"It's fake, just go for it."
Despite saying that, Sasuke's gaze towards Sakura was still somewhat complex. The Uchiha Clan actually generates power from love.
The entire clan has a poker face, but they are full of love for everything around them; they just often love the wrong people.
Clutching the Kunai in his hand, Sasuke softly called out, "Sakura?"
The Sakura spawned by the Battle Tower naturally showed no reaction, which completely put Sasuke at ease, and he stepped into Sakura's Vigilance range.
The next moment, Sakura threw several Shuriken, but Sasuke easily blocked them with a Kunai.
Yang Tao, standing at the entrance, also had a guess in his mind: 'Sakura at this stage?'
Only a freshly graduated Sakura, who hadn't yet completed the Land of Waves mission, would be so weak, pitifully weak even with the tower's enhancement.
About ten seconds later, Sakura vanished into a puff of white smoke. Sasuke stood there somewhat dazed; Sakura's strength was somewhat beyond his expectations.
Meanwhile, Yang Tao had already walked to the center of the level and opened the loot chest that had appeared out of thin air.
"Did equipment drop?"
Besides some consumable Kunai and Shuriken, there was even a pair of pants lying in the box.
[Sasuke's Pants]
The pants of Uchiha Sasuke from the original Naruto, providing 5 points of armor.
The description was extremely simple. From the style, it was the outfit Sasuke wore after graduating from Orochimaru, the one with the purple rope tied around his waist.
'5 points of armor, that's insane?'
Sasuke heard his voice and walked over, looking at the dark-colored pants in Yang Tao's hand and asking, "What's this?"
"Loot obtained from defeating Sakura. It's called Sasuke's Pants... Here, they're for you. This is a good treasure; it can improve your resilience."
A few black lines appeared on Sasuke's forehead. Why would defeating Sakura reward me with my pants?
"I don't have pants like these..."
He retorted with his mouth, but his hand was quick, reaching out to take the pants.
"You'll find out later. Let's go, keep climbing. Let me see how many floors you can reach now."
The two continued up the stairs and soon arrived at the fourth floor of the tower.
There were two figures inside the tower.
Although Yang Tao hadn't seen them in reality, he recognized them at a glance as the Demon Brothers who went to Konoha to deliver their heads.
Sasuke clearly hadn't expected to encounter these two guys here again.
'What exactly is this place??'
He subtly glanced at Yang Tao.
"Can you do it?"
Upon hearing this, Sasuke's eyes turned red, and a pair of scarlet Sharingan appeared, with a comma-shaped tomoe rapidly spinning in his pupils.
"No problem..."
The Demon Brothers' strength was roughly that of a Chunin, but as mentioned before, these unorganized rogue ninja were very weak; even Chunin wouldn't know many Ninjutsu.
Yang Tao looked at the confident Sasuke and nodded slightly, saying, "Alright, you can try!"
Sasuke, who already had several experiences, launched an attack without a word, throwing a barrage of Shuriken and Kunai. However, the Demon Brothers were also strong; they effortlessly batted away the incoming Kunai and Shuriken with the chain scythes in their hands.
'Great Fireball...'
A fireball several meters in diameter spewed from Sasuke's mouth. Yang Tao watched the battle intently, and seeing Sasuke's subtle movements after using this legendary benevolent Ninjutsu, he couldn't help but crack a smile.
'Not bad, he still knows to use the Great Fireball Jutsu as a cover...'
The slow, long-winded Great Fireball, apart from being suitable for sieges, really isn't suitable for one-on-one combat.
The two sides fought fiercely for three minutes. At the cost of Sasuke taking several scythe hits, he finally defeated the two Demon Brothers.
Overly exhausted, Sasuke clutched the wound on his shoulder and, panting, came to Yang Tao's side, saying pretentiously, "I won!"
"Hmm, at your current level, that's already quite good."
He reached out and placed a hand on Sasuke's shoulder; the healing skill activated, and the bleeding wound healed in the blink of an eye.
