"How did you end up in such a sorry state?"
Naruto stepped forward and placed his right hand on Sasuke's shoulder. The magical energy within him transformed into healing power, swiftly treating Sasuke's injuries.
Sasuke immediately felt much better. Though he had already recovered quite a bit to begin with—after all, a Servant's recovery ability was nothing to scoff at.
Sasuke said, "Nothing much. I fought Madara Uchiha. I didn't expect that guy's physical strength to reach the level of a first-rate Servant, so I slipped up."
Naruto's expression froze. "Uncle Madara? Wasn't he practically in the grave already? He could still beat you up like this? No, wait... could it be that Counter Guardian descended?"
"How could that be? Weren't he and Uncle Hashirama sent to other Honkai Lands to deal with problems?"
Sasuke shook his head. "It was the Madara Uchiha of this world. That guy must have obtained power that doesn't belong to this world, which restored his youth and greatly enhanced his physical abilities."
"To be honest, just in terms of physical strength, he nearly made me think he had the Eight Gates open throughout the entire fight."
A grave look appeared on Naruto's face. This was no joke. In the worlds they had experienced, that Asura of the Ninja World was undoubtedly an utterly terrifying existence—a dangerous man who had brought calamity upon the world.
For someone like that to regain his youth at a time like this, and to have his physical strength enhanced on top of that, was no laughing matter.
If it was a joke, then it was undoubtedly a joke from hell.
After thinking for a moment, Naruto asked, "Did you manage to probe out any information?"
Sasuke nodded. "After engaging him, I kept testing him. I only fought him with