As he watched his body defy his will and gradually leave Sasuke's body, Sakon's ghoul-like face filled with shock and terror!
Ukon, not far away, noticed something was wrong. As he walked over, he asked, "What's wrong with you?"
The moment Sakon left Sasuke's body, he staggered.
Ukon hurried forward to support Sakon and asked, "What the hell are you doing? Why didn't you take the chance to kill him?"
Squelch...
Before he could finish, Sakon thrust one hand through the unguarded Ukon's chest, spraying blood everywhere!
"You...!?"
Ukon's face was full of disbelief.
Then, Sakon's bloodied arm stabbed into himself without hesitation, piercing his own chest!
Thud...
With a dull impact, the two fell to the ground at the same time, and the Curse Mark states on their bodies rapidly faded.
"Whew..."
After defeating Sakon and Ukon with genjutsu, Sasuke panted lightly.
Although the battle had not lasted long, it had consumed quite a bit of chakra. Still, he had obtained an "Earth Scroll," so it was not a complete loss.
Boom...
Suddenly, a figure flew out of the forest and crashed viciously into a huge tree, snapping the thick trunk—which would have taken four or five people to encircle—cleanly in half.
Sasuke glanced over and found that the person who had been sent flying into the tree was the last remaining Otogakure ninja. Naruto and Sakura hurried over at that moment and asked, "Sasuke, are you alright?"
Sasuke tossed the "Earth Scroll" he had just obtained in his hand. "What do you think?"
Glancing at Sakon and Ukon and Kidomaru lying in pools of blood, Naruto immediately grumbled, "Sasuke, you hit way too hard! You didn't kill them, did you?"
Sakura hurried forward to examine them.
After interning at Konoha Hospital for some time, she had not yet