Sasuke was a little indignant, but he didn't want to break his word by using his Mangekyō Sharingan. He twisted and struggled, trying to wriggle free of the steel wires.
Creak.
Creak.
The more Sasuke struggled, the tighter the wires wrapped around him, digging into his flesh and cutting several gashes into his body.
Kakashi didn't stop him. He merely said coldly, "Give it up! Unless you use your Mangekyō Sharingan, you won't break free."
"Damn it!"
Sasuke hesitated several times, but in the end, he managed to suppress the fury welling inside him.
That was mainly because the last time he'd faced Upper Moon Two, he'd recklessly used his Mangekyo Dojutsu and temporarily lost the Dojutsu in his right eye. The experience had left him deeply shaken.
On top of that, Shinji had warned him in his capacity as the leader of the Akatsuki Organization. After weighing things up, Sasuke had decided against using his Mangekyo Dojutsu on Kakashi.
Seeing Sasuke calm down, Kakashi secretly let out a sigh of relief. Then he casually tossed out a few Kunai, severing the wires around Sasuke. "You're too desperate to win!"
Once free, Sasuke stretched his limbs. "Is wanting to win wrong?"
"Because you're too desperate to win, you only thought about yourself and not your opponent! You only thought about winning, not about the possibility of losing!" He paused, then continued offhandedly, "When ninjas clash, the outcome often hinges on a single thought. So wanting to win isn't wrong, but only thinking about winning without considering the consequences of failure—that's your biggest problem right now!"
Sasuke was unconvinced. "As long as I'm strong enough, I can win!"
"Too bad you're not strong enough yet!"
As he spoke, Kakashi took a roll of bandages from his ninja pouch and tossed it