Chapter 713 Epilogue

"Damn, the body has..."

On the shattered ground that was only barren and dusty, Sasuke wanted to stand up, but it was a skater who fell down again.

The medical talisman attached to his body couldn't heal his injuries at all.

Most of the ribs in front of his chest were broken by the blow just now, and his arms and thighs even lost feeling directly. It seems that he has not recovered until now. If he hadn't actually seen that his limbs were still growing on his body, he would have doubted whether his limbs had also been blown away.

Finally, he exerted his last feeding strength, gritted his teeth, panted heavily, and stood up from the ground with difficulty.

Even standing, his body is wobbly, and he may fall down at any time.

Same as him, and Naruto.

The state at this time is not much better.

The clothes on the upper body were completely torn, revealing the strong muscles and bones, but the skin on the surface was blood red like a scald, and it was steaming, making people feel like looking directly at the flesh and blood under the skin.

His injury was slowly healing, and his whole body was burning like boiling water, but he still imitated Sasuke, putting his hands on his thighs, supporting his upper body to stand up, panting heavily and disorderly breath.

The two looked at each other at the same time, without saying a word, Sasuke didn't know where the strength came from, stepped forward, and punched Naruto in the face.

"Wow!"

Naruto accidentally fell to the ground and flew out, Sasuke rushed up again, jumped onto Naruto's body, and punched him in the face again.

boom!

Naruto lifted the sole of his foot, stepped on Sasuke's chin, and kicked him flying.

Sasuke rolled his body out, opened his right hand, and sent out three shurikens instantly.

Naruto dodged sideways, continued panting, looked at Sasuke, and Sasuke was also looking at him, and at the same time, the two of them rushed forward at the same time, shaking their fists.

boom!

Both of them were punched in the face at the same time, and suddenly let out a muffled groan, rolled to the distance in opposite directions, and fell to the ground without moving.

"Ha... ha... In this way, you won't be able to move, Sasuke..."

Naruto gasped, tilted his head and said.

Sasuke supported the ground with his elbows. His physical strength seemed to be better than Naruto's, but he could only sit in this posture, and it was difficult to stand up again.

"Naruto, why...why do you have to fight against me? You idiot, do you know what you are doing?"

"Of course I know, but I also said that I will solve everything in my own way!"

Naruto responded with a gasp.

"You bastard! You are a Konoha ninja, so show the aura that a Konoha ninja should have, and kill me, the sinner who attacked the village! Deliberately deflecting the attack track, such a merciless battle, do you think I will be grateful to you? I am... a traitor who dyed the blood of many ninjas on Konoha!"

Sasuke yelled like an enraged beast.

He is already Konoha's rebellious ninja, how can there be any idiot in this world who still treats rebellious nin as a companion!

However, there is such a fool in front of him.

"Then what do you think I should do?"

"Of course people like those Konohas fought with the determination to kill me! We are not children anymore. When I made this choice, I never thought about getting out of Konoha alive!"

That's right, Sasuke naturally knew what kind of dangerous choice it would be to attack Konoha with his current strength.

From the very beginning, he never left himself a so-called retreat.

But Konoha is too strong.

So strong that he must have the mentality of ten deaths and no life in order to hope to complete his revenge plan.

"Because of this, I can't agree with what you are doing now! Only the life of revenge is sad. In the past, you would not make such a planless action!"

"No, you who are not an avenger will never understand. The so-called new life is something that will be born after revenge. Before that, I will not consider such a long-term..."

Indeed, before coming here, he did hear from Kakashi that after revenge, there is a emptiness. After that, he should think about the future and fill this vacancy.

However, this extravagant hope, after fighting Itachi and Konoha, I realized how difficult it is to consider such long-term things in the quagmire of revenge.

Revenge, revenge, revenge, from the time he was eight years old, everything about him was prepared for revenge.

This cause and effect made him breathless, and he was always thinking about gaining strength. Every dark night, he was awakened by the torture of that night. He could only practice to the point of exhaustion every time to numb his body.

He can't be as free and easy as Kakashi. Although he keeps saying that he will revitalize the Uchiha clan after revenge, he never has any plans or ideas.

His life plan, at the stage of revenge, seems to have come to an end, and he will not move forward, not even an iota.

Because of this, he came to Konoha with the belief that he must die.

He didn't know whether his dead relatives and clansmen would like to see him in such a mess.

The living should sacrifice everything, even their own life, for the sake of the dead.

Still cherishing nostalgia for the dead, we must cherish our own lives and live stronger and braver.

He can't think about it, so he just needs to sink into revenge.

You don't need to think about the future, you don't need to think about your body and will, whether you can afford such a life, you just need to seek justice for the dead.

He didn't want to kill those Konoha ninjas, but he did it without hesitation.

