Of course, what the audience saw now was Sasuke being suppressed, Sasuke in a sorry state.
Sasuke himself was indeed furious.
However, he was not angry because he could not defeat Chiyo. He was angry because, during their earlier exchange, he had realized that Chiyo had been holding back!
For proud and arrogant Sasuke, that was even harder to accept than being defeated outright!
What did it mean that when facing a mere genin, he needed his opponent to hold back and still could not gain the upper hand?
In Sasuke's mind, even Naruto, before using the Nine-Tails' Chakra, could never have held back like Chiyo and still suppressed him.
Moreover, during their exchange, Sasuke had not only noticed that Chiyo was holding back, but had also felt as though she was fighting him in a guiding manner.
That made Sasuke even more irritated!
It could be said that this was the main reason Sasuke was so angry right now.
This was infuriating!
At that moment, Sasuke's pride had been provoked.
However, Chiyo herself had never intended to humiliate Sasuke.
But Sasuke could not stop himself from overthinking it!
"What do you mean by this? Are you looking down on me?"
After steadying his breathing and returning to a standoff with Chiyo, Sasuke asked with a dark expression.
At the same time, there was something else Sasuke found strange.
He was now completely certain that, for some reason, Chiyo had entirely lost the hostility she had shown him during the second stage of the Chunin Exams.
Sasuke was deeply puzzled by this.
At first, he had thought that the alliance between Konoha, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure had forced Chiyo to put aside her hostility toward him and the Uchiha Clan.
But after their recent exchange, Sasuke completely dismissed that guess.
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