Meanwhile, inside the Medical Room...
Sasuke slowly opened his eyes. Watching the sand pour through the gap beneath the door, he fell into thought.
"This technique belongs to that guy from Sunagakure..."
He had recovered to at least eighty percent by now. Since no one had told him to return for the second half of the exam, he had planned to rest a little longer.
But sand had already seeped all the way in here, and outside, chakra surged amid piercing crashes, grinding noises, and a clamor of voices.
Clearly, something had gone wrong outside.
Just as Sasuke stood up, his expression suddenly hardened. He activated his Sharingan and quickly scanned the Medical Room, which was empty apart from him.
"Who's sneaking around in here? Show yourself!"
Sasuke shouted with a frown.
He was testing the waters. Just now, he had scanned his surroundings, examining practically everything around him, yet his Sharingan still hadn't revealed anything suspicious in the room!
But finding nothing was the biggest problem of all.
Sasuke trusted that fleeting sensation completely. Someone had slipped into the Medical Room just now, and they were still watching him!
Heh, at first I thought I was imagining things, but my senses were right. Unbelievable. That chakra hidden within Sasuke Uchiha... Indra's chakra has actually awakened!
What Sasuke didn't know was that a pitch-black figure had blended seamlessly into the ceiling and was observing him from above.
Black Zetsu, who had infiltrated the venue by hiding inside a member of the Land of Fire leadership, was now filled with both shock and delight.
He was delighted that Sasuke Uchiha, the reincarnation of Indra's chakra, had awakened. Now he could devise a way to pit him against Naruto Uzumaki!
After all, the Uchiha were the easiest clan to manipulate.
The power