In the dim room, Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha quickly searched through everything.
Although they found some seemingly useful records and items, none had much to do with the Sharingan.
Sasuke glanced around and said, "There probably isn't anything else to find here. Let's go outside and take a look."
"All right, let's head out." Naruto nodded with a frown.
He did not want to stay in there either. If he had not been helping Sasuke look for clues about the Sharingan, he would have left long ago.
Naruto loathed this room, which had clearly been used for experiments or surgery.
"Let's see if Sakura has any good news. Maybe she's already found a clue." Offering reassurance, Naruto walked out of the cramped, dark room with Sasuke.
Naruto followed behind Sasuke, his brow still tightly furrowed.
The operating table and lingering bloodstains in that room had involuntarily brought many things to mind.
He remembered how Orochimaru had once coveted Sasuke, the innocent people used for experiments, and the sickening look in that snake-like man's eyes.
"Sasuke, did you really kill that guy?"
"I mean Orochimaru."
Naruto gestured as he asked.
Sasuke turned to glance at Naruto and nodded. "Don't worry. I killed Orochimaru myself!"
"When I first joined him, it was only to gain the power to... to take revenge on my brother. I never intended to serve Orochimaru."
"Once I had enough power, I went straight after him."
"Actually, Orochimaru's body was already on the verge of collapse at the time. Even if I hadn't attacked him, he would have taken my body."
From the very beginning, Sasuke had never intended to hand his body over to Orochimaru.
He had only wanted greater power to take revenge, which was why he had defected from Konoha and joined Orochimaru.
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