novel-bin Chapter 33 Sasuke: All that hard training was for this day!
Chapter 33 Sasuke: All that hard training was for this day!
Just then, a familiar exclamation rang out: "Ah, it's Naruto?"
Naruto was startled and quickly looked in the direction of the sound.
Upon seeing this, he was stunned: "Sakura? And Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing here?"
Not far ahead, Kakashi and Sakura were standing by a row of seats, looking at him with shocked expressions.
Sakura was wearing pajamas, and it was clear that, like Naruto, she had been brought here in her sleep.
"How could Naruto..." Sakura stared wide-eyed, unable to believe it.
Kakashi showed an unprecedented expression of surprise, as if speculating about something, and analyzed, "This time it's Naruto who's here, then..."
Naruto was even more confused.
"Where am I? This isn't like my usual dreams..."
[Ding! Naruto's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +200!]
"Wait a moment!"
Kakashi quickly calmed down and suddenly realized a major problem.
"Naruto appeared here, so could the protagonist of tonight's dream be...?"
He abruptly turned his head to look at the huge, dark screen.
Sakura realized what was happening and quickly followed the teacher's gaze.
Sure enough, the previously empty screen suddenly lit up in the next instant!
In the video, a black-haired boy lies quietly on the ground. The surrounding environment is blurry, but it can be seen that it is a training ground.
The moment the image appeared, Kakashi and Sakura both gasped in shock: "Sa...Sasuke?!"
[Ding! Kakashi Hatake's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +200!]
[Ding! Sakura Haruno's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +200!]
They actually changed the person!
Tonight, the person who appeared in my dream was actually Uchiha Sasuke.
"W-What's going on?!" Naruto stared at Sasuke's image appearing on the screen, both surprised and confused. "Where am I?"
Kakashi quickly waved his hand and said, "Calm down, Naruto. This time you're not dreaming—to be precise, it's Sasuke who's dreaming."
He took a deep breath and explained rapidly, "Actually, for the past few days, Sakura, Sasuke, and I have come to this mysterious space every night to watch your dreams. We haven't figured out the exact reason for this strange place yet. Anyway, we came here after falling asleep normally, expecting to see your dream as usual, but we found you in the audience. So I guess that tonight this dream space is no longer centered on you, but on Sasuke instead."
"Eh, what?"
Naruto was stunned and couldn't process so much information in a short time.
"Did you all see the dreams you had a few days ago?"
Kakashi nodded with a wry smile: "That's right."
"ha?!"
Naruto was stunned.
So Kakashi-sensei, Sakura, and Sasuke saw everything?
No wonder Sakura and Sasuke have been acting strangely towards me these past two days; it turns out they already knew the contents of my dream!
[Ding! Naruto's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +200!]
Naruto's face flushed bright red, his shame and indignation evident in his expression: "This is so...so embarrassing! You all saw all those dreams?"
Fragments of his dream flashed through his mind.
Pretending to be a good child in front of my parents, enjoying immense success at the ninja academy, and... and with Hinata...
No, no, I can't bear to think about it!
Naruto wished he could disappear into a hole, so he covered his head with his hands and squatted down.
"Ugh! You guys actually read my dreams behind my back! That's so mean!"
[Ding! Naruto's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +200!]
"Alright, alright, stop yelling!" Sakura felt a little embarrassed when she saw him blushing. After all, it wasn't very nice to peek at someone's dream.
But then again, who told Naruto to be so clueless and not notice for so many days?
She simply put on a stern face and scolded, "Are you blaming us? You're the one who's so dense that it's only now realizing it!"
"Waaah..."
Naruto was speechless, his ears turning bright red.
It's not entirely Sakura's fault, but he just felt so embarrassed!
Kakashi cleared his throat and smoothed things over, saying, "Alright, now's not the time to dwell on this. Naruto, since you're here, let's take a look at Sasuke's dream together."
The three of them immediately held their breath and focused their attention on the huge screen that was glowing.
