Naruto and Sasuke are doing nothing; Madara and I will set an example.

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He was pinned to the tree by the sword blade like a wedge. As soon as the wedge disappeared, Naruto immediately fell into the mud under the tree after the rain.

"Gurgle, gurgle." Blood gushed from his exposed abdominal cavity, staining the mud beneath him red.

Even so, Naruto, with your vitality, you won't die anytime soon...

Dust turned to face the Susanoo Perfect Form that stood tall and imposing!

With that dark purple forehead, Uchiha Sasuke's face was like a knife's edge!

“Sasuke…” Naruto looked at his dear friend who was fighting alone with complicated feelings. The dizziness from blood loss made his eyelids heavy.

It's my fault, Uchiha Chen. I should have dealt with him as a dangerous element a long time ago!

Sasuke...run away!

He's a monster who can 'manipulate time'!

"Naruto, pull yourself together!" Kurama shouted in his mind.

"Naruto, wait for me..." Sasuke raised his Susanoo's feet high, and with a dominating force, it descended upon the dust!

This one kick is enough to cause half the mountain to collapse!

Dust's right eye focused on the bottom of Venerable's feet, continuously vibrating with light!

——Feng Yu Qi Chui Zun!

"Boom boom boom...!" The exploding fireballs exploded at the foot of Susanoo in layers, forming a terrifying spindle-shaped fire curtain that forcefully blocked the foot in mid-air!

Taking advantage of this gap, Chen Youmu released a vortex that sucked itself in!

"Whoosh!" In the blink of an eye, he was already soaring through the sky, at eye level with Sasuke in the Susanoo's forehead!

"Bang!" He summoned the Guhuoniao (a mythical bird), using its back as a landing point, and bounced up twice in the air.

As the white smoke from the disappearing Ubume faded away, Chen Fei rushed forward to meet it, heading straight for Sasuke's forehead!

By observing the 'light' flowing in Chen's right eye, Sasuke deduced that Chen was about to use the 'Disintegration' eye technique.

"Even if you can use your right eye's eye technique to dismantle the Tailed Beast Ball, you can forget about dismantling this complete Susanoo!"

"Who said we're going to disintegrate the entire complete form?" Dust's right eye focused, its light settling!

"Crack!" The front wall of Susanoo's forehead shattered into purple specks of light!

"What?! The anterior wall of this ventricle was breached on its own!"

Sasuke has already been exposed to Chen's sight!

Oh no... He can now use his 'Flash Strike' eye technique on me!

Without further ado... Sasuke used Kagutsuchi to create a layer of black flames as protection!

In this perilous situation, his thoughts raced as he searched for a divine intervention that could turn the tide!

Five meters. If Chen can get within five meters of me, I'm confident I can use the 'genjutsu' of the Rinnegan to control him!

Just a moment is enough!

"Crack!" This black flame protective layer was rendered useless under the divine light!

The two were now less than ten meters apart!

Sasuke: Let's give him a opening!

However, at this moment, under Sasuke's absurd gaze, Chen actually lowered his eyes... not giving him any chance to make eye contact!

This once made him suspect that Chen possessed the ability to 'read minds'!

Little did he know that Chen had accumulated a century of combat experience in Samadhi!

They know perfectly well when it's okay to have a little fun and cultivate one's character, and when one must be as cautious as that brave warrior!

At this distance, it is not advisable to use the 'Fengyu Qizun' which requires high-precision focusing; in fact, it is best to avoid using the 'eye' as a supplementary method.

After all, Sasuke was once capable of ensnaring all nine tailed beasts with a single glance. Even if he has lost his edge now, the Rinnegan's genjutsu still requires extra caution.

Otherwise, the outcome could be reversed in an instant!

Before I obtain the Rinnegan during my upcoming journey to the Origin Space, I must remain cautious when facing Sasuke!

At this moment, the two sides were no more than five meters apart!

Dust's left palm was covered with purple lightning bolts, which were shooting out long, thin lines!

Purple Lightning is a super-powerful thrusting technique that Kakashi Hatake perfected after losing his Sharingan in the war. It is an improvement on the Lightning Blade and can be used without hand seals or the Sharingan!

"He's even mastered Kakashi's Purple Lightning technique? There's no way out..."

Sasuke's Rinnegan flashed, and with a "whoosh!" he swapped positions with Chen using Amenotejikara!

Dust glanced back and muttered to himself, "The Rinnegan, it's just trouble after all..."

—Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire!

Sasuke formed a hand seal with one hand, and the exploding flames instantly engulfed the Susanoo's forehead.

He knew that Chen possessed the ability to annihilate this fire escaping technique, as well as a terrifying healing ability, so he maintained the hand seal with one hand, keeping the firepower input continuous, intending to suppress it!

With the reverse thrust, Sasuke rose into the sky.

"boom!!!"

The accumulated heat from the Fire Release technique blasted Susanoo's skull open, and the overflowing flames burned through the sky like red lotuses, creating rising rain clouds in the blink of an eye!

By then, dawn had broken and the rain that had fallen all night had stopped, so the cumulonimbus cloud stood out conspicuously in the clear sky!

