The ninja world is reborn, and everyone is resurrected at the start.

Just as Naruto was reminiscing about the past, Sasuke grabbed him, one hand clamping around Naruto's neck, the other using Chidori.

"But you and I both knew we didn't want to fight each other. From that moment on, even though we didn't say it out loud, we were already friends."

Naruto ignored the Uchiha's murderous intent; his thoughts were still racing.

"But you really want to defeat me. I'm not even sure if what you're saying is true or false. Accepting you as my friend might just be wishful thinking on my part," Kurama intervened when Naruto was in danger, his chakra pixels covering Naruto's body.

"It's too late now, Naruto." Chidori pierced through Naruto's body without mercy.

"Does that make me look really lame, Sasuke?"

Despite the intense pain, Naruto ignored it. His mind drifted back to his childhood, playing in the park with Shikamaru, Choji, and Kiba. During the day, he had genuinely enjoyed himself, but at night, seeing his friends being picked up one by one, leaving him alone, he could only watch enviously! He felt like a homeless child, standing blankly in the park.

After a long while, he walked home alone. On the way, he saw Uchiha Sasuke sitting alone by the river, staring blankly at the water. The two looked at each other with disgust, but when they turned around, they both revealed knowing smiles.

"I don't know why, I don't understand why! I... I don't want you to be taken away by Orochimaru!" Naruto's voice sounded like he was about to cry.

"Although you managed to defend yourself with your left hand, it's pointless now." Sasuke Uchiha retrieved his left hand, which had pierced Naruto's body, and coldly smiled, "You can no longer form hand seals or use that ninjutsu."

After saying that, he grabbed Naruto by the neck and said, "It's over."

Sasuke clearly intended to kill Naruto.

At this moment, Naruto unleashed his power, his red chakra exploding continuously, and he single-handedly broke free from Sasuke Uchiha's grasp.

"What exactly is this red chakra?" Naruto's outburst stunned Sasuke. "Where did this power come from?"

"What is this? The wound on my shoulder just healed! It's impossible!" Sasuke was completely stunned by what had happened to Naruto. He stared in disbelief at his former comrade.

"Sasuke, I will never hand you over to someone like Orochimaru! Even if it means breaking every bone in your arms and legs, I will stop you!" Naruto shouted angrily.

The overwhelming pressure rendered Sasuke Uchiha unable to move.

"Good!" shouted the people at the Wood Industry Plaza as Naruto began his counterattack!

Chapter Sixty-Eight: Naruto VS Sasuke (Part 2) (Combined)

"Naruto has finally started his counterattack! That's great!"

"Exactly! We should have fought back a long time ago!"

"Naruto, that's just his kind nature. He never wanted to fight Sasuke Uchiha this way."

"Yes, he shows mercy because of his feelings, but Sasuke wants to kill Naruto!"

"Yeah, Sasuke Uchiha, really. It's not like Naruto wiped out your Uchiha clan, so why treat him like this?"

"That's right, they're all doing this for your own good. They don't want you to fall into Orochimaru's hands and lose your life!"

"Exactly! They repay kindness with enmity! The Uchiha clan is just so extreme!"

Many people disapproved of Sasuke Uchiha's attempt to kill Naruto and condemned him. Later, the discussion even involved the Uchiha clan.

"Why would the Uchiha clan betray Konoha for no reason?"

"Exactly! We don't think we've done anything to wrong them! They're just a little arrogant, but we haven't treated them like outsiders."

"Actually, all of this boils down to their personalities!" Among the onlookers were some intelligent people who understood why the Uchiha clan had come to this point!

"How to say?"

"Over the years, I've met quite a few members of the Uchiha clan, and my impression of them is that they're arrogant and look down on others. Even if a few don't mean it that way, they're still very difficult to get close to! I don't know what you think of such people, but I personally don't like dealing with them."

This is not unfair to the Uchiha clan. Take Uchiha Sasuke in the video for example. Apart from Naruto, he basically had no friends among his peers. Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka were just infatuated with Sasuke's appearance. Their feelings were more like fans liking idols than friendship!

Just like what Shikamaru Nara said when he went to rescue Sasuke Uchiha, "Sasuke isn't exactly a good friend to me, and I don't like him that much, but Sasuke is a Konoha ninja like us, he's our comrade, so I'll risk my life to save him."

At the time, apart from Naruto having an opinion, no one else refuted this point, which indirectly shows the Uchiha clan's lack of solidarity!

Of course, Sasuke Uchiha cannot represent the entire Uchiha clan, but this is basically the personality of the Uchiha clan!

"What's even more troublesome is that the Uchiha are prone to extreme thinking when faced with problems. If it's just one person, it's fine, but if it's a group, it wouldn't be surprising if they launched a coup!"

"Yes! They are indeed difficult to get along with, but I think we are all from the same village, and as long as they don't do anything excessive in the future, I think I can get along with them quite well."

"Actually, I have thought about getting along with them, it just depends on whether they are willing to or not."

"It would be best to get them to change their personality. We're all from the same village, not outsiders, so why do they always have such a cold face!"

"I hope they can really change their personalities! Naruto brought peace to the ninja world, and I hope the Uchiha can stand with us instead of standing against us!"

Many people are reincarnated, and after Sasuke Uchiha returned to Konoha from the future, many people's perception of the Uchiha clan began to change. After all, Sasuke was one of the people who saved the ninja world. Now that he has returned to this era, many people are willing to get along well with the Uchiha clan, but the prerequisite is that they must put aside their arrogant nature.

Naruto's outburst in the video stunned Sasuke Uchiha.

"Is that Naruto? What is this oppressive aura? And what was that red chakra just now? Is this guy a monster?"

