When Uchiha Yuka, Haku, and Kimmimaro rushed to the scene, Sasuke was struggling to stand, wobbling unsteadily as the cursed seal on his neck took effect. The pitch-black seal was slowly spreading from his neck across his entire body, dense patterns creeping from his shoulders onto his pale cheeks in a terrifying display.
Sasuke’s condition was completely wrong. His face was alarmingly flushed, and Sakura was frantically calling out his name over and over again by his side, but he remained utterly unresponsive, glaring at the three sound ninja before him with a pair of bloodshot, vicious eyes.
The sound ninja opposing Sasuke consisted of a man wrapped in bandages, a black-haired woman, and a seemingly normal-looking man. From Yuka’s perspective, all three were older than them—clearly teenagers nearing adulthood and veterans of countless battles.
Chapter 223