Head-on
"Hiss..."
The familiar, slightly salty taste of blood lingered on his lips. Sasuke swallowed the blood with difficulty and slowly woke up.
My head was throbbing, and I felt a sharp pain in my eye sockets, as if a thousand needles were pricking my eyes, making me feel like I was in unbearable pain.
"Ahhh...!"
The boy let out a few muffled roars, panting heavily, and struggled to open his eyes.
The blood he swallowed was like a clear spring, soothing the heat and stinging pain throughout his body. Sasuke greedily sucked on it, biting even harder on the girl's fair and soft wrist, savoring this delicious elixir amidst the girl's suppressed cries of pain.
Gradually, the emptiness and pain in my mind and body subsided.
"Sasuke, you're awake!"
A woman's voice, filled with both relief and complex emotions, came from beside me.
"What... what happened?" Sasuke Karin's wrist away, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his voice hoarse and tired.
Sasuke looked around. The depression formed by rubble and broken walls served as a temporary shelter, and he lay on the uneven ground of the shelter; huge roars came from above, and the ground trembled intermittently with the loud noises, becoming more and more uneven.
Who is fighting? Sasuke searched his memories, recalling what had happened before—
Yes, his Susanoo shattered by Sakura Haruno's Majestic Attire God Warrior with a single punch...
That punch, that overwhelming momentum, that immense power capable of moving mountains and overturning seas, seemed to have been imprinted in Sasuke's heart, and he could never forget it.
If Madara Uchiha, he would probably have become a meaningless mass of flesh and blood!
Or will she, as Madara predicted, show mercy at the last moment...?
He has no recollection of what happened after that...
Has he fallen into a coma?
Sasuke struggled to his feet, swaying as he looked out of the cave with a puzzled expression, also glancing at the red-haired girl Karin.
"Who was fighting?" He rubbed his eyes, slightly out of breath, and asked weakly, "How long was I unconscious?"
"It's Sakura Haruno and Madara Uchiha..." Karin replied, looking nervously at Sasuke.
"You were only unconscious for a short while. Their battle has only just begun..."
Sasuke stood there, trying to calm his breathing, his eyes closed, lost in thought.
"Let's go out and take a look," he said after a long while.
The warm blood in his stomach radiated a comforting heat, and the powerful life force from the Uzumaki Clan rapidly restored Sasuke's depleted body. After standing for a while, Sasuke's strength and spirit gradually returned.
However, Karin appeared unusually tired.
Because Sasuke was unconscious and unable to bite through his skin to absorb life force, she had to cut the blood vessels in her hand to feed Sasuke. Unlike the former, the latter was more effective, but it also put a greater burden on Karin.
Standing on the edge of the battlefield where the two giants were locked in a brutal fight, the red-haired girl was already unsteady on her feet and even started to tremble.
Sasuke glanced at Karin, but ignored her completely, and walked out first.
Before the figures of the Majestic Attire God Warrior and wooden figures could be seen, a continuous rumbling sound came from above, like thunder, and the whole sky shook; then the earth shook violently, and the solid soil trembled like water ripples, and a loud "boom" that shook the earth suddenly came from not far away.
Sasuke and Karin were both startled and quickly went outside, where they saw the Majestic Attire Wood Golem being slammed to the ground by the Giant God Warrior.
"Madara Uchiha... was defeated?"
Karin hid behind the ruins, hunching her shoulders and peering over, her eyes wide with disbelief.
"No... Madara is completely unharmed." Sasuke had somehow activated his Mitsudomoe, gazed coldly at the battlefield and said, "This level of attack couldn't even harm him."
His expression was indifferent, like a still pond.
His heart was also filled with shock: although Madara did not appear to be injured at all, there was no doubt that his Ninjutsu was inferior in the clash.
Is Madara Uchiha so weak because he's lost most of his power?
Or is Sakura Haruno just too strong?
The black-haired boy's gaze towards Sakura Haruno became somewhat complicated, his mind in turmoil.
That mysterious girl...
Sasuke couldn't see through her at all, neither her techniques nor her as a person.
How did she acquire such immense power? Is she really Sakura Haruno?
Does she really think the power of the Sharingan is insignificant?
If, on his path of revenge, a powerful figure stands before him, blocking his progress no matter how hard he tries, how desperately he attacks, or how fiercely he grits his teeth, what should he do?
Sasuke felt powerless and defeated in front of that girl, and pondered this in anguish.
Karin's exclamation interrupted his thoughts, "Such speed!"
Sasuke was taken aback. He looked up and saw that Madara had disappeared from his spot and instantly appeared behind Sakura Haruno, reaching out to grab the girl's shoulder.
"Kamui? So fast!"
Sasuke's heart skipped a beat. Madara's Space-Time Ninjutsu was truly unpredictable and incredibly fast. Even from the sidelines, it was dazzling to watch!
But Sakura Haruno's response was incredibly swift—as if she had known all along that the Masked Man would attack like that!
