Chapter 337 - 22

Chapter 22: Sasuke Awakens His EyesTsunade hurriedly checked on Naruto's condition and found that his injuries were truly severe, so without a second thought, she immediately began to treat him.After a while, Naruto finally woke up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Tsunade's face filled with anxiety.He struggled to squeeze out a faint smile and said, "Lady Tsunade, did you save me?""How is it? Has your hemophobia finally been cured?"Tsunade was stunned for a moment after hearing this. Just a moment ago, she had been so anxious and focused solely on healing Naruto that she hadn't even noticed it.Yet, looking at the bloodstains again now, she no longer felt her usual fear. She couldn't help but say helplessly, "What time is it, and you're still thinking about that? What kind of technique were you practicing to end up in this state?"Clearly, Naruto was in no state to answer her question immediately. He smiled again, then closed his eyes and drifted back to sleep.Seeing that he was no longer in life-threatening danger, Tsunade finally felt relieved. She looked at Shizune, who was still crying beside her, and said, "Alright, stop crying. Naruto is fine now; he just needs to rest quietly.""Tell me, what exactly happened?"It turned out that Naruto had originally intended to use a clone or fake injuries to deceive Tsunade, but then he reconsidered. After all, she was one of the Sannin and one of the top medical Ninjas in the Ninja World; how could such a clumsy trick fool her?If it went wrong, it would be counterproductive and not worth the risk, so he decided to use real injuries to test it, which would also happen to solve his current problem.Ever since Naruto was able to open the Gate of View, no matter how he trained, he was unable to progress any further. His Gate of View seemed to be sealed. Naruto had even tried to use Chakra to break through it, but other than intense pain, it had no other effect.Moreover, the negative side effects of opening the Gate of View were significant, leaving him in a state of being unable to fight for the next two days.Especially when he activated Gear Second and the Gate of View simultaneously; although he gained immense power, the duration was too short—less than two minutes—and he would lose the ability to move afterward. This meant that if he couldn't defeat the enemy within those two minutes, he would be completely defeated.This problem had plagued him for a long time. The key issue was that Might Guy, the only person in the Village who had mastered the Eight Gates, was away on a mission, leaving Naruto unable to get any effective information from him to solve his problem.Now that he needed an opportunity to cure Tsunade's hemophobia, he decided to try it himself to see if he could overcome this difficulty.This morning, Naruto asked his friends to guard him, and then he activated the Gate of View and Gear Second mode simultaneously.Just as he was about to reach his limit, the Nine-Tailed provided him with Chakra according to his request, allowing him to maintain that state.At this moment, veins were bulging all over Naruto's body, and his blood vessels had protruded under the immense pressure, looking as if they were covered in dense, wriggling little snakes.As time passed, even though he had a rubber body, some capillaries could not withstand the pressure and ruptured, causing a fine layer of blood droplets to appear on his skin.Seeing this, Sasuke and Hinata began to worry. Just as they were about to ignore Shizune's attempts to stop them and go interrupt his state, Naruto suddenly spoke up: "I... I'm fine. No, don't move me. Otherwise, otherwise, everything... will be for nothing."Hearing this, although they were still uneasy, since Naruto had said so, they stopped and continued to observe his condition.From the outside, Naruto kept maintaining the same posture, except that there was more blood on his skin than before. In reality, however, Narutowas condensing Chakra inside his body with the Nine-Tailed.That's right; this time he wanted to make one final push, joining forces with the Nine-Tailed to use more Chakra to force open the Gate of View.Seeing that it was almost time, he feared that if there was any more Chakra, he might explode and die. So, he took a deep breath, suddenly opened his eyes, and roared, "Now!"The people outside were startled by his sudden roar. After saying this, Naruto lost consciousness and passed out completely.Immediately after, the group heard a faint "pop" sound coming from Naruto's body. Before they could step forward to check, blood began to burst out all over Naruto's body.Seeing this situation, Sasuke widened his eyes and then shouted in grief, "Naruto!"His eyes turned into a single tomoe at that moment. Unexpectedly, Uchiha Sasuke's eyes awakened because of Naruto. However, because his Sharingan had just awakened, he couldn't withstand the mental load it brought for a moment, and Sasuke also fainted after shouting.The group were, after all, still children who usually grew up under the care and protection of their parents. They had never seen such a scene before, so they were stunned for a moment, not knowing what to do. Even Shizune, who was older, was the same.Fortunately, Shikamaru was also present today. He was the first to react, hurriedly waking up the stunned Shizune, telling her to quickly take Narutoto find Tsunade, while he would be responsible for taking Sasuke home.Shizune naturally didn't know exactly what Narutohad done at the time, so she only recounted the whole sequence of events to Tsunade.Tsunade, who knew some of Naruto's methods, guessed that he must have done something to break through the Gate of View.However, another thing that interested her was that she hadn't expected Sasuke's feelings for Naruto to be so deep; he had actually awakened his eyes right after seeing Naruto get injured.Just as she was deep in thought, Shizune walked to the window and shouted outside, "Naruto has been treated by Lady Tsunade. He is fine now and is sleeping and resting. You can rest assured!"After saying this, she turned back and asked, "Lady Tsunade, they are all Naruto's good friends, and they are all very concerned about his injuries.""Can you let them come up to take a look?"It turned out that after the group had reacted, they had all come here, but because they were afraid of disturbing Tsunade while she was treating Naruto, they hadn't entered and were waiting quietly outside.After receiving Tsunade's permission, Shizunehappily told them, and everyone rushed over quickly.