Chapter 34: Sharingan
Naruto had originally thought that Sasuke would fall into a brief emotional breakdown after witnessing Uchiha Itachi's massacre of the clan.
Perhaps even shouting and screaming, but he clearly didn't.
"Sasuke?"
Naruto looked at him with some worry.
Being too calm was actually abnormal.
He would have preferred Sasuke to vent his emotions, and then he would either let him be or use a 'friendship-breaking-face punch' to calm him down, before setting a goal for revenge to help him step out of the shadows as quickly as possible.
"I'm fine."
Sasuke shook his head, "I made a promise with my brother to bring his body back and avenge my parents and clansmen. I won't become decadent because of this."
His eyes held a light.
Strong and filled with an unchangeable determination.
Naruto was a bit confused and said, "It seems something happened that I don't know about. Can you tell me?"
"Of course."
Sasuke spoke about the Magical Girl and the Witch.
As Naruto listened, he showed a look of surprise.
So that's how it was.
Under Kyubey's substitution, the night of the massacre became the Night of the Witch. Uchiha Itachi was possessed by a Witch and did the thing Sasuke feared most in his heart—killing his father, murdering his mother, and exterminating the clan.
What a beautiful lie.
This was for the best.
In Sasuke's heart, Uchiha Itachi would always be that favorite, gentlest brother of his.
There was no need for him to know the cruelest truth.
He would work harder to become stronger in order to reclaim Uchiha Itachi's body.
As Naruto, who had watched the original work, he felt in his past life that the way Sasuke awakened the Sharingan was more about protection rather than the extreme of witnessing the death of a loved one.
"You made a wish to Kyubey to escape from the Tsukuyomi?"
Naruto suddenly felt a sense of waste.
How muddled.
Directly wishing to kill Uchiha Itachi might have even worked.
After all, looking at Madoka Kaname, this wish could seemingly be quite ridiculous, practically omnipotent.
"Ah? Is there a problem?"
"No problem."
Naruto could understand why he made that wish at the time.
"Since you've become a Magical Girl, did you gain any abilities?"
Madoka Kaname, who eventually reached godhood in the original work, could ignore causality, transcend time and space, create new rules, and reorganize the universe.
In short, invincible.
Of course, it was impossible for Sasuke to reach such a level.
The system had clearly stated that everything depended on the wearer's Chakra.
"The time I spent transformed as a Magical Girlwas very strange."
Sasuke closed his eyes, a smile appearing at the corners of his mouth, "It was as if the whole world was cheering for me. Whatever I wanted to do, I could do."
"..."
Naruto's mouth twitched.
Was the entire Forest of Death in Konoha calling your name to celebrate your rebirth?
Ar... Sasuke (Arthas).
But then a thought occurred to him.
This description sounded a lot like mastering the rules of the world.
"Sasuke, try using it on me."
Seeing that Sasuke couldn't clearly explain the specific ability, Naruto suggested.
"I feel that state is much stronger than you. It will definitely hurt you. Let's change targets."
Sasuke hesitated for a moment and said.
"Really? I don't believe it."
Naruto channeled a certain talk show host and laughed.
Sasuke felt slighted. He gave a cold snort, jumped off the bed, formed hand seals, and summoned the crow Kyubey.
Under Naruto's expectant gaze, Kyubeytransformed into a long sword. Sasuke's entire body was shrouded in a faint glow, looking very mysterious.
That's it?
Where are the twin tails? The pink skirt? The knee-high socks?
None of them!
And you're telling me this is a Magical Girl?
I must have watched a fake anime.
"Your eyes?"
Naruto stopped his internal complaining. The moment Sasuke finished his transformation, four tomoe quietly appeared in his eyes.
Two in each eye. This was clearly a two-tomoe Sharingan.
"What's wrong with my eyes?"
Sasuke clearly didn't know he had awakened his eyes.
"Try out your ability first."
Explaining the Sharingan was a bit troublesome, so Naruto planned to talk about it later.
Sasuke stood in place, flourishing the long sword in his hand with a beautiful and very cool sword flower.
He said with a face full of confidence, "With the next strike, I will hit your right arm, making it lose all sensation."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. He roughly understood what kind of ability Sasuke had gained.
Precognition or Causality.
Sasuke pushed off with his feet, his body flashing with light, and the long sword was already close at hand.
Just as Naruto was about to dodge, Sasukestumbled, his head hit the floor with a 'clack,' and he fainted spectacularly.
???
He was a bit dumbfounded.
I haven't even used any strength yet, how did you fall down?
Naruto was startled and quickly called for a medical Ninja to come in.
After an examination, it was confirmed that his body was fine, he had just exhausted his Chakra.
Looking at Sasuke, whose forehead was swollen like a small hill, he couldn't help but chuckle.
Simply put, his Chakra was insufficient to reach the level of striking him.
Causality was certainly strong, but the prerequisite was that the user had enough mana.
There was likely another reason: Naruto was simply too much stronger than Sasuke.
Under normal circumstances, it was almost impossible to strike his right arm.
Two hours later, Sasuke woke up.
Recalling what had happened earlier, his face couldn't help but turn red.
It was truly embarrassing!
But fortunately, Naruto wasn't waiting by his hospital bed, which eased his embarrassment.
After resting for a day, Sasuke applied to leave the Konoha Hospital.
On the way, he was pointed at by the villagers.
Those strange looks suddenly made him understand how Naruto felt.
He didn't go home; he went straight to the Treehouse.
To his surprise, Hinata and Neji were also there.
"Welcome back from the hospital. We're having hot pot today."
Naruto patted his shoulder and smiled.
Sasuke was slightly shaken. Looking at the three people busy working, his heart was filled with warmth.
It turned out he wasn't alone.
Just you wait, I will definitely kill the Witch!
Sasuke swore secretly.
After the meal, Naruto called out to him as he was preparing to go train.
"Do you want to become stronger?"
"Of course!"
"Quite spirited."
Naruto smiled and voiced his earlier plan, "I know a Jonin who is very proficient in Lightning Release. He can teach you."
Sasuke was a bit excited upon hearing this.
Although his strength had improved significantly by training with Naruto, Naruto didn't know Lightning Release, so his progress had been slow.
Naruto was naturally talking about Kakashi.
In the original work, Sasuke could be called his true successor.
After all, the two were just too similar.
Both were geniuses, and both possessed the Sharingan and the Lightning affinity.
In contrast, he, the son of Kakashi-sensei's teacher, the Fourth Hokage, had received less care.
After leaving the Anbu, Kakashi became a team leader teacher.
But due to his strictness, no student had passed his test so far.
When Naruto and Sasuke found Kakashi, he was being pestered by a guy in green.
"Kakashi, let's have a duel of youth!"
A thumbs-up, a glint from the teeth, and a weird pose.
It was precisely one of Konoha's only two Blue Beasts, Might Guy.
"Sensei, this is a man's hot-bloodedness!"
Naruto unhesitatingly gave a thumbs-up as well, saying, "Let your students see your surging youth, Sensei!"
Kakashi: "???"
Good grief, haven't seen you in a while, and the first thing you do is backstab me.