"This is the most secluded place I know. No one will ever know about our conversation."
Standing before the block of ice, Izumi stroked it with her hand, as though silently telling it something.
Apart from that conspicuous block of ice, there was only the crescent moon shining overhead.
Sasuke looked up at the moon, the three tomoe of his Sharingan slowly spinning. He discovered that staring at it with his Sharingan seemed to provoke a strange reaction—
As though someone were looking back at him.
When Naruto saw Sasuke looking at the moon, he instinctively studied it too. But after staring for a while, all he felt was that his eyes...
Were a little sore.
After a long while, Izumi finally turned around and looked at Sasuke. "I may not have much time left."
Those words from Izumi were a bombshell.
The two boys had thought she would first explain what that huge block of ice was, or reveal some secret. They had never expected her to say something like that.
No, that certainly counted as a huge secret too.
"Izumi, is something wrong with your body?"
"Is it an injury, or something else? Surely it can still be treated!"
Neither Naruto nor Sasuke had expected Izumi to answer neither of their questions and instead change the subject.
"Sasuke, you made your position clear before. But I still have to ask you one more time: are you willing to become the next head of the Uchiha Clan?"
"That isn't so important, is it? What matters right now is your..."
"It is important, at least to me right now. And don't press me about my condition just yet. I'll tell you in a moment. Besides, although I can feel that I've reached my limit, it won't happen in the next