I don't want to attack those non-threatening civilians, but I still attack them, let them cry and scream in the flames of war, and want them to enjoy the same experience as the dead clansmen.

Hesitation, confusion, hesitation, all of a sudden came to my mind.

Sasuke realized that he was actually not that brave and strong.

His courage is just an overreaction caused by revenge, not a bravery that can face all harsh criticisms without wavering.

"Naruto, what am I to you?"

Sasuke, who really couldn't figure it out, sat up from the ground and asked.

From the tone of his voice, he seemed to have calmed down and began to analyze the current situation methodically.

"Even if you ask me that, I don't know how to answer you... If I have to say it, I used to see you standing alone by the river, and I couldn't help but think about my own situation, and then I couldn't ignore the existence of you... It hurts!"

Naruto was gasping for air, his whole body seemed to be falling apart and unable to move, and the scorching heat of his skin made him not want to get up from the ground, so he had to lie down like this.

"Yeah?"

Sasuke responded softly like this, looking at the sky, his eyes were blank and relieved.

"I lost."

"Eh?"

Naruto, who was gasping for air, suddenly froze. He didn't expect Sasuke to say that.

"But revenge, I will not give up."

Standing up tremblingly from the ground, shaking his body, Sasuke stepped forward, his words were as crisp as cutting ice and snow.

"No matter what kind of will you have, killing will be accompanied by sin...Is it something that **** Itachi is carrying? This kind of heaviness is really unpleasant. It is more depressing than I imagined."

Sasuke laughed at himself.

"You would say that, sure enough, you never killed a single person at Orochimaru's place."

People who are skilled in killing people will not say such words easily.

In his impression, Sasuke is a person with a clear goal, but no matter what kind of danger he faces, he will never involve irrelevant people other than the goal.

The unimaginable bottom line restraint for ordinary people did exist in the deepest part of Sasuke's heart.

Such shackles were released before, releasing another Sasuke.

"It has nothing to do with that kind of thing."

Sasuke clutched his injured arm, the medical talisman had little effect, it could only heal skin trauma, and there was no way to completely heal the cracked bone.

He took a step forward while panting.

"No matter what, I am the one who killed those ninjas, and their families will resent me next, and take revenge against me."

Avengers will be targeted by other people, and they will be attacked in the name of 'Avengers'. Thinking about it carefully, it is really a bit ridiculous.

But Sasuke couldn't laugh at all.

This heaviness was not so thick before, but now, it can be so oppressive that he can't breathe.

This is true for strangers.

So, what kind of mood did Itachi have in waving the blade in his hand to his tribe and relatives?

And in the war that happened once, where countless ninjas fought, what kind of mood would they fight with?

This world is not beautiful.

"Sasuke, you..."

"Naruto, my revenge will not stop here. Danzo's head, I will definitely take it off. Tell the families of the deceased that I will always wait for them to come. Whether it is bearing my own hatred or the hatred of others, I have decided to keep going."

Moving forward step by step, Sasuke's figure is getting further and further away, and the voice floats from afar.

"Finally, take it as advice, don't chase me anymore. I'm different from you, you live in the fairy tales you wove...while I live in reality."

I am a traitor, and I don't deserve Naruto's treatment like this.

From the moment he decided to take revenge on Konoha, there was no turning back.

Those who go against their wills and go to the opposite cannot be friends, they can only become enemies.

"If you continue to treat me in this way, everyone, including you and me, will end up with only pain. We are not gods, and we can only choose one of the ways to live at most. So, next time, fight with me with the mentality of killing me. My...friend!"

Human existence has a limit.

Personal power may seem powerful, but it is also very small.

And there are so many forks in life, one side is joy, the other side can only be pain, it is impossible to satisfy everyone, and it is impossible to take care of everything.

Naruto's approach is too naive and too idealistic.

If you want to satisfy everyone, the end result is that everyone is not satisfied.

Not knowing whether Naruto understood this sentence, Sasuke swayed his body and stepped forward firmly.

The action of revenge is suspended, and we can only wait for the next opportunity.

He is in a very bad state now, and he has to leave before Konoha's people arrive here.

There should be some distance away from Naruto. Just as Sasuke raised his foot and continued to move towards the edge of the forest, the originally clear forest scene in front of him suddenly became blurred.

Thick white mist is like dense clouds, surrounding the forest.

Make Sasuke unable to see beyond one meter.

Even the lower body was engulfed by the unusually thick mist and disappeared without a trace.

"This is... the technique of fog concealment!"

Subconsciously, Sasuke opened Sharingan, with a solemn expression on his face.

The ability of the caster is very strong.

At Orochimaru, he has seen someone use the technique of fog concealment, but the power is far less powerful.

Even if you opened Sharingan, you couldn't see through it.

The strength of the caster is at least on the same level as him.

who is it?

Among Konoha, is there a jonin who is good at fog concealment?

