"The son of a hero?" Sasuke let out a derisive snort, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world, "Yondaime Hokage, it seems you are completely ignorant of your son's life all these years."
Minato's heart sank violently. A sense of foreboding enveloped him.
The smile vanished completely from his face, replaced by deep gravity. His voice became strained, "What... what do you me...
2025-08-27 12:36:12 +0000 UTC View PostTessai’s gaze remained fixed on the gradually disappearing fissure, "Magnificent. Manager’s judgment was correct, as expected."
"Well? Aren't you going to say thank you at least?" Ichigo looked at the panting Uryu before him, "I'm the one cleaning up your mess. A simple 'thank you' wouldn't kill you."
No sooner had the words left his mouth, for no apparent reason, Ichigo suddenl...
2025-08-27 12:36:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment Uchiha Sasuke's voice fell, violent black lightning arcs erupted from the blade with an ear-splitting roar, illuminating the entire district in flickering, stark light!
Any Hollow that dared approach him was instantly torn apart by the overwhelming power of the black lightning.
"Takemikazuchi, Roaring Thunder Form!"
The Zanpakutō in his hand was completely engulfed...
2025-08-27 12:35:58 +0000 UTC View PostSasuke's figure appeared before Ishida Uryu like a ghost, his blade tracing icy arcs through the air.
In just a few seconds, the Hollows that had been roaring around Uryu moments ago silently dissolved into Reishi.
The surrounding chaos came to an abrupt halt.
Sasuke sheathed his sword and slowly raised his head. His eyes, especially deep under the moonlight, settled on Uryu.<...
2025-08-27 12:35:55 +0000 UTC View PostHe walked to the Zanpakuto that Sasuke had dropped and gently tapped it with the tip of his foot. The hilt bounced up into his grasp.
"Starting now, you will begin with the most basic sword swings. You will continue until every swing you make is free of any unnecessary emotions."
This suggestion instantly ignited Sasuke’s suppressed rage.
He jerked his head up, his eyes fill...
2025-08-27 12:35:49 +0000 UTC View PostAs Urahara spoke, he used his Zanpakuto, which he used as a crutch, to lightly scratch the hard rock ground. A standard circle appeared between the two of them, with a diameter of no more than four meters.
He stepped into the circle, leaning on his cane-sword, and looked at Sasuke with a smile.
"Let's start with the most basic Zanjutsu."
He waved the fan in his hand as he anno...
2025-08-27 12:35:37 +0000 UTC View PostAfter listening to Sasuke's account, Urahara rested his fan against his chin and fell into thought.
After a moment, he offered a half-truthful explanation, "Hmm, this situation is indeed rare, but not impossible."
"Some people's bloodlines harbor special, innate powers. Perhaps Kurosaki Ichigo is such a case."
"After all, for Kuchiki-san to choose him and entrust her Shinigami...
2025-08-27 12:35:31 +0000 UTC View Post"...Damn it."
Sasuke forced himself to endure the intense pain in his right eye and slowly opened them.
His eyes were bloodshot, and bloodstains trailed down his cheek, adding a fierce edge to his demeanor.
He stared fixedly at the bewildered Ichigo, his inner calm ignited by an inexplicable emotion.
Jealousy, and the humiliation of being counterattacked.
‘First,...
2025-08-27 12:34:11 +0000 UTC View PostKarakura Town, a deserted, abandoned garden.
The air still held the residual Reishi of the Hollow that had just been purified.
Ichigo leaned on his massive Zanpakuto. In front of him, Rukia was patiently instructing him.
"...Yes, that's right."
Rukia looked at Ichigo, her expression serious, "Gently touch the hilt of your Zanpakuto to his forehead."
"This ritual is...
2025-08-27 12:34:03 +0000 UTC View PostEarly the next morning, in the dining room of the Urahara Shop.
Sasuke appeared at the breakfast table with faint dark circles under his eyes, his expression even more stoic than usual.
"Morning, Sasuke-kun."
Urahara greeted him with a smile, fanning himself as if he hadn't noticed anything amiss.
He pushed a steaming cup of tea towards Sasuke, "Didn't sleep well last ni...
