"Sasuke!"
Naruto's excited voice shattered the standoff over the sea.
Looking at Sasuke in his Black and Red Cloud Robe, if he had not retained a shred of reason, he might have pounced on him already.
All one could say was that they truly deserved to be protagonists bound by "bonds." Their relationship was genuinely close.
"That idiot Naruto!"
Sakura could not help lightly facepalming.
Her heart was racing too, and she was equally emotional, but she understood that this was not the time to catch up.
She had not expected Naruto to be so impulsive.
Instinctively, neither side interrupted the two boys.
"Naruto."
Sasuke looked at Naruto, whose face was filled with undisguised joy at seeing him, and his feelings were extremely complicated.
He had not forgotten their bonds in the slightest.
But they could never return to the past.
Because he intended to take revenge on Konoha and the Hokage Faction.
Especially after reading My Struggle, he understood just how hypocritical the Will of Fire was.
And being hypocritical would have been one thing, but they were fucking double standards too!
They only demanded that others believe in the Will of Fire, while they themselves merely paid it lip service and never practiced it.
Meanwhile, the Uchiha, who had been completely fooled, had been destroyed by the Will of Fire.
Such a grudge for murdering his parents and exterminating his clan!
How could he possibly forgive the Hokage Faction?
Yet Naruto was a purebred member of the Hokage Faction. His teacher was the Fifth Hokage, his father was the Fourth Hokage, and he believed in the Will of Fire. They were natural enemies.
"Sasuke, come back to the village with me! I'll plead with the Perverted Sage for you!"
Naruto tried to persuade Sasuke.
But Sasuke found his