After three consecutive sessions of artificial respiration,
Naruto found that Sasuke's condition had not improved effectively.
He simply decided to go all out, placing both palms on Sasuke's chest and pressing down slowly, mimicking the cardiopulmonary resuscitation from his past life.
After performing three consecutive sets of artificial respiration and cardiopulmonary resuscitation,
the effect was indeed immediate, and Sasuke's breathing returned to normal.
"Sasuke, wake up... It's thundering and raining, time to bring in the laundry."
Sasuke's eyelids beneath her long eyelashes twitched a few times, then she slowly opened her clear eyes, immediately reflecting Naruto's look of relief.
The familiar screams, fear, and shouting did not appear.
Upon waking up, Sasuke immediately recalled the previous battle; her face was pale at the moment, her lips trembled, and her large, expressive eyes were misty with tears.
"I actually lost... I actually got defeated by Dead Last..."
After some first aid, watching Sasuke wake up, a sense of achievement made Naruto unable to help but smile.
However, upon hearing Sasuke's opening remark, his smile immediately froze.
"Listen to what you're saying. Is that human language?"
Naruto strongly condemned, "If I hadn't saved you just now, you might have been dead."
Hearing this, Sasuke pouting turned her head away, appearing very unconvinced.
"Hmph, I don't care. Since I won, according to the rules, you have to agree to my three demands." Naruto didn't care whether Sasuke was a girl or not; activating his system functions was his top priority.
"As the successor to the glory of the Uchiha, speak, what are your demands?"
Sasuke seemed to have figured it out as well; after all, she had indeed lost to Naruto, and as an Uchiha of a Konoha Elite, her word was her bond.
Yet when the words came out, she didn't hear Naruto's follow-up, so she couldn't help but turn her head to look.
Seeing Naruto make the hand gesture for the Seal of Reconciliation, Sasuke let out a soft huff.
"You want to make the Seal of Reconciliation with me now? In your dreams. Our match isn't over yet. Just wait, I'll defeat you again, and next time, such despicable tricks of yours will have no chance of success."
Hearing this, Naruto also withdrew the Seal of Reconciliation and said, "Fine, as long as you keep your promise, I accept your challenge anytime."
"It's not a challenge, it's a battle."
Seeing this, Naruto understood. Sasuke's subconscious belief was that him challenging her as a challenger was a desecration of the Uchiha family's glory.
"Fine, fine, everything you say is right, alright?"
"So what is your first condition?"
Sasuke looked at Naruto with her big eyes; after this battle, she had to reevaluate this publicly acknowledged Dead Last of the class.
Naruto got up and tossed his head. "As for the condition, first take me to the Uchiha Clan Compound, and once we get there, I'll tell you."
With that, Naruto didn't pull Sasuke up, but instead walked toward the riverbank on his own.
Not hearing the sound of footsteps chasing after him from behind, Naruto turned around and said, "What, the mighty Uchiha genius girl is not going to go back on her word, right?"
True to form, these words once again provoked Sasuke's nerves.
Although the Uchiha had already been wiped out, Sasuke did not want to let the glory belonging to the Uchiha Clan be brought to shame.
"Hmph."
Sasuke angrily got to her feet, then walked past Naruto to lead the way.
The setting sun went down, dusk falling.
The quiet little riverbank was empty and devoid of vitality.
A boy walked leisurely behind the twin-tailed girl, occasionally telling the twin-tailed girl in front to slow down.
Sasuke was extremely irritated; the pride at the bottom of her heart had been trampled by Dead Last. If it weren't for not wanting her crying and vulnerable side to be seen by Naruto Uzumaki, she probably wouldn't have held back.
About 15 minutes later,
the two of them, one after the other, quickly arrived at a corner of Konoha.
Looking at the eerie, deathly silence within the sprawling estate of halls ahead, even Naruto felt a bit intimidated.
It was hard to imagine that Sasuke would have to live alone in such a place for five or six years in the future.
"As expected of the Uchiha. This huge estate is truly... extravagant."
Receiving affirmation from his classmate, Sasuke also let out a soft huff in agreement and then said, "We've reached the clan compound. State your first demand."
Looking into Sasuke's eyes, Naruto smiled and held up two fingers. "I want twenty thousand bucks."
With that, he looked again at the massive Uchiha estate area. "This pocket change should be a drop in the bucket for the Uchiha Elite, right?"
Upon hearing Naruto's demand, Sasuke immediately showed a disdainful look. It was only twenty thousand ryo; the private savings she usually saved up alone amounted to more than that.
