Kakashi and the others stared blankly at Rorin, then at Uchiha Sasuke lying in the ruins.
"Hey, hey! He didn't cripple Sasuke, did he?" Kakashi whispered.
Hearing this, Uzumaki Naruto's gaze turned anxious as he tried to locate that figure.
"At this level, he should be fine. I already held back a lot!" Rorin muttered to himself.
The rubble trembled slightly, and then Uchiha Sasuke burst out from beneath it, his breathing growing heavy.
"Heh… heh." With his head lowered, Uchiha Sasuke let out a faint laugh.
"You're definitely a troublesome opponent. But do you really think that was my full power just now? Everything about you—I've already seen through it with these eyes!" Uchiha Sasuke slowly raised his head. It had been a long, long time since he'd experienced a proper fight.
The flames of battle within him surged again. His burning gaze locked onto Rorin.
"Forcing me to use this power—you can be proud of that!"
Soon, Curse Marks spread across Uchiha Sasuke's body, and before long, he entered Curse Mark Level Two.
"That… that's from back then…" Uzumaki Naruto looked at Uchiha Sasuke's form, recalling their battle at the Valley of the End.
Just now, Uchiha Sasuke had used his Sharingan to track Rorin's movements and realized that Rorin relied on an extremely fast Body Flicker to get close.
On the ground, the opponent could close the distance quickly—but in the air, that might not be the case.
So Uchiha Sasuke flapped his Curse Mark wings and slowly rose into the air, looking down coldly at Rorin. He finally stopped about ten meters above the ground.
Looking down from above, his expression was arrogant as he said,
"Now, is your so-called speed still useful? From here on, you won't be able to touch me at all!"
Uzumaki Naruto and Haruno Sakura looked up at the airborne Uchiha Sasuke. Naruto clenched his fists and said quietly,
"Sasuke, I'll definitely catch up to you."
On the ground, Rorin let out a quiet chuckle.
"Heh… if it were something else, I might not be so sure. But if it's just this…"
"What? Don't tell me…" Uchiha Sasuke suddenly felt a sense of unease.
Rorin activated the Curse Mark power within him. Aside from a pair of wings growing from his back, there were no major changes.
In the next moment, Rorin soared into the sky, flying directly opposite Uchiha Sasuke.
"What's going on? Why can Rorin fly too?" Haruno Sakura asked in confusion.
Kakashi shook his head slightly. "Looks like Rorin still has many secrets we don't know about. Maybe we really don't understand him."
Uzumaki Naruto said nothing, quietly watching the sky. That battlefield belonged only to those two. Damn it… I have to get stronger. I have to.
Seeing the gray wings on Rorin's back that resembled his own, Uchiha Sasuke frowned slightly and asked,
"That power of yours… is it also from a Curse Mark?"
Rorin neither confirmed nor denied it. He simply looked at Uchiha Sasuke and asked calmly,
"Well? What about now?"
Uchiha Sasuke paused briefly. He had thought he'd have the absolute advantage in the air, but now it seemed things had returned to square one.
Still, he remained composed.
"I don't know where your imitation Curse Mark power came from, but it's clearly just an inferior product. I'll show you what true Curse Mark power really is."
Seeing that Rorin had only grown wings with no other transformations, Uchiha Sasuke was certain—it was nothing more than a flawed imitation. As for himself, he possessed the perfect Heaven Curse Mark.
"Heh, why don't you try and find out?" Rorin said with a faint smile.
"I'll make you remember forever the consequences of angering me!" Uchiha Sasuke shouted coldly.
He shot forward at incredible speed, black Chidori gathering in his hand.
Chidori!
Chidori, huh? Rorin raised an eyebrow slightly, then quietly released his chakra limiters and opened the Eight Gates—Gate of View!
Blue Bird!
Below, Kakashi and the others watched as the black streak of light and the blue streak of light rapidly closed the distance between them.
Kakashi frowned deeply. He hadn't expected the two students he taught Chidori to would now clash using it against each other.
Boom! Boom!
The black beam and blue beam collided, and blood rained down from the sky.
In this exchange, Rorin had a complete victory. Blue Bird pierced through Uchiha Sasuke's wing, while Rorin remained completely unharmed.
Uchiha Sasuke looked at Rorin warily, then glanced at his injured wing, thinking to himself: He could've aimed for my heart just now, but he switched to my wing at the last moment… was he holding back? And that technique just now—so similar to Chidori… Kakashi?
Out of the corner of his eye, Uchiha Sasuke glanced down at Kakashi.
"Damn it! I won't allow myself to fail here today! If I can't even defeat him, how can I talk about avenging him?" Uchiha Sasuke's expression grew intense. He was going to use that move.
His hands quickly formed seals.
Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique!
Several massive fireballs shot from Uchiha Sasuke's mouth and soared into the sky.
Seeing this, Rorin's lips curled slightly. Kirin, huh?
As rain clouds gathered overhead, the sky darkened. A light breeze brushed past Uchiha Sasuke as he stared coldly at Rorin.
"This jutsu was originally prepared for that man. But today, I'll make an exception and let you witness it!"
He formed seals again at high speed, then raised his right hand upward. Lightning began to gather in the sky.
Below, Kakashi and the others watched in shock. Uzumaki Naruto said in astonishment,
"Sasuke… what is he trying to do? That lightning—it's dangerous."
Kakashi's expression turned grave, but when he glanced at Rorin, he saw calm composure—no trace of panic.
Uchiha Sasuke stared coldly at Rorin.
"Disappear along with the lightning!" He swung his right hand down.
Lightning Style: Kirin!
The lightning in the sky condensed into the shape of a ferocious Kirin and charged toward Rorin!
"Rorin! Dodge it!" Kakashi shouted anxiously from below.
"It's useless! Goodbye, Kaguya Rorin. I'll remember your name," Uchiha Sasuke said calmly, already turning away.
"Damn it!" Kakashi tried to use Kamui to warp the lightning Kirin away, but he simply couldn't—the speed of the attack was too fast!
The lightning Kirin slammed into Rorin.
Boom!
Smoke filled the sky. Kakashi and the others stared at the cloud of smoke, guilt flooding Kakashi's mind: Damn it… if I hadn't activated the Flying Thunder God mark, then Rorin wouldn't have—wait… Flying Thunder God?
Uchiha Sasuke turned his head and looked down at Kakashi and the others.
"That nuisance is gone. Now it's your turn."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" A teasing voice came from behind him.
"What?! Impossible!" Uchiha Sasuke couldn't believe it. Just as he was about to turn—
Shikotsumyaku: Dance of the Brambles!
Over a hundred bone vines erupted from Rorin's body, binding Uchiha Sasuke as barbed thorns pierced into his flesh.
Shikotsumyaku: Dance of the Camellia!
Rorin swung his bone blade, slashing repeatedly across Uchiha Sasuke's body. Bound tightly, Sasuke couldn't break free and could only endure the relentless assault.
Soon, Uchiha Sasuke was covered in wounds. Rorin delivered another heavy kick.
Boom!
Uchiha Sasuke crashed into the ground, blasting out a crater three meters wide. His body lay there in a miserable state.
Forcing himself up, he staggered unsteadily.
Rorin slowly descended, stopping above him, and said calmly:
"Have you recognized it yet? Right now… you're weak!"
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