Escape From Konoha

"How, how could..."

Naruto stared blankly at Hinata who was stabbed into the chest by Sasuke's knife, as if he couldn't believe the scene before him.

Sasuke pulled the knife out of Hinata's chest, and his fingers were stained with a lot of blood.

He released his right hand that was holding Hinata's throat. Hinata didn't struggle and slipped weakly to Sasuke's feet. Her chest was bleeding, staining the clothes on her chest red.

"Naruto...Naruto-kun..."

Hinata seemed to be shouting Naruto's name unconsciously. Hinata's voice was very weak, as if the flame of life would be extinguished with just a gentle blow of wind.

"hateful!!!!"

Naruto shouted, eyes red.

Even though he kept falling down while running, he crawled to the side of Hinata covered in mud.

"Hey, Hinata, how are you..."

He hugged Hinata's body, and Hinata in his arms seemed to have no warmth, just closed his eyes, letting Naruto shout, and couldn't respond.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The voice of shouting sounded very sad and desperate.

Sasuke ignored the grief in Naruto's heart, and just jumped back, as if to say goodbye to Naruto, and jumped onto a strong branch, drawing a clear boundary.

"In this way, you can understand my current determination a little bit, Naruto... an idiot can't live long. So, don't chase me. At least..."

The words 'I used to think of you as my best friend' never came out of Sasuke's mouth.

Such words have no meaning anymore.

After knowing the truth, he could no longer agree with the village of Konoha.

He has to go find Itachi now, he has as many questions as the sea, and he has to ask Itachi.

I want to get all the answers from him.

Before that, the village of Konoha was very dangerous to him.

Especially after he learned about the darkness of this village, Konoha's high-level officials may wish to get rid of him quickly.

Now he only has to survive desperately, so that he has the right to seek justice from those dead clansmen, and is qualified to question those high-level officials.

Power, power, and more power is needed.

Without strength, he can do nothing.

Sasuke seemed to be enduring something on his face, frowning, he took a deep look at Naruto with Sharingan, then turned around and disappeared into the air.

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"The power of the curse seal is almost used to..."

Sasuke was running in the forest, feeling the eagle's palm and fleshy wings growing from his back. To be honest, this feeling was very strange.

Moreover, the place where the fleshy wings grew had a numb itching sensation.

Half of the body seems to have been dyed dark brown, and the other half is still in a state of curse seal winding.

The left half of the Sharingan, which was occupied by dark brown, lost its color and brightness, as if it had fallen into deathly darkness.

"So, where should we go next?"

Although he wanted to find Itachi quickly, but right now he didn't know where Itachi was.

He didn't know what action Itachi would take after seeing him.

After all, it was recorded in that secret file that Itachi was the blade in the hands of Konoha's top brass. After defecting, he was still serving the village of Konoha.

And the reason why that file is kept is probably so that one day, the subsequent Hokage can continue to control the sharp blade of Itachi.

Therefore, if you rashly come into contact with Itachi, it may be more dangerous than contacting Konoha's high-level officials.

But if he didn't look for Itachi, what could he do next?

If he is alone, where can he go?

Sasuke suddenly realized that the world was so big that there seemed to be no place for him.

After calming down, he was confused about where to go.

But it is not entirely correct to say that the place has been completely lost.

On the other side of the continent - the Kingdom of Ghosts, there is still an Uchiha clan living there. And the Uchiha of that line seemed to be more powerful than the Uchiha of Konoha.

Would those people accept me if I went there?

Although they all have Uchiha blood, strictly speaking, Sasuke is not familiar with the Uchiha clan there.

Moreover, the Uchiha people there probably also hate their stupid brother who committed an act of genocide.

As the younger brother of the person who exterminated the clan, will he really be accepted by the Uchiha there?

"It turns out that I am a homeless stray dog..."

Sasuke smiled to himself.

At this moment, a dull sound came from the sky.

