Sasuke had only taken a few steps, intending to check on Haku inside the black mist.
Sasuke moved forward cautiously, the tomoe in his eyes slowly spinning as he remained on guard. Then, with several sharp whooshes, dozens of ice needles suddenly shot out of the black mist. Sasuke felt a chill run through his heart.
But to his astonishment, the ice needles were almost entirely not aimed at him. Then Sasuke seemed to realize something. Oh no!
Meanwhile, as Sasuke stepped forward, Naruto muttered a few words and was just about to move when a figure suddenly sprang out from the mirror to his left and threw a vicious punch. Naruto slowed abruptly and barely dodged the attack, then punched the figure into a puddle of water.
But because he had twisted his body so forcefully, Naruto fell to the ground. At that moment, dozens of icy glints appeared directly in front of him.
Naruto's eyes widened slightly as he stared at the ice needles right before him, utterly unable to react. His pupils dilated.
"Looks like this is it..." Naruto closed his eyes in resignation. With several muffled pops, the ice needles raining down from above pierced straight in.
The sounds of ice needles piercing flesh rang out.
Yet Naruto, standing at the center of the attack, surprisingly felt no pain at all. When he opened his eyes in shock, he froze.
A figure stood before Naruto with his back to him, his entire body covered in ice needles. Blood pooled beneath him. The fan-shaped emblem on his back was especially glaring.
Slowly, Sasuke's body fell to the ground. Other than the sound of his landing, there was no sound at all.
As if the sound of Sasuke hitting the ground had awakened him, Naruto immediately crawled over