Yet beneath the surface of their eyes, ripples were beginning to spread.
Sakura said nothing at this moment, but her gaze already explained everything.
Hinata sat by the ventilation shaft, watching the scene below, and immediately found it rather dull. What's going on? Fight already. Why aren't they fighting?
"Don't tell me this is heading toward some cheesy romance plot."
Hinata muttered to herself.
Shinnō looked at Sasuke, then at Naruto and Sakura, before suddenly chuckling. "So you know each other. You're even on the same side."
"Then there's no need to keep pretending here, is there?"
Although Shinnō's words sounded rather harsh, they did seem to be the truth.
No, perhaps they had once been true, or would be true in the future, but they were definitely not true now.
Sasuke continued, "Give me the item, and I definitely won't interfere with them."
"If you don't, then I'll have no choice but to do it myself."
As he spoke, he slowly drew a longsword from behind his back.
Shinnō's pupils narrowed slightly.
"Kid, let me see just how capable Orochimaru's student is!"
As he spoke, Shinnō suddenly charged at Sasuke.
Having already suffered at Shinnō's hands, Naruto and Sakura immediately warned, "Sasuke, be careful!"
Sasuke had no time to pay attention to Naruto and Sakura.
Instead, he turned to face forward, his gaze fixed ahead, gripping the longsword in his hand with its tip pointed downward.
Then, at a certain moment, Sasuke finally moved. The longsword turned slightly, a glint flashing across its blade. Then Sasuke spun around and slashed horizontally.
There should have been no one in that position, but at that moment, Shinnō suddenly appeared there. Without any hesitation,
he swiftly crouched down.
The blade passed directly over Shinnō's nostrils.
After that exchange, Shinnō was secretly alarmed.