Huge thunder resounded through the sky.

The cold air gave Sasuke goosebumps.

A trace of raindrops fell from the sky and landed on Sasuke's face, making the confusion in Sasuke's eyes dissipate a lot.

"Anyway, we have to leave the Country of Fire first and find a place to stay."

As Sasuke thought about it, he accelerated and rushed forward.

Although he wanted to stop and adjust his condition, considering that Konoha would soon send out pursuers, he could only escape from the Land of Fire in one breath.

Next, I am afraid there will be a bitter battle.

On the border of the Land of Fire, Konoha's troops are stationed there all year round to prevent the outbreak of war.

Since I didn’t have documents to go abroad, I had to force my way through there.

Of course, you can also bet on luck and bet that you won't be noticed by those Konoha ninjas.

Once he is noticed, no matter how strong he is, he will never be stronger than the hordes of ninjas.

The surrounding trees began to shrink, and the gloomy dark clouds and raindrops in the sky could already be seen.

The forest road is coming to an end.

I heard the clear sound of water flowing from the front.

Two huge statues, looming, stand on both sides of the wide river.

"Valley of the End, is this the direction of Tian Country?"

Sasuke frowned and then noticed that he was heading towards Tian Country.

So, should we go straight or go west, closer to the Kingdom of Ghosts?

Although he guessed that the Uchiha of the Ghost Country would not be willing to accept him, Sasuke was unwilling to not try his luck there.

No matter what, having clan members exists is like not being homeless.

After losing the safe haven of Konoha, just escaping and avoiding Konoha's chasing troops may consume all his energy.

Moreover, before having absolute power, it might become dangerous to search for Itachi as a rebel ninja.

If he could get help from the clansmen of the Demon Country, the situation would be different. At least he wouldn't have to waste time and energy trying to avoid Konoha's pursuit.

This is the biggest difficulty with defecting ninjas.

In the difficult situation of being abandoned by the whole world, no matter how powerful the ninja is, sooner or later he will be exhausted physically and mentally and die.

Just when Sasuke was about to make a decision, there was a whoosh and a figure quickly approached him from behind.

Sasuke was shocked, so fast!

He didn't realize at all how the other party approached him.

He turned around quickly, only to see a flash of red, and the fist hit him directly in the face.

boom!

The body was thrown away by the fist, and there was a salsa sound of scraping branches and leaves during the period.

Pushed by this force, Sasuke felt a burning pain on his face. Even the rain falling from the sky could not relieve the pain on his face.

The body flew out of the forest, and its body was unreservedly exposed under the gloomy sky.

After turning over and the force on his face gradually weakened, Sasuke managed to stabilize his body and slid about five or six meters on the water of the river, stopping his retreat.

"This feeling..."

Sasuke narrowed his eyes slightly, touching the tingling sensation on the skin of his face, a chakra breath not weaker than his remained on it.

Then, through the reflection on the water, Sasuke saw a figure descending from his head.

The whole body is wrapped under the red chakra coat, and behind the buttocks, there is a tail that is also composed of red chakra.

boom!

The figure fell down.

The surface exploded.

Water splashes everywhere.

Sasuke stepped back and dodged the attack.

Immediately, he held his cheeks that were still in pain, smiled at the visitor, and said, "It seems that you are here for real this time, Naruto."

"Why……"

Naruto stood on the water, the red chakra tail behind him was shaking like fluid, he lowered his head so that Sasuke could not see his expression at the moment.

"what why?"

"Why do you do that..."

"Are you referring to Hinata? Probably slipped my hand accidentally."

Sasuke dug his ears and said indifferently.

"Unforgivable..."

The temperature in the air dropped, and there was a violent, disturbing atmosphere.

"..."

Sasuke stared at Naruto, and suddenly, Naruto raised his head, allowing Sasuke to see his face at the moment.

