Meanwhile, high in the air, concealed by refracted light, three figures quietly watched everything below.
They were the three Otsutsuki Toneri, who had just arrived.
"We really came at the right time." Amusement shone in Otsutsuki Toneri's eyes as he watched the two below.
Their luck was good. The show had only just begun.
He was very interested in Sasuke and Naruto's confrontation and wanted to see how things would develop between them.
The Sasuke of this life was far more extreme in his thinking than in the original story, having learned the truth about the Uchiha Clan and the way Itachi lived ahead of time.
His current choice came entirely from his own will!
In reality, Otsutsuki Toneri had only been subtly guiding him all along and had given Sasuke no other information.
Naruto still wanted to pull Sasuke back from the dark abyss, but that would truly be much harder than in the original story.
Besides, Sasuke's knowledge now far surpassed that of outsiders, and he had not grown arrogant. He had learned the entire truth of this world's history.
He also understood very well just how terrifying the Akatsuki was now. Calm and rational, he knew perfectly well that opposing the Akatsuki was nothing but a road to death!
Getting him to betray the Akatsuki and Otsutsuki Toneri was essentially impossible!
Having shattered the arrow from Sasuke's Susanoo, Naruto landed lightly on the ground, his blue eyes fixed firmly on Sasuke.
This was the bond he had always clung to in his heart!
"Sasuke... just now, you wanted to kill them, didn't you? Kill these comrades who grew up with us." After a long while, Naruto questioned Sasuke, his tone extremely complicated.
He could sense that Sasuke's heart had grown even colder than before.
And Sasuke's unhesitating