Chapter 125: Sasuke Learns the Truth

Uchiha Izumi said nothing more. She quickly placed a dōjutsu on Sasuke through the Transcription Seal, then turned to Naruto.

Izanagi was a technique that restored someone to the state they had been in at a certain point in time.

As long as Uchiha Izumi activated it, Sasuke would automatically return to the position and condition he had been in at that moment.

Considering that Sasuke had been on the verge of death after awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, Naruto helped him back onto the sofa and positioned him exactly as he had been when he first awakened the Mangekyō.

At the same time, Naruto placed his hand over Sasuke’s wound, faintly releasing chakra filled with vitality.

Once everything was ready, Naruto gave Uchiha Izumi a slight signal.

Uchiha Izumi’s ocular power surged as she activated the dōjutsu.

Sasuke’s body suddenly flickered between solid and transparent.

In an instant, his eyes regained their clarity.

Naruto’s right hand suddenly erupted with powerful life force.

Sasuke immediately felt an immense vitality flooding into his body as his wound began to heal.

A combination of intense pain and an unbearable itch from the growing flesh spread through him.

Sasuke gritted his teeth tightly, enduring it without making a sound.

The Naruto before him was smiling.

Seeing this, Sasuke’s expression darkened.

Before dying, he had discovered that he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Then, another thought had occurred to him.

Wasn’t the whole purpose of tonight’s plan to make him awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan?

Could it be that everything Naruto had done was simply to help him?

He also suddenly remembered asking Naruto how to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

At the time, Naruto had jokingly said that killing him would do it.

But just now, Sasuke hadn’t known whether Naruto actually had the ability to bring him back to life.

He hadn’t been certain.

Were these thoughts really the truth, or was he merely deceiving himself?

At the moment his consciousness faded, he had thought that if he came back to life, he would finally know the answer.

If Naruto hadn’t lied to him and had only been trying to help him, then everything would make sense.

But if he didn’t come back...

Then there would be no way to find out.

He had already died anyway, hadn’t he?

And now...

He was alive again.

His injuries were quite severe, but at least he had survived. Naruto was desperately treating him, and his wounds were steadily recovering.

That meant he hadn’t trusted the wrong person.

At the same time, Sasuke felt guilty for having doubted Naruto earlier.

Still, no matter what, there was an inexplicable irritation lingering in his heart.

Sasuke clenched his teeth and said,

"If you could treat me, why didn’t you treat me before I died?"

Sasuke had roughly figured out that some kind of technique had restored him to the exact state he had been in when he first awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Because the technique had been activated on his own body, he could clearly sense what had happened.

Since he could be healed now, he could have been healed just as easily before.

In other words, he never needed to die in the first place!

Naruto could have simply treated him immediately after he awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Hearing this, Naruto gave him a meaningful look.

"You looked like you were about to kill someone just now. If I’d treated you at that moment, are you sure you wouldn’t have misunderstood and tried to kill me?"

Remembering his embarrassing state just moments ago, Sasuke’s expression darkened again.

But he didn’t really care.

How many times had Naruto already seen him make a fool of himself?

Then Sasuke suddenly thought of something.

The corners of his mouth curled upward.

"I’ve already awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and activated an incredibly powerful dōjutsu. Aren’t you afraid that the moment I come back to life, I’ll use it on you?"

When he said "incredibly powerful," he deliberately emphasized the words.

When he mentioned his dōjutsu, his face was full of smugness.

Sasuke was feeling himself again.

It’s just Amaterasu. What’s there to brag about?

Naruto glanced at Sasuke.

"No matter how powerful your dōjutsu is, you can’t kill me."

Sasuke was immediately speechless.

That was true.

Even at such close range, Sasuke couldn’t guarantee that his dōjutsu would hit Naruto, who possessed the Flying Thunder God.

Not to mention...

Naruto could even bring him back to life.

Could he really be unable to revive himself?

His ability to escape was first-rate.

His ability to survive was first-rate.

How could there be someone this cautious in the shinobi world?!

He couldn’t beat Naruto in strength, and he couldn’t win an argument against him either.

