Tobi: "Deidara-senpai, it must be because we're really close in the future!"
Close with this future idiot Tobi?
Deidara rejected that idea ten thousand times in his heart!
He immediately put distance between them. "Mm! From now on, you are not allowed within ten
zhang of me. Otherwise, I'll show you what true art is! Mm!"
"Deidara-senpai!"
Tobi sounded heartbroken.
Uchiha Itachi watched Deidara and Tobi coldly.
These two might harm Sasuke in the future—
Should he… deal with them ahead of time?
Nagato said nothing, but was just as confused internally.
It was definitely him who assigned the two together—no one else would've paired those two for
a mission.
He could understand if they were hunting the Nine-Tails—but why were they also looking for
Sasuke?
Just what happened in the future?
...
The footage continued.
[Sasuke walked forward alone, suddenly spun around, and threw several shuriken toward a
large tree.]
["So you noticed me! You're Sasuke, huh? You really do look like Itachi!" A figure popped out
from behind the tree.]
[It was Tobi!]
["Who are you?" Hearing him mention Itachi, Sasuke glared coldly at Tobi.]
["Waaah! So scary!" Tobi shrieked and hid behind the tree again.]
...
Rain Country, Akatsuki Base.
Hidan: "Oi! Tobi, that's pathetic! You got scared off by a kid's glare!"
"Uh… I did it on purpose! Yes, on purpose!"
Tobi was a little embarrassed.
"Leader, you see?! This is EXACTLY why I refuse to team up with this guy! Mm!"
Deidara was even more determined than before—
He would never be paired with Tobi again.
...
The footage continued.
["Boom!"]
[An explosion erupted where Sasuke had stood.]
[Up in the air, Deidara hovered on his clay bird.]
["Mm! Got him, right? Mm!"]
[Tobi: "You'll have to apologize to Itachi later!"]
[Deidara landed.]
...
Konoha, Chūnin Exam Hall.
"Sasuke!"
"Sasuke?!"
Sakura and Ino shouted at the same time, both full of worry.
"Tch."
"Tch."
Realizing they had reacted the same way, both let out an annoyed "tch!" again.
"Damn it! Who are those two guys?! How dare they kill Sasuke!"
"Sasuke, don't worry! When I grow up, I'll protect you! I won't let those two bad guys kill you!
That's my nindo—my way of the ninja!"
Naruto looked at Sasuke with utter seriousness.
"Tch! As if I would die that easily!"
Sasuke put on a brave face, but inside he was panicking hard.
The explosion in the footage—it wasn't a joke.
The ground had been blown into a huge crater.
Had he really been taken out just like that?
No—impossible!
This scene was supposed to be what helped him rank for using a Summoning Beast in battle.
He hadn't even used a summoned beast yet—how could he be killed already?
Thinking that, Sasuke finally relaxed.
Rain Country, Akatsuki Base.
"Heh heh heh! As expected of me! One move and the enemy is finished. Mm!"
"Mm?"
Deidara suddenly felt a chill down his back and saw Uchiha Itachi glaring at him with
unprecedented frostiness.
...
Pure Land.
[Uchiha Mikoto: Husband—Sasuke won't be hurt, right?!]
[Uchiha Fugaku: We must believe in Sasuke!]
[Uchiha Izuna: Nii-san! Nii-san! Did the little brat of our Uchiha clan just get blown up?!]
[Uchiha Madara: Ototou, stop panicking. That kid may be weak, but an attack like that can't kill
him.]
Only after Madara spoke did Sasuke's parents finally breathe in relief.
...
The footage continued.
[The smoke cleared.]
[Sasuke stood unharmed. Not even scratched.]
[A white snake coiled around him—it was the snake that had taken the explosion for him.]
[Deidara stared at Sasuke's three-tomoe Sharingan with hatred. "Being glared at by those
annoying eyes! Mm!"]
...
Rain Country, Akatsuki Base.
"Sasuke… your Sharingan has already evolved that far?"
Uchiha Itachi felt an indescribable mix of emotions as he watched.
He should have been happy that Sasuke's strength had grown.
But as someone who had awakened the three tomoe himself—
he knew how much pain it took to reach that stage.
He never wanted Sasuke to suffer those things.
But he had no choice.
Because—
Sasuke was the final hope of the Uchiha clan.
Deidara: "That kid's eyes are REALLY annoying! Mm!"
The sight of Sasuke's Sharingan involuntarily reminded Deidara of the moment Uchiha Itachi
recruited him into Akatsuki.
...
Konoha, Chūnin Exam Hall.
"I awakened the legendary three-tomoe of the Uchiha clan…?"
Sasuke had always been confident, but never thought he'd awaken the three tomoe that early.
And the Sasuke in the image was only a few years older than now.
"Sasuke is so handsome… but that gaze is scary. I don't want to see Sasuke look like that!"
Sakura stepped in front of Sasuke. "Sasuke, promise me—never show an expression like that,
okay?"
"Move! Sasuke is mine!"
Ino shoved Sakura aside. "Sasuke, no matter what you become—I'll always like you!"
Root Headquarters.
"Sasuke awakened the three-tomoe in just a few years?"
"Secrets can be surrendered—
but Sasuke… must die."
Danzō made up his mind.
He would kill Sasuke before he grew any stronger.
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