81: Chapter 81 Sasuke's Crushing Defeat! Naruto's Emotional Value SoarsSasuke gritted his teeth, trying to squeeze out the last bit of energy from the stem cells.
His right hand trembled as he reached for his waist, trying to grab the already dulled Kusanagi sword.
*Smack*
A foot stepped on his chest.
It wasn't heavy, and it didn't make that crisp sound of bones breaking.
But that foot was like an unshakeable mountain, firmly pinning his slightly raised spine back into the soil.
"Hmm!"
Sasuke groaned as his back slammed heavily against the sharp pebbles.
Shift your gaze upwards.
He saw Naruto's face.
The face was backlit, so the expression was unclear; only the pair of deep blue eyes shone frighteningly bright in the dim light.
There was no ecstasy of the victors, nor any mockery of the losers.
There is only one kind of indifference towards waste.
"Don't move, Sasuke."
Naruto's voice drifted down from above, like shards of ice in the dead of winter, seeping into his collar and freezing his blood.
"Right now, even your hand holding the sword is trembling.In this state, are you insulting the sword, or are you insulting me?"
Sasuke's pupils suddenly contracted.
humiliation.
An unprecedented sense of humiliation surged to his head like lava, burning his eyes red.
"Get your foot.off!"
Sasuke roared, gripping Naruto's ankles tightly with both hands.His fingernails broke from the excessive force, and blood stained Naruto's trouser legs.
He tried to push aside this mountain, trying to reclaim the last vestiges of dignity for the Uchiha clan.
It remained completely still.
Naruto didn't even flinch.
He had his hands in his pockets and leaned slightly forward, as if he were observing a mouse trapped on a sticky trap.
"Dignity is something earned through strength, not shouted out."
Naruto bent down, grabbed Sasuke's open collar with his left hand, and pulled his face, covered in dust and blood, close to his own.
Their noses almost touched.
Sasuke could clearly see his own disheveled self reflected in Naruto's eyes.
"Look at yourself now."
Naruto's voice was very soft, as if he were whispering, yet every word was piercing.
"Three years ago, you left Konoha for power and joined Orochimaru like a stray dog.At that time, you said that you were willing to sell your soul as long as you could kill that man."
Naruto's lips curled into a cruel smile as he gently patted Sasuke's pale cheek with his fingers.
"And then what happened?"
"Three years have passed.You sold your soul, abandoned your companions, and even turned yourself into this inhuman, ghostly state.And yet, you can't even get through a single layer of my wood."
"Sasuke, for the past three years.have you been learning how to be a useless piece of trash from Orochimaru?"
boom!
These words were like a red-hot iron, piercing Sasuke's softest spot.
Their psychological defenses collapsed.
Sasuke's body stiffened, and his grip on Naruto's ankle loosened weakly.
Those eyes, once filled with arrogance and ambition, are now just a lifeless void.
Am I.useless?
Everything I did.was meaningless?
[Ding!You have received 20,000 [Ultimate Humiliation] from Uchiha Sasuke!]
[Ding!You have received 15,000 [Shattered Heart] from Uchiha Sasuke!]
[Ding!You have received 10,000 units of Self-Disgust from Uchiha Sasuke!]
Hearing the pleasant system notification in his mind, Naruto was in a great mood.
This is a real bumper harvest!
Compared to simply killing someone, this method of crushing their beliefs and then extracting their essence yields double the benefits.
Naruto looked at the boy in front of him who had completely lost the will to resist and pondered in his heart.
Sasuke now is someone I can kill.
But what happens after you kill them?
Danzo, that old schemer, will definitely use this to his advantage, and it will be difficult to explain to Tsunade.
Most importantly, dead Uchiha clan members cannot produce such high-quality emotional values.
Moreover, Sasuke is too weak right now.
So weak that it hasn't even activated its kaleidoscope.
Sasuke of this caliber is far from being a suitable henchman.
"Only the leeks that are still alive have the right to talk about the future."
Naruto chuckled inwardly and released his grip on Sasuke's collar.
Bang.
Sasuke's body crashed heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
He lay there motionless, like a puppet with its strings cut, staring blankly at the huge hole blasted out of the sky by the Qilin.
"Get lost."
Naruto straightened up, patted non-existent dust off his hands, and spoke with a disdainful tone as if he had just thrown away a bag of trash.
"Originally, I planned to tie you up and take you back to Konoha.But seeing how weak and frail you are now, I've changed my mind."
"Taking a piece of trash like you back will only waste the village's food.Konoha's prison may be big, but it doesn't accept garbage."
Sasuke's finger twitched.
But he did not refute it.
Because he no longer had the confidence to refute.
Just then.
hiss--
A cold wind blew from the shadows of the ruins.
Two slippery white snakes suddenly darted out, grabbed Sasuke from the ground, and retreated rapidly.
Immediately afterwards, two figures emerged from the darkness.
