"Sasuke?!" Naruto's eyes widened instantly, his face filled with disbelief. It was as if he had been struck by lightning, leaving him completely frozen in place.
"Hey, don't scare me like that!" Naruto snapped back to his senses with an angry roar, then charged at Sasuke like a maddened beast.
His hand trembled as he reached out to test Sasuke's breathing. In an instant, Naruto's body went completely stiff, as though frozen solid. The color drained from his face, leaving nothing but endless terror and despair.
"I told you, I won't hold back anymore. Admit defeat and let us finish our mission." Haku's cold, indifferent voice slowly echoed through the air like a death knell from hell.
"You dared to kill Sasuke! You really killed Sasuke!" Naruto suddenly turned around, his eyes instantly flooded with boundless fury, as if two raging flames were dancing within them.
Two streams of bloody tears spilled uncontrollably from the corners of his eyes and ran down his cheeks. At that moment, his two-tomoe Sharingan appeared and spun wildly before transforming into the Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Scarlet light flickered amid a terrifying aura, like the eyes of a demon from the depths of the underworld.
"Tch, he awakened them again already?" A wave of startled cries erupted from the viewers. Everyone was stunned by the sudden development, their faces filled with shock and disbelief.
"He only just awakened the two-tomoe version. Isn't this way too easy?" someone muttered resentfully.
"Damn it, damn it! Why is it so easy for them to awaken their eyes?" The Ultra-Hardliners were so enraged and jealous that their faces nearly twisted. Their fists clenched tightly, nails digging deep into their palms, yet they felt no pain at all.
"Bastard! I refuse to believe awakening the eyes is that simple! This is