Although the Sage of Six Paths had caused a slight delay,
Naruto still woke up.
"Sakura, is Sasuke all right?"
Naruto Uzumaki braced one hand against the ground and slowly stood up.
"You're finally awake, Naruto!"
"Wait, don't get up yet!" Sakura Haruno was still treating Sasuke Uchiha and had no time to stop Naruto. "Your injuries aren't as serious as Sasuke's, but they're not minor, either."
"If your recovery abilities weren't better than Sasuke's, you'd definitely be unconscious and unable to wake up, just like him."
"So don't move around right now. Lean against whatever's beside you and rest for a while first."
Seeing Naruto act on his own, Sakura Haruno kept reminding him, trying to keep him from doing anything reckless.
After all, in her eyes, Naruto and Sasuke were both seriously injured patients.
"Don't worry, Sakura. I'm fine." Naruto fell silent for a moment, then reassured her, "Sasuke should be fine, too. He'll wake up soon."
Huh?
Sakura Haruno did not quite understand what Naruto meant.
Sasuke was still receiving treatment from her. How could he possibly wake up?
Sasuke's injuries were not limited to what was visible on the surface. His internal organs had suffered considerable damage as well.
And injuries like those took Sakura Haruno longer to treat.
But looking at Naruto's confident expression, she could not figure out how he was so certain Sasuke would wake up.
"You..."
Sakura Haruno wanted to say something more as she treated Sasuke, but before she could speak, a scene unfolded before her eyes that left her stunned.
Whoosh!
As Naruto clenched both fists, vast chakra manifested around him. Truth-Seeking Orbs appeared one after another behind his back, and two even transformed into black rods that Naruto grasped in his hands!
Golden chakra surrounded Naruto, and his pupils