Chapter 285 - 285: 285 - You know nothing... Sasuke!!!

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AN : New Naruto Fanfic Alert!!!!

Naruto : I have Kamui!!!

The MC gets reborn as an Uchiha. He's the same age as Sasuke.

He doesn't have a system but GOD grants him a random ability every birthday.

On his sixth birthday he gets KAMUI!!!

The main character here is set as a sadistic little brat. He won't go out of his way to pick fights, but once someone targets him, his counterattacks will have no bottom line. He'll use some very cruel, mentally crushing methods. Some readers will enjoy this, but some will definitely feel uncomfortable. Everyone knows you can't please everyone, so I'll say this upfront: if you're a "righteous guardian of morals," you might want to drop this later. Don't say I didn't warn you!

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"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

More bangs echoed across the training ground as smoke burst into being. In an instant, the field that Sasuke had just cleared was once again packed with Narutos.

Sasuke's lips pressed into a thin line.

'This guy… does he have infinite chakra? He's hiding in the back. I have to find a way to take down the original directly… But before that, I have to get through another wave of clones.'

He forced his breathing to steady, dragging his rising frustration down. The clones were already yelling and charging at him again, but this time he didn't meet them head-on. Instead, he began to give ground as he fought, moving while he struck.

He kept shifting his position, letting the trees and uneven terrain at the edge of the training ground guide the clones' movements. Little by little, he tried to pull the swarming Narutos into a single line—setting up an opening for another Great Fireball.

'Now!'

Sasuke repeated his earlier tactic, colliding with one of the Shadow Clones and using the impact to spring backward, riding the clone's momentum. As his body flew, his hands shot up in front of his chest, fingers forming seals—

Snake… Ram—

"Sasuke!"

A shout came from right behind him, practically at his ear.

'Not good!'

Sasuke's heart jolted. He tried to twist around, but his body was worn out; he couldn't move with the sharpness he'd had at the start.

A solid blow crashed into his back. His torso pitched forward, his balance shattered, and the rhythm of his hand seals broke apart completely.

"Tch—" Sasuke grunted, driving his left foot into the ground to try and steady himself. But all around him, the Shadow Clones had already seized their chance. They lunged in from every direction, a wave of orange that crashed over him.

In the scramble, his right foot came down on a small pebble that must have rolled loose at some point.

His foot slipped.

His balance vanished.

Sasuke toppled backward.

His vision filled with orange: more and more identical figures, blue eyes, the same grinning faces, hands reaching for him from all sides.

'It's over.'

The thought flickered through his mind.

And then, a calm voice cut cleanly through the din.

"Sasuke, you lose."

For a moment, time seemed to stop.

Flat on his back, Sasuke stared up at the sky framed by dozens of Narutos. The clones all froze where they were, looking down at him with different expressions—some smug, some ecstatic, some just radiating simple joy.

Then the silence shattered.

"We won!"

"We actually won!"

"We beat Sasuke!"

The Shadow Clones whooped and grabbed each other, jumping up and down, shouting in triumph.

Declared the loser, Sasuke just lay there.

His mind was completely blank—no thoughts, no anger, no frustration, no shame, not even confusion.

Nothing.

His eyes stayed open, fixed on the sky.

And deep within those empty black pupils that reflected no light, something quiet began to stir.

From their very center, a thin trace of blood-red spread outward, slowly staining the black into crimson.

On that crimson backdrop, a single pitch-black tomoe slowly surfaced, condensed, and then settled into place.

It hung quietly in the blood-red eye, fixed on the sky above, where countless cheers still echoed.

With his Sharingan awakened, a chill surge of ocular power flooded his mind. Sasuke pushed himself up with one hand and rose to his feet.

The entire world poured into his senses in a completely different way.

The subtle differences in the expressions of those dozens of blond boys, the tiny variations in their hand movements… every fragment of information flowed straight into his brain.

Sasuke reflexively closed his eyes for a heartbeat, then opened them again.

Now, he could see everything clearly.

"Continue."

The cheering Narutos fell silent all at once. "Eh?" "What?" "We're still fighting?"

Questions burst out from different clones one after another.

A few clones who were still jumping around in excitement were yanked back down by the ones next to them. Dozens of pairs of blue eyes turned together toward the black-haired boy standing in the middle of the training field.

"The battle continues," Sasuke repeated. "I can give you time to create some distance."

"Huh? What are you talking about, Sasuke!"

"Wasn't it over? I already won."

"Yeah! Roshi-niichan even called it!"

"Can't handle losing, Sasuke!"

More voices joined in, the Shadow Clones all clamoring at once.

The ones closest to Sasuke finally caught a clear look at his eyes.

"Sasuke, your eyes…"

Sasuke met their gaze. "What, scared already? Dead last."

"What did you say—?!"

Dozens of voices exploded at once, their anger nearly in perfect sync.

"It's my win now! I'm the one who won!"

"You're the one who lost! You're the dead last, Sasuke!"

"That's right!"

"You're the dead last!"

The wave of outrage felt strong enough to overturn the entire training ground.

"Then," Sasuke said, catching Naruto's emotions through the uproar, "another round is no problem, right?"

The Shadow Clones traded looks.

After a brief, taut silence, one of them shouted, "Fine, let's fight! Who's scared of who!"

"Yeah, exactly!"

The Naruto at the very front studied Sasuke's expression. Just as he was about to make up his mind, Gaara appeared between them again.

This time, sand rose up around his body like a living shield.