Sasuke could only silently curse Naruto in his heart.

Several dozen minutes later, Naruto withdrew his hand and nodded in satisfaction.

"Done."

Hearing this, Sasuke immediately looked down.

Seeing that his wound had completely healed, he rubbed it and then pressed down hard.

After confirming that there was no problem, Sasuke finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If his injuries couldn’t completely recover, it would affect his combat strength.

He hadn’t forgotten about tomorrow’s plan.

Seeing this, Naruto reminded him,

"Sasuke, your eyesight will deteriorate as you use the Mangekyō Sharingan. Excessive use can even cause permanent blindness. You need to be careful."

Sasuke frowned upon hearing this.

He didn’t know that Naruto possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, so he instinctively turned toward Uchiha Izumi for confirmation.

Seeing this, Uchiha Izumi nodded.

"Naruto is right."

She herself hadn’t experienced any obvious deterioration in her eyesight, let alone blindness.

After awakening the Mangekyō, she had fought a battle that very night before immediately obtaining the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

So, whatever Naruto said, she accepted it.

Sasuke turned back to Naruto.

"Naruto, isn’t there any way to eliminate these drawbacks?"

Naruto nodded.

"There are two methods, but both take quite a long time. We’ll talk about them after tomorrow. But you can’t overuse the Mangekyō. Once you go blind, there won’t be any way to fix it."

No matter what, Naruto first had to scare him a little.

He didn’t want Sasuke to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan today and go blind after using it for just one day.

Hearing that there were ways to solve the problem, Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief.

He believed there was no way he could possibly go blind in just one day tomorrow.

Otherwise, the Mangekyō Sharingan would be far too useless.

He stopped dwelling on the issue and asked Naruto,

"Now, can you tell me?"

Back then, Naruto had promised that once the plan began, he would let Sasuke personally kill his enemy.

The plan was starting tomorrow.

And now Sasuke had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Sasuke believed he finally possessed the strength to personally kill his enemy.

Understanding what he meant, Naruto stopped hiding it.

"...One of Konoha’s advisers. Danzo Shimura."

Sasuke clenched his fists tightly, his teeth grinding together.

"Danzo Shimura! Why did he exterminate the Uchiha clan?"

There was no excessive reaction.

No roar toward the heavens.

After all these years, he had grown.

He was no longer the Sasuke who shouted every day about killing someone and taking revenge.

Seeing that Sasuke could still maintain his composure, Naruto secretly nodded.

Then he said,

"You already know about the conflict between the village and the Uchiha, so I won’t go over that again. The incident that ultimately became the trigger was..."

Naruto calmly explained what had happened back then, without embellishing anything.

Sasuke asked,

"So Uchiha Itachi had always been working as a spy for Konoha?"

Naruto corrected him.

"A double agent."

Hearing this, Sasuke stared at Naruto and couldn’t help questioning him.

"Why are you defending Uchiha Itachi? He personally slaughtered the entire clan! How can you still call him a double agent?!"

Naruto raised an eyebrow but said nothing.

He hadn’t deliberately tried to guide Sasuke’s hatred.

That was simply Sasuke’s own interpretation.

Sasuke asked again,

"Why didn’t he kill me too?"

Naruto shrugged.

"Perhaps he wanted to leave behind a surviving member of the Uchiha bloodline. Or perhaps..."

He glanced at Sasuke meaningfully.

"He couldn’t bring himself to kill you?"

As though he had just heard the greatest joke in the world, Sasuke laughed furiously.

"Heh. By sparing my life, he will definitely regret it! I will kill him!"

Naruto looked at Sasuke and spoke softly.

"Even if he spared your life because of you, he still personally slaughtered the entire clan?"

Sasuke shook his head.

"He didn’t do it for me. The only thing in his heart was Konoha!"

After a pause, a fierce glint appeared in his eyes.

"Even if he did do it for me, he personally killed my parents and my clan members!

"I have to avenge my parents. I have to avenge my clan!

"Anyone who could personally kill their own parents and wipe out their entire clan doesn’t deserve to live in this world."

to read advance Chapters join my patreon Ph4nt0mTL