September 6th, Konoha, Konoha Hospital.
Uchiha Sasuke was half lying on the hospital bed, looking out the window. Although the technique had been lifted, the things he had been doing for so long seemed to be still in front of him as soon as he closed his eyes.
Tsunade believed that Uchiha Itachi just trapped Uchiha Sasuke's mental will. The fact was more than that. Uchiha Sasuke had been fighting inside, fighting endlessly, dying and living, living and dying, over and over again. Life and death.
There are many, many opponents in the battle. Some of them are familiar, including the Sandaime Hokage, Hatake Kakashi, etc., while those who are unknown but can be recognized by the forehead protectors are Kumogakure, Kirigakure, etc.
Uchiha Sasuke clasped his hands, surprised by Uchiha Itachi's unexpected strength and his own weakness.
You are really too weak. Why are you so weak? Because your hatred is not enough. …
Next to him, Haruno Sakura was peeling apples for Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto was making trouble, and was finally knocked to the ground by Haruno Sakura.
Haruno Sakura cut the apple into small slices and handed it to Uchiha Sasuke with a smile, but was pushed to the ground by Uchiha Sasuke with a wave of his hand.
"Hey, Sasuke, what are you doing!" Uzumaki Naruto jumped up immediately, and was glared at by Uchiha Sasuke.
"Come, have a fight with me."
"Hey, Sasuke, what are you talking about."
"Okay, I just want to try a new move with you."
"Naruto!"
Haruno Sakura tried to dissuade her, but Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto still left. …
On the rooftop, many sheets are hanging out to dry.
"why are you laughing?"
"I'm happy because I can finally have a serious fight with you."
"You're a bastard, how dare you say such arrogant words."
"I'm no longer the one who fell behind the wheel, but you, who is usually calm, are actually so excited. You weren't scared without a fight, were you?"
"Stop talking nonsense and come on."
"Wait a minute, put on your forehead protector first."
"No need for that."
"Bring it on."
"You can't leave a scar on my forehead."
"No, no, let's protect our foreheads as proof that the ninjas in Konoha are fighting on equal terms."
"You are worthy of me!"
Uchiha Sasuke dodged in front of Uzumaki Naruto and knocked him away with a punch, sending him flying into a sheet in the array of sheets.
Uchiha Sasuke followed, only to find that Uzumaki Naruto had disappeared.
Following the vaguely sensed chakra aura, Uchiha Sasuke discovered that Uzumaki Naruto was on the water tower, so he pursued him again, but while he was in the air, Uzumaki Naruto attacked.
Uzumaki Naruto kicked Uchiha Sasuke away, but before he could be proud, he found that the one he kicked was just a phantom.
Uchiha Sasuke appeared, grabbed Uzumaki Naruto's leg, and smashed Uzumaki Naruto to the ground.
At the last moment, Uzumaki Naruto adjusted his landing position and bounced up with his hands on the ground, but what was waiting for him was Uchiha Sasuke's continuous attacks.
Uzumaki Naruto retreated, resisting and retreating continuously. He didn't want to but bumped into a sheet, and pulled it to cover his body.
Uchiha Sasuke seized the opportunity and punched and kicked Uzumaki Naruto under the sheets.
Uzumaki Naruto reacted after taking a few bites, and used his resistance to bounce away. At the same time, he created many shadow clones, surrounding Uchiha Sasuke.
"Hmph!" Uchiha Sasuke closed his eyes and opened them again, turning his head 270 degrees to look at the shadow clone.
Sharingan Genjutsu.
The shadow clones within the field of vision were stunned for a moment, and then turned to attack other shadow clones. With the overwhelming number, they instantly destroyed the other shadow clones and attacked Uzumaki Naruto's body.
"The feeling of being beaten by yourself is very interesting." Uchiha Sasuke crossed his arms and watched Uzumaki Naruto being beaten by his shadow clones.
Uzumaki Naruto was too busy to cope and had no time to argue.
However, after Uchiha Sasuke said this, he suddenly woke up and used the method of releasing the shadow clones to make them disappear.
Uzumaki Naruto didn't quite understand what the Sharingan was, but he heard that it couldn't be seen, so he simply made another shadow clone and took a Rasengan.
