Chapter 402 - 87

Chapter 87: Battle Against Byakugan + Sharingan(Part 2)It was indeed as he had thought; because Neji did not know Sage Chakra, Naruto had already been holding back against him, but even so, he was clearly about to reach his limit.Sasuke, on the other hand, seemed to be in an even worse state. He did not have defensive techniques like Neji, so he could only wrap himself in Sage Chakra and endure all of Naruto's attacks head-on.However, at this rate, his defeat was only a matter of time. Sasuke knew that his Sage Chakra was far less profound than Naruto's, so he had to think of a way out right now.Sasuke focused a large amount of Sage Chakrainto his hands. Seeing an opening, he deflected Naruto's two fists, quickly retreated, and formed hand seals: "Sage Art: Great Fireball Technique."A large ball of flame erupted from Sasuke's mouth, attacking Naruto. Although the range of this technique was large, its speed was simply too slow, and Naruto dodged it with ease.Taking advantage of this moment, Sasuke charged directly at the Naruto who was attacking Neji; he had realized that this one was the true original.Naruto looked somewhat flustered. By the time he couldn't defend in time, he was hit squarely in the face by Sasuke's punch.The two of them revealed triumphant smiles, but their smiles quickly froze on their faces. Their pupils dilated, and their eyes betrayed expressions of disbelief as the Naruto before them suddenly went "poof" and vanished into a cloud of smoke.Subsequently, the true original Naruto appeared behind Sasuke. His arms began to elongate, wrapping around Sasuke to immobilize him. After securing him, Naruto carried Sasuke as they spun at high speed in the air, diving straight toward the ground. This technique was none other than the Front Lotus!Sasuke was completely restrained and unable to break free. He had no choice but to concentrate all the remaining Sage Chakra in his body into his head to brace for the incoming attack.Neji, who was nearby, wanted to step in and help, but he found that his Chakra was nearing exhaustion; at this moment, even walking was difficult for him.He could only watch helplessly as Naruto carried Sasuke and slammed him fiercely into the ground, the immense force kicking up a great cloud of dust.A figure jumped out from the dust; unsurprisingly, it was indeed Naruto, who didn't even have a speck of dust on him.When the smoke cleared, the first thing that came into view was a large crater, fully three meters deep and over two meters wide, with Sasuke lying right in the center.The battle between the three ended with an easy victory for Naruto. Sasuke and Neji looked quite disheveled, appearing as if they could barely move, but in reality, they hadn't sustained any injuries; it was just that their Chakra had been heavily depleted.Now, Neji realized the gap between himself and these two. A wry smile appeared on his face; he hadn't expected that among the three who were touted as the strongest in the Ninja Academy, he was actually the weakest.However, he knew that the reason for the massive gap in strength between him and the two of them had a lot to do with that strange Chakra inside their bodies.Although Neji didn't know how to obtain this kind of Chakra, he had made up his mind to ask Narutoto understand it clearly. He had to learn it; otherwise, he would never be able to catch up to these two in his entire life.After resting for a while, Sasuke regained the ability to move. He leaped out of the crater and asked: "Naruto, I clearly saw it with my Sharinganjust now; that was definitely your original body, so why did it turn into your clone?Did I see it wrong? But it's impossible for both Nejiand me to have been mistaken at the same time! I think he must have noticed some clues too."In reality, the situation just now had been quite difficult for Naruto to handle. If he had unleashed too much Chakra, he would have easily injured Sasuke and Neji.Conversely, if he had taken that heavy punch from Sasuke imbued with Sage Chakra, he himself would have struggled to handle it, so he had no choice but to use the teleportation ability of his Sharingan.Because he feared triggering bad memories of that night for Sasuke, Naruto would not easily use his Sharingan in front of him.But now that Sasuke had asked, he had no choice but to answer him. Naruto directly activated his Sharingan and said in a low voice: "It's one of its abilities."Sure enough, a shadow immediately crossed Sasuke's face. Although he quickly covered it up, Naruto still noticed it. Given Sasuke's personality, how could he possibly be at peace with that matter?Sasuke feigned ease and said: "Oh, so that's how it is! I knew the Sharingan combined with the Byakugan couldn't have been wrong. Who would have thought, Naruto, that you were still hiding some tricks. Alright, it's getting late, let's hurry back and eat! My stomach has been growling for a long time."Having said that, Sasuke didn't wait for them and left directly on his own.Neji walked to Naruto's side, looked at Sasuke's retreating figure, and asked: "Is he alright? You two are such good friends; after his clan's incident, why doesn't he live with you?"Naruto shook his head and replied: "He is a young lion; he always needs to lick his own wounds when the night is deep and quiet. But regardless, emotional trauma is not so easily healed."As a friend, I certainly want to help him move on, but I should also give him some personal space, shouldn't I? Let's go! We should head back to eat as well; Tsunade is still waiting for me to go back and drink with her!"Perhaps because of the addition of Hizashi and his son today, Naruto was very happy and had a good drink with Tsunade.Of course, while Tsunade was also very happy, what made her even happier was that she finally had an excuse to let go of all inhibitions and get properly drunk.Tsunade's drunken state seemed to have startled Neji a bit; he had never imagined that the Village's highest leader, Hokage-sama, could have such a side.However, he also liked this atmosphere from the bottom of his heart—happy, indulgent, without a mission on his shoulders, carefree. This was something that had never existed in his life before.Because the atmosphere was just too good, and Neji couldn't resist Tsunade constantly urging him to drink, in the end, Neji broke his rule. This was the first time in his life that he had drunk alcohol.Whether it was because his tolerance was naturally low or because it was his first time drinking, after three cups, Neji ran to the restroom and vomited.However, his behavior while drunk seemed quite decent; even though his legs were wobbling and his head was spinning, he still persisted in staggering back to the dining table before passing out.Seeing him like this, Tsunade said with visible disdain: "Is that it? Is that all? You can't handle it after just this little bit of alcohol?What a little weakling; you should just go to the kids' table next time! Oh, wait, it seems he is a kid after all! Hahaha."