I'm in Konoha, and I started with Ashura Chakra.

Chapter 49 Uchiha Sasuke's Discovery and Fighting Spirit

"Gurgle..."

Seeing Jin embedded in the tree trunk, his fate unknown, Tos and Sack couldn't help but swallow hard.

If you look closely, you'll also see cold sweat appearing near their temples and on their faces.

They weren't frightened by Jin's miserable state, but by Yagyu's ninjutsu.

No...no hand seal ninjutsu!

Moreover, it's a powerful, unsealed ninjutsu.

Tos snapped out of his daze and, without hesitation, took out a scroll with the character "地" (earth) written on it, saying to Yagyu, "We concede. You can have this scroll in exchange for letting us leave."

"No, your lives must remain here."

A rapidly spinning energy ball appeared in Liu Sheng's hand once again.

"Slaying the Void... Ahhh!"

Seeing that Yagyu disagreed with the deal, Zak immediately clapped his hands, ready to unleash his strongest sonic attack.

However, before he could even mobilize his chakra to convert it into sound waves, he let out a heart-wrenching scream, his expression becoming incredibly ferocious.

Tos was startled by Sak's sudden scream. Looking at Sak, who appeared perfectly normal but was convulsing, his face contorted in agony, and his eyes bloodshot, Tos quickly shouted, "Sak, you're under an illusion! Release it!"

Sack seemed not to hear Tos's voice. He was already lying on the ground, rolling around and screaming in agony: "Ahhh... It's so hot, please help me put out the fire on my body."

From Sack's perspective, the surrounding forest had turned into a sea of ​​fire, and his entire body was engulfed in flames.

Burning, one of the most gruesome ways to die, caused Sak immense pain, making it impossible for him to even break free from the illusion.

This move is none other than—Illusion Technique: Shiranui.

"How dare you get distracted?"

Just as Tos turned to look at Zaku, Yagyu had already rushed in front of him and pressed the Rasengan onto Tos's body.

boom--

With a loud bang, Tos was sent flying backward like a cannonball. His body, like Jin's earlier, spun in the air, accompanied by a blue vortex of chakra, before crashing heavily into a large tree.

A huge dent immediately appeared on the tree trunk.

Tos's body was embedded in the tree trunk, and his fate was unknown.

Whoosh whoosh—

Yagyu showed no mercy, taking out three kunai and throwing them with unparalleled skill, piercing the heads of the Sound Ninja trio and taking their lives.

shhhhh--

A white light flashed from the three of them.

As the three beams of light shot out, several white orbs of light floated on the ground around the three corpses.

Yagyu glanced at the orbs of light and then turned to walk towards Sakura.

At this moment, Sakura was facing away from Yagyu, with green light flashing in front of her, clearly healing her injuries.

"Sakura, are you alright?"

Yagyu patted Sakura's head from behind and asked with concern.

Sakura lowered her head, her hands glowing green as she shielded her face as she healed, saying, "Yagyu, don't look at me, I look ugly right now."

"No, you looked really cool just now."

Yagyu chuckled, ruffled Sakura's hair vigorously, and said, "You're too slow to heal yourself, let me help you."

"No, you have a camera on you. What if you take pictures of me without my knowledge?"

Sakura complained in a spoiled tone, "Hinata said you often take pictures of her without my consent. I don't want to be photographed looking so ugly."

"No, no, Hinata tells you everything!" Yagyu assured him, looking embarrassed.

"Um?"

Before Sakura could speak, Yagyu suddenly raised an eyebrow and looked towards a certain cave.

Sakura also stopped treatment, looked up at the cave where Naruto and Sasuke were, and exclaimed in shock, "Sasuke's awake! How did his chakra become like this?"

"Sakura, who did this to your face?"

Sasuke Uchiha's voice reached my ears.

From the shadows of the cave, a figure slowly emerged, surrounded by purple chakra and exuding an evil aura.

Uchiha Sasuke, whose face was covered with black curse marks, was looking at Yagyu and Sakura with his Sharingan activated. He immediately noticed Sakura's bruised face and asked a question.

"The enemy came just now, but they were all dealt with by Yagyu."

Sakura gave a brief explanation, then asked with slight concern, "Sasuke, are you alright?"

"Ah... I'm fine."

Sasuke Uchiha looked down at the black curse mark spreading to his left hand and said excitedly, "Not only am I fine now, but I feel great, as if I can do anything."

However, his words only made Sakura more uneasy.

At that moment, Uchiha Sasuke suddenly looked at Yagyu, his smile exuding an irresistible charm, and challenged him, "Yagyu, wanna have a fight?"

"No, something's not right with you right now."

Yagyu shook his head and reminded him, "Although I don't know what happened to your body, this chakra is clearly not yours. Are you planning to abandon the pride of the Uchiha clan and immerse yourself in this external force?"

"……snort."

Upon hearing this, Sasuke Uchiha's smile froze slightly, then his face showed pain, he let out a muffled groan, his Sharingan turned back to black, and he crouched down, clutching his neck.

A short while later, he stood up weakly again, and the curse marks on his face and hands had faded.

After regaining his composure, Sasuke glanced at Zaku not far away, as well as the bodies of Kin and Tosu trapped in the tree. His gaze finally returned to Sakura, and he said with a hint of apology, "I'm sorry, I dragged you into this, Sakura."

"It's good that you're all alright."

Seeing that Uchiha Sasuke had returned to his original form, Sakura breathed a sigh of relief and said apologetically, "I'm the one who should apologize; I haven't been able to help at all."

"You've already done a remarkable job by daring to face an enemy like that."

Yagyu couldn't help but pinch Sakura's cheek, making her gasp in pain.

"Let me heal you; your chakra is too weak."

Yagyu crouched down and used medical ninjutsu on Sakura's face.

Sakura quickly closed her eyes, her cheeks flushed, and muttered, "I need to hurry. I can sense Hinata's chakra. I can't let her see me like this."

"Hinata has the Byakugan, so she probably saw it a long time ago."

"It's different; the image of her rolling her eyes is in black and white."

"Fine, I just can't do anything with you."

After glancing at the two whispering figures, Uchiha Sasuke, clutching his neck, approached Zaku's body, then examined the bodies of Tosu and Kin, who were embedded in the tree trunk.

To be precise, it's about looking at the signs of destruction around them.

A few seconds later, as if remembering something, Uchiha Sasuke suddenly turned his head, enduring the pain brought by the cursed seal, and activated his Sharingan with two tomoe again. Looking at Yagyu, who had already healed Sakura's injuries, a look of horror flashed in his eyes, and then a strong fighting spirit appeared on his face.

Such astonishing chakra, is this your true strength?

I never knew you were hiding this so well!

That's fantastic! Only someone like you is worthy of being my opponent!

Only by defeating the real you can I avenge my previous defeat and prove the strength of the Uchiha clan!

(End of this chapter)