If the towering building was the dividing line, the battlefield split into two distinct atmospheres.
On one side, the forest was in complete chaos, with explosions, collapsing trees, the clamor of battle like a demolition site. On the other side, the woods were eerily quiet.
Sun...
2025-08-28 12:09:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe journey was somewhat somber.
What broke the monotony was the client, Tazuna's complaints.
"Sigh, you Shinobi from big villages wouldn't understand."
He staggered along at the front, as if talking to himself, yet also as if confiding in the Shinobi behind him, "Our Land of Wa...
2025-08-27 12:41:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe Hokage's Office was filled with smoke.
Hiruzen took the pipe from his lips and looked towards the figure by the window, speaking slowly.
"Kakashi, regarding Team 7, I have a proposal."
Kakashi turned around and responded softly.
"It's to balance Team 7's combat configu...
2025-08-27 12:41:26 +0000 UTC View PostFour years passed quietly in the day-to-day routine of training.
Sasuke's physical age reached twelve, but if one counted the time spent in the Soul Society, he had lived a total of fifteen years.
Training Ground 3 was long gone from its former state.
The earth was crisscrossed ...
2025-08-27 12:41:19 +0000 UTC View PostBang!
A puff of pink smoke exploded. The yellow-haired boy on the spot vanished, replaced by a curvaceous, completely naked, blonde twin-tailed beauty, with key parts cleverly obscured by the smoke.
"Hey, Kakashi-sensei~"
‘She’ batted her eyelashes at Kakashi, striking an ex...
2025-08-27 12:41:11 +0000 UTC View PostIndra.
The moment Sasuke's fingers touched the blade, an ancient name, like a brand of fate, resonated directly within the depths of his soul.
He gripped the hilt.
The feeling was completely different from when he had held the ‘Asauchi’.
Breath, flesh and blood throbbe...
2025-08-27 12:41:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe underground training ground was silent.
Sasuke recovered from his initial shock and slowly straightened up, looking into the distance at the figure holding the black flame longsword.
Although its appearance was different, based on this unique aura, Sasuke was certain… this was a...
2025-08-27 12:40:50 +0000 UTC View PostSasuke slowly awoke from his meditation.
Not far away, on the rocky ground, a massive circular pit had appeared at some point.
Sasuke's eyebrow twitched slightly. A figure was clumsily climbing up from the edge of the deep pit.
It's Ichigo.
"Oh? Finished communicating so q...
2025-08-27 12:40:34 +0000 UTC View Post“The Seireitei isn’t a place where you can just recklessly charge through with brute force like you imagine. Just the two of you brats, no matter how strong you are, won’t be able to handle those Captains.”
“Our goal is to save someone, understand?”
“The more people we h...
2025-08-27 12:40:28 +0000 UTC View PostSeireitei, 6th Division’s Headquarters.
Renji walked through the corridor, his red hair tied into a bunch at the back of his head, his face full of mixed emotions.
"Good morning, Lieutenant Abarai." Several passing squad members stopped and bowed respectfully.
"Yeah." Renji si...
2025-08-27 12:40:20 +0000 UTC View PostSasuke's breathing seemed to halt for an instant.
His usually calm eyes widened sharply, reflecting the wild, beautiful form before him. His mind went blank for a moment.
The steam from the hot spring seemed to truly take effect only now. A wave of scorching heat surged from the soles...
2025-08-27 12:39:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe underground training ground of Urahara Shop.
Sasuke had no interest in listening to Urahara's lecture to Kurosaki Ichigo any further, so he came down alone to train.
At the moment, he was soaking in a subsidiary hot spring within the training ground.
According to Urahara, th...
2025-08-27 12:39:32 +0000 UTC View PostSaketsu and Hakusui.
They are the two Reiatsu Nodes symbolizing the source of a Shinigami's power.
Being completely destroyed was equivalent to sentencing a Shinigami to death.
Byakuya's gaze slowly shifted from Ichigo to Sasuke, a flicker of inquiry in his eyes.
"Is that ...
2025-08-27 12:38:52 +0000 UTC View PostIchigo's mind was filled with confusion, utterly unable to comprehend the scene before him.
‘When that giant Hollow appeared the day before yesterday, didn't this guy step in front of us first?’
‘He was so badly injured to protect...’
‘So why, why today, just when I wa...
2025-08-27 12:38:41 +0000 UTC View PostWithin the dust cloud, the figure slowly lowered his Zanpakuto, its tip striking the ground with a dull thud.
"Kurosaki Ichigo."
He held the hilt of his Zanpakuto horizontally before him, his gaze fixed on Renji, "The one who's about to defeat you. Yoroshiku."
"Shihakusho..." Re...
2025-08-27 12:38:33 +0000 UTC View PostUnder the moonlight, cherry blossoms fell silently.
