"You!?"
Sasuke's face was filled with shock, his eyes brimming with disbelief.
Hyuga Kagami pulled his arm from Sasuke's chest, dispelled the flickering Lightning Flash in his palm, and said calmly, "Kid, you still have a lot to learn!"
Thud...
The instant Hyuga Kagami withdrew his arm, Sasuke, blood spurting from his chest, went weak in the knees and dropped to them. After staring blankly at Hyuga Kagami for a moment, he toppled forward and crashed to the ground, unconscious.
Hyuga Kagami slowly raised a hand, signaling to everyone that he had won.
At that moment, the vast arena fell silent. Only the endlessly spreading Amaterasu flames crackled and roared.
There was no doubt that this sudden turn of events had shocked everyone present, including Itachi, Shisui, Shinichi, and even Sasuke's parents, who knew the inside story.
In the stands.
Mikoto Uchiha sprang to her feet with a swish, her eyes full of worry.
Fugaku, his eyes tightly shut as he suppressed his emotions, said in a deep voice, "Sit down!"
"But..."
Fugaku shook his head and said with frustration, "That boy was far too careless. How could he squander his ocular power like that? Letting him suffer a setback is a good thing!"
Sasuke's reckless waste of ocular power greatly displeased Fugaku, who understood how precious Mangekyō Sharingan ocular power was.
Mikoto hesitantly sat back down. "I wonder how badly he's hurt..."
Fugaku sighed. "When will he ever make me worry as little as his brother does?"
In Konoha's rest area.
Naruto cried out, "Sasuke!"
Sakura's face was filled with shock. She could not believe that Sasuke, who had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, had actually lost—and so suddenly, so inexplicably!
Neji asked in confusion, "H-how could he lose?"
Guy, Neji's Jonin instructor beside him, could not answer Neji's question