They never expected the person to also possess eyes like Uchiha Madara's!
Their luck was so good that they couldn't believe it, feeling as if they were in a wonderful dream.
However, being cornered by the Three Sannin was an equally significant misfortune.
With the two factors balancing out, Yugito Nii and Asui felt as if they'd been doused with cold water, confirming that they were indeed in reality.
...
The forest fell into an eerie calm before the fierce battle, with undercurrents surging, ready to erupt at any moment.
No one moved rashly.
Megumai subtly twisted her wrist, adjusting the direction of the blade's tip.
It was a long tachi (great sword), with both the sheath and the blade being pure white, and a blade length of eighty centimeters.
The part of the blade near the hilt had a large curve, the far end was wide, and it narrowed sharply to a single point at the tip.
Engraved upon it were gorgeous patterns resembling the blazing sun and the new moon.
"Don't put all your attention on her Mangekyo Sharingan!"
Orochimaru warned loudly, "Watch out for her Shinobi blade, and avoid being targeted by the tip. That blade has an almost instantaneous extension speed, with a maximum length approximately 100 times the blade's length!"
As soon as he said this, Tsunade and Jiraiya immediately became alert.
Megumai frowned slightly, then turned and propped the blade on the ground, abandoning the idea of a surprise attack with Shinso (Divine Spear).
Orochimaru flashed a sinister smile. "Uchiha Megumi, do you regret letting me study your Shinobi blade?"
Megumai shook her head without hesitation.
Although the leakage of her ability intelligence made her current situation quite passive, she had gained enough academic accumulation through the previous transaction, which allowed her to successfully conduct her research and safely give birth to her baby alone in the Land of Iron.
Compared to her precious son, what did a little ability intelligence matter?
Megumai's composure made Orochimaru's heart sink.
From just now until this moment, he had been coldly observing Megumai's emotional changes and was surprised to find that she was not panicked at all, only showing a hint of subtle impatience.
Facing the Three Sannin's ambush, she had this attitude!
Orochimaru felt this was extremely abnormal.
Apart from the reason of being arrogant and overconfident in misjudging the situation, there was only one possibility left:
Megumai was extremely confident!
Confidence stems from strength.
Orochimaru instantly thought of Megumai's bizarre ability to change her Shinobi blade.
Recalling the past, he initially naively thought that the shape change of the Shinobi blade originated from the blade itself.
After all, the Shinobi blade named "Mikazuki Munechika" was a treasured family heirloom of Uchiha Megumi, and it was a reasonable guess that it had special abilities.
However, after detailed research on the blade, he was surprised to find that it had nothing special about it!
It was only made of tough material and had excellent Chakra conductivity; there were no structures present to support shape transformation!
Orochimaru immediately changed his mind: the key to the blade's change was not the blade, but the wielder! That is, Uchiha Megumi!
So, Orochimaru asked Uchiha Megumi to transform the Shinobi blade's shape first, and then he would research the blade, gaining significant insights.
After profound analysis, Orochimaru believed that those shape transformations were like ninjutsu, essentially Chakra urging and maintaining the change within the Shinobi blade.
It was like Lord Sarutobi's summoning beast, Enma, who could transform into the Adamantine Staff and partially switch forms.
Among the limited types of Shinobi blade transformations, Orochimaru was most impressed by "Shinso" (Divine Spear).
After all, in this Shinobi world of high offense and low defense, "Shinso" had an almost 100% chance of a one-hit kill against an unsuspecting opponent.
Orochimaru had invited many Jonin to participate in experiments.
The result was that only Minato Namikaze could dodge the attack while unaware of "Shinso"'s intelligence and already being targeted by the blade's tip!
This experimental result was terrifying.
Minato Namikaze's neural reaction speed was undeniably the best in the Shinobi world.
If only he could dodge it, the power of "Shinso" was self-evident!
After all, who, without knowing the details, could anticipate that a Shinobi blade could extend so fast! And so far!
...
After years of not meeting, Uchiha Megumi's strength was incomparable to the past. He didn't know if her Shinobi blade transformation had reached a higher level!
Orochimaru gazed at the Shinobi blade in Megumai's hand with fervent eyes. As a scientist, he had a strong desire to explore the unknown.
When he first heard the news of Uchiha Megumi's death, he deeply regretted that the Shinobi world had lost such an astonishing ability.
Now seeing a living Uchiha Megumi again, he was incredibly overjoyed and determined to use all his strength to force Megumai to demonstrate the highest level of her Shinobi blade shape transformation!
Summoning: Manda!
A giant, dozens-of-meters-long purple python instantly appeared behind Orochimaru, flattening a large section of the forest and staring fiercely at Megumai and the others.
"Mom, that snake is about the same size as Midori-chan!" Seiya said excitedly.
"Yes, but it's about to disappear." Megumai said indifferently.
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