Chapter 112: Can You See Clearly?
While Sakura lay grievously wounded and on the brink of death, the chakra forest remained calm and peaceful...
"Li Bai, is this really a medicinal herb?!"
Looking at the foxtail grass swaying slightly in Naruto's hand, Bai smiled gently. "It's a very important herb, you know. Naruto, you really are a genius!"
"Hahaha!"
Naruto let out his trademark idiot laugh. "If that's the case, then I'll catch all of these guys!"
"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Narutos burst out laughing all over the mountains, uprooting every last stalk of foxtail grass on the entire hillside...
What an idiot.
Bai rolled the foxtail grass into a ball and shook his head in confusion. "Why would that scary kid want me to hold Naruto back?"
What exactly is special about this idiot?
Special?
What makes him special is that he's the protagonist—and there's a super–Kage-level Nine-Tails living inside his body!
"Demon Brothers, fall back!"
Li Jiexuan sneered as he walked toward Sasuke. Throughout the entire story, Sasuke always seemed evenly matched with Naruto on the surface, but...
Their positions were never truly equal!
Presumably, Sasuke himself had sensed this. That was why he resolutely left Konoha and threw himself into darkness—because he understood that if he stayed in Konoha, one day he would be left far behind by Naruto...
Naruto appeared to be all alone, yet the inheritance of even half a Nine-Tails was unimaginably vast!
Relying on the Nine-Tails, how many hard battles had Naruto won? That unexpected, reckless ninja possessed a terrifying power capable of breaking any situation wide open!
In other words, as long as Naruto was sent away...
Team Seven was nothing special at all!
The Demon Brothers withdrew at his command, leaving only Li Jiexuan facing Sasuke.
"Who exactly are you?"
Sasuke stared coldly at Li Jiexuan, his small mind frantically calculating countermeasures.
But then—
Buzz!!!
A space-time kunai flashed like lightning. Sasuke didn't even have time to react before one of his ears was slashed.
That kunai had been deliberately thrown off target!
Sasuke's eyes widened in terror. He hadn't been able to see that kunai's speed at all!
"Don't lose focus."
Li Jiexuan sneered as he tossed the dying Sakura at Sasuke's feet. "Your teammate is right here. If you've got the ability, then come save her."
"No!"
Sasuke clenched his teeth tightly. He knew perfectly well that if he dared move even a single step, that kunai would pierce straight through his skull. This time, Li Jiexuan wouldn't miss!
"Sa…Sasuke… I…"
On the verge of death, Sakura reached out toward Sasuke through blurred vision, calling his name with deep affection, wanting to say something—
"So noisy."
The sharp space-time kunai pierced straight through Sakura's throat. Li Jiexuan sneered disdainfully. "Save that lovey-dovey bullshit for hell..."
Cruel. Utterly cruel!
"Is this child a devil?"
The Demon Brothers stared in terror. Even Zabuza, known as the Demon of the Mist, furrowed his brow deeply—he couldn't understand why Li Jiexuan would torment his opponent like this!
Yet—
"I'm really looking forward to it, Sasuke."
Li Jiexuan narrowed his eyes with a light smile. As Indra's reincarnation, what kind of bloodline would your future Mangekyō Sharingan give me?
"Pff..."
The words she never got to say would never be spoken again. Sakura's heart completely stopped beating.
At that moment, Sasuke froze entirely. It felt as if he had lost something more important than anything else in his life. What followed... was extreme rage!
"Sakura!!!"
Blood-red tomoe were born—one, then two!
"A two-tomoe Sharingan?"
Li Jiexuan shrugged helplessly. "Not bad, but it still falls short of Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo's level—three tomoe for an entire lifetime!"
"I'll kill you!"
Sasuke slowly raised his head, the two-tomoe Sharingan spinning. "These eyes of mine have already seen through everything!"
"Oh?"
Li Jiexuan sneered. In the next instant, Sage Mode and the Gate of Injury from the Eight Gates opened simultaneously. Surging chakra shot skyward, forming a terrifying pillar of smoke.
"Now then—can you still see clearly?"
Li Jiexuan grinned ferociously as the space-time kunai in his hand flew out in an instant...
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