"Cough."
Shizune coughed dryly with wide eyes, instantly dropping to one knee on the ground, her eyes losing focus. She felt as if her entire being had been drained, as though her body had been hollowed out, like renal failure.
"Shizune!!"
Tsunade shouted as she rushed to Shizune, supporting her body to check her condition. As she examined her, her frown gradually eased.
Thankfully, it was just her chakra that had been fished away.
"Mm~"
'Urashiki' picked up the chakra on the hook, brought it to his nose, closed his eyes to savor it, and with a look of enjoyment, commented, "Such chakra, full of a young girl's fragrance."
He placed the chakra into the red fishing basket, his smile growing richer as he continued, "So, who's next?"
"Here it comes!"
Inside the village of Konohagakure, young Sasuke, who was training adult Sasuke and Boruto, suddenly opened his eyes. Narrowing his eyes, he glanced at the two and said, "Otsutsuki Urashiki has appeared. He's right outside Konohagakure now, and Jiraiya is fighting him."
"Ah?"
Boruto collapsed on the ground, too exhausted to speak. Even if he wanted to help, he couldn't. Adult Sasuke was in a slightly better state, but not by much.
The training was tailored to the individual.
"Don't worry. Based on your descriptions, that guy isn't very strong. He relies on powerful Ninja Tools and Dojutsu for fighting. Jiraiya and the others should be able to hold him off for a while. I'll go take a look too. You guys rest up; there will be a fight for you later," young Sasuke said proudly, arms crossed over his chest.
According to the intelligence they had, this so-called Otsutsuki Urashiki was nothing more than a low-level opportunist. His basic attributes were low, and even adult Sasuke and Boruto couldn't crush him. His combat relied almost entirely on Ninja Tools and the power of the Rinnegan.
In young Sasuke's view, such an opponent was easy to defeat. With the enhancement of his lightning elemental power, his speed and strength were top-notch. As long as he was fast enough that the enemy couldn't react, he could easily defeat him. No matter how strong the Ninja Tools were, they were just tools, and no matter how powerful the eyes were, they needed a body to support them. Without these, Otsutsuki Urashiki was just a toy.
However,
Sasuke felt something was off. That guy's chakra was unusually strong and of high quality, and it was non-human level high. But he had heard that this guy wasn't human to begin with and also possessed the Rinnegan, so a slightly higher chakra intensity might be normal, right?
Never mind, never mind. If adult Sasuke could handle him with just a couple of moves, how strong could he really be? Could he explode and kill like Naruto did?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
The more Sasuke thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed, and he gradually dispelled the doubts in his mind. Then, he transformed into a flash of lightning and sped off towards the battlefield at the edge of Konohagakure village.
"Hmm?"
Inside the Hyuga clan, Hinata, who was sitting in meditation cultivating her elemental power, furrowed her brows. Although her eyes didn't show any change on the surface, she was actually looking outside Konohagakure village, observing the changes on the battlefield.
Her sensory abilities were not inferior to Sasuke's. If Sasuke could sense Urashiki, so could she, and she also had the Byakugan, which Sasuke didn't have, allowing her to observe the changes in the battle more clearly.
'Is that Otsutsuki Urashiki?'
Hinata watched from afar as Urashiki sat arrogantly in mid-air, fishing for ninjas with a red hook, and she immediately felt something was amiss.
This guy seems stronger than they said, doesn't he?
Wait, theoretically, adult Sasuke and Boruto are not from our world. They come from the future of another parallel timeline, so the Otsutsuki Urashiki they speak of must also be the Urashiki from their world, not ours.
That means this Otsutsuki Urashiki is likely one of our own, so his strength far exceeds the Urashiki from another parallel timeline, just like young Sasuke's strength far surpasses that of adult Sasuke!
It was fortunate that I didn't rush off, or else there might have been trouble.
"Boom!"
A muffled sound erupted as Neji shattered a stone pillar with a palm strike. He turned to Hinata, squinting slightly, and asked earnestly, "Miss Hinata, has that guy arrived?"
"Yes, his strength is formidable. It must be Urashiki from our world's future," Hinata replied.
In reality, the Urashiki of their world's future would not return to this past because the Urashiki of this world was beaten to a pulp by Sasuke upon entering the ninja world and then thrown to Orochimaru as a test subject.
However, since the Urashiki of a parallel timeline had already come here earlier, captured by Naruto and used as a test subject by Orochimaru, many projects had already been researched. Therefore, the research value of the future Urashiki was not very high for Orochimaru, and thus, his daily life as a test subject was quite miserable...
"Should we go now, or...?" Neji pondered aloud.
"Sasuke has already gone. We should just observe the battle from nearby. Naruto is definitely watching Sasuke's fight from somewhere, I'm sure of it," Hinata said with conviction.
"Alright."
She always had this peculiar confidence in certain strange matters—Neji thought.
Outside the Village of Konohagakure
"Be careful, his fishing hook can directly extract chakra from the body," Tsunade warned.
"Extract chakra? That's troublesome."
Jiraiya's expression grew somber. He needed a little more time to summon the two great Toad Sages. At this moment, Shizune had fallen, and Tsunade, with her hemophobia, could not be counted on as a stable combatant.
It's hard to fight!
He hadn't ruled out using Sage Mode, but without it, Urashiki might seriously defeat him in an instant. Sage Mode was his only hope.
"Boom!!"
Suddenly, a thunderous roar sounded, and a bolt of purple lightning struck in front of the three Sannin. As the thunder faded, the figure of a black-haired youth became clear. He turned arrogantly, his black eyes filled with pride and disdain, and said, "The legendary Sannin... is this the extent of your strength? Too weak."
In Sasuke's view, they were indeed weak.
But there was a reason for that. Tsunade, with her hemophobia, dared not confront directly, so she had been holding back. Jiraiya could sense Urashiki's formidable strength, so he was charging up for Sage Mode and had not shown any impressive combat feats. On the surface, it indeed didn't look good.
"Who is this guy...?" Tsunade asked Jiraiya.
Although she was annoyed, the surge of chakra from Sasuke made it clear to her that his strength was immense, and he had the right to be proud.
"Uchiha Sasuke, the last and the greatest prodigy of the Uchiha clan," Jiraiya responded.
"Sasuke, huh?" Tsunade's gaze shifted.
"Hmph, let me show you the power of the Uchiha," Sasuke said, turning back to face Otsutsuki Urashiki.
He activated the Lightning Armor!
He unleashed the Purple Electricity Chidori!
He charged in, and Tsunade and Jiraiya couldn't even see his speed!
"Bang!"
The next moment, Sasuke was struck by a rod and slammed hard onto the ground, his expression slightly dazed.
This wasn't what Boruto and the others had described, was it?
(End of Chapter)
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