"All the teasing, mockery, and threats you throw around—they always come back to bite the ones who do wrong, even if they trample over their own family's bones."
Shiki's voice was sharp and piercing, like the arrival of a freezing night.
Everyone hesitated for a moment, unable to understand why Shiki had said that.
"Shiki, what were you reciting just now?" Tenten asked, staring at his face, on which frost seemed to have gathered.
"Oh that? Just something I randomly recited," Shiki rubbed his chin. "I mean, the stuff from those boring novels is terrible anyway. A few days ago I read a youth perseverance ninja story—it had some even more interesting lines in it."
Everyone fell silent again. Only Shiki would say something so weird out of nowhere like that.
"I knew it. You wouldn't suddenly say something strange for no reason, Shiki."
Tenten rubbed her forehead, wearing a slightly helpless expression once more.
But within the battlefield, something unusual was already starting to shift.
Yamazaki Ryohta couldn't possibly keep spewing water forever from his mouth.
But the rushing torrent had already swallowed Uchiha Sasuke whole. With fog covering everything, no one could clearly see what the outcome truly was.
However, the Konoha Genin had already imagined Sasuke lying motionless on the ground—wounded everywhere, completely drained of strength.
Just like a beaten dog thrown aside by fate.
After this battle, no one would ever call Sasuke Uchiha the most talented among their generation.
Compared with the previous batch's most gifted prodigy, Neji Hyuga, there was still too large a gap between them.
He wasn't even on par with an elite Genin.
"Why hasn't the referee announced Sasuke's defeat yet?" Sakura wiped away her tears as she quietly and stubbornly asked.
While others had already lamented Sasuke's loss, only she continued to worry about him.
Sasuke had already lost.
Therefore, he needed treatment now—he needed someone to help deal with that mysterious seal spreading across his neck.
"Haven't I already told you?" Shiki replied lazily, as though he never followed rules set by anyone else. "Sasuke will win."
Even under such circumstances, he still insisted Sasuke had won.
"That's right! If he can't beat an opponent like this, then he doesn't deserve to fight me—Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto Uzumaki tightly gripped the railing, eyes blazing as though flames burned within them.
He just couldn't accept seeing the guy he wanted to fight go down that easily.
Fall like a coward.
"Thank you, Naruto... and Shiki," Sasuke's voice rang out as well. Though still cold, it lacked the previous icy detachment or signs of despair.
What?
He hadn't actually lost?
Yamazaki Ryohta was shocked beyond belief. He thought victory was already his, so his gaze urgently swept around.
Yet the voice came from somewhere unexpected—somewhere impossible to pinpoint.
"I'm really looking forward to fighting you guys. But first, let me finish dealing with this guy."
Chapter 147: The Pride of the Uchiha
"Sasuke dodged it?" Kiba Inuzuka said in surprise.
"Just moments ago, he couldn't even mount a counterattack."
"Could it be that he was hiding his strength earlier?"
Among the Genin of Konoha, astonishment arose. Even some of the Chunin watching the battle seemed stunned.
Someone who previously couldn't even retaliate had suddenly moved at a speed too fast for most to track, dodging the attack effortlessly.
This was simply too incredible.
"But such a thing had indeed happened right before their eyes."
"That's enough!" Ryohta Yamazaki bellowed furiously. "Don't think you can get cocky just because you somehow dodged my attack."
"I would never," Sasuke glared coldly at the man before him, his eyes showing no warmth whatsoever.
Everyone suddenly remembered—earlier, Sasuke had said he'd make Ryohta beg for mercy.
Could he really pull it off?
"Is that so?" Ryohta scoffed. "I refuse to believe someone beaten within an inch of their life has any reason to act smug."
Previously, it had been him constantly taunting Sasuke, but now, all the blame seemed to fall on Sasuke.
Yet those on the scene began thinking calmly. In truth, what Ryohta said wasn't wrong. Sasuke was the one covered in injuries, while Ryohta hadn't sustained a single wound despite continuously attacking with various low-chakra-consuming Ninjutsu techniques.
In truth, Sasuke had nothing to be proud of—not yet, anyway.
"That brat from the Uchiha clan is really too arrogant," Kankuro said impatiently, clearly still upset over their recent arrival in Konoha Village.
Back then, Sasuke had injured his hand with a rock, complicating their mission in Konoha.
As a result, Kankuro had no respect for this Konoha ninja.
"Be quiet."
Gaara spoke in an even colder tone, as if anyone who disturbed him again would face death.
Kankuro gave a sharp tug on the Chakra Threads controlling his puppet, then let go.
He had to face this truth—he had absolutely no countermeasures against this so-called beloved younger brother of his.
Even if he died, it wouldn't make a difference to the person standing before him.
So he let go of the threads, once again putting on a forced smile just as he always did.
At this moment, however, Gaara's attention was no longer on him; his gaze remained fixed on the battlefield.
"I wonder what kind of power the Uchiha clan truly holds..."
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