The lips turned black, the beard on the cheeks also turned black and thickened, the original blue pupils turned blood red, glaring at Sasuke with cannibalistic eyes.

Powerful chakra erupted from his body, setting off a strong wind that shook Sasuke's hair and clothes.

Sasuke put his hands in front of his face to block the sudden strong wind.

Seemingly aware of a certain will in Naruto's eyes, he also laughed coldly:

"Isn't it possible to put on a very powerful expression? Your stupid look before made me vomit! It's because of this that Hinata became like that. It's all because you are too naive! "

"Shut up!"

Naruto's figure flashed and disappeared from Sasuke's eyes.

Under the impact of this violent momentum, Sasuke barely opened his eyes.

boom!

The body was blown out.

Rolling on the water, the pain in his chest made Sasuke groan.

As soon as he adjusted his body on the water, a strong wind blew from behind him.

Sasuke immediately turned his body sideways and saw the scene of the water exploding under the bombardment of Naruto's fist.

"What a brutal attack..."

There is no skill at all, just pure swiftness and brute force blessed by special chakra.

Although the moves are full of flaws and there is no skill to speak of, they are indeed tricky.

"Um?"

Then, Sasuke, who was half-crouching on the water, realized something was wrong.

He looked down and saw ripples swaying on the surface of the water. The ripples were getting bigger and bigger, and he knew a dark mass was emerging.

"Oops!"

Sasuke wanted to dodge, but it was too late.

The fist rushed out from under the water and hit Sasuke's chin while splashing.

That was also Naruto wrapped in red chakra.

Forgetting that Naruto was best at shadow clones, and ignoring this himself, made Sasuke angry.

From the beginning, this shadow clone had been sneaking aside, waiting for an opportunity to attack.

The body flew out in a parabola, and Sasuke wanted to adjust his body in the air. A red figure flashed in front of his eyes, and Naruto appeared above him in a posture of maintaining a fist.

Sasuke struggled to hold his hands up to resist Naruto's punch.

Boom!

The fist deflected downward, hitting Sasuke's stomach.

The bitter water in Sasuke's stomach, mixed with the blood in his mouth, spurted out together.

He fell hard on the water.

Before sinking to the bottom of the water, the front of the clothes was grabbed by Naruto who suddenly appeared in front of him.

The water rolled into his nose and mouth, making Sasuke cough painfully.

Even so, Sasuke smiled.

"Ha... ha... how about your fist..."

boom!

Holding the front of Sasuke's clothes with his left hand, Naruto clenched his right hand into a fist, aimed at Sasuke's cheek and began to punch him violently, making Sasuke swallow his next words directly into his stomach.

"……still……"

Sasuke's inarticulate words blended with the sound of Naruto punching him in the face with his fist.

"...soft..."

Another punch came and Sasuke could feel his face and began to lose consciousness.

"...Is this your anger? You are so weak... Hinata will cry, she likes you so much..."

Sasuke still sneered, and looked at Naruto with a sneer.

"shut up!"

Naruto continued to punch.

However, this time, Sasuke put his palm in front of him, and firmly caught Naruto's heavy fist.

After catching Naruto's fist, Sasuke suddenly raised his right leg and kicked Naruto's back, causing him to roll out along the water surface unexpectedly.

Sasuke coughed and stood up from the water unsteadily. Looking at Naruto who was also standing up less than ten meters away from him, he gasped: "What a troublesome guy, but don't think that you are the only one who can use special of chakra."

"I'm going to break your limbs and take them back!"

Naruto said this, his eyes were fierce, with the brutality and ferocity of a beast.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Sasuke opened his arms and laughed loudly.

"That's right, that's right, that's it, that's what makes it fun! I've long wanted to fight you after you become stronger. If you don't have the mentality of killing me, you won't be able to experience the fun of fighting at all! Let's Let’s see who is stronger now, Naruto!”

"Then you have to be careful, if you are not careful, I will really kill you!"

Naruto said seriously.

