In that battle, both sides fought with everything they had.
Naruto knew that if he failed to knock Sasuke down here, it would lead to irreversible consequences: Sasuke would never come back.
And Sasuke knew too: this was a battle he had to win no matter what. He had to leave Konohagakure, he had to find purer power, and he had to cast aside his existing attachments, which would only become stumbling blocks in his path.
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