Orochimaru was wearing a tattered battle suit, and his face was sickly pale, clearly indicating that his previous injuries had not yet healed.
Beside him, Kabuto pushed up his reflective glasses, holding a chakra scalpel in his hand, and stared at Naruto warily.
"Naruto-kun."
Orochimaru's signature hoarse voice rang out, carrying a hint of fear and a hint of greed.
"What an astonishing rate of growth.You were even able to withstand that level of lightning release.It seems that you have completely tamed the Nine-Tails' power."
Yamato tensed up instantly, stepping in front of Naruto to block him, his Wood Release chakra ready to be unleashed.
Orochimaru!
Sakura clenched her fists, her body still trembling from the oppressive force she had just experienced.But his gaze remained firm.
The atmosphere was tense and ready to fight.
As long as Naruto gives the order, this will be a battle to the death.
However.
"Hey, isn't this one of the famous 'Three Legendary Ninjas'?"
Naruto, hands in his pockets, tilted his head and looked at Orochimaru with a mocking expression.
"What, you were hiding in the cave and didn't dare to come out, but now that you see I'm out of chakra, you want to come out and scavenge?"
Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils contracted slightly.
He was indeed gambling.
I bet that the defensive technique just now exhausted Naruto's chakra.
But seeing Naruto's confident demeanor, the naturally suspicious Orochimaru hesitated.
This kid.I can't figure him out.
"Although I really want to dissect you right now and see how the Nine-Tails and Wood Release coexist."
Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils gleamed with undisguised greed, but his body coiled around Sasuke like a mollusk, ready to burrow underground at any moment.
"But I'm not in good shape right now.Naruto-kun, since you don't want this 'defective product,' I'll take it back."
This is a test.
It's also a concession.
Naruto smiled.
That's exactly what he was waiting for.
"Take it with you."
Naruto waved his hand, as if shooing away a few annoying flies.
"Remember to feed him plenty of good food when you get back.If he's still this weak when we meet next time, I'll kill you too."
Arrogant.
Extreme arrogance.
Kabuto's temples bulged with veins, and he was about to say something when Orochimaru stopped him.
"Hehehe.Interesting deal."
Orochimaru gave Naruto a deep look, as if he were looking at a monster even more insane than himself.
"Don't worry, Naruto-kun.Sasuke-kun will give you a surprise next time we meet."
Without hesitation, Orochimaru grabbed Sasuke, his body transforming into countless small snakes that burrowed into the cracks in the ground.
Kabuto glanced at Class 7 one last time, sneered, and turned to disappear into the darkness.
"Sasuke.Sasuke."
Sakura instinctively tried to take a step, but her legs went weak from the devastating power of the lightning release, and she collapsed to her knees.
Even so, she crawled forward on her hands and feet, her fingernails digging into the mud, letting out desperate cries.
"Don't go.please.don't take him away!"
"return."
A hand grabbed the back of her collar.
Naruto pulled Sakura back expressionlessly, like he was holding onto a runaway kitten.
"Let me go!Naruto!He's there!He's injured!Orochimaru will."
What will happen?
Naruto coldly interrupted her.
"Will they eat him?Will they possess him?That's the path he chose."
Naruto released his grip, letting Sakura fall to the ground.
He looked down at the girl, who was crying her eyes out, without a trace of pity in his eyes.
"Sakura, wake up."
"The person who tried to kill you just now was Uchiha Sasuke.If I hadn't stopped him, you would be a charred corpse by now."
"What you call a bond is nothing but a fart in his eyes."
Sakura covered her face, tears welling up between her fingers.
She knew.
Of course she knew.
The lightning that filled the sky, the chilling killing intent, and the words "Die!" were all real.
But...
"But he's a comrade…" Sakura's voice choked with sobs, revealing a stubbornness that was utterly despairing.
"It used to be."
Naruto turned away, no longer looking at her.
"Right now, he's just a gambler who'll do anything for revenge.No one can save him until he loses everything."
"Let's go.Mission failed, time to go back to the village and write a self-criticism."
Naruto took a step and walked towards the exit.
Yamato sighed, walked over to Sakura, wanting to say a few words of comfort, but found himself at a loss for words.
Everything that happened today was too shocking; even he, a former member of the Dark Guard, needed time to process it.
Only Sai.
The pale boy who had been detached from the situation was now standing on the edge of the ruins, clutching the sketchbook tightly in his hand.
He looked at Sakura on the ground, then at Naruto walking away.
"Is this.a bond?"
Sai murmured softly, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes.
Crying for someone who wanted to kill you.
For someone who wanted to kill him, he deliberately let the tiger return to the mountain, and even went so far as to use the cruelest words to provoke the other party to grow stronger.
"Whether it's the one crying or the one being cold.it all makes no sense."
Sai shook his head and put the paintbrush back into his backpack.
But he suddenly felt that this "illogical" Class 7 seemed much more interesting than the cold and boring "Root".
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