Although there are collections of Kirigakure Art in every village, I have never heard of any ninja from any village who is better at this technique than the ninjas from Kirigakure Village.

Sasuke thought about all the known information about Konoha Jominin in his mind, but found that no matter who it was, it didn't match the scene in front of him.

At this moment, a terrifying breath locked him.

Sasuke didn't have time to think, his body suddenly fell, and he rolled over.

In the blurred vision, only a finger-sized black shadow can be seen passing through the fog, and then the sound of trees being pierced can be heard.

"You did a good job, Uchiha boy. Sharingan has been blocked to such an extent that he can escape my water gun technique. Although he is a guy with eyebrows."

An inconspicuous joking sound came from the depths of the mist majesticly.

Footsteps sounded, and a tall figure appeared in the thick fog, which could only be vaguely seen. It was a tall and thin man.

"who is it?"

Sasuke reached out to touch the Kusanagi sword at his waist, and Sharingan looked forward vigilantly.

Among the fog, the man stretched out his palm, and gently pushed aside the thick fog in front of him, revealing a figure of a man that Sasuke had never seen before.

A head of brown-yellow long hair combed oily and smooth, plus a black-striped off-white turtleneck windbreaker, it seems to be leading the trend of a certain era. On the surface, it doesn't look like a ninja at all.

"Yo, hello, Uchiha's kid."

The man smiled with open palms, his mustache flicked, his eyes were dyed with a dark color, and the pupils were very strange.

In addition, there are hair-thin cracks on the opponent's face and the exposed back of the hand, like a piece of human-shaped porcelain patched with glue.

"Aren't you Konoha's ninja?"

Sasuke asked this question.

He was among the leaves and had never seen this man before.

"Konoha... In other words, is this Konoha? That **** Nidaime Hokage did a good job. He even plays with the dead, curse him to go to hell."

The man also seemed to realize what kind of place this is, and cursed so uncomfortably.

His words and attitude made Sasuke a little uncertain.

Still, the dead...

Sasuke was startled, and was about to ask something.

The horror of being locked in before hit again, and I didn't want to dodge sideways.

A pillar enchantment shining with strong white light, like an endless long pillar, pierced through the air, piercing the man with the mustache in front and a row of trees further away into nothingness.

Sasuke coughed loudly, too vigorous exercise, the wound on his body was torn open again, and it became more serious.

But his Sharingan was staring at the depths of the thick fog, and another tall and thin figure emerged.

is a mummy wrapped in bandages, only the nose and eyes are exposed. Judging from the body shape and the revealed face, it is also an adult male.

The eyes are the same as the previous man with the mustache, dyed an abnormal pitch black color, and his whole body is full of decay and death, as well as the smell of soil.

"Perceive ninjutsu? This is really rare among the Uchiha clan."

The bandaged man withdrew his hands, as if he was very surprised that Sasuke escaped his sneak attack.

On the other side, the man with the mustache who was disappeared by the beam of light flew back with countless scattered fragments and re-condensed into a figure.

He didn't seem to be shocked by his death and resurrection, but just clutched his forehead in great annoyance, falling into some kind of anxiety.

"Sure enough... this is the filthy reincarnation technique of the Second Hokage. I have seen him use this ninjutsu in the past, but I didn't expect that even I would be able to get it... I don't know what happened to Kirigakure. Is the war over after I die?"

Immediately, he and the man in the bandage exchanged a glance. As a ninja once famous in the ninja world, although he was a bit abrupt about the current situation, he also understood his situation at this time.

So, they turned their gazes at the same time and landed on Sasuke.

Two powerful auras oppressed his body, Sasuke couldn't help sweating from his forehead, and stepped back slightly, intending to distance himself from these two strange people.

"Although I don't know what's going on now, our target seems to be you. Run as far as you can, Uchiha kid, with your current state, there is only one dead end!"

After finishing speaking, the man with the mustache stretched out his right finger, and a fierce water flow emerged from the void.

"Water EscapeWater Iron Cannon!"

Boom!

The water polo instantly penetrated the air and exploded at Sasuke's feet.

Boom!

The ground produced an explosion effect. With a painful hum, Sasuke flew upside down and hit a tree, spitting out blood.

"Dust escape"

The man in the bandage closed his hands slightly, and a light spot condensed between the palms, shining around, and the terrifying breath climbed to the limit.

"Um?"

Noticing something, the man in the bandage quickly put away the light spot in his palm, and stepped back.

A fist shot out of the void without warning.

Immediately afterwards, a figure walked out of the void, wrapped in a pitch-black windbreaker, with a black patterned mask covering his face.

It is Obito.

His pair of red sharing eyes quickly swept across the field, then turned around suddenly, his footsteps were as fast as a gust of wind, and he walked a distance of more than ten meters in the blink of an eye, and punched the man with the mustache who was bombarding Sasuke with a water iron cannon.

