socalfunplaces Chapter 97 Showdown
Chapter 97 Showdown
Sasuke quickly formed hand seals and shouted, "Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!" With his movement, a surge of chakra was gathered and aimed directly at Boruto.
Immediately afterwards, Sasuke released a straight, high-speed flame from his mouth, which, like a burning dragon, rushed straight towards Boruto.
"Wind Release: Gale Palm!" Boruto quickly formed hand seals, gathering his chakra to generate a powerful gust of wind. He then used the opportunity of clapping his hands to further compress this wind, creating a violent gale.
A fierce gust of wind erupted from Boruto's palm, directly slicing and tearing apart the fire dragon that Sasuke had spat out.
"I've been stuck in childish ninja games all this time, and I haven't grown at all, while that guy's strength is getting stronger and stronger. How can I possibly get my revenge if things continue like this?!" Sasuke's voice was filled with resentment.
High-intensity electricity began to gather in Sasuke's hands. As the chakra condensed, the electricity gradually became more and more dazzling, emitting a piercing bird-like sound.
Upon seeing this, Boruto's hands began to crackle with purple lightning.
Both wielded lightning-elemental weapons, and their bodies burst forth with astonishing speed in an instant, rushing towards each other like two bolts of lightning.
However, Sasuke's Chidori Thrust is extremely fast, and once it is launched, it is difficult to change direction due to its powerful impact and penetrating ability.
However, Boruto's Purple Lightning is different. Although it also contains the power of Lightning Release, it is more flexible and controllable than Chidori.
Boruto dodged Sasuke's Chidori Thrust, and then, taking advantage of the opening in Sasuke's attack, Boruto delivered a knee kick to Sasuke's abdomen, sending Sasuke flying.
Boruto then grabbed Sasuke's shoulder with one hand, pressed Sasuke against a thick tree, and slammed the purple lightning bolt in his hand down on him.
Just as it was about to hit Sasuke, Boruto deflected his attack, slamming the lightning release directly into the large tree behind Sasuke.
The purple lightning struck the tree with a deafening roar. The entire tree was blasted apart by the powerful electric current and collapsed backward with a crash, sending wood chips and sparks flying everywhere.
Sasuke stared wide-eyed at Boruto in front of him, completely bewildered.
Boruto stared into Sasuke's eyes and said, "You're not alone. If you want, we'll do everything we can to help you." With that, Boruto released Sasuke's hand.
Sasuke slid to the ground, his body pressed tightly against the tree stump, and closed his eyes after a moment of silence.
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Some time after the duel with Sasuke, Boruto's Team 7 finally received their long-awaited mission.
However, due to the current emergency, almost all the Jonin, including Kakashi, have been assigned to other important missions and are therefore temporarily unable to act with Team 7.
During this mission, Boruto and Naruto showed their skills, which made Sasuke's pride more and more hurt. Finally, one day, Sasuke's anger completely exploded.
Now even Naruto, who's a complete loser, is almost surpassing him in strength, but he's still the same as before, without any change.
Sasuke turned around, looking at Naruto behind him provocatively, and said, "Hey, Naruto, let's have a fight now. Haven't you been saying you wanted to fight me?"
"I'll let you spar with me right now, or are you scared?" Sasuke said, activating his Sharingan and glaring at Naruto.
Sakura, caught between Sasuke and Naruto, sensed the growing tension between them. She whispered to Sasuke, "Sasuke, calm down. What's wrong with you all of a sudden?" At the same time, she turned to Naruto, gesturing for him to help persuade Sasuke.
However, in response to Sasuke's contemptuous provocation, Naruto clenched his fist and replied, "That suits me just the way I want. I've always wanted to fight you. Ever since our duel was interrupted before it even started during the Chunin Exams, we haven't had a proper match."
Naruto's inability to face Sasuke during the Chunin Exams remained a deep regret for him.
Sakura continued trying to persuade them: "You two, please don't be like this, okay? We're partners, aren't we?"
Sasuke ignored Sakura and coldly said to Naruto, "Come here."
Sakura watched Sasuke and Naruto's departing figures and sighed helplessly. She knew that a showdown between the two was inevitable, and Boruto wasn't there.
Now we can only hope that Naruto and Sasuke can exercise restraint in their upcoming battle and prevent it from escalating too much.
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Before that, Boruto was suddenly told to go to the Hokage's office, saying that the Fifth Hokage had summoned him for something important.
However, Boruto suddenly encountered Shikamaru on his way to the Hokage's office.
Shikamaru turned to Boruto and said, "Boruto, are you here to meet the newly appointed Fifth Hokage?"
Boruto nodded in response, "So you are one too?"
Shikamaru shrugged helplessly and said, "Yeah, why the two of us of all? Is there some tricky mission assigned to us? This is so troublesome..."
Boruto waved his hand and said, "Alright, stop guessing. We'll find out what it is when we get there."
A short while later, Boruto and Shikamaru arrived outside the Hokage's office. After receiving a response from inside, they pushed open the door and went in.
Boruto entered the Hokage's office and saw Tsunade sitting behind the Hokage with a very serious expression, with several ninjas standing on either side of her.
Boruto saw the ninjas on either side of Tsunade; they were the proctors of the Chunin Exams. This made him guess that their summons was related to the Chunin Exams that had been held previously.
As expected, Tsunade said, "I summoned you two here today because of the Chunin Exams."
Tsunade continued, "To be honest, I'm not entirely clear on the specifics of the situation at the time, and the final exam was forced to be interrupted, so we should assume that no one passed the exam."
Then Tsunade changed the subject, saying, "However, I heard that the Third Hokage gave your exams very high marks and he plans to nominate you as Chunin. The other proctors share the same idea."
The examiners behind Tsunade nodded slightly, indicating that they appreciated Boruto and Shikamaru's performance in the exam.
Boruto and Shikamaru were both surprised to hear Tsunade's words, as they had thought the Chunin Exams were now invalid.
Tsunade said, "From now on, don't let your headbands bring shame to you. Strive for even greater heights. I congratulate you all; from today onwards, you are Chunin."
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