2025-08-27 12:32:01 +0000 UTC View PostOn the roof of the Urahara Shop, Sasuke sat alone in a meditative posture. The Zanpakuto named Takemikazuchi lay across his knees, its blade reflecting the lonely night sky.
The nights in Karakura Town were much noisier than those in Konoha.
But all of that was irrelevant to him.
His thoughts were completely immersed in the words Urahara had spoken not long ago.
‘...It...
2025-08-27 12:31:54 +0000 UTC View PostSasuke looked at him calmly, waiting for him to continue.
Urahara’s face once again wore that signature smile, "Would you allow me to examine your body?"
He added, "Don't worry, I just want to probe the state of your soul to see if that power which allowed you to traverse worlds has left any traces."
"Fine."
Faced with this request, Sasuke didn't hesitate.
Given ...
2025-08-27 12:31:47 +0000 UTC View PostRukia looked at the device, then at Urahara Kisuke's shrewd merchant face, gritted her teeth, and finally took it.
"...Thanks," she squeezed the words out through clenched teeth, then turned and quickly left the shop.
With Rukia's departure, the room fell quiet once more.
The smile on Urahara’s face faded slightly, and his eyes, which had been perpetually narrowed, opened a ...
2025-08-27 12:31:38 +0000 UTC View Post"Alright, alright, what a pain."
Ichigo complained loudly, "Don't go dying in some random corner, Rukia!"
Rukia turned back and saw Ichigo impatiently carrying that oversized blade, but beneath his orange hair, his eyes held a hint of barely concealed concern.
She didn’t say anything more, only took a deep look at Ichigo before dragging her severely injured body away, disapp...
2025-08-27 12:31:29 +0000 UTC View PostSquelch…!
The blade pierced Ichigo’s chest!
At the same moment, the Hollow's claws were already within reach, seemingly about to impale both of them.
However, its claws stopped abruptly less than an inch from Ichigo's back.
Boom…!!!
An unprecedented immense Reiatsu erupted from within Ichigo, shooting straight into the sky!
Accompanied by a clean cuttin...
2025-08-27 12:30:49 +0000 UTC View PostWithin Naruto's mental world.
Sasuke looked at the rampaging Kyubi before him and decisively stopped swinging his sword. A trace of solemnity appeared in his eyes.
‘It seems like I've... overplayed my hand.’
“Hahahahahahaha!”
Kyubi laughed maniacally, its voice shaking the entire space.
Its vertical pupils were full of mockery and delight.
"I truly un...
2025-08-27 12:30:42 +0000 UTC View PostSasuke's mind rapidly eliminated one possibility after another, but they all led to a dead end.
‘Within the Uchiha Clan, aside from Father, the clan head, I really couldn't think of a second person with the Pupil Power to control this demon fox. But Father had no reason to do so.’
Just as he was lost in thought, the giant demon fox behind the gate, its golden vertical pupils, fl...
2025-08-27 12:30:25 +0000 UTC View PostSasuke walked up to the tree and spoke coldly, "Chakra isn't about more being better, you idiot. Think of it as a thin film… not too much, not too little, just enough to stick to the soles of your feet."
Before the words even finished, he had already effortlessly walked up the tree trunk, then jumped down. The whole process took less than three seconds.
"See how it's done?" He gla...
2025-08-27 12:29:51 +0000 UTC View PostHokage's Office.
Across from Hiruzen, Kakashi had just finished a ten-minute report.
The office was silent, only the hissing sound of burning tobacco could be heard.
After a long while, Hiruzen finally took the pipe from his mouth and spoke with some disbelief, "Kakashi, let me confirm again. Are you saying that Uchiha Sasuke, in just three months, has basically learned all th...
2025-08-27 12:29:33 +0000 UTC View PostNo further words were needed.
Those eyes themselves were the best answer to all of Kakashi's questions.
After such a bloody night, the birth of such eyes seemed only too reasonable.
Kakashi's lips moved slightly, but ultimately, no words came out.
Sasuke caught the fleeting pity in Kakashi's eye and inwardly sneered.
In truth, his Sharingan had awakened during thos...
