Everything Settled

At that thought, Sasuke's eyes suddenly turned red. He had worked so hard since childhood for his brother—not for anything else, but to personally send his brother to hell!

He had sworn that he would kill that demon with his own hands. He would avenge his parents and his entire clan.

It was because of that conviction that he had kept training desperately, able to endure any obstacle he encountered.

Because that man was simply too strong—so strong that Sasuke had to give it everything he had for even a chance to kill him.

He was unwilling to accept it. If he had possessed enough strength back then, perhaps he could have stopped that man. Perhaps the Uchiha clan would not have disappeared.

All of this was because he was too weak!!

And now, before he had even encountered that man, he had already run into an obstacle here. He could not even defeat an ordinary Jonin, so what revenge could he talk about? What hatred could he settle?

Sasuke broke free of Kakashi's arm with all his strength, then swiftly pulled back, his hands forming seals!

"Horse! Tiger!"

Kakashi's gaze sharpened. He could not have been more familiar with those hand seals.

"At his age, the Chakra in his body shouldn't be enough to..."

Before Kakashi could finish, Sasuke shouted, "Fire Release! Great Fire Annihilation!"

"Whoosh!~"

A massive blast of flames, carrying terrifying heat, instantly erupted from Sasuke's mouth.

Kakashi had no time to think. His body reacted instantly.

"Earth Release!"

The flames immediately engulfed the spot where Kakashi stood.

Seeing that, Sasuke let out a breath of relief. His face was pale as he thought that after taking Great Fire Annihilation, Kakashi should not be able to resist for a while.

But when the flames dispersed and Sasuke looked ahead, he discovered that Kakashi had vanished at some point!

Sasuke suddenly recalled Kakashi's hasty reaction just now.

"That Earth Release?"

Sasuke's heart tightened, and he hurriedly retreated, because the ground in front of him had somehow completely cracked apart!

But Sasuke was in the vulnerable interval after casting Ninjutsu. His body was weak, and he had no time to make many movements before a large hand tightly seized his right foot.

"Earth Release! Headhunter Jutsu!"

Kakashi's voice came from beneath his feet, but no matter what Sasuke did now, it was already too late.

Kakashi gripped Sasuke's foot and pulled hard. Sasuke's body uncontrollably plunged downward!

In an instant, Kakashi and Sasuke had switched places.

The Ninjutsu was complete. Kakashi stood on the ground, looking at Sasuke, whose entire body was buried in the earth with only his head exposed.

"Ugh..."

Behind them, Sakura, who had fainted from fright earlier, opened her eyes and blankly looked around.

"Where am I?"

Sakura staggered to her feet, then took a few steps forward.

Then she saw Sasuke, buried in the ground with only his head sticking out.

At the worst possible moment, Sasuke called out, "Sakura..."

"Ah!!!!!"

Sakura had just seen Sasuke covered in wounds, and now seeing this, her mind broke down again and she fainted once more.

Kakashi walked over from the side, clapped his hands, and smiled in satisfaction. "There. Everything's settled."

"Mmm, that was a really comfortable nap!"

Ye Lan climbed up from the ground and stretched hard.

Ye Lan looked in Kakashi's direction, then at Naruto hanging from the tree, Sasuke buried in the ground, and Sakura unconscious nearby. He smiled at Kakashi. "Kakashi, you were a bit too ruthless, haha."