In the scene, Sasuke, who was lying on the ground with his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes.
……
The blinding sunlight shone on his face, and Uchiha Sasuke squinted slightly, sitting up somewhat blankly.
He looked around and saw that he was in a wide training field.
The training ground was flat, with several intact wooden targets standing around it. A neat weapon rack was placed in one corner of the field, and the air was filled with a faint scent of grass and trees.
There are also four blue flags with the Uchiha fan logo in the four corners.
"here it is……"
Sasuke was stunned for a moment; this seemed to be a training ground within the Uchiha clan's territory.
Unlike the desolate and dilapidated training ground in the real territory, the facilities here are well preserved, the ground is clean and flat, and the facilities are much more complete than those training grounds.
There are absolutely no signs of age on it.
A sense of foreboding suddenly welled up in Sasuke's heart.
He suddenly stood up and scanned his surroundings warily.
Sasuke immediately realized that he was in some kind of unusual situation.
He remembered clearly that he had just been practicing rock climbing in the tribal area, and then...
"Oh no!"
Sasuke cursed under his breath, realizing what had happened.
He eventually succumbed to exhaustion and fell asleep, and the strange training ground he was in was most likely the very same damned dream he had been living.
But strangely, this dream was different from the ones I had before.
He wasn't actually in that theater watching Naruto dream; it was as if he himself was in the dream!
Thinking of this, Sasuke's face grew even more gloomy.
"Wake up!"
He growled and quickly bit his tongue, trying to use the pain to pull himself out of the dream.
However, despite the excruciating pain, he remained conscious and stood in place, unable to break free from the dream.
Sure enough, this was no ordinary dream, but a kind of real illusion that could even simulate pain.
Just as Sasuke was in a state of utter confusion, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind him.
"It's almost noon, I have to go. The security department has a lot to do this afternoon."
The voice spoke apologetically.
Sasuke froze abruptly, as if struck by lightning.
This voice... was both incredibly familiar and incredibly distant to him.
"No, impossible..."
His pupils contracted sharply, his mind went blank, and he almost dared not turn around to look.
Suddenly, a warm hand gently rested on Sasuke's shoulder.
boom!
In that instant, a string that had been pressing down on Sasuke's heart snapped.
He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug deep into his palms, and his body trembled slightly with extreme anger.
Even after many years, he will never admit his mistake!
Even if he turns to ashes, he will remember!
[Ding! Emotional fluctuations from Uchiha Sasuke have been detected! Emotional value +4000!]
Hatred surged in his chest like a volcano, and Sasuke's eyes almost turned red. Just as he turned around, someone gently tapped his forehead.
"Sorry, Sasuke, let's talk about it another time!"
He slapped the hand away and retreated several meters.
"How dare you! How dare you make such a move against me again!"
Sasuke roared, veins throbbing on his forehead, and his Sharingan activated instantly, his crimson eyes fixed on the person in front of him.
It was a tall young man with long, black hair that fluttered in the wind—the very face that Sasuke both knew and loathed in his memories.
Uchiha Itachi!
"Die!" Sasuke roared, forming hand seals, his chest bulging as he unleashed a torrent of scorching flames. "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
boom!
A massive fireball hurtled toward Itachi, swirling and churning the air along its path, sending waves of heat surging through it!
Despite his younger brother's fierce sneak attack, Itachi remained calm and composed.
He simply turned slightly to the side, and with almost no effort, the fireball flew past him and crashed into the open space in the distance.
"Sasuke? Wait a minute!" Itachi frowned, somewhat surprised that Sasuke would suddenly attack him.
But Sasuke wouldn't listen to him at all.
Missing his first attack, he instantly drew several shuriken, flicked his wrist, and the gleaming shuriken shot out in a fan shape toward Itachi!
"Clang! Clang!"
Itachi swayed and once again calmly dodged the attack of the hidden weapons, with several shuriken all embedded in the wooden stake behind him.