He raised his right hand, put his thumb in his mouth and bit it, blood flowed down the thumb, and began to seal under Sasuke's surprised eyes.

Snapped!

Bleeding palms pressed against the water.

Chakra began to surge throughout his body.

boom!

A huge white mist sprayed on the surface of the water, and in the white mist, a huge shadow like a mountain emerged.

It was a toad with a huge pipe in its mouth and a huge dagger.

With a body as huge as a hill, just standing there will give people infinite pressure.

However, facing this level of pressure, Sasuke did not have any fear.

The blood was boiling, and a strong fighting spirit emerged from Sasuke's eyes.

Following Naruto's appearance, Sasuke also bit his finger, performed the mudra, and pressed it against the surface of the water.

"No matter who it is, come out to me anyway! Spiritualism!"

On the surface of the water, there was a spray of smoke that was not weaker than the appearance of a giant toad.

The strong wind blew, and the smoke suddenly dispersed.

A black cat no smaller than a giant toad stood on the water.

"Meow~"

The black cat growled ferociously into the surrounding air.

The tail behind it was covered with a layer of silver alloy, and at the tip of the tail was a sharp alloy blade.

Judging from the size of the black cat, the alloy blade at its tail is larger than the human body.

With a light sweep, a long and narrow knife mark visible to the naked eye appeared on the side cliff, causing a large amount of gravel to roll down from above.

There was a wild look in the golden cat eyes.

"The feeling of chakra is so strange, but you have signed a contract with our family. Who are you?"

The deep voice of the giant black cat came from the mouth.

Asking the identity of Sasuke standing above him.

"……Sasuke Uchiha."

Sasuke didn't quite know where the black cat stood, but he still reported his name.

"Uchiha Sasuke? I see, are you an Uchiha from this side of Konoha? Even so, you seem to be the only contractor left among the Uchiha here."

Itachi's act of genocide destroyed the agreement between Uchiha and the Ninja Cat Clan. It not only attracted the hatred of the Uchiha Clan in the Kingdom of Demons, but also many people in the Ninja Cat Clan were hostile to him. Therefore, a few years ago, he Instead of breaking the contract.

But this contract with Sasuke has not been canceled, and it is still intact.

"Then, the next battle is up to you."

Sasuke said softly.

"Yes. My name is Yehuo, and I am one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Ninja Cat Clan! Remember this for me, Uchiha boy."

After finishing speaking, Yehuo moved her limbs gracefully, took a step forward, and stared fiercely at the giant toad in front of her.

This giant toad is naturally Gamabunta from Mt. Myouki.

It also seemed to be aware of the hostility of the black cat Yehuo, and after taking a sip of the pipe dangling from its mouth, it exhaled a smoke ring.

"Is the opponent a cat? You'll make trouble like this for me."

"Please, boss! I must defeat this guy in front of me now and bring him back to Konoha!"

Naruto stood on top of Toad Bunta's head and said.

"Then there's nothing we can do. Although it will be difficult, we have no choice but to do it. Now stand still, Naruto!"

As she spoke, Gamabunta used her hind limbs and jumped up, directly jumping hundreds of meters into the air. She pulled out the short sword on her body and slashed it down.

The black cat Nightfire let out a meowing roar, with an unyielding ferocity. It also jumped up, swung its tail, and at the same time the hurricane was set off, the silver alloy blade at the tip of its tail slashed at Gamabunta. dagger.

Ding!

The impact sound was louder than that of ordinary weapons and spread far away.

In mid-air, Gamabunta kept swinging his short sword, and Black Cat Nightfire was not to be outdone. He swung his tail and cut out the alloy blade on his tail.

For a moment, sparks flew.

The seemingly bulky body is very flexible, and its strength and speed are exaggerated.

"Water Escape Iron Cannonball!"

Aiming at a gap, Bunta opened his mouth and spat forward.

Heavy water balls formed by the convergence of water jets are ejected.

