While the Hokage Tower was filled with heated debates, inside Naruto's seal space, a completely different scene was unfolding.
"Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!"
The moment Naruto appeared, even though Yakushi Nono had anticipated it, she couldn't help but feel a wave of shock.
The main reason was Naruto's age. Despite being taller than most children his age, Nono knew that Naruto was still a few months shy of turning six.
Shisui, with his empty eye sockets, had already grown numb. He had experienced too much today… first the highs and lows of hope and despair, and then despair again. At this time, hje no longer had the energy to be shocked.
Naruto ignored their reactions and handed the two eyeballs he was holding to Nono, gesturing toward the still-kneeling Shisui.
"Nono-san, please transplant these eyes for him."
The eyes had been taken from an unconscious Root member. Initially, Naruto had planned to transplant to the eyes of the Root member he caught with Shisui to replace Shisui's eyes, but he hadn't expected the Root member he randomly sealed to be Nono.
As the foster mother of the 'Dream Fulfillment Master' of the Ninja World, Naruto felt she deserved better treatment. So, he had gone back to the scene and retrieved another pair of eyes.
"Ah? Okay."
Nono quickly took the eyes from Naruto and began the eye transplant procedure on Shisui.
Don't ask how an eye transplant could be performed in a seal space with no medical equipment.
As everyone knows, in the world of Naruto, eyes are essentially plug-and-play. The so-called 'eye transplant' is simply removing the old eyes and inserting the new ones, followed by some fine-tuning with the Mystical Palm Technique.
It can be said that high-end ingredients often require the simplest cooking methods...
Meanwhile, Minato walked over to Naruto and handed him Shisui's original eye.
"Thank you."
Naruto took the eye from Minato, feeling its residual warmth. He could also sense a deep, instinctual desire for the eye within himself.
He had a premonition that after absorbing this eye, his Mangekyo Sharingan would evolve once again.
Although his Mangekyo Sharingan could restore its Ocular Power, that didn't mean it was an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. His situation was similar to Obito's, who used Hashirama's cells to counteract the side effects of the Mangekyo's blindness. Naruto, on the other hand, relied on his Uzumaki Clan's bloodline.
After all, Nagato could even sustain the Rinnegan without issue. So a mere Mangekyo Sharingan was child's play for Naruto.
Naruto's eyes shifted, the three tomoe of the Sharingan appearing and spinning before transforming into vertical pupils. A vortex formed in his hand, swallowing the eye he held.
His Dojutsu, Bishamonten, was incredibly domineering and powerful. No matter how chaotic, mixed, or conflicting the energy he absorbed was, Bishamonten could refine it into a form perfectly suited to him. Even though Shisui's eye wasn't from a direct blood relative, absorbing it through Bishamonten could still compensate for the Mangekyo Sharingan's flaws.
Minato watched this process with curiosity but didn't make a sound to disturb him.
As the Sharingan dissolved into a stream of Yin Nature Chakra and merged into Naruto's eyes, he once again felt the familiar burning sensation in his eyes… this time even more intense.
It was as if a raging fire was scorching his eyes, or as if something was trying to break free and be reborn from within them. He could feel his eyes undergoing a transformation, nurturing a new power.
The process wasn't slow. Naruto clutched his eyes, and within just a few minutes, he felt that the Ocular Power from Shisui's eye had been completely absorbed.
The vertical pupils in his eyes began to rotate slowly, their patterns subtly changing. As they spun, dark rings began to form and separate around them.
When the final shape settled, his eyes didn't look drastically different.
They were still a pair of crimson vertical pupils, but now, the pupils are surrounded by two black rings.
They almost resembled the Rinnegan.
The conditions for evolving the Rinnegan seemed to be the combination of Asura and Indra's Chakra. Since Naruto himself was the reincarnation of Asura's Chakra, all he needed was to absorb some of Sasuke's Chakra to potentially synthesize the Rinnegan, right?
With the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, Naruto felt his vision had become even sharper, like changing from 1080p to 4K. He could clearly perceive every subtle movement of the people around him and even catch glimpses of future events.
Moreover, his Ocular Power was no longer limited by the constraints of the traditional Mangekyo Sharingan. Now, he could unleash the full power of the Susanoo.
'This feeling is incredible!'
"Naruto, how do you feel?"
Minato, who has been closely watching Naruto, naturally noticed the changes in his eyes. Though he didn't fully understand the Sharingan, he asked with concern.
Naruto shook his head, and a bright smile spread across his face, "I feel better than ever!"
"Those eyes... they feel like that bastard Uchiha Madara's." Kurama remarked, narrowing its eyes as it stared at Naruto's new eyes.
"Hahahahaha, Kurama, next time we meet Uchiha Madara, I'll beat him up for you!"
Naruto, who has just finished cheating, felt invincible.
'The Sharingan really had a way of making people overconfident.'
"Hmph, Uchiha Madara's been dead for years."
Kurama sneered. It suddenly realized that even if it couldn't defeat Hashirama or Madara, outliving both of them wasn't a bad consolation prize.
'Too bad I didn't know where they were buried. My paws were itching for some payback.'