"Stop," Gaara said. "This is Roshi's order."

"But—but this is that stupid Sasuke's—"

"Release the jutsu, Naruto." Roshi's voice carried across the field, and the Shadow Clones glanced at each other.

In the next moment, dozens of clones disappeared in puffs of smoke.

"Awakening the Sharingan isn't a bad thing," Roshi said. He didn't lower his voice even with Gaara and Naruto present. "But getting carried away by the new ocular power right after exhausting a large amount of stamina and chakra can't be called good performance. Naruto's potential to become Hokage is higher than yours—and the reason isn't power."

His gaze brushed past Naruto, who was standing off to the side blinking blankly, then settled back on Sasuke's face.

"The reason lies within the Uchiha themselves. If you didn't selectively ignore a part of what I said when you were eavesdropping, you should still remember it."

'The part he'd ignored…'

The red faded from Sasuke's eyes.

'A branch… the Hyūga, huh…'

"That's all for today."

"Go back, Sasuke."

"Same time tomorrow. As for quitting—if you still plan on that, my conditions haven't changed."

Sasuke stayed where he was, silent for a few seconds.

The sharp, icy rush from his newly awakened ocular power had long since faded, leaving behind only a heavy fatigue—and the hollow, lingering chill of having been measured and judged from somewhere far above him.

Without a word, he walked over to the tree, picked up his small bag, slung it over his shoulder, and left.

Naruto watched Sasuke's retreating back, scratching his head. He had the vague feeling he'd done something wrong… but at the same time, he couldn't see how he'd done anything wrong at all.

Then Roshi's earlier words to Sasuke surfaced in his mind, and he couldn't help but laugh. "Does Roshi-niichan really think I'm better? More capable of becoming Hokage than Sasuke?"

"For now, yes."

"Hehehe."

Roshi said, "Alright, break time's over. Back to the original plan. Naruto, use Shadow Clones to help Gaara with his training. After that, there's an experiment I'd like your help with."

It just so happened Naruto had already created a bunch of Shadow Clones, and the Nine-Tails' chakra tended to leak out anyway. Today, Roshi intended to settle the matter of collecting that chakra as well.

"Leave it all to me!" Naruto thumped his chest, voice ringing. "Gaara's training, your experiment, whatever it is—bring it on!"

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One hour later.

Roshi escorted Naruto home; the boy looked completely drained.

After using the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu over and over, a portion of the Nine-Tails' chakra had indeed leaked out, and Roshi collected it on the spot.

Once his chakra was siphoned off, even Naruto couldn't keep going. He was mid-sentence when he passed out.

Carrying Naruto on his back, Roshi turned to Gaara. "I'll take Naruto home. Are you heading back on your own?"

"I'll go with you."

Roshi nodded.

The two of them brought Naruto back to his apartment.

After laying him on the bed and pulling a blanket over him, Roshi was about to leave, but his gaze snagged on the refrigerator.

He walked over and opened it. As expected, there was some milk inside. He checked the date; it was close to expiring.

Thinking of how Naruto had cooperated with him today and been a real help, Roshi took out the near-expired milk and went to a nearby store to buy fresh cartons.

He straightened up the room a bit and took the trash out with him.

The whole time, Gaara followed in silence, waiting until Roshi finished.

After they stepped out of Naruto's place, Gaara finally spoke. "One of them will become Hokage?"

"It's very likely," Roshi replied. "Though it's hard to say which generation."

Gaara lifted his eyes to the moon. "Do you have the same expectation for me—to become Hokage?"

"No."

Gaara fell silent again and walked a few more steps at Roshi's side.

"Was the purpose you mentioned before only Shukaku's chakra?" the boy from Sunagakure asked. "Just now, Shukaku said you took the chakra from Naruto."

"Only a part of it."

"…I can't become Hokage because I'm from Sunagakure?"

"Because you have to go back, Gaara."

"…Is that so? I still have to go back…"

The most beautiful dream Gaara had ever known was of being held in his mother's arms, someone playing with him, laughing with him.

But on the day Yashamaru tried to kill him with an Exploding Tag, that dream had been completely shattered.

After coming to Konoha, it had felt, for a while, as if that dream might actually come true.

Now he realized it was only temporary.

"If you don't go back, Sunagakure will fight Konoha to the death," Roshi said quietly. "Everything you see now will be destroyed."

"Because I'm the weapon of Sunagakure?"

"If you were only a weapon, it wouldn't come to this," Roshi replied. "You need to become Kazekage—whether it's for Sunagakure's sake, or for Konoha's."

'Kazekage… like the man he called Father…?'

"Must I become Kazekage?"

"If you don't intend to, tell me in advance," Roshi said. "I'll need to make other preparations."

"…Will we no longer be companions, if I become Kazekage?"

"We won't."

"…I understand. I will become Kazekage."

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AN : New Naruto Fanfic Alert!!!!

Naruto : I have Kamui!!!

The MC gets reborn as an Uchiha. He's the same age as Sasuke.

He doesn't have a system but GOD grants him a random ability every birthday.

On his sixth birthday he gets KAMUI!!!

The main character here is set as a sadistic little brat. He won't go out of his way to pick fights, but once someone targets him, his counterattacks will have no bottom line. He'll use some very cruel, mentally crushing methods. Some readers will enjoy this, but some will definitely feel uncomfortable. Everyone knows you can't please everyone, so I'll say this upfront: if you're a "righteous guardian of morals," you might want to drop this later. Don't say I didn't warn you!

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