Our journey continued without any hindrance, but we had to take a small break because of Sarada... Her mental health wasn't healthy, to say the least.
So, we decided to camp for the night.
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Our destination is ahead, a tall tower made of bricks and stone in the middle of nowhere.
"Papa"
The raven-haired girl whispered, barely audible to the human ear.
Sarada sped up, struggling to control her emotions. I didn't bother to stop her nor did Naruto.
But Cho-Cho, as her friend. Followed her to the best of her ability. Naruto glanced at my direction, his thoughts were unreadable.
Whether he felt conflicted about me or something else, I was completely foreign to his thoughts at the moment.
"We're here"
We opened the entrance to the tower, only to be met with a crying Sarada near a black figure... I mean, a figure in black cloak.
He had fair skin, neck long hair, and a black cloak that reached till his ankles. He turned his head around, his black pupil-less eyes met mine.
An emotion I hadn't felt for a long while returned back in full glory... Excitement. I was excited to fight this person that excluded such domering aura, his fearless eyes itched me to no end.
His gaze swept past mine.
"Sasuke"
Naruto, who was behind me, called out to him. His voice almost... Regretful?
Sasuke gave a slight nod before turning around and pulling out a sword that had penetrated inside the wall... Right beside Sarada's head.
She cried and cried and cried... She lashed out her anger in words, dumping all her frustration on Sasuke. How she felt, what she had to go through cuz he wasn't there for her, blah blah blah...
Honestly, I wasn't interested in the least. Before I headed out, I heard her saying that Sakura wasn't her real mother and some other women who wore glasses like her is.
I sighed... Has she gone stupid? Whatever.
I hid the scroll that contained my sword and the two corpses of the Shins'. If I remember correctly, this Shin had a laboratory.
And I need to search it up a bit, hopefully, I'll find something useful in there. Now, let's see...
Medikit: Check.
Smoke bomb that prevents Sharingan unable to see through: Check.
Wooden Shurikens with Metalic colour: Check.
Sarada: Check.
Sakura: Soon to be checked.
Now, I am not really gonna battle this guy here, I need him to kidnap Sakura or Sarada to get to his laboratory using Naruto's sage Jutsu.
I started to warm up before the battle, although I won't fight seriously, it doesn't mean I won't fight at all.
"!!"
I sensed a Chakra signature above me, A greyish whirlpool like Jutsu appeared, and from it... The familiar small creature appeared.
Small creature that will kidnap Sarada: Check
I body flickered and stood above a nearby tree trunk. The creature landed on the ground and looked around. It ran towards the tower without wasting another second.
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Naruto, Sasuke, Sarada, Cho-Cho and me were gathered together. Suddenly, the space above us started to distort.
From a whirlpool like portal, A cloaked figure emerged. Sasuke quickly withdrew his sword from its sheath and flew towards it.
The cloak fluttered in the wind and revealed the figure's face. Underneath was a toothless man with a stitched Sharingan. His right hand was nowhere to be seen.
A familiar figure of an 8 year old emerged from the portal. Without wasting another second. I used the same technique I used before and sliced the boy Shin's head apart.
My heart ached, the technique had taken its toll on me. I felt my head getting dizzy, my breathing became hot, every time I inhaled and exhaled, I could feel my lungs burn from the backlash.
"No!!"
The older Shin spun his body mid-air and locked gazes with me, his eyes that contained malice burned like an active volcano ready to erupt. I could feel my blood boil with each second.
'Fuck the plan, I'm enjoying every bit of this'
With such thoughts set in my mind, I used summoned two clones and launched myself toward him using [Boruto Stream].
I activated Thunderclap impulse. My senses heightened to the extreme. I dodged several telekenised Kunais.
Activating my Jougan, I got a hold of his weakness. He manipulated the blades in his arm and sent barrage of them towards me. Suddenly, I felt my body wrap and erase of all existence.
And the next moment, I found myself behind him. A handful of blades pierced my back and my thighs. I ignored the burning pain and proceed to use [64 Palms].
With my Jougan active, I saw a chakra signature through Shin's body.
'So, Sasuke used his Rennigan to switch places with me huh'
Suppressing my thoughts and pain. I disabled his every chakra points.
'Not enough'
I extended my right hand's nails' range using chakra and pierced through his chest. I crushed his heart and kicked his body toward the sky.
'Fire Style: Stream'
A stream of Red flames that rivaled a pheonix spread from my mouth, I burned his body to a crisp. His cries were already gone the moment I crushed his weakspot.
I began to fall down. Forming a hand sign with a single finger. I summoned two shadow clones and caught myself. I didn't pluck out the blades out from my back and my thighs.
I didn't have extreme regeneration like Naruto, nor did I have a life saving Jutsu... But something about putting myself in danger drives me crazy. This is what I want... I want to fight... I want.... War.
I'll wage war with every Shinobi village... I'll destroy them... I'll drive them to despair, I'll... Kill them all. I'll do whatever means necessary... If it mean fighting someone strong... I'll do anything.
I don't care how many needs to die... I don't care how many needs to be driven to suicidal thoughts.
I'll... Destroy every village...One by one.
....Alone.
All by myself... I'll fight gods... and every one of them will feel my ambition.
I am emboldened by the flame of ambition... and I won't let any of them escape my reach. Not until I die.
You know what, I'll come from the dead and fight them until I kill them.
"Argh"
My head ached... and darkness took over my consciousness.