For the first time, a premonition of death enveloped Uchiha Sasuke’s heart!
Even when facing Uchiha Itachi on the night of the clan’s massacre, Uchiha Sasuke had never felt such a premonition of death!
After all, deep, deep down, he could feel that Uchiha Itachi would not kill him!
But the current attack was different!
Blades are merciless; if he could not block it, he would truly die!
Watching the dark blue-black Kunai drawing closer and closer, Uchiha Sasuke’s eyes widened, his pupils contracted, and the single black tomoe spun at high speed, gathering toward the center!
Vaguely, it seemed as if a second tomoe was about to appear!
Fortunately, in the critical moment, with a burst of Chakra so violent it felt like it would tear his meridians apart, Uchiha Sasuke suddenly exploded with power, leaning backward to execute a perfect bridge stance!
Akali’s dark blue-black Kunai grazed Uchiha Sasuke’s cheek just like that, drawing a string of crimson blood droplets!
And at this moment, Uchiha Sasuke’s previous question was answered!
This was not a Ninja tool; it was Ninjutsu!
It was just that the form of this Ninjutsu had changed into the shape of a Kunai!
Because the moment Akali’s Kunai grazed his cheek, Uchiha Sasuke’s Sharingan could clearly see a pale white Chakra ring expanding from him as the center!
Based on Uchiha Sasuke’s knowledge, he knew this was some kind of Chakra mark!
Therefore, ignoring his waist, which was still stinging from the forced burst of Chakra, Uchiha Sasuke forced his waist to twist, flipping himself to stand upright!
Sure enough, at this moment, Akali had already pulled out her shinobi kama and passed through the ring!
Instantly, Akali’s speed surged!
The distance of over ten meters between the two vanished in the blink of an eye!
With a chain made of Chakra connecting the end of the shinobi kama, she swung the weapon like a helicopter.
Uchiha Sasuke didn’t even have time to be surprised before he was swept into a close-quarters battle as intense as a storm by Akali!
Under the surprised gaze of Uzumaki Naruto, who was watching from the side, Uchiha Sasuke, who was originally ranked first at the Ninja Academy and invincible, could only retreat while fighting, barely holding on with the dynamic vision of his Sharingan and excellent physical coordination, almost completely unable to fight back!
And Akali, who was originally ranked only third in the school because she could not beat Sakura Haruno in theory exams, was fighting more and more casually!
The sharp shinobi kama shattered blue bricks and pierced through walls, yet it never once struck Uchiha Sasuke!
But even so, the rubble crumbling from the strikes and the dust flying from the battle were still causing Uchiha Sasuke to slide helplessly toward the abyss!
The posture was like an adult beating up a child!
Because if Uzumaki Naruto imagined himself in that situation, he could not even block the first move against such an offensive!
Uzumaki Naruto could not even see many of Akali’s attacks!
The gap was laid bare before him!
[Ding, emotion points from Uzumaki Naruto +999!]
Watching the battle before him, even an optimist like Uzumaki Naruto revealed a bitter smile: “Is this the strength of Akali and Uchiha Sasuke?”
“Is this what a genius is?”
“And here I thought that as long as I worked hard, I could catch up to them!”
“It’s a good thing I agreed to Akali!”
Uzumaki Naruto was very glad he had not refused at the time.
Otherwise, he did not even dare to imagine how he could ever catch up to these geniuses.
Uzumaki Naruto felt a newfound sense of motivation regarding what Akali wanted him to do.
At this moment, just as Uzumaki Naruto was undergoing an internal transformation, the pressure Akali was exerting on Uchiha Sasuke reached its limit!
During another swing of the shinobi kama, Uchiha Sasuke could not dodge in time and was sent flying by the back of Akali’s blade!
“Bang!” The figure wearing a dark blue top and white shorts was thrown high into the air, spinning out of control.
After a full three 360-degree rotations, Uchiha Sasuke landed heavily on the ground, making a dull thud!
That dark blue top and white shorts, which were always clean and neat at the Ninja Academy, were now tattered and stained, covered in grass clippings and blood.
If one did not look at his face, it was hard to believe that the disheveled youth before them was the heartthrob of the Ninja Academy, the genius Ninja of the Uchiha!
At the same time, it was unclear if Akali had been too ruthless, or if Uchiha Sasuke’s Dao heart had collapsed again after a brief moment of clarity, leaving him unable to recover.
After falling face-down, Uchiha Sasuke did not move for a long time!
Fortunately, just as Uzumaki Naruto was about to step forward in concern, Uchiha Sasuke finally let out a painful groan and then forced himself to flip over.
Looking at the endless blue sky, three questions echoed in Uchiha Sasuke’s mind.
“Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?”
After frowning and thinking for a while, Uchiha Sasuke, who had been completely stunned by Akali, finally remembered.
“Oh, my name is Uchiha Sasuke, an orphan whose entire family is dead, and also an avenger.”
“This morning I went out to practice Ninjutsu, only to find on the way that outsiders were taking photos in the Uchiha Clan Grounds without my permission.”
“One of them was the second-place student in practical combat at my Ninja Academy; although they could not beat me, I always felt they were hiding their strength.” The source of this chapter is novelping.com.
“It just so happened that my Ninjutsu training had hit a bottleneck, and I had awakened the Sharingan, so I needed an opponent to verify my strength.”
“And so, I went for it!”
“As a result, I lost… I lost miserably, the kind where I was crushed!”
[Ding, emotion points from Uchiha Sasuke +9999!]
Uchiha Sasuke closed his eyes in pain.
He could not figure it out; he was an Uchiha who had awakened the Sharingan, so why did he fail so thoroughly?
And Akali’s strength, why could it be this strong!!?
It was one thing for Akali to hide her strength at school before, but why could not even he, with his eyes awakened, beat her?
Wasn’t it said that once an Uchiha awakens the Sharingan, their strength undergoes a qualitative change?
At the same time, a soul-searching question came to Uchiha Sasuke’s mind!
If he could not even surpass a civilian genius like Akali, how could he talk about finding that man to take revenge?
“…”
With various questions, Uchiha Sasuke fell silent.
Intense emotions shifted in his heart!
Finally, under the surprised gazes of Akali and Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke let out a low roar and stood up, swaying unsteadily.
“I have not lost, and I cannot lose!”
Forcibly ignoring the stinging pain all over his body, and opening his blood-red eyes, Uchiha Sasuke looked like a gambler who had lost his mind:
“I still have a trump card. Akali, you only took advantage of a momentary opportunity! I was just careless!”
“Do you dare to take another move from me?”
“Heh!” Looking at the stubborn Uchiha Sasuke, Akali smiled: “No problem. Whatever moves you have left, feel free to use them!”
“Good!” Uchiha Sasuke nodded.
Subsequently, Uchiha Sasuke clasped his hands together, interlacing his five fingers to form a shaky Snake seal!
Then, with the index and middle fingers of both left and right hands held upright, and the other three fingers curled, the right hand was placed against the bottom of the left hand—this was the Ram seal!
Finally, Monkey, Boar, Horse, Tiger!
The hand seals for the Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique were complete!