The curse is not a terrible thing, but if used improperly, it is definitely not a good thing. Different people react very differently to the curse.

Although Sasuke is the reincarnation of Indra's chakra, his body is not strong, and his resistance to damage from the curse is not very strong.

"Time is running out!"

Sasuke thought for a moment, then continued.

"How do we do the solution that Mr. Mizuki mentioned?"

"It's too complicated, and I don't think you'll understand it, so I'll keep it short."

Mizuki replied.

"One way is to completely remove the curse from your body. Although this is very dangerous, the chances of survival are very high. The downside is that you will have to endure a long period of weakness, and your strength will stagnate or even regress."

"Reduction in strength? How long is this period of time?"

"It's hard to guess exactly, but conservatively speaking, it will be about two years?"

"Two years? That's too long."

Sasuke was somewhat dissatisfied with this plan.

"Is there any other way?"

"The other one is much more dangerous. There is a high chance that you will die immediately!"

"If I make it through this, will I be okay?"

"How is that possible?"

Mizuki spoke extremely cruel words in a bright and warm tone.

"If you are lucky enough to survive, your strength will increase significantly, but you will be on a path of no return. You must quickly improve your strength to deal with danger. If you slack off, you will become a killer who has lost yourself."

"Murderer?"

Sasuke had heard this phrase many times recently, and even had a big fight with this guy himself, but he didn't expect...

"As expected, is that also a curse seal?"

Mizuki nodded.

"You've already seen it. If you don't mind looking like that, just pretend I never warned you."

Sasuke hesitated for a moment, then continued.

"Is there anything else I should be aware of?"

Mizuki stretched out his right hand and pointed at the location of the curse seal on Sasuke's neck.

"You also feel the prying eyes and greedy desires in the curse!"

"Yes, that's Orochimaru's back-up plan, right?"

"You guessed right. This is also a hidden danger. You still have a chance to turn back. This is your only chance to completely remove the curse. If you choose the second path, you will be like a small insect caught in a spider web. The poisonous spider is always waiting for you to lose your ability to struggle and then swallow you up. You must struggle non-stop and constantly strengthen yourself until you break free from the spider web or even eat the disgusting spider. Apart from this, you have no other way to retreat."

"No return, is this what you mean?"

The expression on Sasuke's face changed. After thinking for a while, he seemed to have made up his mind. When he was about to make a choice, Mizuki waved his hand to stop Sasuke from speaking.

"Go back and think about it carefully. No matter what your choice is, you can't implement it in your current physical condition."

"It's already the end of the year, so go back and have a good New Year. Eat more meat and fish, don't be stingy with what you want to eat, and finish what you want to do as soon as possible."

Sasuke nodded and said, "I understand. Keeping your body healthy will increase your chances of survival..."

"What are you thinking about?"

Shuimu sneered.

"What I mean is, if you have anything you haven't enjoyed yet, go and try it. If you die young without ever experiencing anything, wouldn't that be a shame?"

"Well?"

Before the execution of a death row inmate, he or she must have a sumptuous last meal. For seriously ill patients with incurable diseases, doctors will often tell them to eat whatever they want. The principles are similar: after enjoying the meal, they go to the underworld without any regrets.

"Shuimu, don't say anything extra."

Kakashi couldn't bear Mizuki's nonsense anymore and pressed Mizuki's left shoulder.

"You are cursing someone to die early as they are a patient who has just been discharged from the hospital?"

"I'm sorry, I spoke out of turn."

Shuimu laughed and apologized, but there was no embarrassment on his face.

Kakashi rubbed his forehead and told Sasuke with a headache:

"Sasuke, go back and rest first, and we'll deal with it after the New Year."

At this moment, little Miyuki in Mizuki's arms started to babble.

"Look, the little girl is a little unhappy. We have been talking and ignored her."

Mizuki teased the little guy's red face for a few times, then said to Sasuke.

"Since I've given you the right to choose, you should think carefully and don't make hasty decisions about your future. From my perspective, it's not difficult to solve some of your problems, but the final outcome depends on you."

"I understand. I'll go back first."

After signaling to Mizuki and Kakashi, Sasuke turned and left.

Seeing his students walking away, Kakashi lowered his voice and said to Mizuki with some dissatisfaction:

"Didn't you say that the day before yesterday? There shouldn't be any danger to life at the beginning!"

"It's not dangerous. That's because I'm good at it, not because the method itself is not dangerous. Kakashi, do you think that the Heaven's Curse Seal, which Orochimaru has high hopes for and uses as a bridle to restrain Sasuke and let him stay in Konoha Village without worry, is such a simple thing?"

"Okay, I misunderstood, but why did you say something like that and add pressure to him for no reason?"

“Pressure is a good thing!”

Mizuki sighed.

"Time is a cruel thing. It steals people's lives silently and also wears away their will unknowingly. A decision made on impulse cannot make Sasuke truly realize the difficulties of the future. Without sufficient awareness, it will not work. I was able to save his life in the first step, and the rest depends entirely on his character and will, so I stopped him from making the choice immediately."

As time goes by, you will naturally have more ideas, and you will definitely not blurt out ideas like you do now when you are hot-headed. This is also a process of exercising your will.

"Does the training start now?"

"How long are you going to delay? As teachers, this is about all we can do. It won't be long before he becomes a jonin. How long are you going to take him with you? It's time for him to go on his own. All you can do is to support him from behind. Some things cannot be stopped."

From the beginning, when Mizuki came up with the plan, he almost guessed what Sasuke would decide. Stagnation and improvement in strength, for Sasuke, is there still a question about the choice between the two?

A little danger is nothing, it's not a sure death. Since Tsunade, Kakashi and Mizuki dared to propose a solution, they must have a certain degree of confidence. As for the future, they will consider it after killing Uchiha Itachi. This is Sasuke's way of thinking.