"Boom! B ...

Sasuke's palm crackled with lightning as he swung it down!

—Lightning Release: Kirin!

"Whoosh...!!"

However... at that moment, Sasuke's figure suddenly disappeared into the air!

Then, without warning, he appeared in front of Chen, even reverting to his original posture!

It seemed that the forehead chamber had never been burst open by the raging fire, and the lightning-infused Qilin that roared into the sky seemed to be just an illusion!

Ban, as an observer, witnessed the entire strange phenomenon.

When Sasuke returned to the forehead chamber as time flowed backward, the towering flames, rain clouds, and lightning vanished like bubbles in a mirror!

He turned to Liu Jing and said, "So that's how it is. The phenomena that the person whose time has been reversed is also causing will be erased because of the cause and effect of resetting time?"

"Crack!!" Chen unleashed his purple lightning, piercing through Sasuke's right chest!

I've tried my best to avoid the heart...

"Crack!!" Sasuke burst out of the back of Susanoo's skull.

Blood splattered everywhere, and Sasuke gritted his teeth, "Is this the true power of your right eye...?"

I can't, I can't fall like this! He still needs me!

He landed not far from Naruto, and after getting up, he stumbled and rushed towards Naruto!

Using his last bit of eye power, he opened the Rinnegan's spatial gate, sucking himself and the dying Naruto into it!

As the remains of Susanoo disappeared into the sky.

This signifies that Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha's first battle against Chen Uchiha ended in a crushing defeat!

Chen stood atop a tall tree, the tattered pieces of his clothes fluttering in the wind around his waist!

He took the [Kusanagi hilt] from his ninja tool bag, his right eye gleamed, and his wrist jerked.

—Yumu Tuo Liu!

"Snap!" The power of time reassembled the scattered dust, reforging the sharpness of the Kusanagi sword at the hilt and guard!

The dust stood upright on the blade, and a cold face was reflected on its gleaming surface.

He exclaimed in admiration, "What a fine sword!"

With the Kusanagi sword fastened to his waist as a trophy, Chen gazed at the closed spatial portal.

"Naruto, Sasuke, I sincerely hope that this defeat will help you grow. Although we have taken different paths, our destination is the same: to bring true peace to this land."

"Zzz!" The grayness of the sclera faded, the silver eyeshadow disappeared, and the Sage Mode came to an end.

"Phew." Chen let out a long breath. "Without Sage Mode, I really wouldn't be able to withstand the drain on my eye technique."

"As expected, subduing those two was much more tiring than subduing Guang..."

On the nearby tree, Ban and Obito revealed their forms.

"Chen, are you alright?"

Of course it's possible! How can a man say no?

He took out a large soldier's ration pill, swallowed it, sat down on the spot, and glanced at his watch.

5:18.

"Let me catch my breath for a bit, then we'll officially begin our plan!"

Chapter 30 Returning in vain

In the courtyard of the Uchiha residence in Konoha, a temporary ninja tent has been set up.

Because of the incident two days ago where Sarada mistook her for her mother, Sakura, in a fit of anger, punched and destroyed the house, which still had a high mortgage.

That's why it's become what it is now.

In front of the tent, Sakura sat on a small stool, with dark circles under her eyes, muttering to herself.

"That bastard Naruto, where did he take Sasuke?! He said he'd come home for dinner, and I've been waiting for him for two nights and he still hasn't shown up!"

Sakura couldn't help but feel anxious and uncertain.

"Is Sasuke going to leave without saying goodbye again?"

At that moment, Sarada, wearing pink pajamas, rubbed her eyes and came out of the tent to get up in the middle of the night.

Ah, no, it's almost dawn, so strictly speaking, it can't be called getting up in the middle of the night.

Seeing Sakura sitting there, she exclaimed, "Mom! Didn't you sleep all night again?"

Sakura turned around, her eyes narrowed beneath her dark circles, and gave a bitter smile: "Hmm... Mom isn't used to sleeping in a tent, hehe!"

Sarada thought to herself: Adults really lie so easily. When we went camping, she was sleeping soundly in the tent! She must have been waiting for Dad, but he didn't show up. Oh well... Mom is pitiful enough, I won't expose her.

She glanced at the clock hanging outside the tent.

5:17.

She said obediently and sensibly, "Then let me cook breakfast this morning..."

"Whoosh!" Before the words were even finished, a black vortex suddenly appeared in mid-air in the courtyard!

"Huh?" Sarada was stunned.

"Ah!" Sakura immediately stood up, looking refreshed.

That was the Rinnegan portal that Sasuke opened.

Honey, you're finally back!

"Thump!" Unexpectedly, a blood-soaked figure fell in front of her from the spatial portal!

Upon seeing the person's face clearly... she and Sarada both gasped in surprise.

"Naruto!?"

"Lord Hokage!"

Immediately afterward, another figure stumbled and fell beside Naruto... a bloody hole in his chest, from which blood was gushing out!

The mother and daughter turned pale with fright!

"husband!!!"

"dad!!!"