In the screen.
White stood with his back to Zabuza, and Zabuza also did not look at White, only standing sideways.
"You are still the same, a naive fellow."
White lowered his head and clenched his fists, "I'm sorry."
The mask on White's face made it impossible to see his expression.
However, he, who had never changed his expression, was probably calm at this moment.
Did he choose to protect Naruto purely out of kindness?
It was probably not that simple.
From the moment White saved Naruto, Naruto never truly wanted to fight.
He even jumped directly into the Demonic Mirror Ice Crystals.
Until...
White continuously used ice needles, injuring both of them.
He looked as if he intended to torture them to death.
Naruto sat on the ground, fresh red blood flowing from the cuts on his face.
He lowered his head, gritting his teeth.
He said earnestly, "Damn it!"
"So what exactly is going on?!"
"How can I die in a place like this?!"
"I still have dreams I want to achieve!!!"
Naruto looked up and shouted,
"The dream of making everyone in the village acknowledge me and becoming Hokage!!!!"
White in the screen listened to Naruto's vow.
He was stunned for a moment.
A dream?
He also had a similar dream.
Possessing a Bloodline Limit like this Talent also brought harm.
Being alone was his destiny.
Until he met Zabuza.
The person who had similar eyes to his.
For White, it was difficult for him to become a pure Ninja.
If he could, he didn't want to kill Naruto or Sasuke.
Nor did he want to be killed by Naruto or Sasuke.
But he couldn't.
They each had someone to protect.
Acting for that person, fighting for that person.
To make Zabuza's dream come true.
This was White's determined dream at this moment.
For this, he was willing to turn himself into a cold-blooded Ninja.
To kill Sasuke and Naruto!
White raised his steel needle Ninja tool.
The real battle officially began at this moment.
Naruto's Shadow Clone Technique was useless inside the Demonic Mirror Ice Crystals.
He became a living target, completely suppressed by White's steel needles.
Uchiha Sasuke activated his Sharingan to fight to protect Naruto.
White couldn't defeat Sasuke for a while.
But fortunately, the injured Naruto kept Sasuke occupied.
White used Naruto as bait, sending countless steel needles towards Naruto's vital joints.
But Sasuke was willing to block them.
Countless steel needles pierced Sasuke's body; his face was covered in wounds, and his body was riddled with holes.
Naruto, who had fallen to the ground, stared wide-eyed at Sasuke.
He could even smell the pungent scent of Sasuke's blood at this moment.
"W-why did you protect me?"
"How should I know?"
Sasuke said this verbally.
In his actual memories, his interactions with Naruto were constantly surfacing.
Whether it was their daily squabbles, their eating competitions,
Or their crucial collaborations, a single glance revealing the next step of their plan.
Or their unwillingness to yield during practice, and helping each other when their bodies were tired after a day of training.
And Naruto, that arrogant guy, proclaiming his Hokage dream every day.
Infecting everyone with his passion for life.
These were all reasons... Sasuke, pale from excessive blood loss, closed his eyes.
With his last breath, he spoke his final words,
"I hate you the most, you know."
Naruto, fueled by an unknown surge of strength, stood up and repeatedly questioned,
"Why, why, why did you save me?! You're too meddlesome!"
"Who knows? My body just moved on its own, you idiot."
After speaking, Sasuke could no longer support himself and fell backward.
Naruto rushed forward to catch him.
"Sasuke!"
"I haven't defeated that man yet, I haven't defeated my brother yet, how could I possibly die like this... Don't die..."
After saying his last words, Sasuke's hand dropped, as if he had died.
Outside Amegakure.
At the cave entrance.
Watching the playful fight on the screen finally result in a death.
Hidan spoke sarcastically, "What kind of screen is this? What tear-jerking battle? We've watched for so long, and only one person has died. Ah, how childish!"
As soon as he said this,
Kakuzu, who had been standing next to Hidan, instantly flew away, as if fleeing.
Just then...
A searing black flame began to burn from Hidan's right hand.
Hidan immediately screamed in Pain.
Although he possessed an immortal body,
He could still feel Pain!
This black flame, comparable to the sun's temperature, instantly burned half of his arm.
His regeneration ability was clearly no match for the black flame's destructive power.
Hidan turned his head and shouted repeatedly, "Suzaku, what the hell are you doing?!"
The other Akatsuki Organization members were drawn to the commotion and looked over.
Kakuzu stood in the distance, nodding secretly.
He was glad he ran fast.
Who in the Akatsuki Organization didn't know that Uchiha Itachi had a younger brother named Uchiha Sasuke?
Only Hidan, that guy with questionable intelligence, didn't know!
How dare he speak ill of someone's younger brother in front of Itachi? He really thought he was invincible and couldn't be killed!
Itachi stood to the side with a cold face, his Mangekyo in his eyes controlling the "Amaterasu" black flames.
If he truly wanted to kill Hidan,
Hidan would have been reduced to ashes by now.
Nagato saw this scene through Pain's Rinnegan.
He cursed Hidan internally, calling him a fool.
If it weren't for the organization being short on people, he wouldn't want this person at all.
Konan, really... recruiting such a person into the Akatsuki Organization.
However, as the leader of the organization,
Nagato still controlled Pain and said, "Suzaku, that's enough."
Itachi didn't speak, looking up at the screen.
And the Amaterasu black flames on Hidan's hand were slowly withdrawn.
Hidan, having witnessed Itachi's power, didn't say anything further and quickly moved to a greater distance.
He didn't dare provoke Suzaku either.
This black flame was his absolute bane!!
Itachi's mood was already bad from watching Sasuke continuously get injured on the screen.
Now Hidan, that guy, started making sarcastic remarks!
If he hadn't seen through the screen's content that Sasuke was only unconscious from excessive blood loss,
And that there were no fatal wounds on his body,
Hidan wouldn't have gotten off with just half an arm.
However, upon hearing the word "brother" from Sasuke's mouth,
Itachi's heart inevitably stirred slightly.
That's right, I am your true enemy.
You don't have enough strength to get revenge yet.
You can't truly die.
At the same time,
Itachi also felt that this kind of battle didn't resemble a true Ninja battle at all.
Instead, it was like a lesson!
White, the Bloodline Limit user of Ice Release, if he wanted to kill Naruto and Sasuke,
It would be incredibly simple.
But White didn't; instead, he kept saying things to anger Naruto.
Was this Naruto's first battle as a Ninja?
To have such an enemy, his luck was truly good...