The man with the mustache shifted his target without hesitation, and fired the water polo with his index finger as a cannonball.

Not one, but dozens of water balloons were released one after another, blasting towards the target.

One by one water **** pierced through Obito's body, destroying a row of trees and the ground behind him.

The seemingly ordinary water polo is harder than steel and extremely destructive.

Without hindrance, Obito came to the man with the mustache, and reached with his fist in the blink of an eye.

Not to be outdone, the man with the mustache also clenched his fists and hit the mask on Obito's face.

The fist pierced through Obito's body, with an unreal feeling of passing through the air, which surprised the man with the mustache.

Came to Obito behind the man with the mustache, threw his left hand out of the cuff, flipped it over violently, and slapped the man with the mustache **** the back as he had already prepared.

Snapped!

The body of the mustache man was instantly struck by lightning, his whole body stiffened, his eyes were closed, and he stood firmly in place like a dead body, motionless.

On his back, there is a spell engraved with runes, and the power overflowing from it binds his actions and consciousness.

Perhaps it restricted the consciousness and actions of the mustache man, the surrounding thick fog began to dissipate, and the sight in front of him became clear.

Sasuke watched this very abrupt scene, before he could react, someone grabbed his shoulder and stood up from the ground.

Obito, who was still fighting with the man with the mustache and the man in the bandage, came to him at some point and helped him up.

So fast! Sasuke was so dazzled that he couldn't predict Obito's speed at all, and he didn't know when he would arrive.

It seems that the battle just now happened in a trance.

"What's going on... who are you?"

Sasuke asked with a frown, without shaking off the palm on his shoulder.

"I'm here to meet you. Next, we should retreat. Even I can't deal with multiple former Five Kages at the same time."

Although Obito's voice was heavy, there was not much fear in his tone.

"The former Five Kages?"

Sasuke suddenly realized.

"Ah, this man with bandages all over his body is Iwagakushi's long-dead second-generation Dokage Mure. He is a powerful ninja who can be invisible, can also use perception ninjutsu, and created a blood succession to eliminate dust."

The man with the bandagethe Second Dokage Mure, walked over from one side at this time, and glanced back and forth between Sasuke and Obito.

"Kaleidoscopic Sharingan, Madara's successor? That is to say, the mustache Mizukage and I were resurrected by the **** Second Hokage to deal with you?"

Obito ignored it, but pointed to the man with the mustache who fell into a coma due to the spell, and continued to explain to Sasuke:

"As for this... it is Kirigakure's late Second Generation Mizukage Onito Genzuki, who, like Tsuchikage Mure, once followed the first generation of Five Kages, a legendary person who quelled troubled times."

"In this case, why did they resurrect? And it seems that they are still assisting Konoha, could it be that..."

Sasuke thought of a possibility.

"That's right, it's Danzo. According to a piece of top-secret information we recently analyzed from Orochimaru, Danzo and Orochimaru had a secret transaction a few years ago, and the price Orochimaru paid was the forbidden technique of reincarnation. It seems that Genbu has collected a lot of 'relics' of troublesome ninjas in recent years."

It was just a guess at first, but now, Obito has been confirmed, and the root of Danzo is using the forbidden technique of reincarnation of dirty soil to obtain a stronger armed force.

As for how many 'relics' of ninjas have been collected, Obito is not sure, but the number should be quite a few.

"So, from the beginning, didn't you think I could kill Danzo?"

In Sasuke's heart, a slight unhappiness suddenly emerged.

That is to say, he was used by others and became a tool to test the roots.

"Don't say that, anyway, you seem to be enjoying it, don't you?"

If Obito said it, Sasuke couldn't deny it.

Although there is still one goal left, getting rid of the two consultants really made him feel much happier.

"Then, let's stop here this time."

Obito's right eye was shining brightly, and in the forest, there were countless people running back and forth. On the branches, in the bushes, and in the shadows of the trees, there were people's shadows standing, they were rooted ninjas.

However, when they gathered here and blocked the surrounding area, the figures of Obito and Sasuke had long since disappeared in the center of the open space, only a breeze blowing away the dust.

"I can't perceive their chakra, it's time-space ninjutsu, it seems to be gone."

The second generation of Tsuchikage Wu seems to be muttering to himself, and it seems to be explaining to the surrounding root ninjas.

As he spoke, he walked up to the man with the mustachethe second generation of Shuiying Guideng Huanyue, and stretched his hand behind him.

boom!

As soon as he touched the talisman, Wu's palm was forcefully pushed away, and the cracks in the palm became more visible to the naked eye.

"What a powerful sealing technique... It seems that it is a sealing spell specially used to target the reincarnation of the dirty soil, and it suppressed the soul of the mustache Mizukage."

Wu looked down at the crack in his palm, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

(end of this chapter)