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"Sasuke, come with me. I have something to tell you."
Naruto suddenly said to Sasuke, then turned and walked to the side.
"???"
Although Sasuke was confused, he still followed without hesitation.
After Naruto led Sasuke away from Tsunade and Orochimaru's sight, he stopped, then turned around and stared at him for a while before suddenly asking in a serious tone, "Have you felt anything unusual about yourself recently?"
Although Naruto and Sasuke hadn't known each other for long, it was as if, from their first meeting, he had a special feeling toward him—an instinctive dislike, yet a strange desire to be close.
Naruto initially thought it was because he wanted to make friends.
But now, Naruto realized it didn't seem to be the case; instead, Sasuke seemed to possess a special power that attracted him, making him instinctively dislike Sasuke, yet unable to resist wanting to get closer to him.
The feeling of aversion came from instinct, and Naruto didn't understand why.
But the feeling of closeness was like that of long-lost brothers.
Naruto was certain that he and Uchiha Sasuke had absolutely no blood relation, so this feeling seemed a bit strange!
"Anything unusual?"
Sasuke heard Naruto's words and felt a bit puzzled, not understanding what he meant by asking that. After thinking for a moment, he still honestly replied,
"Does my awakening of the Sharingan count?"
As he spoke, Sasuke's eyes flickered slightly, then his pupils turned blood-red. In the red pupils, one eye had one tomoe, and the other had two.
Although it was only a single and double tomoe Sharingan, Sasuke was only eight years old now. In terms of the age at which he awakened his Sharingan, he had already matched the record of his brother, whom he had always admired, and even awakened it earlier.
This made Sasuke very proud, feeling that he might also be a genius like his brother, or even have the potential to surpass him. Showing Naruto his awakened Sharingan also had an element of showing off.
"Hmm?"
When Sasuke displayed his Sharingan, Naruto clearly felt that the feeling of both dislike and desire for closeness intensified, and that sense of blood connection was even stronger than with his own parents.
This situation made Naruto think of a terrifying possibility: could his father have been cuckolded?
"What's wrong?"
Sasuke saw the change in Naruto's expression and thought he was shocked by his Sharingan. He immediately asked proudly,
"How is it? Aren't you shocked by my talent? I'm telling you, my strength has undergone a tremendous change, and I've also learned a very powerful Ninjutsu!"
"So, let's have another match!"
Sasuke said, staring intently at Naruto with burning eyes, anticipating, "This time, I definitely won't lose to you again!"
"Stop messing around, you—"
Naruto heard Sasuke's confident words and was about to refuse, but then he suddenly thought of something and looked at him, saying, "Then show me your most powerful Ninjutsu."
Naruto felt that the sensation he perceived from Uchiha Sasuke might not be from blood, but from Chakra. So he wanted to more directly experience Uchiha Sasuke's Chakra to further confirm his guess.
"Hmph!~"
Sasuke felt very displeased by Naruto's tone, but he still obediently bit his finger, smeared his blood on his palm, and began to form hand signs. At the same time, he didn't forget to say, "Naruto, watch closely. This new Ninjutsu I've learned will definitely surprise you!"
With that, Sasuke completed his hand signs, then slammed his blood-stained palm onto the ground, shouting, "Summoning Jutsu, come forth, Manda!"
Boom!~
A massive cloud of white smoke exploded, and then a gigantic purple snake emerged, accompanied by the bursting smoke.
This giant snake was enormous, entirely purple with rings of black patterns, and a pair of purple horns on its head.
It was Manda, the summoned beast from Ryūchi Cave, with whom Sasuke had formed a contract after learning the Summoning Jutsu.
"You brat, it's you again?"
After appearing, the giant snake's ominous vertical pupils looked at Sasuke, who had summoned it, and it spoke in human language.
"I've already told you, if you want to summon me to fight for you, you need to prepare a hundred human sacrifices. Have you prepared them?"
As it spoke, Manda lowered its body, extending its head in front of Sasuke, and said in an ominous tone,
"If you haven't prepared them, I'll just eat you as a sacrifice!"
"Sacrifices? Of course not!"
Sasuke's legs went weak from Manda's aura, but he didn't want to lose face in front of Naruto, so he could only stiffen his neck and say in a forceful tone,
"You are my summoned beast; it's only natural for you to fight for me! Besides, the sacrifices you want are living people; I would never prepare such things for you!"
"Now, I command you to fight for me—Manda!"
"Hmm?"
Manda was first stunned when it heard Sasuke's words, then it couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, what an arrogant brat, daring to say he'll command me? It seems you're tired of living!"
With that, Manda suddenly opened its mouth wide and lunged at Sasuke, trying to swallow him whole.
Sasuke, on the other hand, was trembling in fear at Manda's actions, even forgetting to run away.
Rumble!~
A bolt of lightning descended, landing between Sasuke and Manda, causing Manda to pause. Then the lightning transformed into Naruto, who looked up at Manda and coldly uttered a single word:
"Scram!"
Lightning surged in Naruto's eyes, his voice boomed like thunder in Manda's head, and he released an immensely heavy and domineering aura around him, pressing Manda's massive body down onto the ground like a mountain.
Manda's massive body lay prostrate on the ground, its eyes filled with shock and fear as it stared at Naruto.
It had a feeling that if it dared to utter a single word of defiance to the person in front of it, it would immediately be struck dead by thousands of lightning bolts. So it decisively chose to back down, its enormous body directly transforming into a cloud of white smoke and disappearing.