Naruto: Becoming Stronger by Pampering Your Sister

As soon as he appeared, a white centipede suddenly fell from the sky, hitting him squarely in front of him. Before Sasuke could react, a deafening sound suddenly rang out, and a mushroom cloud instantly rose from beneath Sasuke's feet, engulfing him.

After the smoke cleared, Sasuke stared blankly ahead, his expression stiff. What was going on?

A fantastic start!

Before he could figure it out, hundreds of red-robed puppets suddenly appeared in the sky, each wielding a sharp weapon and looking extremely ferocious. At the same time, a pillar of fire and a torrent of water blasted towards him.

Sasuke frowned, spat lightly, and quickly left the spot. The surrounding dense forest had been completely destroyed in the explosion, leaving not a single leaf behind, so he simply retreated to the edge of the scorched earth.

Once Sasuke calmed down, he finally recognized the familiar figure being attacked and shouted, "Itachi!!!"

……

"Phew, that's about it."

In reality, Neji looked at Sasuke, who was trembling all over and covered in cold sweat, and wiped away non-existent sweat from his own brow.

Although he only played a supporting role, it was still very dangerous. With his powerful genjutsu ability, if he didn't control it properly, it would cause Itachi's Tsukuyomi to collapse, and it might even turn Sasuke into an idiot. He gave it his all.

"Is this really possible?" Kiba Inuzuka asked doubtfully. Even though he hadn't experienced the power of the Kaleidoscope firsthand, he had heard rumors about it. Could they really create such a powerful ability?

"It should be fine. If you want to know why, just look at how Sasuke is twitching right now," Shino said calmly, adjusting his glasses.

"Ah, judging from his current state, Sasuke's mental endurance has probably reached its limit." Shikamaru frowned, his dead fish-like eyes lazily glancing at Sasuke, thinking to himself: It's so troublesome to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Shikamaru has reached a certain level of indolence.

"Hmm? Neji-nii, what's wrong?" Hinata asked worriedly, her hands clasped in front of her chest, looking at Neji who was frowning.

"Not enough." Neji's eyes widened as he looked at the chakra surging into Sasuke's pupils, and he said in a deep voice, "This level of chakra is still not enough to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan."

"How could this be?" Hinata exclaimed, covering her mouth. After activating her Byakugan, she could clearly see a large amount of chakra continuously surging towards Sasuke's eyes. It was so powerful that it still wasn't enough.

"Itachi!"

"I see!"

Even without Neji saying anything, Itachi knew what to do. The three scythe-shaped patterns in his left eye flashed rapidly from time to time, and a large amount of blood flowed out. If someone entered Sasuke's illusion, they would find that Itachi had mixed all the fragments of memory together, and the scenes flashed by like slides.

He had a carefree childhood, but then his clansmen were brutally murdered, his brother bore the stigma, and finally he died tragically at the hands of the Akatsuki organization...

"Ah!!!" Sasuke suddenly roared, instinctively covering his head with his hands.

"Cough cough..." The powerful recoil caused Itachi, who was already injured, to spit out a large mouthful of liquid, which splashed onto Sasuke's face.

"Healing Palm Technique!" Neji's chakra suddenly turned green, surging with rich vitality into Itachi's body, stabilizing his injuries.

"Thanks," Itachi said gratefully.

Even so, the chakra flowing into Sasuke's eyes was still not enough to activate the Mangekyou Sharingan.

"I..." Neji really wanted to curse. Just how strong was Sasuke's mental fortitude? Anyone else would have awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan long ago after being subjected to this kind of terrifying mental torture, but he was always just a hair's breadth away from it, just that one hair's breadth away!

A trace?

Neji's eyes lit up, and he instantly understood something, forcibly inserting his genjutsu into Tsukuyomi.

At this moment, in Sasuke's eyes, the slideshow-like memories suddenly disappeared, and he found himself in a canyon.

The surrounding weather was gloomy, and heavy rain was pouring down. In front of him, a blond kid whose whole body was wrapped in a red chakra cloak was fighting against a man with orange hair and purple ripple eyes who was wearing a black robe with red clouds.