Yehuo smiled contemptuously.

"Fire Release·Explosive Bomb!"

A fireball that is more intense and solid than ordinary flames is fired from the mouth of the night fire.

Water balls and fire balls exploded in the air, white high-temperature steam erupted instantly, and the misty steam directly engulfed the figures of the two giant beasts.

After a while, sparks caused by the collision of the blades splashed out from the gradually dissipating white steam.

Toad's short sword and Black Cat's tail sword kept colliding with each other. The blades were swung as fast as lightning, tearing the air and making terrifying sound of breaking through the air, which was frightening to watch.

While the two giant beasts were fighting, Sasuke and Naruto seemed to have telepathy, and they jumped away from the giant beast's head and rushed towards each other.

Naruto wrapped himself in red chakra and punched hard.

Sasuke didn't dodge, and should follow up head-on.

Ripple-like ripples swayed in the air with a thud.

The rain pattered all around, and raindrops seemed to flow on the cheeks of the two of them. Compared with Naruto's brightly colored pupils, Sasuke's Sharingan further lost its luster and brightness, becoming extremely gray.

The dark brown complexion further eroded Sasuke's body.

On Sasuke's right back, there seemed to be some squeezing sound.

laugh!

The clothes were torn, and the dark brown fleshy wings of the eagle palm were exposed to the air, corresponding to the fleshy wings on the left back, forming a pair of fleshy wings.

The Sharingan on the right, like the Sharingan on the left, lost its original crimson color and fell into dead silence.

The darkness wrapped around his body made Naruto extremely angry and distressed.

"You bastard, please wake up! Don't think that you can easily expose your actions that hurt your companions! Go back and repent!"

Regardless of the pain in his fist, Naruto would continue to attack and use physical communication to wake Sasuke up.

Sasuke had a cold smile on his face.

What does it feel like to be completely plunged into darkness?

Pain, confusion, hesitation, sadness, all seemed to disappear from the brain.

Quiet.

Extremely quiet.

As quiet as a cemetery.

Sasuke didn't seem to hear any sounds, and he didn't know who he was fighting. He felt like he was just relying on instinct.

This feeling, as if the one fighting Naruto was not himself, but another strange feeling.

"Idiot! How is it possible to go back to that kind of place! Didn't I say, don't come after me again?"

Sasuke kicked out in the air, hitting Naruto's side face from the side, turning his body into a cannonball and blasting him away.

On the cliff behind, smash a pothole that can fix the human figure.

With the help of the rock beside him, Sasuke jumped up and onto the top of a huge statue.

Naruto also seemed to have nothing wrong. The chakra tail behind him suddenly stretched out and hooked the fingers of the statue. Using this as a fulcrum, his body was also flexible and stood on top of the statue. He looked at Sasuke with a soft gasp.

"What a strange chakra, is this really good? That kid will be swallowed up by that dark chakra, right?"

Bunta held a pipe in his mouth, exhaled smoke rings, glanced at Sasuke, and said to Yehuo who was standing in front of him, relaxed and freehand.

"Maybe, but that's not something I should worry about. Besides, the chakra you use is different from mine. It's a tailed beast. Fortunately, it's not a complete body, otherwise it would have to be... Boss Yuhuo has made a move."

Yehuo also glanced at Naruto. The color, quality and quantity that are different from ordinary chakras are far from what ordinary ninjas can do.

Among all the psychic beasts of the ninja cat clan, there is only one whose strength barely reaches the level of a tailed beast.

"That is to say, among the four heavenly kings of your ninja cat clan, you are the second strongest?"

Toad Bunta swung a dagger to attack.

Yehuo also blocked with the tail knife, and then slashed towards Wentai's side at a weird and tricky angle.

Mrs. Wen jumped with all her hind limbs, dodging the impossibly fast tail knife attack.

