Lying on the ground, everything was ready.
Naruto opened the Servant Contract and directly tore out the page that had Sasuke's name on it.
The items designed by the system had no bugs, and it was impossible for Naruto to modify the Servant contract by himself. The only way was to tear this page, and if he ever wanted to contract Sasuke again, he would need to use a new page.
But was it really necessary to continue the contract with Sasuke?
The answer is no.
Naruto's strength no longer relied on Sasuke.
After all, with Orochimaru around, the Otsutsuki were no longer a threat.
The biggest threat to Naruto is actually that Jashin.
Since realizing that gods truly existed, Naruto had set his sights on that level of existence.
Once this incident with Sasuke was over, he would set out for the Land of Lightning to carry out the preliminary task of transforming into the Thunder God.
If only he had gone directly to the Land of Lightning, he wouldn't have faced all these issues. But there was no use in thinking about that now, as deceiving Sasuke was the priority.
For Naruto, Sasuke's existence had changed from being a helper to a means to fulfill his dream.
Having read the original work, he desperately hoped Sasuke wouldn't completely go down the wrong path. As long as his plan succeeded and Sasuke awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, Naruto would reveal the truth to Sasuke, and everything would be fine.
Sizzle!
The moment the page with Sasuke's name was torn out, it burst into golden flames and disintegrated into nothing.
Sensing the connection with Sasuke was severed, Naruto sighed, "The Servant Contract has been undone. It's a pity I couldn't keep the paper. Otherwise, I could've had you study it. Maybe you would have figured out how to cancel the Servant Contract."
Before Orochimaru could speak, a heart-wrenching scream sounded from outside the door.
"No, this can't be real!"
"Not good!"
Naruto quickly lay down, pretending to be dead.
In the next instant, the door was blown open, and Sasuke rushed to Naruto's side. He grabbed Orochimaru by the collar and demanded, "What did you do? Why is Naruto's presence completely gone? The Servant Contract is gone too! What is going on?"
"I... I did my best..."
Orochimaru sighed deeply, not offering any explanation.
"Impossible! You can regenerate, can't you? Can't you regenerate Naruto? It was just poison, how could it make him fall so quickly?"
Sasuke still couldn't believe it, or rather, he didn't want to.
He simply couldn't accept this truth.
"The toxins in Naruto's body fermented over time and spread throughout his system. They especially destroyed his brain cells, fundamentally killing him. There's nothing I can do to save him now."
Orochimaru sighed, "I don't want to admit it, but there's nothing more we can do. The only thing left is to send Naruto off on his final journey, everything else can wait."
"No! No! No!"
Sasuke clenched his fists, shouting in agony.
His breath grew increasingly unstable, and his once black eyes slowly turned scarlet.
One tomoe!
Two tomoe!
Three tomoe!
This was the limit of what Sasuke could do, but now, the transformation showed no sign of stopping.
The three tomoe were seen spinning rapidly in Sasuke's scarlet eyes, creating afterimages that gradually formed a closed loop.
No!
It's not afterimages!
The three tomoe were in contact with each other, and finally at a certain moment, they were completely connected.
The intersecting three Tomoe formed a unique shape, which was the Mangekyo Sharingan exclusively for Sasuke!
Just as Naruto had anticipated, the intense emotional trigger truly allowed Sasuke to succeed in awakening his Mangekyo Sharingan.
"Uchiha Itachi, I swear I won't rest until I kill you!"
Sasuke gritted his teeth, but the combination of his previous excitement from the ambush outside the village and the strong emotions now had pushed his mind to its limit.
In the blink of an eye, he went from making harsh threats to collapsing straight onto the ground.
"Naruto-kun, get up, he's passed out."
Orochimaru waved his hand, and a strong gust of wind slammed the door shut.
Naruto stood up slowly, "Even though this was my plan, the fact that Sasuke was able to awaken his Sharingan proves that he really cares about me. Everything I've done was worth it."
"Now's not the time to think about that. When Sasuke wakes up, what are you going to say?"
Orochimaru asked.
Naruto waved his hand and said, "Sasuke has awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan. To upgrade it to the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, emotional triggers won't be enough anymore. It's already at its limit. I'm planning to confess everything to him directly."
"That's... okay."
Orochimaru felt this might not be the best solution, but it was the most straightforward. He just hoped Sasuke wouldn't mind and would understand Naruto's good intentions.
"Sasuke's mental state is poor. He forced himself to awaken the Mangekyo, so it will probably take a long time for him to wake up. You should take him back to rest. I'll go outside the village and bring Itachi here."
Once Naruto had everything arranged, he disappeared from the room.
Using the Flying Thunder God's marks, he quickly made his way outside the village.
"Where are they?"
Not seeing Kisame and Itachi, Naruto used his Observation Haki to sense their presence. He then used the Flying Thunder God again and eventually found Kisame and Itachi.
"Naruto-kun, you're back."
Kisame spoke first.
Naruto didn't bother questioning why they had walked so far away. He simply explained, "Itachi, I just pulled a little trick, and now Sasuke has successfully awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan."
"Is that so? How did you manage that?"
Itachi asked, He thought that Naruto had already blown his cover, and had prepared for the worst, but the result was completely different from what he expected, and it was actually the best possible outcome.
"This is what happened..."
Naruto explained everything in detail.
After listening to Naruto's explanation, Itachi finally showed enlightened look, "As expected of Naruto-kun, you managed to come up with such a great idea. But, I think there's something wrong."
"What's wrong?" Naruto asked in doubts.
Itachi explained, "Given Sasuke's personality, his highest emotional reaction will come from the belief that you're dead. That would show just how much he cares about you, so once he knows you're not dead, he'll be happy. But that doesn't necessarily mean he'll understand your good intentions."
Upon hearing this, Naruto immediately understood.
Itachi had also tried very hard for Sasuke, but it had only made Sasuke hate him more. In fact, in the original work, Itachi was even killed by Sasuke's own hand.
Although Sasuke would eventually understand Itachi's intentions as he grew older, the key point was that Sasuke was still just a thirteen-year-old boy. Some things simply wouldn't make sense to him at this age.
It can be said that Sasuke was in his rebellious phase now.
Naruto's actions might very well make Sasuke resist him even more.
Realizing the crux of the issue, Naruto couldn't help but feel a headache, "I completely forgot about Sasuke's personality… What should I do now?"