The footsteps were faint, as soft as a passing breeze.
But the three people there could hear every shoe scrape against the rubble.
They looked up.
A group of masked ninja rushed into the Uchiha Clan Compound. They landed on the rooftops and surrounded the three of them.
Naruto and Sasuke both recognized them.
"Root ninja..." Twelve-year-old Naruto looked so serious that it was almost comical.
"Hmph!"
Unlike Naruto, who had a lot to consider, Sasuke had no such hesitation.
His face darkened. He didn't even ask why they had come before he started killing.
His hands flashed through seals, and lightning surged across his body.
Blue-violet currents spread from him across the ground, covering the courtyard in an instant.
Dozens of lightning spears then shot upward, piercing the buildings and most of the Root ninja on the rooftops.
The few survivors leaped away, hanging in midair.
The opening lasted less than a second.
But Sasuke's assault flowed on without pause. The Mangekyo spun in his eyes. "Amaterasu!"
Black flames erupted, burning every survivor to ash.
Sasuke never took a single step.
In just a few seconds, he had killed every ninja surrounding the Uchiha Clan Compound.
"Hey, Sasuke, you... The problem is Shimura Danzō! There are good people in Root too, like Sai and Yamato, believe it!" Naruto frowned.
Sasuke gave him a flat look. "Is that so? Then try to stop me."
"What? You think I can't? In the illusion, I beat you unconscious at the Valley of the End and dragged you back to Konoha!"
"What Valley of the End?" Sasuke sneered.
"In my illusion, you were dead weight the whole time, except when we fought Kaguya Otsutsuki."
"Huh? Without Leon, I'd be that weak?" Naruto's jaw dropped.
The corner of Sasuke's mouth lifted. "Even with Leon's