There was a way to do that?
And it actually seemed feasible?
Sakura Haruno beside them nearly stumbled over.
"All human fear stems from a lack of confidence in one's own strength—though I think that statement itself is debatable, I still think it's quite useful sometimes."
Sparkle winked at Naruto Uzumaki.
Naruto Uzumaki felt utterly thrown off.
What expression was I even supposed to make right now?
[1][TL;DR: Just messing with you.] [1][Holy shit, I'm dying. I thought Sparkle was about to say something profound.] [1][How is that not profound? Having strength is enough too, isn't it?] [1][I'm completely stunned. You can play it like that?] [1][That's insanely backwards.] [1][What Sparkle said was rough, but it made sense.]
"Alright, that little game to pass the time is about over."
Just then, Sparkle suddenly spoke up.
"Orochimaru and the others have more or less returned to their base. We should get moving too."
"P-pass the time?" Naruto Uzumaki was stunned. "Wait, how did you know they were back?"
The anime already showed it, of course I know.
But she definitely couldn't say that now.
Sparkle merely smiled sweetly. "Take a guess~"
"Wait." Yamato said, "In a sense, our mission objective is no longer achievable. So if we're going to Orochimaru's base, what exactly is our mission now?"
According to what this "Fire Sparkle" had said, those people no longer had any reason to seek out Orochimaru.
If that was the case, what was the point of going there now?
They at least needed to establish that first.
"As for me, I intend to make a trip there." Sparkle said. "If you want to come, you're merely tagging along. As for what you want to do... that's your business."
Sparkle was looking for Sasuke too.
It was just that they