Seeing the power Naruto unleashed, Sasuke Uchiha couldn't help but think of...

"What exactly are you?" Sasuke Uchiha asked, looking at Naruto.

"We're friends, that's why I said I wouldn't hand you over to Orochimaru. Even if it means breaking your arms and legs, I'll stop you!"

After Naruto finished speaking, he immediately went to assist Sasuke Uchiha!

Faced with Naruto's unleashed power, Sasuke Uchiha had absolutely no chance to retaliate! Even his ninjutsu, Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, was blown away by Naruto in one breath!

"You'd better wake up! If you don't, I'm really going to beat you up! Beat you so badly you can't move, then I'll take you back! Sasuke!"

Naruto pinned Sasuke Uchiha to the ground with one hand and said!

"You're really annoying. You have no family or brothers, so what do you know about me? You've been all alone from the beginning, so what do you know about me!"

As photos of his family flashed through Sasuke Uchiha's mind, he continued:

"It's precisely because there was a relationship that you're in pain. How could you possibly know what it feels like to lose these things?"

Naruto's words enraged Sasuke, who then broke free from Naruto's restraint.

"I don't really understand true father-son or brotherly love, but when I think about being with Teacher Iruka, I think, this is what it feels like to have a father!"

Naruto Uzumaki recalled that at that moment, his mind was filled with memories of his time with Iruka and Sasuke Uchiha:

"When I'm with you, I think this is what having a brother feels like."

"Why, Naruto, do you have to care about me to this extent?"

Sasuke broke free from Naruto's grasp, and the two stood on separate pieces of wood. Sasuke looked at the water with a sorrowful expression and said...

"You are a bond that I worked so hard to build."

Naruto's face showed the smile he had when they met by the river:

"That's why I'm here to stop you."

"It's too late, Naruto. It's too late. I can't turn back now."

As he spoke, Uchiha Sasuke took out the Konoha headband and put it on his forehead. The tomoe on his Sharingan changed from two tomoe to three tomoe.

"Come on, Naruto, then I have no choice but to sever this bond with my own hands!"

"Sever it? Then why are you wearing your headband at this time?" Naruto Uzumaki asked.

"I acknowledge you. You are strong because we both understand loneliness and pain. And this pain can make one stronger. So by severing this bond, I can gain even greater power. From now on, I will fight you as equals, but you will not be able to harm a single hair on my forehead. That will not change," Uchiha Sasuke said proudly.

"What follows should be a life-or-death battle between the two of them."

Inside the Hokage Building, the Third Hokage took a drag of his cigarette and looked at the video, speaking in a complex tone.

"Actually, I don't really want to see what happens next," Jiraiya said seriously, unusually so.

"Is it because Naruto and Sasuke reminded you of how you couldn't stop Orochimaru?" Tsunade asked, looking at the serious Jiraiya.

Orochimaru, standing beside him, remained calm, continuing to watch the video. He had been resentful that Sasuke had wasted time and missed the opportunity to obtain the power of the Uchiha clan. Now that he had a rare chance, he naturally wanted to find out the truth.

"Not really! Orochimaru and I don't carry as much burden as they do, because one of us has lost something and the other has gained something through hardship. So their ties are much deeper than Orochimaru's and mys! Besides, I don't have Naruto's ability to change the world! Therefore, it's hard to find common ground between them," Jiraiya said.

"Then why don't you want to keep watching?" Tsunade asked curiously.

"Actually, they are both very similar in terms of economics, and they both carry the dark side of this world. But the difference is that one of them chose to face the light, while the other chose to walk into the darkness! The different paths they chose led these two best friends to kill each other! To put it bluntly, their war is the result of a tragedy that the ninja world has created over the years, and this tragedy was caused by us, the older generation!" Jiraiya said seriously!

No one present spoke; they all kept their heads down. They knew that Jiraiya was telling the truth. Watching the final battle between Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki was like watching a joke on themselves, a joke on the tragic ninja world that they had created!

"Don't worry, Naruto. In this life, you're born, and your father and mother will be by your side. You won't be alone anymore. The tragedy of the ninja world has been resolved by you now that you're grown up! In this life, our family will definitely be able to live happily together! Also, Sasuke did such a terrible thing to you. When you grow up, Mom will go with you to find him, and we'll teach him a lesson he won't forget."

The only one present who ignored Jiraiya was Kushina. Her mind was entirely focused on her son. Seeing how miserable he was and how much pain he was carrying, she was only thinking about how to make it up to him. She didn't care about anything else right now!

[In the scene, the battle between Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki has reached a fever pitch. Sasuke's Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique has transformed the Valley of the End into a world of flames, while Naruto Uzumaki unleashes Kurama's chakra once more. The sheer power of these two leaves viewers stunned.]

"With that kind of strength, are those two really genin?"

People who were initially focused on the tragic lives of these two have started to pay attention to their destructive power!

"I remember Kakashi was supposed to be going to bring Sasuke back, right? But with their current strength, would Kakashi really stop them?" someone questioned.

"I doubt it. I'd believe you if you said their current strength was at the Shadow level!"

"Exactly, that kind of destructive power is really a bit excessive!"

"No wonder they were able to save the ninja world when they grew up! They've only been out of the ninja academy for a short while."

"Their strength has increased too quickly!"

"I reckon even if I lived two lifetimes, I still couldn't keep up with their strength!"

[In the video, Sasuke Uchiha in his Cursed Seal II form and Naruto Uzumaki unleashing the chakra of the Nine-Tails and One-Tailed Beast begin their final duel using Chidori and Rasengan.]

"Did Naruto win in the end?" In the Hokage Building, Rin watched the video with some reluctance and asked Kakashi!