Naruto: Starting with the Two Kamui

Bear! Flames rose from Sasuke's palm, burning the letter.

Takeda's eyes widened: "Sasuke, you..."

Sasuke coldly replied, "Takeda, how could I let you ruin my plans!"

"You don't actually intend to betray the Feather Emperor!"

"Betrayal? I would never do such a thing. Shadow has at least been kind to me, and I would never do something so ungrateful..."

"Then why do something so obviously unclear!"

Sasuke said, "I know that Shadow will definitely oppose my actions, and this letter of yours will definitely make me lose my position as the city lord! In that case... I will become a complete failure!"

Takeda shouted, "If this continues, you'll not only be a loser, but a sinner!!"

"Shut up!!"

Do you know why I'm certain that the city-state you govern won't surpass that kid named Naruto?

"Shut up!!!"

"Because you lack the most important quality for a ruler: 'approachability.' You don't have the 'personal charisma' that can attract people to spontaneously help you!"

"I told you to shut up!!!"

*Snap!*

The demonic sword Murasame was drawn and placed against Takeda's neck. Amidst the chilling purple aura, Sasuke, his eyes bloodshot, declared, "Ah, I know! In terms of charisma, benevolence, and popularity!! I, Uchiha Sasuke, can never surpass that guy, never surpass Naruto!"

"Therefore, to defeat him, I must find a different path! With ironclad rules and constraints, I will forge a path to peace that belongs to me, Uchiha Sasuke!"

"Only in this way can I prove that I have surpassed that guy, surpassed Naruto! As for what others think of me, whether they are good or bad, kind or evil, I don't care at all!"

"Just as you said, this city lord and this city are merely tools for me to satisfy my competitive spirit!"

Ignoring the cursed sword and disregarding life and death, Takeda declared, "But the million people in this city will become sacrifices to your competitive spirit!!!"

"Shut up!!!"

Noisy!

Sasuke's Sharingan shone brightly!

Genjutsu: Sharingan!

hum!

Takeda Nobuo's eyes snapped open, then his gaze immediately became unfocused.

Sasuke gave the order: "Immediately write to Shadow and tell him that everything in Phantom City is in perfect order!"

Takeda nodded woodenly: "Yes..."

And so... Takeda failed to send the message, and he himself fell under the control of Sasuke's eye technique.

Sasuke stubbornly pursued his own ideas, and the resentment suppressed in the hearts of the people and ninjas grew stronger day by day.

That night, burdened with worries, Sasuke raised a cup of wine in his mansion...

"Huh?" Suddenly, he sensed something, put down his wine cup, and turned to look into the darkness behind him: "Who's there! Show yourself!"

Hey!

A petite figure emerged from the shadows!

Boom!

Upon seeing the person's true face, Sasuke overturned his wine cup and sat bolt upright in shock: "You...aren't you already dead?!"

"It's so nice to see you again... Sasuke-kun." Sakura Haruno said with a pitiful look in her eyes as she looked at Sasuke.

What was once unbearable to recall has finally arrived unexpectedly!

Chapter 600, The Feast of the Present World, spread like wildfire!

Sasuke stared at Sakura with his Sharingan: Judging from the chakra reaction, it was indeed Sakura, but she should have been dead. I even saw her corpse in Orochimaru's research institute! What happened? Did the Shadow revive her?

Then, he noticed the gaps scattered on Sakura's skin and her dim pupils, and suddenly realized something: "Were you resurrected by Edo Tensei?"

Upon hearing this, Sakura's eyes dimmed, and she nodded.

"Come with me!" Sasuke turned around.

The two sat down on the top of the artificial hill in the courtyard of the city lord's mansion.

Sasuke asked, "How did you find this place?"

Sakura shook her head, looking bewildered. "I don't know either. Lately, my mind has been foggy. In my memory, I was in a dark room, but when I came to, I was already in this city!"

Sakura looked at Sasuke: "But for some reason, I knew that Sasuke-kun was in this city and was even the city lord, so I came looking for him. I didn't expect to be discovered as soon as I arrived. As expected of Sasuke-kun..."

Sasuke was very confident in his current strength, so he did not form a guard team. Therefore, Sakura entered the city lord's mansion without any obstacles.

Sasuke noticed that Sakura's expression didn't seem feigned, and thought to himself: "It must have been either the Shadow or Orochimaru who resurrected her using Edo Tensei, to have her monitor my actions? No, that Shadow... that's unlikely..."

Sasuke asked, "When were you resurrected using the Impure World Reincarnation technique?"

Sakura recalled carefully, "As far as I can remember... it was a long time ago, on a lifeless island, around a campfire, where many people were dancing."

"Dancing?" Sasuke frowned, increasingly confused.

Sakura said, "Yes, they're dancing! Sasuke-kun, you might not believe it, but even the Third Hokage and the Third Tsuchikage are among those who dance!"

Sasuke said, "This is so bizarre! Why would that guy (the Shadow) use Edo Tensei to resurrect a group of people to dance?"

Suddenly, Sakura clutched her chest, still shaken, and said, "At the time... I was really scared, because, because there was this guy who was really scary!"

Sasuke asked, "Oh? What kind of guy is he?"

Just recalling it made Sakura tremble: "He... wore ancient armor, had devilishly long hair, sat on a throne made of skulls, and his eyes... were Sharingan!"

"..." Sasuke narrowed his eyes slightly: In my memory, Shadow did wear ancient armor and did have long hair, but that was when I was a child. What's going on? The time doesn't seem to match up!