"Who knows, apart from Boss Yuhuo, the other two haven't made any comparisons. However, the name of Mount Miaomu has been admired for a long time."

Yehuo takes advantage of the victory and pursues it.

"Hmph, compared to this, I have never heard that the psychic beast of the Ninja cat family can be so powerful!"

Wen Tai hummed heavily.

In his memory, the ninja cat clan should be a second- and third-rate force in the psychic world.

Only in terms of intelligence collection and munitions, the development is not bad, and there are special channels for intelligence and munitions.

"And... you are using natural energy."

Wentai narrowed his eyes, showing caution.

This is the first time it has seen, besides the psychic beasts of the three holy places, there are other psychic beasts using this special power.

Wen Tai, who grew up in Miaomu Mountain since he was a child, and who can also master natural energy, is naturally not unfamiliar with this breath.

"Ha, did you notice it?"

"It seems that you have also got some tricks, but it's great that you don't know fairy arts."

If Yehuo can freely use immortal arts, then in Miaomu Mountain, he is at least at the level of an elder, and there is no way that a psychic beast like him can fight against him.

"Aren't you the same? Stinky toad!"

Hearing what Mrs. Wen said, the speed and strength of Yehuo's slashing tail knife increased again, because being underestimated aroused the fierceness in his bones.

But what Wen Tai said is also an indisputable fact. For a giant beast of its size, it is not so easy to master fairy arts.

"wildcat!"

The two giant beasts collided again, and the water flow under their feet quickly squeezed around, forming a water wave more than ten meters high, washing away towards the forest and cliffs.

There was an astonishing dampness in the air.

The two giant beasts were bathed in the rain, panting heavily for each other, but not to be outdone, they glared at each other fiercely.

On the other side, Sasuke and Naruto also started fighting again.

Both of them seemed to have accumulated the strength in their bodies, and then they jumped and quickly approached each other, and the surrounding wind seemed to be creaking with texture.

In the vision of Sasuke's Sharingan, all actions of Naruto are seen through by Sharingan.

In this way, Sasuke seems to have seen the future of the next second, knowing what Naruto will do next, and from which angle to attack.

Therefore, anticipating this kind of 'future' in advance, Sasuke lowered his head and turned sideways, allowing Naruto to swing his fist like a lightning strike.

A sneer appeared on the corner of Sasuke's mouth, a dazzling thunder light accumulated on his right hand, and he aimed at Naruto's chest without mercy.

"Chidori!"

Blood spurted out, and a red chakra tail came around and tied Sasuke's neck, throwing his body away and hitting the head of the huge statue, creating a crater.

Naruto, on the other hand, stepped back, covering the wound where blood was constantly spurting out. The beard on his face became thicker and thicker, and sharp fangs like canine teeth were exposed from his lips.

A storm rolled up behind it, and its two tails danced wildly like a boa constrictor.

"Is that the power of the nine-tailed demon fox? I didn't expect it to be so troublesome."

Sasuke wanted to end it with one blow, but because of the chakra coat, he deviated from the original track.

It only broke Naruto's shoulder and lung, but under the wrap of that layer of red chakra, the wound there began to heal.

We must fight quickly. When he recovers, I will definitely lose! Sasuke saw that Naruto's part that was damaged by Chidori was recovering quickly, so he made this judgment.

The longer the war drags on, the worse it will be for him.

He could feel that the power Naruto used was just a negligible ray of power from the nine-tailed demon fox.

Sasuke wondered, could that kind of power really be controlled by humans?

Just a ray of power, so terrifying, it's hard to imagine that that kind of monster was sealed by a ninja.

"However, you can't get that chakra ball out for the time being."

Sasuke knew that Naruto had a weak point in chakra control. The stronger the chakra, the more difficult it would be to balance it.

Naruto, who was able to use his shadow clone's assistance to launch his ultimate move, was unable to form the seal at all when his right hand was temporarily immobilized.

In other words, all Naruto can use is the chakra of the Kyuubi.

