Fighting is sometimes not just a matter of strength, but more often requires courage.

When Haruno Sakura faced a strong enemy for the first time, she experienced a spiritual sublimation that she could never achieve by hiding behind Sasuke and Naruto. Ninja is a profession that requires companions and teammates. They will help each other and rely on each other to go through the ninja career. But when a ninja can only rely on others and cannot be relied on by others, as a ninja, he has already failed halfway.

The bad-tempered Sack was the first to attack. When he found that the girl opposite was the first to throw shuriken at him in provocation, he raised his hands and fired one Zankuha after another. However, Sakura Haruno, who seemed to be not very strong, always miraculously avoided Sack's attacks by a hair's breadth. The huge gap in feeling aroused Sack's anger even more. The misfortunes he experienced in his childhood made him accustomed to simple and direct violence to show his strength. On the one hand, it was to please Orochimaru, whom he respected, and on the other hand, it was to protect himself from being isolated and bullied in the extremely harsh environment of Sound Village. After a long time, he became what he is now.

And Sakura Haruno's behavior was naked disdain and ridicule in Sack's eyes. Furiously, he mobilized his maximum chakra power, gathered it in his hands, and fired it out with all his strength.

『Sky-cutting Extreme Wave』

A huge explosive force gushed out, completely destroying a large area of ​​land in front of him. In Sack's eyes, the annoying girl was torn into pieces by his attack. Seeing that his attack was effective, Sack couldn't help but laugh out loud with satisfaction.

At this moment, Sakur was surprised to see that Sakura, who was supposed to be dead, stood up again strangely.

"How is this possible?" This completely unreasonable thing surprised Sack so much that he couldn't accept it.

As Sack's emotions fluctuated violently, a pair of hands suddenly rested on Sack's arms. As chakra poured in, the scene in front of him shattered layer by layer, revealing the messy ground around him.

"Are you awake? Sak?" Doss's voice came into his mind.

"What's going on?" Sack replied, "Could it be that everything just now was an illusion?"

Jin on the side said dissatisfiedly: "I thought you just had a bad temper? I didn't expect that your brain is not working well. You fell into such a simple illusion. Not only did you exhaust yourself, but you also exhausted us. How did you get chosen by Lord Orochimaru?"

The three people were temporarily put together only for the mission and they definitely did not have even the slightest bit of team spirit. Jin did not hesitate to expose the disunity of the team.

"What did you say? Ugly woman?" The gradually rising tone showed Sack's anger. He was questioned about the thing he was most proud of, especially the criticism of Lord Orochimaru's trust in him. In his eyes, who regarded Orochimaru as his life belief, Jin's sarcasm was absolutely unforgivable.

"You two should keep your mouth shut." Doss, who was barely serving as the captain, stopped the fight. "I don't care what happens to you after you complete the mission, but before you kill Uchiha Sasuke, you'd better keep Lord Orochimaru's mission in mind."

When Sakura saw the three Sound Ninjas temporarily put aside their conflicts and prepared to deal with her first, she felt very bad. She had relied on casting illusions on Saku to delay time, but due to the disadvantages in strength and numbers, she could not do better.

Hyuga Neji, Rock Lee and Tenten, who were watching the battle quietly not far away, had already determined that Haruno Sakura was doomed when the illusion was lifted. The passionate young man Rock Lee was eager to rush out and save the beauty.

"Don't be impulsive, Lee." Ningji grabbed Lee who was about to help.

"What's wrong? Neji, if you don't go down, Sakura will be in danger."

"Not for now, the girl is fine for now." Neji, who said this, had already seen Uchiha Sasuke's movements with his Byakugan, "The black-haired Uchiha is about to wake up, and it seems that he doesn't need our help at the moment."

"What's with that uncomfortable chakra? It feels too cold and a little off."

Seeing that she couldn't delay any longer, Haruno Sakura held the kunai in both hands, and guarded against the opponent's attack with a serious face. But she found that the three people on the opposite side looked directly behind her.

"Is there someone behind me?"

Feeling something was wrong, Haruno Sakura turned around cautiously, but was surprised to find that Uchiha Sasuke had woken up.

"Sasuke-kun?" Sakura didn't have time to be surprised to find that the Sasuke in front of her was completely different from the impression she had given him before. Although he didn't emit the strange chakra like before, his cold aura increased instead of decreasing, and the cloud patterns all over his body didn't look like a good guy at all.

Compared to Haruno Sakura's uneasiness, the three Sound Ninjas on the opposite side were confused and horrified. The Sound Ninjas must be familiar with the curse seal, and the thing on Sasuke is obviously not a test product like Mizuki's. It is no less advanced than the goods on the Sound Four and Kaguya Kimimaro. It is a gift that only Orochimaru's confidants can get among the Sound Ninjas. How could such a thing appear on their hunting target?

"There is only one possibility, that is, Lord Orochimaru took action first and put a curse seal on Uchiha Sasuke. What are the identities and positions of the three of us?"

The three who dared not think further had guessed their embarrassing situation when they saw Uchiha Sasuke. The one who found it hardest to accept was Saku. Saku, who was proud to be chosen by the respected Orochimaru, would never accept that he was just a stepping stone and touchstone for Orochimaru's new love. He would never accept the identity of a dispensable abandoned child.

"Well done, Sakura, leave the rest to me." Even though Sasuke was overwhelmed by the power surging from his body, he still had a little bit of rationality and had not fallen into complete madness and forgotten his relatives like he did later. At present, he still retained a trace of attachment to the village and his companions.

Although the three Oto-nin felt caught between a rock and a hard place, they were not brave enough to give up the task assigned by Orochimaru due to his consistent prestige. The only female ninja, Jin, was the first to prepare for the attack. The silent attack was simply unstoppable by Sasuke, who had greatly improved his strength. In front of the Sharingan's foresight, all the little moves were a joke.

Uchiha Sasuke accelerated and dodged the attacking steel needles. Then he appeared next to Jin in a flash and punched Jin, knocking him back and hitting the tree behind him, unconscious.