"Naruto?" Sasuke murmured as he awoke from his daze and saw the person in front of him.

Who is the other person?

"Give Sasuke back to me!" Naruto roared, as a monstrous claw slammed down.

"Shinra Tensei!"

Pain looked at Naruto indifferently and said, "It seems you have come to understand pain. However, my pain is a hundred times greater than yours."

shhhhhh...

Black rods shot out from his black robe and pierced Naruto's body.

"Give Sasuke back to me!" Naruto roared as if he were oblivious, his demonic aura growing stronger, six tails suddenly appearing behind him, and grayish-white bones beginning to cover his body.

Bang bang bang!

He finally unleashed all the black rods, his lifeless eyes indicating that he had lost consciousness and was only thinking about killing the man in front of him.

"Have you learned grief now? Because of the death of your comrades." Pain pointed to the already lifeless "Sasuke corpse" beside him and said emotionlessly, "This world has long lost its value; all that remains is pain!"

"Let the world feel pain! Universal Pull!" Pain roared, reaching out to pull Naruto towards him, while Naruto roared back and slapped him with his claw.

Sasuke then saw his own 'corpse' and cried out, "Naruto, no! That's not me!"

As he spoke, he rushed forward, and the Thousand Bird Spear instantly formed in his palm, attempting to slash through Pain, but unfortunately, he couldn't even touch it.

laugh!

The black rod pierced his bone, blood dripped down, Naruto's heart was pierced through, the tailed beast cloak gradually disappeared, and Naruto's lifeless pupils slowly dimmed.

Chapter 163 Naruto Sacrifices Himself to the Heavens, His Power is Boundless

"Naruto~~" Sasuke stared blankly at Naruto lying on the ground, his face pale.

At the last moment, Naruto seemed to see Sasuke as well. He pursed his lips, but couldn't utter a sound. He could only fall backward to the ground, enduring the drenching rain.

"I will definitely bring you back to Konoha!"

Sasuke murmured to himself, recalling the words Naruto had spoken to him at the end of the Land of Sky. Now that he was back, he couldn't find him. Had he already died...?

Sasuke stood silently in the heavy rain, overwhelmed with sorrow. His brother was dead, Naruto was dead, and everyone in this world who truly cared about him... was dead.

"Everything I did was for you, my foolish yet beloved younger brother."

"I will definitely bring you back to Konoha."

These two sentences raced through Sasuke's mind like a curse. Sasuke clenched his teeth, his hands clenched tightly together, his nose stung, and his eyes felt like they were filled with stones. He couldn't help but close his eyes.

However, one teardrop after another, the size of a bean, fell uncontrollably to the ground...

Everything about Itachi and the days spent with Naruto—things that Sasuke used to see as "holdbacks"—have now become unique treasures in his life.

When he finally understood love, along with the tears, drops of blood also fell from his eyes.

……

"That's it, it's a success!" Neji clearly saw Sasuke's chakra surging into his eyes like a spring, and immediately reminded him, feeling a sense of pride.

After all, he orchestrated this himself, using illusion magic to activate the kaleidoscope, which is quite unique.

The moment he and Itachi withdrew the genjutsu, blood immediately trickled from the corner of Sasuke's eye. His blood-red eyes suddenly opened, and within his black pupils, crimson six-pointed star petals floated silently.

Mangekyou Sharingan — Straight Tomoe.

laugh!

The moment he opened his eyes, a burst of intense black flames suddenly ignited on the wall beside him, and at the same time, an indescribable high temperature filled the alley.

"Amaterasu!" Itachi was somewhat surprised, not expecting that Sasuke had awakened the same ability as him.

boom!

At that moment, several crisp sounds rang out. Neji, once again quick as lightning, struck Sasuke with a few bricks, and Sasuke saw stars again, fainting into a daze.

"Neji, what are you doing?" Itachi's lips twitched. Hitting Sasuke's black brick right in front of him was really quite a show.