No other ninjutsu can be used.

Before the right arm recovers, it's a decisive opportunity.

This opportunity and time cannot be wasted.

Naruto did not respond to Sasuke's provocation. Instead, he stretched himself on all fours like a beast, his fingernails becoming sharper and longer, and they were deeply rooted in the soil.

"This murderous intention is really good... From this point of view, this thing is probably not needed anymore."

Sasuke smiled and untied the forehead protector on his forehead, letting his hair fall loosely. The palms of his lowered arms were slightly loosened, symbolizing the forehead protector of Konoha ninja, falling freely to the ground and making a sound.

"This time, I win! Naruto!"

Sasuke seemed to be predicting the future and making such assertions after seeing the future.

He condensed most of the remaining chakra in his body towards his right hand, and the azure blue lightning quickly turned into pitch black. In Sasuke's hand, the shrill and screaming lightning was like a dark thunderbird, singing from a distance. People are provocative.

Provoked by the jet-black thunderbird, Naruto's expression became more ferocious and he let out a roar.

The storm caused purely by chakra was generated directly out of thin air, as if a vacuum field was formed between the two people, preventing the rain from the sky from penetrating.

Taking this as a signal, the two of them stepped forward violently with enough force to crush the ground.

Three meters...two meters...one meter...

Feeling the huge chakra oppressed from the front, although he didn't want to admit it, Sasuke had to admit that this chakra had surpassed himself.

Silently calculating the distance between himself and Naruto.

Just when Naruto's claws wrapped in red chakra were about to pierce his body, Sasuke seemed to have anticipated this scene. He flipped his body and skillfully passed over Naruto's head and went around behind Naruto.

Unexpectedly, there seemed to be a pair of eyes that sensed danger behind Naruto. His two tails whipped out quickly, like a giant python wrapping around his body, directly wrapping Sasuke's body and squeezing it.

There was even a terrifying sound of bones being crushed and broken in the air.

Naruto turned his head, his pupils burning with fire color, and his remaining rationality was very weak.

Compared to a human being, Naruto now seemed closer to an out-of-control beast.

On his back, a new tail grew out.

"Fool."

Vaguely, Naruto heard someone's voice coming into his ears.

The next moment, Naruto's pupils dilated instantly.

Sasuke's body, entangled by his tail, began to twist strangely, and finally became invisible and disappeared like air.

Illusion!

Naruto noticed something unusual, raised his head and looked up.

What greeted him was a mass of pitch-black thunder.

There was the sound of birds chirping.

It was too late to react.

The dark lightning and the power of the chakra coat are canceling each other out.

In mid-air, a strange scene of red and darkness appeared.

Finally, the dark thunder broke through the blockade of the chakra coat and touched Naruto's body.

The lightning impact carrying the storm fell from the sky amidst the roaring sound.

The violent explosion attracted the two psychic beasts Wentai and Yehuo from a distance.

When Yehuo's tail sword and Bunta's short sword struck with the speed of the swords they carried, cutting straight and narrow cuts on the cliff, the ground, and the river, they all stepped back in unison, and stabilized their bodies. , staring towards the location of the explosion.

"Is it over there?"

"That's right. It's almost time for us. Let's leave the victory or defeat this time to next time."

Feeling that the summoning time was coming to an end, Yehuo said to Bunta.

There were a lot of curling marks on the hard tail blade.

The same goes for Bunta's short sword, which has serious signs of curling.

"Can."

Bunta nodded, put away the scarred short sword, and disappeared with a bang.

Yehuo watched Bunta leave and let out a breath. His body shook violently and he shook the rainwater off his hair. After glancing at Sasuke's position, he stirred up a burst of white smoke and disappeared into the rain.

"……Ha ha……"

Sasuke struggled to stand on the ground.

The pair of fleshy wings on his back disappeared after the attack, and the chakra in his body almost dissipated, leaving only a meager amount.

