Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

He laughed for a long time before slowly stopping.

He gripped the "Indra" tightly in his hand, forcibly interrupting the output of power.

The black flames on the blade quietly subsided, returning it to its deep, matte black appearance.

Sasuke was breathing heavily, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

Just a moment ago, he was almost completely assimilated by this power.

He stared at "Indra" in disbelief.

Is this what it meant by "the king and his mount"...?

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Inside the third training ground, the morning mist had not yet dissipated, carrying a hint of dampness.

"call out--"

A sharp, piercing sound rang out.

The blade sliced ​​through the air, stopping precisely in front of a falling leaf, the swirling wind splitting it in two.

Sasuke Uchiha slowly sheathed his sword. While the released Zanpakuto was powerful, swordsmanship was the foundation for perfectly unleashing that power.

This point must not be overlooked.

Just as he was immersed in his cultivation, a familiar figure silently appeared at the edge of the training ground.

It's Kakashi Hatake.

Sasuke merely glanced at him, without stopping his actions, and continued the cycle of drawing and slashing.

But Kakashi is acting strangely today.

Instead of leaning lazily against the tree trunk and reading the orange copy of "Make-Out Paradise" as usual, he stood there quietly, exuding an unprecedented melancholy aura.

That perpetually droopy, dead-fish eye was now shrouded in a bottomless gloom.

Sasuke stopped swinging his sword.

She slowly turned around, looking at the man who seemed to have had his soul ripped out, her brows furrowing almost imperceptibly.

Kakashi seemed to notice Sasuke's gaze, took a deep breath, jumped down from the tree, and tried to force out his usual relaxed smile.

"Yo, Sasuke, you're here early."

His voice carried a weariness that he himself was unaware of.

Sasuke did not respond to his greeting, but simply looked at him calmly.

Kakashi felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze, subconsciously avoiding his eyes, scratching his head, and forcibly steer the conversation back on track.

"Well, now that you're here, let's begin the final stage of learning Raichee today."

"Ah."

Sasuke responded faintly and looked away.

I can probably guess what Kakashi did after he left yesterday.

It seems they've gone to investigate the truth of what happened back then.

Judging from his dejected appearance, he probably didn't find out anything from the investigation.

However, this is none of my business.

Sasuke thought to himself and gripped the hilt of his sword again.

Just as this oppressive atmosphere was about to spread, a vibrant voice broke the silence.

"Sasuke, Kakashi-sensei! I'm here!"

Naruto Uzumaki came running from a distance with his signature silly grin on his face, seemingly completely unaware of the strange atmosphere around him.

He ran up to Kakashi, looked up at Kakashi's obviously strange face, and his smile faltered slightly.

"Uh... Kakashi-sensei, what's wrong with you today? You seem a bit listless," Naruto asked, tilting his head with some concern.

Kakashi's gaze wavered for a moment before focusing on Naruto. He forced a smile and said, "Ah, it's nothing. I probably didn't sleep well last night."

"Yeah......"

Naruto scratched his head with some skepticism, but he quickly came up with a brilliant idea.

He patted his chest and said to Kakashi with a smug look on his face, "In that case, let me demonstrate a newly learned ninjutsu to Kakashi-sensei. I guarantee it will instantly perk you up!"

"A new ninjutsu?" Kakashi was somewhat surprised.

"Alright!"

Naruto took a few steps back and quickly formed hand seals in an extremely lewd manner.

"The art of seduction!"

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"Oh!"

A burst of pink smoke exploded, and the blond-haired boy disappeared. In his place appeared a hot, naked blonde woman with her private parts cleverly concealed by the smoke.

"Hey, Kakashi-sensei!"

She winked at Kakashi, struck a seductive pose, and spoke in a voice so sweet it sent chills down one's spine.

"puff--!!!"

Caught completely off guard, Kakashi's nose gushed blood like a fountain, and he fell backward.

The somber aura on his face seemed to have been somewhat dispelled by the tremendous impact.

"Hehe, how about that, pretty awesome, right!" Naruto released his ninjutsu, put his hands on his hips, and had a "praise me" expression on his face.

However, instead of the praise he expected, he was met with a light tap on the hilt of his knife.

"Ouch! What are you doing, Sasuke!" Naruto clutched his head, turning back with tears in his eyes.

Sasuke sheathed his sword without expression, a rare look of speechlessness and a hint of barely perceptible embarrassment flashing across his cold face.

In his mind, the image of that naked figure by the hot spring pool flashed uncontrollably.

"Idiot," he muttered under his breath, forcibly banishing the image from his mind.

Kakashi wiped the blood from his nose with the back of his hand, sat up from the ground, and looked at the lively character in front of him. Finally, a glimmer of life appeared in his gloomy eyes.

I smiled helplessly, perhaps...

With these two guys around, it's not too bad.

Thinking this, he stood up again, dusted himself off, and looked at Sasuke.

"Then, let's continue."

Sasuke's talent is beyond doubt.

With Kakashi's demonstration and explanation, he quickly mastered the trick of combining form transformation with property transformation.

In less than half a day, a stable ball of lightning had already formed in his palm.

Meanwhile, Kakashi wasn't idle either; he pulled Naruto aside and began to formally teach him.

Sasuke, however, was not satisfied with this.

For him, simply copying ninjutsu was only the first step.

Ninjutsu is ultimately a creation of our predecessors; it is an inanimate art.

True strength lies in integrating its own power to create something more suitable for oneself.

As dusk fell, Naruto was still battling with dozens of noisy shadow clones.

Sasuke walked alone to the other end, slowly drew Takemikazuchi, his eyes becoming incredibly focused.

"Raikiri is a technique that highly compresses chakra..."

He muttered to himself, the blue-white lightning coalescing once more in his palm, "And Takemikazuchi's lightning possesses an even more destructive power..."

"If only we could combine these two..."

A bold idea took shape in his mind.

Sasuke took a deep breath and began to try.

First, he condensed the prototype of "Lightning Blade" in his right palm, feeling the lightning composed of chakra.

Then he released his Zanpakuto, and a faint arc of black electricity slowly seeped out from the meridians in his arm, tentatively approaching the ball of blue-white lightning in his palm.

The moment the two made contact—

"boom!"

With a muffled thud, the lightning in Sasuke's palm suddenly went out of control and exploded.

A not-so-powerful impact forced him back half a step, and a numbing sensation came from his hand.

"Rejection?"

Sasuke frowned, looking at his slightly numb palms.

Chakra is the combination of body and mind, while spiritual power is the pure power of the soul.

The two are fundamentally different, and forcibly merging them will naturally lead to repulsion.

"Since we can't merge them directly, let's try another method."

Sasuke's thoughts began to work.

He extended his right hand again, and this time, he activated the chakra transformation, constructing a stable chakra body in his palm.

Then, he carefully injected that wisp of dark Takemikazuchi power into the core of this chakra sphere.

"Zzzzzzz—!!!"

The blue-white chakra sphere was instantly stained with an ominous black, and began to tremble violently, emitting a roar even sharper than before.

An extremely unstable force was expanding wildly in his palm.