"I'll make my Sharingan evolve to the Three Tomoe stage soon!"
Sasuke regained his composure and made the declaration while staring stubbornly at Naruto.
Naruto glanced at the confident Sasuke and scoffed inwardly. "Master everything I gave you first."
Hearing that, a resolute look flashed across Sasuke's face. He directly took out his last storage scroll and got to work. Before long, he had set up all the crossbows on the tree trunks around the stone pillar.
Then he began putting on his armor. A few breaths later, Sasuke was wrapped up from head to toe, with a helmet bearing a faceplate on his head.
But just as he fastened the faceplate, his gaze swept over Naruto, and he immediately saw Naruto looking at him with a deeply mocking expression.
"What did I do wrong?"
Unable to bear Naruto staring at him as if he were an idiot, Sasuke asked outright.
"Heh. As a genius, your intelligence really opens my eyes." Naruto looked at Sasuke without changing his expression. "I thought you'd be smart enough to use ninjutsu. After all, I had already—huh?"
Sasuke's gaze sharpened. "Already what?"
Naruto had not finished his sentence, yet for some reason, a look of surprise had suddenly appeared on his face.
"Nothing." Naruto answered flatly, then turned and left.
Sasuke was stunned. Naruto was leaving again just like that.
Naruto was indeed a little surprised as he walked along the road, because he had received the memories transmitted when the Shadow Clone that had returned home dispelled itself.
While Naruto's Shadow Clone had been escorting Hinata home, the little punks who had thrown stones at them last time had blocked their path again to save face. This time, they had even brought several more thugs to surround them.
Naruto's Shadow Clone was not