He glanced at Naruto who was lying in a pool of blood, still breathing his last faint breath.

The red chakra wrapped around his body was also sluggish. Although he tried his best to restore Naruto's injuries, the effect was still very slow.

"If it weren't for this illusion, I would be the loser..."

Sasuke looked up at the gray rainy sky and smiled with not only emotion, but also excitement.

The clear black and white pupils have regained their brightness and color, making them very clear and bright.

Itachi's words, 'You can get the Mangekyō Sharingan by killing your closest friends' came to mind again in my ears.

"curse……"

Sasuke slowly turned around, raised his steps without hesitation, and took firm steps in the direction facing away from Naruto.

"It's ridiculous... If I can't overcome this level of darkness, how can I become stronger... Itachi, sooner or later, I will make you realize your own insignificance..."

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in the forest.

Sasuke tried to save his energy and moved forward.

The current situation is very bad.

Sasuke's physical strength and chakra are almost at their lowest. In this state, it is very dangerous to cross the border of the Land of Fire.

But he couldn't stop. It was almost time for Konoha's high-level officials to find out about his defection from the village. It wouldn't take long before a large number of pursuers would come to pursue him.

"That idiot made me look like this...next time, I will definitely kill him!"

Sasuke said harshly.

But after saying this, his body leaned directly against the tree, relying on the trunk to barely ensure that he did not fall to the ground.

In the end, Sasuke couldn't hold back his physical and mental exhaustion.

At this time, it is almost night. Sasuke estimated the time.

Not to mention that your physical strength and chakra are about to bottom out, if you are exposed to this kind of place all the time, you will easily catch a cold now, and your physical condition will be even worse by then.

"Yo."

Just when Sasuke was thinking about where to spend the next night, a familiar voice heard in his ears.

His head jerked up.

What he saw was Kakashi who appeared in front of him at some point, stretched out his hand and said hello to him.

Sasuke seemed to have given up completely, and sat down on the muddy ground. He reluctantly cheered up and asked Kakashi, "It's been a long time, Kakashi. Why, are you here to arrest me?" Did you go back? I didn’t expect the senior management to send you here directly. You really think highly of me..."

Although he used the Sharingan and Orochimaru's curse seal to defeat Naruto, who had entered the tailed beast state and was equivalent to the strength of a Jonin, Sasuke did not think that he now had the same strength as Kakashi.

Even at his peak, Kakashi can easily defeat him.

In the face of absolute strength, his little tricks are completely meaningless. His strength is still too immature for these long-established ninjas.

"Well, there's no need to be so nervous. After all, I've been with you all the way. I can somewhat understand your current mentality."

Kakashi motioned to Sasuke not to be nervous.

"What's the meaning?"

Sasuke frowned and looked at Kakashi in confusion.

"There are two instructions given to me from above."

"two?"

Take it back with the body or capture it alive? Sasuke laughed to himself.

"The first one, if you are attracted by the power of the Sharingan and Orochimaru and start to lose control, so that the Sharingan mutates into the Mangekyo Sharingan, we will immediately take you back to the Kingdom of Ghosts. The second instruction, if you If you don’t run out of control, I’ll take you to Orochimaru.”

After listening to Kakashi's narration, the expression on Sasuke's face froze directly.

In an instant, he vaguely grasped some important information.

"Who...are you?"

Kakashi did not answer Sasuke's question, but put his hand on Sasuke's shoulder and distributed his Chakra to Sasuke.

Sasuke received a part of Kakashi's chakra, and the power resurged in his body, enough for him to go on his way.

"Come on. I will explain the specific things to you on the way."

"..."

Seeing Kakashi turn and leave, Sasuke hesitated for a moment and decided to follow Kakashi.

(PS: The Four Heavenly Kings of Ninja Cats, Four Heavenly Kings of Leopard Cats... It feels like I haven't watched Inuyasha for a long time...)