"We overdid it. He's too excited. We need to let him calm down," Neji said casually, glancing almost imperceptibly at Sasuke. This guy, he really does have a love-hate relationship with Naruto.

Naruto sacrificed himself to the heavens, unleashing boundless magical power.

Itachi nodded, agreeing with Neji's reasoning. He immediately used the Fire Sealing Technique to seal Amaterasu, and then he and Neji and the others vanished from the spot.

As night fell, Sasuke groggily woke up in a room, only to find Itachi right in front of him. His mind went blank, and he stumbled.

"Itachi... Brother, what are you doing here?" Sasuke leaned back, but accidentally bumped into the back of Itachi's head, causing him to grimace and gasp.

"Why does my head hurt so much?" Sasuke thought to himself, a feeling of impending death growing in his heart, his expression quite interesting.

"Itachi, explain it to him!" Neji said calmly.

"Hmm." Itachi nodded, explaining the whole story clearly, but he subconsciously avoided the question about the black brick.

"So, you were just playing me?" Sasuke's cold gaze swept over everyone. All those tears he shed were for nothing; it was all a lie. Itachi was still alive, and Naruto had only gone to train.

Sasuke has such a fiery temper; to be honest, if he hadn't already been traumatized by Neji, he would have really wanted to burn this place down.

"Hmm?" Neji's indifferent gaze immediately turned to Sasuke, and he said calmly, "If it weren't for awakening your Mangekyou Sharingan, would we have gone to such lengths?"

Sasuke shut up, his lips twitching. He felt that if he said another word, Neji would definitely find a reason to attack him. Although Itachi didn't say anything, he had already keenly realized that the bump on his head was Neji's doing.

"The Mangekyou Sharingan, huh? Not bad." Sasuke was very satisfied. With this power alone, he could reach the level of a near-Kage, or even a Kage.

"With this power, I'm sure I can kill those two guys." Sasuke clenched his fist, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes.

"Sasuke, I'm relieved to see that you've awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan." Itachi said gently to Sasuke, "However, the Mangekyou Sharingan comes at the cost of your eyesight. Only by becoming the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan can you eliminate this hidden danger."

"Eternal Kaleidoscope?"

"Ah, the Eternal Kaleidoscope, it's all about fusion..." Neji interrupted Itachi before he could finish speaking.

"Itachi, now is not the time. I will grant your wish, but not now," Neji said calmly.

He wouldn't be so foolish as to sacrifice Itachi to give Sasuke his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

"I see, okay." Itachi touched Sasuke's slightly awkward hairstyle and said with a smile. He was also reluctant to part with Sasuke.

"Alright, brother, I'm not a child anymore," Sasuke said, somewhat displeased. Being watched by so many people as his brother patted his head made even him feel a little embarrassed.

After their inner conflict was resolved, the two brothers returned to their previous close relationship, at least Sasuke's. But what would Itachi think?

Compared to the deaths of his clansmen, the pain he endured would last a lifetime. If he hadn't been so deeply attached to Sasuke, he probably would have chosen to die out there.

"It seems that sending you into Orochimaru's hands back then was the right gamble," Itachi said, patting Sasuke's head with a sense of relief.

"Brother, what did you say?" Sasuke was somewhat surprised, and the others were no better off, hardly believing their ears.

Neji clicked his tongue and shook his head: "Haven't you guys realized yet? Itachi was the one who made Orochimaru leave Akatsuki. He was paving the way for Sasuke."

By exploiting Orochimaru's obsession with the Sharingan, he was brought to Konoha to kidnap Sasuke. Therefore, Sasuke's defection from Konoha was also part of Itachi's plan. The reason is obvious: the prejudice of Konoha's higher-ups against the Uchiha clan made it impossible for Sasuke to truly grow.

In contrast, Orochimaru, despite his impure motives, provided perfect guidance to Sasuke, who subsequently improved his strength rapidly, living up to his expectations.

"Oh, I see." The young heroes suddenly understood, and looked at Itachi with admiration.