Chapter 56

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Chapter 56: Target Gaara, Attempt to Control the Tailed Beast

Ohnoki asked Sarutobi, "Would you like to guess why Uchiha Sasuke is trying to control the Nine Tails' Chakra?"

Orochimaru teased, "Sensei Sarutobi, are you panicking?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen remained silent. He was indeed starting to panic. Double Sasuke from the parallel world had been hostile to the Sarutobi clan since he rejoined the Uchiha clan at age nine. He anticipated that Konohamaru would be beaten and also incited tension between Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhihong. That Sasuke had no respect for him, the Third Hokage, in his heart. If Sasuke gained the power of the Nine Tails, his counterpart in the other world would truly be in danger.

"Sharingan can control the Tailed Beast Chakra, but can he control the Tailed Beast itself?" Sasuke pondered, frowning in thought. "If any pair of Three Tomoe Sharingan could control a Tailed Beast, then the Uchiha clan would have conquered the world in the Sengoku era, thousands of years ago. It must be overwhelmed by the Senju clan."

"Perhaps it has something to do with the level of the pupil power. You need the pupil power to reach a certain level before you can control the tailed beast?" Sasuke guessed inwardly. He had recently felt that his Sharingan's pupil power was gradually improving.

It seemed that even among the eyes, the Sharingan's pupil power is different and changes over time. For example, during daily sparring, he noticed Mr. Kakashi's Three Tomoe Sharingan appeared to have much higher pupil power than his own. "If your pupil power reaches a certain limit, you might be able to use it to control the tailed beast and its power," he thought.

Senju Tobirama exclaimed, "Damn it, this brat is really after the Tailed Beasts' power!" It was clear what Double Sasuke intended to do with that power.

Ohnoki suggested, "To control the tailed beast, you may need to reach the Mangekyō Sharingan level, like Uchiha Madara."

Uchiha Fugaku was astonished, "Hatake Kakashi's Sharingan pupil power greater than Sasuke's? A foreigner has managed to develop the Sharingan to such a degree!"

Uchiha Obito smiled to himself. It was normal for Double Sasuke to feel that Kakashi's Sharingan had higher pupil power. Kakashi's Sharingan was in fact a Mangekyō! However, Kakashi, having awakened it over ten years ago with Obito, hadn't realized it until now.

"However, a Doublechūriki will die if the tailed beast is extracted, right? Even if controlled without extraction, it will likely harm the Doublechūriki," Sasuke considered, with a twitch in his mouth. "If the Nine Tails Doublechūriki were someone else, that would be fine. For revenge, I'd feel guilty about harming a random Doublechūriki, but I'd probably still do it. But the Nine Tails Doublechūriki is Naruto..."

Naruto might be clueless and always drag him down, always provoke him... but he is, probably, his friend. Hurting Naruto for his own revenge was something Sasuke couldn't bear.

"Well, let's put it aside for now. Whether the Sharingan can control the tailed beast is still unknown. Besides, the One-Tail is still in the village," Sasuke comforted himself.

He glanced at the massive mist of Chakra around him. This infiltrating Chakra should interfere with Naruto's Chakra control, shouldn't it?

No wonder Naruto's chakra control ability is so poor!

Forget it, just help that idiot.

"Hey, Nine Tails, eat your excrement yourself."

Sasuke used Sharingan to control the escaped Nine Tails chakra and sent it back inside the red prison.

"Damn brat, don't let me see you again!"

The Nine Tails saw Sasuke's figure disappear, roaring angrily.

Senju Hashirama said, "Sure enough, I knew that child is very good; it's impossible for him to hurt a companion!"

Namikaze Minato added, "He even helped Naruto control the overflowing Nine Tails chakra. In the next period, Naruto's chakra control ability should increase rapidly."

Uzumaki Kushina remarked, "Well, if only Mikoto's Sasuke were a girl, he would be a good match for my little Naruto."

Uchiha Mikoto remained silent.

Uchiha Sasuke exclaimed, "?! Who is dating that idiot?"

Uzumaki Naruto retorted, "You're an idiot! Asshole Sasuke, are you saying I'm always lagging behind?!"

Uchiha Sasuke replied, "You're an idiot; that's what I said in another world! Of course, I feel the same way!"

Jiraiya laughed, "Haha! The relationship between the two youngsters is still very good! In another world, we don't need to worry about Double Sasuke hurting Naruto."

Temari observed, "But he seems to be eyeing Gaara!"

Gaara felt a bit flustered.

I became a little panicky, unsure of what the future holds in this other world.

Help Naruto finish answering the question.

Next, the examiner Morino Ibiki announced the tenth question. Candidates need to make a choice: if they do not answer, they will exit the exam directly; if they answer and fail, they will be banned from the Chūnin exam forever, and if one team member fails, the entire team will be banned.

Under Morino Ibiki's pressure, candidates continued to choose to quit.

Sasuke looked at the cold-faced Morino Ibiki and understood.

He had heard from Mr. Kakashi, the monitor of the Konoha torture class, who is best at creating psychological pressure.

It seems that the so-called tenth question is the choice itself.

After understanding this, Sasuke used Sharingan's illusion to send messages to Sakura and Naruto, telling them not to quit.

Indeed.

After no one continued to quit, Morino Ibiki announced the assessment result: everyone who stayed passed the first test.

Sasuke looked at his filled-out test paper.

Then he thought, I worked so hard to answer the questions and even helped Naruto answer them, what was the point?

Answered loneliness!

Mitarashi Anko, the second examiner, burst into the examination room and announced the location of tomorrow's second exam, the Forest of Death.

After walking out of the examination room, Sasuke remembered something and said to Naruto, "Naruto, your chakra control ability should be enough now. Hurry up and practice when you get back, and achieve the single-player instant Rasengan as soon as possible."

Naruto scratched his head, puzzled: "Eh? You said that, and I found it really easier to control chakra?"

How so? What happened?

"Stop thinking about it and go back to practice quickly," Sasuke rolled his eyes and said.