Chapter 474: Not Admitting Defeat
"Lightning Release: Railgun!"
This move ended the battle.
The battlefield, filled with sound and light, gradually calmed down as the loud, heart-palpitating whistle faded away.
The strong wind stirred by the Railgun blew across the ground once, sweeping out a clean and straight passage, then slowly subsided.
"The outcome is decided."
Konoha Sasuke's calm and highly confident voice came from the field.
While calming his rapid breathing, he put away the last trace of jumping lightning on his hand.
Opposite him, Rogue Ninja Sasuke stood dumbfounded on the spot, his expression full of astonishment.
He looked at the disappearing blue light on Konoha Sasuke's hand with lingering fear, simply unable to believe everything that just happened—
He almost died.
Just now... what exactly happened?
Rogue Ninja Sasuke only remembered the violently expanding intense blue light blocking his vision, the whole world seemingly turning into a ghostly blue.
Then, an even more dazzling brilliance bloomed from that Sasuke's hand—
A force, an unstoppable force, blasted over!
"So strong..." At this moment, Sasuke's mind went blank.
Almost subconsciously, he obeyed that person's words, letting Susanoo meet it, while he bent down trying to avoid this blow...
Then, under that crushing force, the tough Susanoo was as fragile as tofu dregs, collapsing dejectedly the moment it made contact!
After the huge noise and infinite light brought by the Railgun disappeared, Rogue Ninja Sasuke came back to his senses.
Most of his Susanoo's body, along with the head and two arms, had been blasted to pieces by one shot of the Railgun, turning into pure chakra and disappearing into the air.
Only half of the torso at the abdomen remained, shaking precariously, sometimes solid, sometimes turning into a phantom.
Even Susanoo was beaten like this. If Konoha Sasuke hadn't deliberately deviated the trajectory of the Railgun just now, and his flesh and blood body hit it... what would have been the outcome?
Sasuke shuddered.
"Ugh ah!"
Rogue Ninja Sasuke suddenly cried out in pain, half-kneeling on the ground abruptly, covering his eyes forcefully.
Accompanied by his scream, the last remaining part of Susanoo on Sasuke's body shook a few times and disappeared without a trace.
The Mangekyo Sharingan could no longer hold on, retreating to black eyes.
"Hey... what a strong move." Obito, watching the show from the side, withdrew his shocked expression and said calmly.
Although this move is powerful, the casting time is long, and the signs of activation are obvious. He could turn intangible anytime to avoid its attack, not almost losing his life like Sasuke.
However, being able to shatter Susanoo's defense so easily... The masked man looked calm on the surface, but secretly feared in his heart, weighing the pros and cons of this move.
"Sasuke!" Karin screamed, subconsciously rushing onto the field, helping Sasuke up, and extending her wrist to his mouth.
"Bite me quickly, Sasuke!"
"Useless." Haruno Sakura said slowly, "He is not injured, just overconsumed pupil power, and his vision started to decline."
"In this situation, replenishing vitality to him is meaningless."
Karin was stunned.
"Go away!" Rogue Ninja Sasuke pushed her away irritably, roaring hoarsely.
He supported his knees and stood up with difficulty, but his vision suddenly blurred.
The other Sasuke not far away, and Haruno Sakura, suddenly became unclear in his vision.
Vision... became blurred?
Rogue Ninja Sasuke felt panic in his heart.
He rubbed his eye sockets hard, rubbing his eyes red, staring with reddish eyeballs again, and his vision gradually recovered.
The other Sasuke stood opposite him, gasping heavily, big drops of sweat dripping from his forehead, with a trace of exhaustion in his expression.
Obviously, after using such a powerful move, he was also exhausted.
With his stamina, he probably could only release such a move with full force once in a battle, right? But this was enough.
A faint smile still hung on Konoha Sasuke's face: he won this battle after all.
"You lost."
He tried to calm his breathing and said lightly.
"Admit your mistake... you have gone very far on the wrong path. It will be too late if you don't turn back now!"
Rogue Ninja Sasuke looked gloomy, remaining silent.
The loss of the battle made him feel humiliated, but what angered him was that his choice was deemed a wrong path by another Sasuke!
The Sasuke from another world, instead of understanding him, rebuked his actions!
This made Rogue Ninja Sasuke feel betrayed.
...Betrayed by himself!
People love themselves the most. And hate... themselves the most too.
A strong anger and resentment rose abruptly from the boy's heart.
"Wrong path?" Rogue Ninja Sasuke gritted his teeth, his face twisted by anger, becoming exceptionally hideous, "You don't understand the truth at all, yet deny my choice!"
"Such a thing... I will never accept!"
"I didn't lose! I don't need your pity... I can still fight!"
He roared, thinking of those painful past events, thinking of Itachi dying in front of him, chakra sinking further into the abyss of darkness.
Accompanied by Sasuke's erupting anger, a more complete and huge figure of Susanoo appeared abruptly from Rogue Ninja Sasuke!
Then—
Like a TV with bad signal, the image shook a few times and disappeared.
"Ah—!"
Rogue Ninja Sasuke's eyes were splitting, feeling a severe stinging pain in his eye sockets transmitting to his brain, stinging him to cry out uncontrollably.
"Huff, huff!"
He gasped rapidly, extending his trembling hand in front of his eyes.
Counting this time, he had activated Susanoo four times today. Continuous battles had long depleted Rogue Ninja Sasuke's stamina and pupil power to the bottom, even overdrawing, unable to squeeze out a tiny bit of surplus!
Vision, he couldn't even see the fingers close at hand clearly.
Even his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.
But Rogue Ninja Sasuke still refused to give up, took out a kunai from Karin, dragging his weak body, wanting to charge towards Konoha Sasuke again!
"Again!"
"Enough, Sasuke!" Karin's face was covered with tears, crying and hugging Sasuke from behind, "Please, don't force yourself anymore..."
"Let go of me, Karin!"
Sasuke angrily tried to pry open the girl's hand, but found he was so weak that he didn't even have the strength to break free from Karin.
His legs went soft, his body swayed abruptly, and the two fell to the ground.
Haruno Sakura raised her eyebrows in surprise.
She looked at Konoha Sasuke, the latter looking blank.
"This girl likes Sasuke?" The girl rarely focused her attention on Karin, surprisingly finding that although this girl's combat power was not prominent, she was not just a vase responsible for looks.
Red hair, vigorous vitality, massive chakra...
What is the relationship between this guy and Naruto?
"Too ugly, Sasuke." Just when Haruno Sakura was distracted thinking about trivial things, Obito used Body Flicker to appear beside Rogue Ninja Sasuke, pulling the wretched two up, saying teasingly.
"A loss is a loss... Sasuke, just win it back next time."
"We should go."
Rogue Ninja Sasuke kept a cold face, neither saying leaving nor making more movements, just looking cold and silent.
Konoha Sasuke looked at him, a bit helpless about his stubbornness.
Even he himself couldn't change his mind, then who else could persuade him?
He turned to look at Haruno Sakura, the latter shrugged, also expressing helplessness.
The pink-haired girl recalled the Haruno Sakura before Shippuden in the original story. She was almost completely a vase character, having no influence on Sasuke... Dragged down by that Sakura, Rogue Ninja Sasuke seemed not to care much about her either.
Even though she clearly beat him down just now.
"Probably still need the Crown Prince to step in..." She sighed.
"Crown Prince?"
While Konoha Sasuke was dazed, Karin's expression suddenly moved.
"Someone is coming."
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