Most of the Left Mysterious Clones from Konoha present recognized the Chakra Pills refined in the Bagua Furnace at Tushita Palace.
Among them, Kakashi, Naruto, Karin, and others regularly went to Tushita Palace to grind out their daily pill rewards. The more diligently they did so, the easier it was to collect their Chakra Pill quotas from Tsunade. Even Naruto would never turn down extra combat supplies. If possible, he wanted to avoid constantly relying on that damned fox inside him.
Precisely because they knew the Chakra Pills produced by the Bagua Furnace were far more effective than the Soldier Pills they used to take—safe, reliable, and free of side effects—they were all somewhat surprised to see Sasuke Uchiha flick a Jonin-grade Yellow Pill to the exhausted Itachi Uchiha on the livestream screen.
Shiho said, "Is that really necessary? He went there to defeat Itachi Uchiha in the first place—"
Beside her, Sakura Haruno's eyes shone. She was practically drooling.
"Hmph!" Left Mysterious Naruto curled his lip, glaring at the confident, handsome, composed, and imposing Sasuke on the screen. You sure know how to show off, you bastard! I'm taking notes!
"Eat it. That way you won't have an excuse to refuse to fight or brush me off with 'next time.'"
As Sasuke spoke, a tiny yellow speck arced toward Itachi. His hand moved sluggishly, and he failed to catch it. The yellow speck hit the ground with a soft clack. There was nothing wrong with Itachi's hearing; from the sound, he could tell it seemed to be some sort of pill.
As he picked it up, he said flatly, "A Soldier Pill? If you want a fair fight, I'm afraid something like this—"
Before he finished speaking, he popped the pill into his mouth. The moment he swallowed, it