'She's actually calmed down. A perfectly composed Jinchūriki like this leaves me no chance with my current strength.'
'I have to provoke her.'
Faced with Yugito's grudging compliment, Sasuke smiled faintly, gently laid Kagutsuchi horizontally before him, and swept his gaze over Yugito. He said coolly:
"Still struggling? All your efforts are utterly futile in my eyes."
Sasuke's emotionless gaze swept over Yugito, like a dragon soaring through the sky looking down on an insignificant insect daring to defy its might.
'Trifling tricks, daring to dance before Uchiha Madara? Utter arrogance!'
Sasuke remained silent, but his eyes conveyed this meaning unmistakably.
As expected, the inherently proud Yugito instantly flew into a rage.
Her usually straight, tea-brown hair stood on end, whether from chakra activation or pure rage, it was impossible to tell.
"I'll kill you!" Yugito spat through gritted teeth, forming a hand seal. Terrifying surges of chakra pulsed rapidly, coalescing in her palm.
Sasuke's gaze deepened as he held Kagutsuchi horizontally before him.
The crimson blade pulsed with countless fire-attribute Chakra particles, vibrating at a frequency of thousands of Hertz, barely visible to the naked eye.
It was midday, the sun blazing high in the sky, its rays dazzling and piercing.
Yet, at this moment, the light pouring down on Sasuke was being greedily absorbed by every inch of Kagutsuchi's blade.
The crimson surface gradually became shrouded in layers of shadow, as if the sword had transformed into a black hole, ravenously devouring all light and heat in its vicinity.
The area around Sasuke noticeably darkened, and the temperature plummeted.
The technique Sasuke was about to unleash was a self-created masterpiece, its destructive power far surpassing even the anything he had learned from Shisui's notes.
By mimicking molecular motion, Sasuke had coated Kagutsuchi's blade with countless microscopic fire-attribute Chakra particles, setting them into ultra-high-frequency vibration.
Due to the blade's extremely high frequency and temperature, combined with the weapon's inherent cutting power, it could instantly sever any target it struck.
This was the first step!
The second step involved leveraging Fire Obsidian's inherent heat-absorbing and light-devouring properties to devour all surrounding light and heat, thereby amplifying the technique's power.
Moments later, Sasuke had almost completely transformed into a patch of darkness.
The Kagutsuchi in his hand seemed not to be consuming light, but rather to have become darkness itself!
The absolute darkness surrounding him formed an eerie contrast with the bright sunlight outside.
Witnessing this bizarre scene, Yugito's face paled slightly, her eyes growing cautious.
"Yugito, be careful! I sense that brat's technique is extremely dangerous!" Matatabi, the Two-Tailed Beast, warned solemnly from within her mind.
"Should we enter Two-Tailed State Mode? In that form, crushing that kid would be effortless."
'Matatabi, do you really think I need to use the Two-Tailed State Mode to deal with a mere Konoha brat?'
Yugito inwardly roared in fury, her gaze fixed intently on Sasuke.
In the distance, Yamato, who had been observing the battle, could no longer restrain himself. He said gravely, "Let's go, we—"
Before he could finish, a petite girl with short brown hair and pink cat-ear accessories dashed into the center of the standoff between Sasuke and Yugito, shouting:
"Young Lord Sasuke, Sister Yugito, please stop fighting!"
"Tamaki?"
Yugito froze, reflexively halting her chakra condensation. Recovering quickly, she snapped, "You little brat! Do you even realize how dangerous it is to barge in here like that?"
"Get out of the way, now!"
Tamaki shook her head, spread her arms wide, and firmly blocked the space between the two fighters, showing no intention of budging.
This only fueled Yugito's growing frustration. She roared:
"If you don't move, I'll kill you too!"
"You won't, Sister Yugito."
"You little—!"
Yugito was enraged but didn't know what to do. Just then, an old, calm voice rang out:
"Yugito, stop."
"Granny Cat?"
Yugito turned toward the voice.
Granny Cat stood in the center of the arena, wearing a yellow-orange coat and a dark gray cat-eared headpiece.
She held a golden pipe in her hand.
Yugito hesitated, huffed softly, and finally withdrew the condensed ball of blue Chakra flames she had been holding.
"Sasuke, you should stop too."
"Yes, Granny Cat."
Sasuke nodded and silently dispersed the Chakra particles from Kagutsuchi, sheathing the blade.
He inwardly sighed in relief. Truthfully, he wasn't confident he could defeat Yugito in her one-tailed humanoid form.
Moreover, Yugito still had two transformations she hadn't used: her half-tailed beast form and her full-tailed beast form.
(A humanoid state with any number of tails counts as half-tailed beast form; only transforming into the full, massive tailed beast constitutes full-tailed beast form, as exemplified by Killer Bee.)
Even if he could defeat Yugito, it wouldn't be a wise move for him right now.
It would mean he'd have to abandon Konoha and face relentless pursuit from the Cloud Ninja.
Though Sasuke wasn't afraid, this incident would undoubtedly complicate his future actions and cause considerable inconvenience.
"You've grown quite a bit, little Sasuke," Granny Cat remarked, glancing at the Sharingan in his eyes with a sigh.
"You flatter me," Sasuke replied respectfully, his Sharingan reverting to its usual jet-black hue.
Ever since activating his Sharingan, he had deliberately kept his back turned to the Anbu operatives lurking in the shadows and to Sakura and Naruto, ensuring they didn't catch a glimpse of his crimson eyes.
After a moment of contemplation, Granny Cat sighed deeply and apologized to Yugito and Sasuke:
"I'm truly sorry for my poor hospitality. I never intended for such an unpleasant incident to occur between my honored guests."
Granny Cat shook her head inwardly.
Yugito had arrived in the Empty District at dawn, while her commission to Konoha had requested Sasuke and his team to arrive around midday, around 1 p.m.
She had been certain the two parties would never cross paths.
It wasn't entirely Granny Cat's fault. When Kakashi assigned the mission to Team Seven, he had explicitly told them to wait until noon to depart.
However, none of Team Seven had paid attention to this instruction. They rushed over immediately after receiving the mission scroll.
"I deeply apologize for this," Granny Cat said.
"There's no need for you to apologize, Granny Cat. This is between me and that brat," Yugito snorted, glaring at Sasuke.
"Uchiha Sasuke, I'll let you off the hook today, out of respect for Granny Cat. But don't let me catch you out there again! Hmph!"
Seeing Granny Cat's intervention, Yugito spat out a final threat before turning abruptly and stalking away.
"Sigh."
Watching Yugito retreat, Granny Cat let out a long sigh.
Just then, Sakura and Naruto entered the courtyard. Granny Cat immediately switched to a kind and gentle expression.
"Welcome, little guests from Konoha. Come, let me show you around."
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