Sasuke Defeated

At this moment, Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage in the Pure Land, had his brows tightly furrowed!

He simply could not imagine that Konoha, the village he had founded alongside Madara Uchiha, had decayed to such a state!

Hizashi Hyuga's death, the Uchiha Clan's extermination, the Senju Clan's downfall, and now the exposure of two geniuses' deaths—these were all the fine deeds of Konoha's current upper ranks!

But Hashirama Senju had no way to change this reality, because he was already dead...

The group fell somewhat silent because of the two matters Makoto Ito had revealed.

Meanwhile, the battle outside continued!

Sasuke Uchiha was incredibly arrogant, telling Makoto Ito to attack first. After all, he had activated his Sharingan and could clearly see Makoto Ito's movements!

Makoto Ito looked at the arrogant Sasuke and smiled, a very happy smile...

He stomped his right foot fiercely against the ground and shot forward. In less than a breath, he had reached Sasuke!

Sasuke did indeed clearly see Makoto Ito's movements through his Sharingan, but he had overlooked the most important issue!

His strength simply was not on the same level as Makoto Ito's!

Facing Makoto Ito's incoming fist, Sasuke instantly assumed a defensive stance, wanting to block it. But Makoto Ito's strength exceeded his by far too much. That single punch sent Sasuke flying!

He was sent several meters away in an instant...

At that moment, Sasuke, who had been sent flying, felt utterly despondent!

How could the gap be this huge?!

Rumble... Sasuke crashed to the ground and rolled several times...

Finally, he raised his head and shot Makoto Ito a resentful glance before blacking out with a thud...

As for why Sasuke had passed out, part of it was because Makoto Ito had beaten him up, while the other part was because he was so humiliated that he could not bear it!

Mikoto Uchiha: Group Leader, why did you hit him so hard? Didn't you already take the stuff? Why did you still beat him up so badly?

Makoto Ito: Ahem... Auntie, you can't blame me for this. Sasuke was the one who kept provoking me! After I took the stuff, I was already ready to end the fight, but Sasuke just wouldn't let it go! You can't blame me!

Mikoto Uchiha: Sasuke... sigh...

Fugaku Uchiha: Mikoto, don't be sad. Perhaps this defeat will actually be a good thing for Sasuke! He was far too arrogant and conceited before, to the point where he looked down on everyone. He thought he was the strongest, never realizing that there was always someone greater out there! Perhaps after this defeat, Sasuke will see himself clearly and train even harder!

Mikoto Uchiha: I hope so...

Everyone watching the match was utterly astonished by what had happened. Sasuke had just activated his Sharingan in such a flashy, domineering manner, yet what happened? He was sent flying by Makoto Ito in one move and even passed out...

No one had expected things to turn out like this!

After all, Makoto Ito had originally been nothing more than a Dead Last, while Sasuke was the Top Student of their grade and a genius of the Uchiha Clan!

Everyone had thought Sasuke would defeat Makoto Ito with ease, but instead, Makoto Ito forced Sasuke to use his Sharingan and then easily defeated him!

Clearly, none of the watching students, including Iruka, had recovered from their shock yet.

Makoto Ito walked over to Iruka's side and helplessly patted him.

"Iruka, the battle is over..."

Only then did Iruka come back to his senses and hurriedly announce the result.

"Oh, oh! The match is over! Makoto Ito wins!"

As soon as Iruka announced the result, cheers erupted from below. The ones cheering were Sasuke's little fangirls. After all, they did not actually like Sasuke—they liked his good looks and strength!

But now Sasuke had been beaten into a pigheaded mess and had passed out. When everyone took another careful look at Makoto Ito, they realized that he was just as handsome, perhaps even more handsome than Sasuke!

Most importantly, Makoto Ito was not weak either. He had even defeated Sasuke! Thus, Sasuke's little fangirls began cheering for Makoto Ito one after another!

There was only one exception: Sakura Haruno. She hurriedly ran to Sasuke's side and began checking his injuries...

Naruto, on the other hand, did not seem very happy.

"Why are Sakura's eyes filled with Sasuke? I'm handsome too, okay? Why won't Sakura come take care of me?

And when did Makoto become so strong? We were both Dead Lasts before, but you secretly improved! You bastard! You're just as annoying as that smug Sasuke!"

Naruto was not actually angry that Makoto Ito had defeated Sasuke. He was worried that after Makoto Ito shed the Dead Last label, would he stop playing with him? He only had a few friends at the Ninja Academy. If Makoto Ito started looking down on him too, would he not have one less friend?

Thus, Naruto felt somewhat worried at that moment...

But Naruto's worries were destined to be pointless. As soon as Iruka announced the end of the match, Makoto Ito jumped down from the arena and came to Naruto's side.

"Well? Wasn't I awesome, you idiot Naruto? From now on, the spot of last place belongs to you alone! I won't be competing with you for last place anymore!"

Hearing Makoto Ito's words, Naruto was instead extremely happy!

"Hmph! Don't think you're the only one who improved! I'll work hard too! Just wait, Makoto! You won't be sitting in the Top Student position for long! Soon it'll be my turn!"

Naruto even wiggled his butt at Makoto Ito as he spoke...

Minato Namikaze: Looks like Naruto is really motivated too! Keep it up, Naruto!

Kushina Uzumaki: Yeah! It looks like the Group Leader and Naruto really have a great relationship! Naruto must have troubled you to look after him quite a lot normally. Thank you so much!

Makoto Ito: Aren't you being too formal? If you really want to thank me, then give me something good! Don't just offer verbal thanks! What use is that? Look at how skinny Naruto has gotten from hunger!

How about it, Fourth Hokage? Give me your Flying Thunder God, and I'll treat Naruto to a good meal later. How about barbecue?

Hearing Makoto Ito's words, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki immediately fell silent...

Makoto Ito: Tch, cheapskates!