2025-08-27 12:29:24 +0000 UTC View PostSasuke followed Kakashi to a remote training ground.
This was Training Ground 3, surrounded by dense woods. In the center was an open clearing with a few training posts scattered on the ground.
"Alright, this should do."
Kakashi stopped, hands in his pockets, "Starting today, I'm your assigned Jonin Instructor. Pleased to meet you, Sasuke."
Sasuke looked around but didn'...
2025-08-27 12:29:14 +0000 UTC View PostUchiha Sasuke had changed a lot.
His classmates at the Academy were the first to notice.
The most obvious changes were internal.
Before, although Sasuke often wore a stern little face and didn't like to interact with people, he still carried a hint of childish awkwardness and pride.
When he completed his coursework with the top score, the corner of his mouth would uncons...
2025-08-27 12:29:06 +0000 UTC View PostAs the forehead protector was lifted, an eye was exposed under the cold moonlight.
Within that crimson pupil, three black tomoe slowly rotated, emitting a powerful aura.
Three-tomoe Sharingan!
In that instant, Sasuke's pupils contracted sharply, and the offensive of his sword halted.
"That eye..."
He stared fixedly at Kakashi's left eye and asked, "Why? Why do you ...
2025-08-27 12:29:02 +0000 UTC View PostKakashi's movements paused, a flicker of surprise in his eyes.
Sasuke's gaze shifted from the Hokage Rock to the unconscious Naruto, "Using such stupid and noisy methods, desperately trying to prove to everyone that he still exists, craving even the slightest bit of attention and recognition..."
"That's all."
Kakashi was stunned.
It wasn't because Sasuke's insight was as...
2025-08-27 12:28:47 +0000 UTC View PostSilver hair, a wolf-shaped Anbu mask, and an aura of pervasive loneliness.
Kakashi, a genius who had also borne pain and darkness from a young age.
Hiruzen’s thoughts couldn't help but return to not long ago.
That day, Might Guy, Sarutobi Asuma, Yuhi Kurenai...
Almost all the Jonin from Kakashi's generation stood before him, pleading for Kakashi's release from the Anbu...
2025-08-27 12:28:41 +0000 UTC View PostLeaving the noisy streets behind, the surroundings gradually grew quiet.
Sasuke walked expressionlessly on the road leading to the Uchiha Clan’s compound, his mind racing, processing all the information he had gathered since his return.
Hiruzen’s vagueness, and the Shinigami’s power deep within his soul...
He was so immersed in his thoughts that he instinctively ignored ...
2025-08-27 12:28:33 +0000 UTC View PostSasuke walked out of Konoha Hospital, looking towards the distant Hokage Rock, lost in thought.
‘Sandaime had said ‘the few nights before’, not three years ago.’
‘Did that mean that during the three years he was in the Soul Society, time in this world was relatively stagnant, only starting to flow again upon his return?’
"Get out, get out! Don't come near my store!...
2025-08-27 12:28:26 +0000 UTC View PostDarkness swam before his eyes. Before he even opened them, the pungent, acrid smell of disinfectant assaulted his nostrils.
Sasuke opened his eyes. It wasn't that unfamiliar street. He was lying in a bed, in a not-so-spacious room.
The entire room was white, ‘It looked like... a hospital?’
He sat up, looking around in confusion.
‘What was this?’
Just as con...
2025-08-27 12:28:20 +0000 UTC View PostDangai, a seemingly ordinary pitch-black passage.
Two figures were moving at an astonishing speed through this boundless darkness.
They were Shinigami, also known as guardians of balance. At this moment, they were traveling from the Soul Society to the world of the living via the Senkaimon.
Ahead, Kuchiki Rukia’s body was enveloped in a pure white stream of Reiatsu, her move...
2025-08-27 12:28:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe Beast Pirates had left, leaving only the ravaged ruins of Grove 16.
Rayleigh slowly sat down, leaning on his sword, his gaze still fixed on King’s retreating figure.
To be precise, he was watching Bazel, who was being carried away on King’s back.
"It seems you've found your destined rival, Rayleigh."
Roger plopped down beside him, completely disregarding the inju...
2025-08-27 12:27:06 +0000 UTC View Post