Blue-white lightning suddenly exploded from the palm of Sasuke, and the piercing chirping of countless birds echoed through Uchiha Estate.
Sasuke poured all the Chakra from his body into his legs. Under the stimulation of Lightning Release, his speed increased to a limit again, and his whole body turned into a blue-white lightning and stabbed straight towards Naruto.
This blow Sasuke left no room for defense at all. All Chakra were suppressed by speed and penetration. He hit Naruto at least once.
Naruto did not dodge.
Standing there, waiting for the moment when Sasuke came closer, he turned his body slightly to one side, and Chidori's lightning struck his collar and pierced the air.
Sasuke's Sharingan clearly saw Naruto turning sideways by less than a palm's length.
He also saw clearly that Naruto predicted Chidori's trajectory the moment he stabbed Chidori, and then used the smallest movement to dodge the blow.
"Damn..."
Just when Sasuke was shocked as to why Naruto reacted so quickly, Naruto's right hand accurately clasped Sasuke's wrist holding Chidori's, and pressed his index and middle fingers on his wrist joints, pinching lightly.
"Click~"
"Ah..."
Sasuke only felt a sharp pain in his right hand. The Chakra of the entire right arm was blocked for an instant. Chidori was extinguished directly. A few residual arcs jumped twice and then disappeared.
"Damn it... why is the gap so big!"
Sasuke was curled up on the ground, Sharingan's ordinary black pupils had returned, and his entire face was pale in the moonlight.
Although he had anticipated the gap between himself and Naruto, when he was actually defeated by Naruto, the feeling of powerlessness that surged in his heart shattered Sasuke's pride.
Sasuke remembered the Land of Waves mission. At that time, Naruto was still standing behind him, blocking Naruto himself, and blocking Bai's Senbon for Naruto.
But everything changed after returning from Land of Waves.
Naruto's personality has changed, his strength has changed, and even his way of speaking has changed.
Then Sasuke thought of that man, the man who stepped on the corpses of his parents under the moonlight night.
That expressionless face said, "Foolish brother, hate it!"
In an instant, overwhelming hatred and unwillingness engulfed Sasuke.
He hated that he was weak and couldn't change anything, hated that he still couldn't keep up with Naruto even though he worked harder than anyone else, hated that he was already far behind by another person before he could even reach the man's back.
Just when Sasuke was doubting himself, a hand gently patted his shoulder.
Sasuke was shocked, raised his head amid the hatred and unwillingness Uzumaki, and looked blankly at Naruto who was squatting in front of him.
There was no ridicule or condescending looks of pity.
Naruto took back his hand and motioned towards the stone steps next to Sasuke to sit down.
Sasuke didn't know why, but he still sat up with his hands on the ground and sat on the stone steps with Naruto.
He turned to look at Naruto and found that Naruto was looking up at the night sky.
Sasuke followed Naruto's gaze and looked up.
The weather is very good tonight. Although the moonlight is bright, it does not cover the stars in the sky.
Naruto raised his finger and pointed at the starry sky above his head, and asked a question that completely confused Sasuke: "Sasuke, are the stars in the sky beautiful?"
"Naruto, what do you want to say?"
Sasuke's voice was hoarse and his brows were furrowed.
Naruto did not answer directly.
He looked away and quickly formed several seals with his hands.
In Sasuke's eyes, a translucent Chakra barrier rose up around the two people, separating them from the outside world.
"What is this?" Sasuke asked.
"Perception Isolation Barrier!"
"Perception Isolation Barrier? When did you practice Barrier?"
Naruto waved his hand and said calmly, "Okay Sasuke, these are not important."
"What matters is what I say next."
Sasuke calmed down and looked at Naruto.
Even Perception Isolation Barrier is used. It seems that what Naruto said is very important.
"Sasuke, have you ever thought that in the vast universe, each of these stars represents a planet countless times larger than the ninja world we live in."
"And the Shinobi World we are in is not big enough for them to see among those stars. There are countless invisible stars like this in the universe."
"So in front of the entire universe, our Shinobi World is like a speck of dust."
"And now we are sitting in this dust, discussing the strength gap between you and me."
Naruto turned his head and met Sasuke's eyes that were both confused and slightly uneasy. "So in front of such a huge universe, how small do you think your hatred is?"
"So you're here to teach me to let go of my hatred?"
"Like me, I can't even hit the back of a crane, so I should forget all those things?"
Sasuke's voice contained a hint of sarcasm.
"Hate can give people motivation and help them grow with purpose."
"Itachi Uchiha gave you a very clear goal, allowing you to work hard to become stronger after graduating from the Ninja Academy."
"From this perspective, this hatred is one of the sources of all your strength so far."
"I have no position to advise you to give it up."
Naruto shook his head, and then changed the subject; "But what I want to tell you is that your hatred is very small in front of this huge universe."
"Your hatred is your goal, but it cannot be your entire being."
"Don't burn your whole life in the furnace of hatred. In the end, you will find that there is nothing left but ashes."
Sasuke was silent for a moment, raised his head and asked Naruto: "What does the universe and those planets you just mentioned have to do with me?"
"You don't tell me this for no reason."
"And when you talk about the stars, your eyes look different from when you talk about other things."
Sasuke looked into Naruto's eyes and spoke firmly.
Naruto was slightly startled, and then sighed in his heart.
Sasuke's intuition is indeed the sharpest among all the people he knows.
Naruto spoke slowly, "Yes, what I want to say next is that there is a race in the universe whose purpose is to devour the life of the planet."
"Unfortunately, our Shinobi World has been targeted by them."
"Maybe in a few years or more than ten years, they will come to this land."
"If there is no strong force to resist, our Shinobi World will be devoured by them as nourishment."
"Sasuke, you just asked me why, even though you opened Three-Tomoe Sharingan, you still couldn't see my movements clearly?"
Naruto paused and said slowly, "Because I knew from the beginning what kind of enemy I would face in the future."
"Precisely because I know the existence of those enemies, I use this standard to measure my practice progress every moment, and you are still measuring yourself by defeating Itachi Uchiha."
"So our rulers were not in one dimension from the beginning."
Sealing Space, Nine-Tails slowly opened his eyes.
"Naruto What do you mean?"
Sasuke's voice couldn't help but lower down a bit.
"Telling you too much now won't do you any good."
Naruto shook his head.
"Why?"
"You sat me down and told me a bunch of stuff about the universe and race, and then told me I couldn't know?"
"Why exactly?"
Sasuke stood up, his voice rising a little higher due to emotion. Then he thought of something and his body froze.
He looked down at Naruto's calm profile, and his pupils shrank slightly.
He said in disbelief, "Could it be that... you plan to carry it alone?"
"Sasuke, I'm telling you this because I don't want you to be trapped in hatred."
"I don't tell you everything because your current strength is not enough. Knowing too much will be a burden to you."
Naruto looked at the starry sky and slowly said, "When you get Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, I will tell you the whole truth."
"Because only then will you truly be able to stand by my side and fight against that race together."
"Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan?"
Sasuke Take two steps back.