Sakura said, "That's right! That person's Sharingan suddenly turned into three ripples!"

Sasuke asked, "Three ripples! Are there six tomoe embedded in the ripples?"

Sakura lowered her eyes: "This...it seems not."

Sasuke thought to himself: Thinking about it carefully, Shadow is a strange eye that only appeared recently. What's going on? Could the person who resurrected her through Edo Tensei not be Shadow?

Sakura added, "By the way... when I was first resurrected, I saw the legendary Sannin, Jiraiya, appear on the island. But it seemed like he sneaked in. A big battle broke out between the two groups, and Jiraiya died!"

"And then what happened?"

"Later, the old man ranked first on the Hokage Rock also came. He was also resurrected using Edo Tensei. He was fighting the long-haired man when a super-sized meteorite fell from the sky and destroyed the island. Then I was taken away by a man wearing glasses with two snakes trailing behind him and placed in a separate place..."

Hokage Rock, firstly, isn't that the First Hokage?

Sasuke clenched his fist and finally couldn't help but ask, "Who was the one who resurrected you with Edo Tensei? Was it the one with long hair, or the one with glasses?!"

Sakura said, "I don't remember clearly... but she should have been wearing glasses!"

There's something Sakura was too embarrassed to say: after the bespectacled guy resurrected her using Edo Tensei, she got a good scolding from the long-haired guy!

Sakura added, "But afterwards, the one with glasses never appeared again..."

"I'm getting more and more confused..." Sasuke thought to himself: Oh well, if they were after me, they wouldn't have sent Sakura...

At that moment, Sakura gazed at Sasuke and suddenly asked, "By the way, Sasuke-kun... how many years has it been in Konoha now?"

Sasuke frowned: "Konoha? That's ancient history! The current ninja world uses the Annoku era name! Annoku ten years, if you convert it to Konoha's era name, would be Konoha year 58! It's almost the end of the year, in about four months, it will be Annoku year eleven... Why do you ask this?"

Sakura exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? That's strange. It's only been a year since Konoha 58, right? How come Sasuke looks so much older now than I remember him?"

Sasuke said, "So you didn't know? After our trip to the Nether Valley, Naruto, Yuki, and I spent five years in a place where the sun never shines. We only escaped about half a year ago! The time flow in that place is 10 times faster than outside. Six months outside is a full five years inside!"

"So that's how it is..." Sakura lowered her head sadly, blaming herself, "Sasuke-kun must have had a very hard time. It's all my fault! If I hadn't been so meddlesome and insisted on going looking for some treasure, Sasuke-kun wouldn't have been in danger!"

Sasuke replied, "That's all in the past. We were young back then and didn't understand the dangers of the world. Besides, it was my own choice to go because I craved power—power strong enough to kill that guy. For that purpose, I had to go even if it meant facing mountains of knives and seas of fire!"

His fist clenched silently: "If there's anything wrong with that, it's that I shouldn't have let you come along. That way, you wouldn't have died..."

So, Sasuke-kun, deep down, was saddened by my death... Sakura was deeply moved.

Sakura and Sasuke, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, chatted for a long time.

Near the end, Sakura asked, "By the way, Sasuke-kun, have you avenged yourself?"

Sasuke's eyes flickered, and he unconsciously raised his voice: "Ah... they reported it, just a short while ago! It really went through a lot of twists and turns, I almost didn't make it back! That guy's power is stronger than I thought!"

"But heaven rewards those who persevere! Those five years of life-and-death trials have finally given me power that surpasses that guy's!"

"That man... before I could even remember, used despicable means to kill my parents, slaughter the men of my clan, and even attempted to destroy this ninja world. My demonic brother, Uchiha Itachi! I finally killed him with my own hands!"

"My parents can finally rest in peace, and the vengeful spirits of our clan can finally find peace. I've rid the ninjas of a menace... The only regret is that because of the injuries sustained in that battle, I missed the subsequent Ninja World War. Otherwise, Naruto wouldn't have been the only one to steal the spotlight, giving those city lords something to criticize me for!"

At this point, Sasuke lightly punched the stone beside him.

"No way." At this moment... Sakura's gaze became extremely strange: "Sasuke-kun, you just said that Uchiha Itachi, your brother, killed an entire clan?"

Sasuke frowned: "Is there a problem?"

Sakura said, "But as far as I know... the ones who wiped out the Uchiha clan back then were Danzo, the leader of the Root organization in Konoha, and the Anbu of Konoha!"

Chapter 601 The Feast of the Present World: A Chilling Experience!

Sasuke stood up, staring intently at Sakura: "What did you just say?"

Regarding the truth about the Uchiha clan massacre, Itachi requested that Yu issue a ban, prohibiting Konoha from discussing the matter, in order to prevent Sasuke from knowing the truth and ruining all his efforts!

Sakura, of course, knew nothing about the ban; she simply voiced her doubts after hearing Sasuke's words.

But seeing Sasuke's appearance, she realized something was wrong!

Oh no, oh no... Did I say something I shouldn't have?!

In her panic, she stammered, "Well, maybe there's something I don't know. After all, when I was alive, I was just a low-ranking ninja..."

Seeing Sakura's reaction, Sasuke felt even more strongly that there was more to the story. He grabbed Sakura's shoulders tightly: "Tell me!! Tell me everything you know!!"

Sakura said timidly, "Sasuke-kun, please don't do this, I... I'm scared..."

Sasuke, looking agitated, shook Sakura violently: "Say it!! I'll make you say it!!"