"Is this your new move?" Uchiha Sasuke condensed the thunder attribute chakra in his hand, Chidori.
"S-stop it!"
Haruno Sakura, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but rush out.
However, there was someone faster - Hatake Kakashi.
Before the Rasengan and Chidori collided, Hatake Kakashi stopped them, grabbed their hands one by one, and threw them each out.
The two of them collided with two water towers. One made a fist-sized hole in the water tower, and the other made a big hole as thick as an arm in the water tower.
"The quarrel has gone too far. Do you want to kill Naruto, Sasuke?"
"I've shown mercy."
"Your Chidori is not meant to deal with your companions."
"Oh, so Naruto's ninjutsu that condenses a lot of chakra can be used against his companions? Humph!"
After looking at the top of the water tower, Uchiha Sasuke snorted and ran away. On the way, he saw the water tower that Uzumaki Naruto had hit and the big hole behind it. He was surprised and even more dissatisfied.
"Well, where has all the teamwork gone?"
Looking at the crying Haruno Sakura and the silent Uzumaki Naruto on the other side, Hatake Kakashi sighed, and then sensed Jiraiya.
"Rasengan, is that what you taught me? I don't think Naruto can master it yet. He almost killed Sasuke just now. Even if he wants to improve his strength, he doesn't need to teach such a dangerous technique, right?"
"Both each other, but I don't think Naruto will use that to die with anyone, unless they have some other relationship."
"Well, this is a long story. To put it simply, it's like the relationship between you and Orochimaru."
"Well……"
"When he was a student, Naruto had been chasing Sasuke. Sasuke was both a companion and an opponent to him. He always wanted to gain equal status with Sasuke. In this fight, he wanted to gain Sasuke's approval."
"Oh, there is also such a relationship."
"On the other hand, the brother and sister pair of Yamazaki and Meidaiko made Suke, who had always been number one, feel that he didn't work hard, and he felt even more inferior to Naruto's growth rate."
"The strength of those siblings is indeed very strong."
"Also, the person he always wanted to kill."
"Uchiha Itachi?"
"Seeing the gap, Sasuke became impatient, eager to use his strength to prove that he is still the number one."
"Since you, a teacher, know this, you should give a little lecture."
"Of course, but I'll leave it to you Naruto."
Kakashi Hatake jumped in front of Haruno Sakura.
"Sakura, don't worry, you will still smile like before."
"Well, thank you, Kakashi-sensei." Haruno Sakura wiped away her tears.
Hatake Kakashi waved his hand and dodged, and Uzumaki Naruto walked over silently.
"Ming..."
"Don't mind your own business."
"ah?"
Seeing Uzumaki Naruto go around, Haruno Sakura's tears welled up in her eyes, and she tried very hard not to let them fall. …
On the other side, inside and outside Konoha.
Hatake Kakashi caught Uchiha Sasuke and tied him with a rope while he was in a daze on the tree.
"What are you doing?"
"This is to prevent you from running away while I'm preaching."
"what do you want to say in the end!"
"Sasuke, stop thinking about revenge."
"What?"
"Because of my work, I have met countless people like you. People who always talk about hatred will not end well. They are all miserable. Even if the revenge is successful, you will only receive more harm than before. And more pain, and all that’s left is emptiness!”
"Shut up and stop acting like you know everything in front of me."
"Ah, calm down."
"Then if I kill the most important person to you now, will you still be like this? Then you will understand how stupid what you just said is."
"Well, it's okay if you want, but I don't have anyone like this anymore. Everyone has been killed."
Uchiha Sasuke was stunned. Hatake Kakashi's words were an understatement, but they contained too much sadness.
"I have lived longer than you, and the era I lived in was not as good as now. I know very well what it feels like to lose."
"Neither you nor I are lucky, that's true, but we are not the most unlucky either, because we have both found important companions."
"You understand because you have lost someone. It is precisely because you have someone important that I teach you Chidori. Its power should neither be used to face companions nor used for revenge."
"As for what it's supposed to be used for, you should understand."
"Whether what I said is stupid or not, you should think about it yourself."
After Kakashi Hatake finished preaching, he untied the rope and escaped.
Uchiha Sasuke sat dumbly, his mind at a loss as to where he was going, and his mind was blank. …
