radicalducati Chapter 340 The Mangekyou Sharingan, Gamabunta's Sky Has Fallen
Chapter 340 The Mangekyou Sharingan, Gamabunta's Sky Has Fallen
"Father, Mother..." Looking at his elder brother's hideous face, Sasuke was deeply wounded, his eyes glazed over, and he murmured incoherently.
In an instant, fond childhood memories kept replaying in his mind. His deep longing for home and hatred for Itachi, coupled with the shame of his own powerlessness, almost drove Sasuke insane and made him commit suicide.
Indeed, compared to Itachi's 13-year-old ANBU captain and Mangekyou Sharingan, his 13-year-old self seems like a joke...
Not only Itachi, but he also couldn't compare to his senior Ishikawa and Captain Junto. At least Ishikawa was already a Jonin at the age of 13, and Junto had awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.
But he was still just a mere three-tomoe Chunin of Konoha...
"Then I see no need for you to continue living such a wretched and ugly life. The mistake of annihilating our clan eight years ago will be completely rectified today."
Just as Sasuke was reeling from the series of blows, his older brother suddenly pulled out a kunai and stabbed it into his chest.
"Someone as useless as you probably doesn't even have the potential to unlock those eyes!"
"Useless...useless..." Feeling the pain in his chest and the devastating blow to his spirit, Sasuke's pupils suddenly contracted as his three-tomoe Sharingan rapidly spun in his eye sockets, transforming into a series of afterimages...
"It seems you do have some self-awareness. However, your trashy Sharingan is utterly unworthy to become the new light for me, Uchiha Itachi!!"
"Forget it, let's go retrieve the Nine-Tails first. He's our Akatsuki's target this time. Orochimaru's intelligence is really timely."
hum...
The moment those two sentences reached Sasuke's ears, the last trace of doubt in his heart vanished.
Damn it, is Naruto their target again?
He never imagined that he couldn't stop the massacre of his clan back then, and now he has to watch helplessly as his best friend Naruto is captured!
Damn it, why? Why is he still so weak even though he's tried so hard...?
This feeling of powerlessness is exactly the same as it was back then!
"No, even if it means death, I will buy that idiot Naruto some time. Itachi, I will never let you take away my most important partner again!" Suddenly, Sasuke looked up sharply, his eyes bloodshot, and roared angrily.
"Run! There are many roads, run!"
Almost in the instant he let out a roar to the sky, Sasuke's cursed seals erupted, ignoring his injuries as he retreated. The crimson three-tomoe jade beads rapidly intertwined and reformed in his eye sockets, transforming into an eerie lotus-shaped pattern with each breath.
[It's done! Sasuke's Mangekyou Sharingan is complete!]
Upon seeing those two eerie lotus flowers, Ishikawa was pleasantly surprised, thinking to himself that his impromptu idea had actually triggered Sasuke's protagonist aura.
Just as Ishikawa was about to speak, Sasuke suddenly unleashed a surge of powerful eye energy and chakra, allowing him to break through Tsurugi's Sage Art illusion.
"Senior brother??" Sasuke, who was about to fight to the death, saw the familiar face opposite him and immediately clutched his chest, frozen in place, completely dumbfounded.
At the same time, the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan broke through a certain genjutsu, and a long-forgotten memory flooded into Sasuke's mind.
"This, this is..."
"Jugo, heal him." Ishikawa urged immediately upon seeing this. Just now, to make the effect realistic, he had used his Red Eyes to pierce Sasuke's heart.
If he's not careful, Sasuke could really die from a ruptured heart and lungs!
Meanwhile, on the other side...
"Sasuke? That's Sasuke calling out! Damn it, I can't waste any more time here..."
Naruto, who was engrossed in figuring out how to solve Tetris, suddenly changed his expression and immediately threw away the crystal in his hand, biting his finger until it bled.
"What are you doing? If you destroy the rock wall in front of you, you'll fail the test!" Princess Ichikishima immediately appeared to remind him, her gaze turning strange as she looked at the sequence of hand seals in Naruto's hands.
That greedy fellow, even with a psychic partner, actually came to Ryuchi Cave to participate in the trials.
"Hmph, I didn't come here to form a contract or summon spirits with you." Naruto shouted angrily. Sasuke's voice meant he must have encountered some danger.
Thinking of this, Naruto unleashed all his chakra and once again activated the power of the Nine-Tails.
"Spiritual communication..."
With a loud bang, to Princess Ichikishima's surprise, a red-backed toad with an exaggeratedly large body and a long sword at its waist appeared before her, bursting through the rock house and turning it into ruins.
"It's you again? Naruto. Uh, where is this place? It feels so creepy..."
Gamabunta opened his eyes and said with dissatisfaction, then turned around to go and cause trouble for Naruto.
But just as it was about to make a move, it felt three powerful auras of immortals, no weaker than those of the immortal master, enveloping it.
Moreover, its animal instincts made it feel an unprecedented life-or-death crisis, causing all the pores on its body to instantly contract as if facing a formidable enemy.
This feeling is just like encountering a giant snake when I was a child—terrifying, as if I were being targeted by a natural enemy!
"Yo~~ Isn't this the little toad from Mount Myōboku? I didn't expect that brat to be a contractor of the toad clan."
"You little brat, you've got guts! You actually dared to summon toads in Ryuchi Cave. Are you bringing us food?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, it's been a long time since I've seen a giant toad brimming with natural energy. Looks like the three of us are destined for a feast today!"
As their breaths caught in their throats, the voices of Princess Ichikishima, Princess Tsuratsu, and Princess Tashin rang out from three sides.
The next second, just as Naruto was about to speak, three super snakes, each larger than Manda, appeared around Gamabunta, surrounding him with the Three Talents Formation.
"Y-you are..." Gamabunta's eyes darted around rapidly as he stared at the three large snakes—green, brown, and blue—his voice trembling as he nearly ran away. "You damn Naruto, where have you been, you brat?!"
If its body hadn't been suppressed by some unknown force and unable to move, it would have abandoned Naruto and released the summon immediately!
Good grief, is Naruto really unaware or just pretending?
They actually summoned that toad to Ryuchi Cave, the lair of ten thousand snakes! They're leaving it no way out...
No, it seems there's an even more terrifying aura watching it.
The sky has fallen! Is it possible that Toad Boss Wen Tai is destined to meet his end, ultimately perishing in the belly of a snake...?
"Hey, Gamabunta, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and move! Sasuke is still waiting for us to rescue him over there." Naruto, unaware of the pressure Gamabunta was under due to his natural enemy, patted Gamabunta on the back and urged him loudly.
This urging almost made Wen Tai spit out a mouthful of blood, his back chilled, and his soul nearly left his body!
Oh my god, this is really bad...
The three snake goddesses exchanged a glance, their greedy tongues flicking out as they lunged forward to devour the delivered food. The toad, however, was not a trial participant and was not bound by the White Snake Immortal.
"Wait, bring them to me."
Just as Ishikawa was about to unleash the power of the Three-Tails to break the deadlock, a faint and ancient voice came from the depths of Ryuchi Cave.
That's... the White Snake Immortal!