Byakuya's gaze was calm as water, resting on his rigidly stiff sister.
"Nii-sama..." Rukia's voice was as faint as a mosquito's hum.
"Kuchiki Rukia."
Renji, standing to the side, put away his playful expression, his demea...
2025-08-27 12:38:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe night grew dark.
The lights in the Kurosaki Residence had gone out, leaving only the dim glow of a desk lamp in Ichigo's second-floor room.
Rukia stood in the shadows of a distant street corner, quietly gazing at that warm light.
On her face was resolve, and also a trace of ...
2025-08-27 12:38:17 +0000 UTC View PostSasuke took the cup of tea, raised his head, and his now-calm eyes looked directly at Urahara.
"During the time I was unconscious, did my body, or rather my soul, show any abnormalities?"
Urahara’s fan-waving motion paused slightly, a faint glint of light flashing in his eyes.
Sasuke forcibly suppressed that forbidden thought, took a step forward, and walked out of the shadows step by step until he stood before the two side-by-side tombstones.
‘Uchiha Fugaku’
‘Uchiha Mikoto’
He quietly looked at the two names. Moonlight spilled onto his profil...
2025-08-27 12:37:51 +0000 UTC View PostAfter listening to Sasuke's explanation, Kakashi's face instantly turned grim.
"Enough!" He abruptly looked up, his voice cracking as he cut off Sasuke's speculation, his breathing becoming ragged.
Kakashi didn't want to hear any more.
It wasn't that he couldn't think of these t...
2025-08-27 12:37:41 +0000 UTC View PostA certain house in the corner of the village, much like the Uchiha Clan’s compound, was cold and desolate.
Even the air carried a faint smell of dust, making it clear that no one had lived here for a long time, nor had anyone bothered to maintain it properly.
Kakashi led Sasuke stra...
2025-08-27 12:37:34 +0000 UTC View PostIn Konoha, inside an inconspicuous dessert shop.
Sasuke sat alone in a corner booth, his face expressionless as he used a bamboo skewer to take small bites of the tri-colored dango on his plate.
The overly sweet taste spreading in his mouth made him instinctively frown, but he didn’...
2025-08-27 12:37:27 +0000 UTC View PostNaruto jumped out of the window of the Hokage’s Office, excitedly heading towards the northern forest, when he unexpectedly bumped into a figure descending from above.
"Ouch!"
Caught off guard, he landed hard on his backside, still clutching the scroll nearly as big as himself. The ...
2025-08-27 12:37:20 +0000 UTC View Post"What method?"
Hearing that the teacher before him had a solution, Naruto immediately looked up, his eyes filled with longing.
A meaningful smile curled at the corner of Mizuki's mouth.
"That is, to make yourself stronger than anyone else."
"Get stronger!"
Naruto cle...
2025-08-27 12:37:11 +0000 UTC View Post"But I also want to become stronger." Naruto shouted aggrievedly.
"I know, I know." Kakashi patted his head soothingly, then his eyes lit up with an idea.
He cleared his throat and said to Naruto, "In that case, why don't I teach you some basic Ninjutsu? A Shinobi’s strength starts ...
2025-08-27 12:37:07 +0000 UTC View Post‘Is learning Raikiri useful to me?’
Sasuke had wondered about this long ago.
In terms of lethality, it was far inferior to his released Takemikazuchi.
Moreover, during its use, it was accompanied by a sound like a thousand birds chirping, making it unsuitable for sneak attac...
2025-08-27 12:37:02 +0000 UTC View PostKakashi looked up at the young boy sleeping soundly on the branch, momentarily at a loss for words.
Finally, he leaped up, reached out, and gently shook Sasuke's shoulder.
"Hey, Sasuke."
The boy on the branch twitched his eyebrows and slowly opened his eyes.
There was a tr...
2025-08-27 12:36:45 +0000 UTC View PostHearing Sasuke's question, Kakashi's expression instantly became complex.
The fingers holding ‘Icha Icha Paradise’ unconsciously tightened, as if he were pondering something.
Kakashi didn't answer immediately.
He remained silent for a long time, so long that Sasuke thought h...
2025-08-27 12:36:31 +0000 UTC View Post"He is the Yondaime Hokage's son, isn't he?" Sasuke pressed further, "Why wasn't his true identity revealed?"
Hiruzen felt a headache coming on and instinctively avoided his gaze.
"You learned all this from Minato, didn't you? What was his attitude towards the village?"
Sasuke r...
2025-08-27 12:36:23 +0000 UTC View PostSasuke's consciousness receded like a tide from that dark sewer.
The injuries sustained from clashing with the Gillian seemed to have completely healed as well.
He instinctively sensed the power within Naruto.
The rampant red-tailed Chakra had indeed vanished.
‘Pretty fa...
2025-08-27 12:36:18 +0000 UTC View Post