"Hmph, I agree. Follow me."
A bet is a bet, and as an Uchiha Elite, this condition wasn't too harsh.
Hearing this, Naruto was immediately overjoyed. With money, wouldn't 1,000 negative emotion points and 1,000 shock points be within his grasp?
As for negative points, he would just have to stroll around the streets of Konoha a few times when he had nothing to do.
If that still didn't work, he would simply carry a few buckets of paint and paint Hokage Rock.
As for shock points, as long as he could activate the Golden Shovel search function, wouldn't shock points be a breeze by then?
The more he thought about it, the happier Naruto became, and he closely followed Sasuke toward the main gate of the Uchiha Clan Compound.
However, just as the two of them walked up to the Uchiha Clan Compound Main Gate, they saw dozens of carriages lined up in sequence.
The carriages were piled high with all kinds of precious ornaments and various rare household appliances. At the same time, more than a dozen ninjas dressed in black with fierce patterned masks on their faces watched the arrival of the two uninvited guests with cold eyes.
Seeing this style of mask, Naruto's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition welled up inside him.
This was Naruto's first time wandering around the Uchiha family, and he was completely unfamiliar with the various rare ornaments and furniture on the carriages.
But Sasuke was different.
She had grown up here since she was a little girl, and most of the items on these carriages were things from her home and the Uchiha clan hall. Now that her parents were dead and her clansmen had been slaughtered to the last person, these items not only bore the memories of her childhood, but they were also reference objects to gaze at the objects and remember the past good times.
Yet, these things were now actually being completely hauled away by people. A wave of fury and endless anger flooded Sasuke's heart.
"Who are you people?! Why are you in the Uchiha Clan Compound!?"
Sasuke instantly activated her One-Tomoe Sharingan and charged toward the group.
Among the dozen Root members, the leader said coldly, "I am acting on Lord Danzo's orders to come and receive the Uchiha family inheritance."
The Root squad leader's voice lacked any emotion, as cold as a machine.
Then, the other Root ninjas also drew their kunai ninja tools.
"Stand back!"
Hearing this, Sasuke's last shred of sanity vanished. She had to protect the Uchiha family; she must never let these people take away the former glory of the Uchiha.
"Ugh... I'll kill you all!"
Yet Sasuke, who had almost crushed Naruto in a frontal fight, now appeared as insignificant as an ant in front of the Root ninjas.
Had Danzo not temporarily warned the squad leader not to kill the descendants of the Uchiha Clan, this strike probably would have taken Sasuke's life directly.
Sasuke roared and threw a punch at the lead Root squad leader, but the squad leader simply stood there while a ninja wearing an eagle-beak mask beside him kicked the charging Sasuke away like lightning.
Such a heavy blow landed solidly on Sasuke, and mid-air as she flew backward, blood spilled from the corner of Sasuke's mouth, threatening to crash hard against the bluestone floor in front of the main gate.
Naruto frowned, darting forward two steps to extend his arms and catch Sasuke in one swift motion.
Yet even with Naruto's advance preparation, he hadn't expected the force of the kick from Root to be this immense.
He caught Sasuke flying through the air and retreated a full five steps before barely neutralizing this impact.
One could imagine just how great the force of that kick really was.
At this moment, seeing Naruto step forward to catch Sasuke, the Root squad leader said with passing interest, "Are you that kid?"
As soon as these words were spoken,
more than a dozen gazes of disgust fell on Naruto through the slits of their masks.
The Root members were all ninjas whose minds had been brainwashed and who were loyal only to Danzo.
These people were chosen from a hundred and cultivated with targeted focus because they were outstanding enough; they could be said to possess all kinds of secret techniques, and they would not consider the macro consequences of killing Sasuke and themselves.
Facing such people who were like cold machines, Naruto had nothing to say.
When your strength is inferior to others, you can only endure hardship.
Yet as Naruto's persona, naturally he wouldn't just walk away like that.
"Hmph, just you wait until I become Hokage, I'll show you how I'll deal with you!"
With that, he turned around and left the Uchiha Clan Compound Main Gate holding Sasuke, without looking back.
Kicked flying by a Root member, Sasuke was currently enduring extreme pain both physically and mentally at every moment-a pain that almost caused her to faint and collapse.
Still, she gritted her teeth stubbornly, staring fixedly at the dozen masked ninjas, as tears of despair finally fell from her large eye sockets.
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