From Sasuke's perspective, their actions appear to be simultaneous:
The Masked Man emerged from the spatial ripples behind Sakura Haruno and reached out to grab her;
Sakura Haruno Hand Seals and, using the ice giant beneath her feet as a medium, abruptly disappeared from her original spot, emerging from the other side of the Giant God Warrior!
Swish!
In a split second, the Masked Man's hand landed on empty air.
The power of the Kamui might did not touch the girl, but was only unleashed on the Giant God Warrior, tearing a large piece of "flesh and blood" from its shoulder, exposing its crystalline ice skeleton.
Karin, watching from the sidelines, completely forgot to speak.
The two swift exchanges were so fast they took her breath away!
Sasuke frowned and activated his Mangekyō with a whoosh. His dynamic vision with the Mitsudomoe was no longer able to keep up with the pace of the battle between the two!
"She seems to know something about Madara's Ninjutsu..." the boy said coldly.
"You seem to know something about my Ninjutsu..." Obito said coldly, his Obito having missed its mark.
After abandoning his head-on fighting style, which he was not good at, Obito thought Kamui would strike decisively, but Sakura Haruno seemed to have completely seen through his attack method!
The proper response would be to react too late or try to parry—and then be sucked into another dimension, killed instantly!
What's going on...?
Sakura Haruno gave a cold laugh and didn't answer.
Of course, Sakura wouldn't tell him that last year, when she traveled back to the night of the massacre, she fought with the Masked Man from that timeline.
At the time, no one wanted to escalate the situation, so they only used some clever moves to exchange a few blows. (Chapter 77)
The Masked Man's eerie Sharingan Secret Technique left a deep impression on her.
The ability to blur, travel through time and space, and suck objects into other dimensions... makes it impossible to defend against.
She was struggling against the Masked Man was suppressing his fighting power, and she almost got hit.
However, a year later, when they clashed again, Sakura Haruno, with just a Clone Duplicate, was enough to hold her own against him—even when he abandoned his own advantages and confronted Sakura Haruno head-on, she was still able to gain the upper hand!
Of course, with the original body providing support through Yin Seal and Senjutsu Chakra hidden in the shadows, the Clone Duplicate's power isn't significantly different from the original's, except that it lacks Taijutsu due to insufficient exercise...
"Perhaps your information was leaked... who knows?" The girl said calmly, a half-smile on her face.
"Your speed is indeed fast enough to dodge my attack..." Obito snorted coldly, his eyes indifferent and his face expressionless. "However, just because you dodged it once doesn't mean you can dodge it every time!"
"You... are already dead."
To dodge such a fast attack, one must maintain a high level of vigilance at all times, and no one can maintain this state for long...! Therefore, she will be hit by Kamui sooner or later.
Nothing is more painful or deadly than being targeted by a ninja who is proficient in Space-Time Ninjutsu.
This is also why Minato Namikaze was considered to have affected the balance of the war.
Especially Obito, the type who is difficult for others to attack, but whose techniques are very difficult for others to defend against!
This is what makes a BSS operating behind the scenes truly terrifying...
Obito stared at Sakura Haruno with eyes that seemed to look at a dead man, his imposing aura emanating from him.
A chilling killing intent emanated from Obito, quietly permeating the air.
However... even when faced with Obito's threat, Sakura Haruno remained unmoved, her eerie crimson eyes narrowing slightly.
"You talk too much nonsense..." She suppressed her light smile, her eyelids half-closed, and said in a cold voice.
"If you think I'm doomed, then you're welcome to... try attacking again!"
As they spoke, the Majestic Attire God Warrior suddenly erupted without warning, clapping its hands and enveloping Obito!
Boom!
Obito's expression remained unchanged until the Giant God Warrior's hand was already upon him, at which point he activated Kamui and vanished from the spot.
Swish!
When he reappeared, the Masked Man was already in front of Sakura Haruno, using the same move as before, grabbing at the girl's chest with one hand!
"Mangekyō Secret Technique: Kamui!"
At the same time, Sakura Haruno also completed her Ninjutsu--
"Water Release: Water Gun Technique!"
Sakura Haruno's eyes were like an ancient, unyielding glacier, cold, hard, and indifferent.
This time, she bravely faced Obito's attack and unleashed an offensive Ninjutsu, her silver-white water line slashing straight at the Masked Man!
You need to materialize your body every time you use Kamui to attack, right...?
Well then, let's make a bet... see if my Water Release can cut you in two before you completely suck me into this other dimension, how about it?
A life for a life, how about it!
Call out--!
The Water Gun Technique shot from the girl's fingertips, carrying a resolute killing intent and a chilling aura of mutual destruction, slashing down from above Obito's head!
[First Update]
[I should be able to update 6000 words today. I considered splitting it into three chapters, but that seems pointless. I'll just split it into two 000-word chapters instead.]
[I haven't been betting on any games lately, I haven't even watched any matches! Don't spread rumors like this!]