Unfortunately, the consumed stamina couldn't be restored, as Yang Tao didn't have anything for that.
Opening the box, Yang Tao was disappointed that there was nothing good inside. The only extra reward was a Military Ration Pill.
Military Ration Pill
Upon consumption, immediately restores hunger and saturation to full and grants a Chakra Regeneration buff. Restored Chakra = 200 + half of the player's maximum Chakra.
Has a 30-minute cooldown.
The attributes were extremely powerful, and the cooldown was long enough, making it very suitable for mutated ninja like the Raikage.
"Let's go. I have a feeling the opponent upstairs will surprise you..."
Sasuke felt somewhat bewildered until he saw himself standing in the middle of the tower. The identical clothes and expression made him feel a bit disoriented.
"This..."
Seeing this, Yang Tao smiled and said, "I'll handle this. What comes next is beyond what you can deal with."
Hearing Yang Tao's words, Sasuke opened his mouth but said nothing, because Yang Tao had already walked into the combat zone.
The Sasuke originally standing in the middle of the tower had his eyes turn into Sharingan. Not only that, but the monster, which originally only had combat instincts, actually spoke, "This is a battle of eyesight. Don't underestimate the Uchiha!"
With that, he charged at Yang Tao, Kunai in hand.
He raised his hand and used Finger Pistol.
The generated Sasuke didn't even have a chance to react and directly lay on the ground, turning into a puff of smoke and disappearing.
Seeing 'himself' so easily defeated, Sasuke felt a sense of sorrow, like a fox lamenting the death of a rabbit.
'Am I that weak?'
Before he could lament, he heard Yang Tao's voice say, "Sasuke, do you also shout such embarrassing lines?"
"How... how could I! This has nothing to do with me!"
"Don't be nervous, I was just asking."
The 5th floor was a Boss room. Although it was a bit weak, it was still a Boss room. Yang Tao walked to the treasure chest with anticipation and opened it.
"Two Military Ration Pills... Kunai, Shuriken, oh, and a Ninjutsu scroll?"
He took the Ninjutsu scroll out of the box.
Lightning Release: Chidori
A-rank Ninjutsu. Learning conditions: 625 Ninjutsu experience. No charging required. Has three attack forms: Chidori, Chidori Senbon, and Chidori Current.
Basic Chakra consumption is 40/second.
'It seems that Sasuke himself hasn't learned Chidori at this stage, yet it can drop. As expected of Minecraft.'
Yang Tao temporarily threw the scroll into his backpack. This item required 625 ninja experience, and Sasuke currently didn't even have a hundred, so he could only stare blankly.
The two continued forward. Besides the cannon fodder on the first, second, and third floors for practice, all the remaining opponents were story characters.
White on the sixth floor, normal Rock Lee on the seventh, Neji on the eighth, Zabuza on the ninth, and Naruto on the tenth.
Seeing the foolishly standing Naruto on the tenth floor, the already numb Sasuke finally couldn't help but point at Naruto and ask, "Why is this guy on this floor? No, why him?"
It was one thing for others to be strong, but why would this lazy guy become so strong? It was like the perennial last-place student in class suddenly surpassing him, the first-place student, in an exam.
No good student could accept that.
Yang Tao smiled and said, "Cheating allows you to do whatever you want... You'll soon know why."
With that, Yang Tao took a step forward.
Naruto, who was originally lazily standing in the middle of the tower, his expression became incredibly serious and he said, "Sasuke, even if I break all your legs, I'll still bring you back to Konoha!"
With that, a Chakra filled with violent and evil aura enveloped Naruto. The power of the Nine-Tails drastically changed Naruto's appearance. His eyes turned red, and his pupils became vertical. He crouched on the ground like a beast, opening his mouth, which had grown sharp teeth, and let out a roar. A red Chakra tail constantly swayed behind him.
"3400 health? It seems the tower didn't boost him much... Rankyaku!"