Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

"Sasuke? What are you doing here?!"

Sasuke looked in the direction of the voice and saw Naruto Uzumaki standing with Sakura Haruno and several other genin from the other group, looking at him with surprise.

"Are you here for the second exam too?" Naruto asked excitedly.

Sasuke didn't answer; his attention was completely elsewhere than on these kids.

He could sense that the chilling aura hadn't gone far; it was still lurking in some corner, watching him.

really--

"Hehehe... Your Excellency, are you looking for me?"

A hoarse voice came from the ground next to Sasuke without warning.

The soil writhed and churned like a living thing, gradually coalescing into a complete human figure.

It was the same grass ninja wearing the straw hat from before.

He slowly straightened up, a strange smile on his face, his exaggeratedly long tongue flicking as he licked his lips.

"I wonder what brings you following me?"

Sasuke slowly raised his hand and gripped the hilt of the sword at his waist, his eyes cold.

"You're not a genin here to take the exam, are you?"

“I noticed you were staring at me when we were at the ninja academy,” Sasuke added, a hint of impatience in his voice.

The grass ninja's smile widened, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes: "Hehe, as expected of the Uchiha clan, those eyes are truly mesmerizing."

"Your identity." Sasuke's tone became even more impatient.

"My identity?"

The grass ninja leaned forward slightly, stuck out his exaggeratedly long tongue, and lightly licked his lips. His whole demeanor turned gloomy. "If you want to know, then show me your 'capacity'."

"Let me see if you're qualified."

The moment the words left his mouth, a massive burst of chakra erupted!

A murderous aura filled the air, and the insects and birds in the forest fell silent instantly.

"Ugh!"

Under the palpable killing intent, Naruto could barely stand. He instinctively covered his forehead with his hands, and his legs trembled uncontrollably.

He felt...

I'm about to die.

It was a fear that stemmed from instinct.

Sakura Haruno was completely overwhelmed by this invisible pressure and collapsed to the ground.

However, in the heart of this suffocating killing intent, Uchiha Sasuke merely raised his eyelids slightly.

"That's it?"

His voice was very soft, and this so-called murderous aura was full of deliberate intimidation.

Compared to the murderous intent of Captain Kenpachi, whose mere presence could send shivers down one's spine, this was nothing short of child's play.

Sasuke's face even showed a hint of disappointment, and his disdain was undisguised.

"Is this what you call magnanimity?"

He drew his sword, and Takemikazuchi's light blue blade flashed with a cold light as it met the kunai that the grass ninja had hastily parried.

"Clang!"

The clang of metal on metal sent a chill down Sasuke's spine.

So fast!

This person's teleportation speed... is much faster than Kakashi's.

The blade struck again, unleashing a force far exceeding what the kunai could withstand.

The grass ninja was forced back half a step by the shock, while Sasuke's attack followed like a shadow.

The instant the blades made contact.

"Lightning Release".

Sasuke murmured to himself, and a burst of black and white lightning flashed and traveled along the blade, heading straight for his opponent's arm from the point of contact between the weapons.

but...

The grass ninja in front of me is clearly not an ordinary ninja; his reaction speed is almost beyond the realm of reason.

The moment the lightning began to flash, the wrist holding the kunai disintegrated in a way that defied physiological structure, breaking into a group of small white snakes about the size of an index finger, which scattered and fell away, perfectly avoiding the conduction of the lightning release.

It had no effect on him.

"What kind of technique is that?" The grass ninja retreated several meters, reconstructed his arm, and looked on with surprise and uncertainty.

No need for hand seals...

This is nothing new; he can do the same with some common ninjutsu.

Strangely, there was lightning above.

Although the energy is composed of chakra, it seems to be very different from ordinary lightning release. The arc of electricity contains a purer aura of destruction.

When asked about his situation by the Grass Ninja, Sasuke simply snorted and showed no interest in answering.

"Hehehe... Interesting little brat."

The smile on Kusanagi's face grew increasingly morbid and greedy. "It seems you have more secrets than I imagined."

He stopped probing and launched an attack!

His neck suddenly stretched out at a chilling angle, like a venomous snake poised to strike, instantly covering a distance of more than ten meters.

From the open mouth, a sword tip gleaming with cold light burst forth, piercing straight into Sasuke's heart!

Kusanagi Sword!

Sasuke's pupils suddenly contracted as his Sharingan captured the strange attack trajectory perfectly.

He suddenly turned to the side, the sword's edge grazing his chest and tearing his clothes.

However, before he could retaliate, countless venomous snakes surged out from the sleeves of the grass ninja, like a black tide, completely sealing off all of Sasuke's escape routes from all directions.

Hidden Shadow Snake Hand!

"Hmph, a mere trifle."

Sasuke snorted coldly, leaped high into the air, and hovered there.

"You who reign, mask of flesh and blood, all things, soaring with wings, bearing the name of mankind, carve the twin lotuses on the wall of blue fire, and await the abyss of great fire in the distant heavens."

"Hado #73, Twin Lotus Azure Flame Fall!"

Sasuke's palm displayed a double pentagram pattern, and a crater with a diameter of thirty meters exploded, burning all the venomous snakes to ashes.

Chapter 64 Moon, please return to silence...

The aftershocks of the "Twin Lotus Azure Fire Fall" gradually subsided, but the scorched earth still retained a chillingly high temperature.

The grass ninja stood unharmed at the other end of the ruins, though his clothes had been torn to shreds in the explosion, revealing his tight-fitting combat suit underneath.

He looked at Sasuke floating in mid-air, his golden snake eyes flashing with uncontrollable greed.

"It can even fly?!"

He stuck out his long tongue and licked the corner of his mouth, his voice hoarse and excited, "Sasuke-kun, you're really starting to pique my interest more and more."

Sasuke slowly landed on the ground and slowly drew out his second sword, "Indra," which had been hanging on his waist.

"You are very strong."

Sasuke's voice was calm, "I acknowledge your magnanimity."

He pointed the ominous black sword at his opponent, his crimson three-tomoe Sharingan slowly rotating.

"State your name; you deserve to die by my blade."

This statement is not arrogant, but rather a gesture of the utmost respect for the opponent based on a judgment of their strength.

"and."

Sasuke's eyes sharpened. "You are the first ninja to make me use this power."

"This kind of power?"

The grass ninja's pupils suddenly contracted as he caught the deeper meaning in Sasuke's words, and a thought that even he found unbelievable surged into his mind.

His breathing quickened, his voice trembling with anticipation: "Have you already mastered 'that' power?!"

At only twelve years old, he already has eyes like a weasel?

While he was still reeling from his own speculation, a deep chant slowly escaped Sasuke's lips.

It was a language he had never heard before, and it stirred the atmosphere around him.

"Moon, please return to silence..."

A dark red aura, filled with hatred and ferocity, spread wildly outward from Sasuke's body like a tangible shadow.

In the distance, under the oppressive force of pure malice, Naruto couldn't even stand up and kept shrinking back.

"Interesting...how interesting!"

The grass ninja licked his lips incredulously, staring greedily at Sasuke's figure and the black flames that began to ignite on the sword.

He had seen Itachi Uchiha use Amaterasu before.

But it's completely different from how Uchiha Sasuke is using it now!

Why a knife, and not an eye?

And why, like that strange fire jutsu from before, does it come with a word of power?!

The secrets that Sasuke Uchiha possesses are more numerous and more alluring than he imagined!