Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

"Divine power!"

This is his real killer move.

Sasuke felt a tightening on his wrist, followed by a powerful suction force coming from the other's eyes, and the surrounding space began to distort and deform.

"Trying to suck me in?" Sasuke's eyes showed no panic. "Naive."

"Zzzzzzz—!!!"

A series of ear-piercing thunderclaps rang out, and the raging Thousand Birds Stream transformed into countless black and white intertwined lightning snakes that raged wildly.

"What?!" The masked man's expression changed drastically.

The violent lightning traveled along their arms where they touched and instantly spread throughout his entire body.

If he doesn't let go and cancel the materialization, the lightning will paralyze his body instantly.

"Tch!" The masked man growled and decisively released his grip.

His body became ethereal again, allowing the lightning snakes to pass right through him.

The spatial vortex dissipated, and Sasuke landed steadily several meters away.

"As expected, when you attack or try to suck objects into that space, you must keep them solid."

"In other words, you cannot perform virtualization and materialization at the same time."

The masked man's body stiffened abruptly.

They saw right through me.

In just two brief exchanges, this brat had already figured out his weakness in this technique.

This battle intelligence surpasses even that of the Fourth Hokage.

"It seems I won't be able to take you down easily today." The masked man straightened up, a deep sense of apprehension flashing across his face.

Now that the weakness has been exposed, continuing to entangle ourselves with it will only increase the risk.

"Let's call it a day." The masked man's voice regained its composure.

The space behind him began to slowly distort, forming a huge vortex, and his body became illusory as he gradually retreated towards the center of the vortex.

"Although I don't know if you've really seen through my identity, we will meet again."

"An outlier in the Uchiha clan."

"Trying to leave?" Sasuke watched the disappearing figure, and a six-pointed star pattern suddenly appeared in his right eye.

A tremendous power of vision surged from that eye, locking onto the distorting spatial vortex.

"Misfortune day."

next moment.

"......Um?!"

The masked man's previously composed face suddenly contorted with extreme terror; he could no longer sense the connection between himself and the Divine Might Space.

"Damage has failed?!"

How can this be? !

This is a unique eye technique of his Mangekyou Sharingan, how could it possibly fail?!

Could it be...?

He suddenly raised his head and looked at Sasuke opposite him.

The black-haired boy had his right eye tightly closed, and a stream of bright red blood was trickling down the corner of his eye.

Sasuke's face was pale, and his body swayed slightly. Clearly, the attack he had just received had taken a toll on him beyond his expectations.

"So much was used up..." Sasuke thought to himself in shock.

Just by briefly "denying" the "reality" of the opponent's space-time ninjutsu, he had already consumed so much of his eye power.

However, as long as we can keep this guy here, it won't be a loss.

He gripped the "Takemikazuchi" at his waist with his other hand, and black and white lightning surged, instantly enveloping Sasuke's figure.

"Go to hell." Before the words were even finished, his figure had already vanished.

"Not good!" The masked man felt a chill creep over him. Having lost his divine power and ethereal form, he was at a loss.

Wood Release!

Using the Sharingan's insight, he threw several thorny branches in Sasuke's direction.

But just as the wood-elemental technique took shape, a bolt of lightning tore it apart.

A muffled thud.

The masked man's body stiffened abruptly, and he looked down at the long sword that had pierced through his body.

The blade slashed diagonally from his right shoulder, cutting all the way to his left waist, almost severing him at the waist.

Fresh blood gushed out instantly.

The masked man opened his mouth, then fell backward helplessly, his blood staining the soil beneath him.

The light in his one eye gradually faded.

died?

Sasuke sheathed his sword, clutching his throbbing right eye, and gasped for breath.

But soon, the masked man's corpse on the ground began to blur, like a dissipating phantom.

“This is…” Sasuke frowned deeply, this feeling seemed familiar.

"Izanagi."

That forbidden Uchiha technique that can transform reality into a dream, at the cost of losing the sight of one Sharingan.

Danzo used it, and now this guy is using it too.

The ripples in the forest space behind him rippled slightly, and the masked man who should have been cut in half at the waist slowly emerged.

At this moment, although his body has returned to its original state, the other Sharingan under the mask is tightly closed, clearly having lost its sight.

"You bastard..." The masked man's voice trembled slightly.

He never imagined that he would be forced to this point.

Not only was Kamui temporarily sealed by that strange eye technique, but he was also forced to use Izanagi, losing one of his Sharingan eyes.

If he hadn't had a spare Sharingan transplanted in advance as a precaution...

That one move just now would have cost him that kaleidoscope!

"We absolutely cannot stay here any longer!"

This kid in front of me is too dangerous. His ability to erase ninjutsu is his nemesis.

He dared not linger any longer and, taking advantage of Sasuke's weakened eye power, activated Kamui once more.

The spatial vortex reappeared, and this time, it was faster than ever before.

"Until we meet again!" The masked man left these words, his body twisted instantly, and he vanished.

"..."

Sasuke stood there, looking at the empty forest, and did not chase after them.

He released his hand from his right eye, looked at the bright red blood on his palm, and sighed helplessly.

My vision is a little blurry.

That attack was too taxing; he could clearly feel that his eyesight had deteriorated considerably.

Although they failed to kill the masked man, it wasn't a complete loss.

At least, we figured out his background.

When we meet again in that world, I won't let him leave so easily.

"Hey kid, are you alright?" Yoruichi frowned slightly as she looked at the bloodstains on Sasuke's face.

"It's nothing," Sasuke replied casually. "Let's go back to the clan's territory."

.........

Uchiha clan.

Having experienced that dramatic coup, the tribe's territory was still brightly lit, but the number of patrolling guards was twice as many as usual, and every tribesman's face was filled with excitement.

When Sasuke appeared at the gate, the Jonin on guard immediately bowed respectfully.

"My lord! You're back!"

Sasuke nodded slightly, walked straight through the gate, and caught a familiar chakra fluctuation through the gap in the courtyard wall.

"That is......"

He turned around, pushed open the courtyard gate, and went inside.

In the courtyard, three Uchiha clan ninjas were positioned in a triangle formation, guarding around a room.

Under the eaves of that room, a small figure sat there listlessly, swinging his legs.

He had blond hair, a signature six-stripe beard on his cheeks, and wore a somewhat dirty T-shirt.

It's Naruto Uzumaki.

Or rather, the young Naruto of this world.

"My lord." Upon seeing Sasuke enter, the three ninjas on guard immediately stood up and bowed. One of them explained in a low voice, "This is the clan leader's order."

"The Jinchūriki is the village's most important strategic weapon. In order to prevent him from being taken away or controlled by other people with ulterior motives in the chaos, the clan chief ordered him to be temporarily transferred to the clan's territory for protection."

Sasuke listened to this explanation, a look of understanding flashing in his eyes.

The so-called "protection" is actually house arrest.

With the coup just succeeded, the Uchiha clan would absolutely not allow the Nine-Tails, their greatest destabilizing factor, to escape their control.

This was a very rational decision, and one that was very much in line with the Uchiha style.