Chapter 97: The Unfinished Promise (Part 2)

"What does that have to do with me!" Orochimaru replied in his uniquely raspy voice:

"From the very beginning, Uchiha Sasuke knew that I gave him power in order to obtain his body. We had an equivalent exchange. I

gave him power, and he paid with his body."

"But because of you, Konoha almost lost several important ninja," Tsunade said angrily!

"I didn't ask you to go after Sasuke. Uchiha Sasuke went to my side of his own free will; I didn't force him!" Orochimaru said with a cold snort!

"You..." When it came to verbal sparring, Tsunade was clearly no match for Orochimaru. With just a few words, Orochimaru left Tsunade speechless!

"Besides, it was because of your interference that I missed out on the Uchiha's Sharingan. I haven't even held you accountable for that yet!" Orochimaru, pressing his advantage, continued!

"Let's not bring up these things! They are all in the past! Isn't it great that we can all gather here to watch the video now? People should look forward!"

Minato, sensing the tense atmosphere, hurriedly spoke up.

"Hmph." Tsunade snorted coldly and turned her head away, no longer arguing with Orochimaru, while Orochimaru gave a faint smile and ignored her.

Minato scratched his head, feeling somewhat awkward.

【In the Konoha Hospital, Naruto held the headband left behind by Uchiha Sasuke, staring at it blankly.

"What's this! You're awake?" At this moment, Nara Shikamaru appeared in Naruto's hospital room and looked at him, saying!

"Shikamaru." Seeing who it was, Naruto managed to muster some spirit and called out!

Shikamaru smiled slightly, found a spot to sit by the bed, and told Naruto about the situation with Choji and the others one by one!

"Is that so? Everyone is okay! That's great." Although he said "that's great" with his mouth, Uzumaki Naruto's expression couldn't show any happiness at all!

"What about Sasuke?" Shikamaru looked at Naruto and asked!

"Ah! He's gone," Naruto replied with a sorrowful look on his face!

Hearing Naruto's words, Shikamaru didn't say anything more, and the room fell into silence!

"Coming to visit? News travels fast!" At this moment, Tsunade's voice sounded outside the door, and then the door to the hospital room was opened!

Haruno Sakura and Tsunade walked in. Seeing Haruno Sakura, Uzumaki Naruto was stunned for a moment!

He immediately turned his head to the other side. Perhaps the current Naruto didn't know how to face Haruno Sakura!

"I heard you were heavily injured, but you look quite spirited," Tsunade said, seeing the atmosphere was somewhat silent.

No one replied to Tsunade's words, and the atmosphere became even more silent!

"I'm sorry, Sakura," Naruto said in a low voice!

Hearing Uzumaki Naruto's words, Haruno Sakura was stunned for a moment.

"Why are you apologizing?" Haruno Sakura managed a forced smile:

"Because of your usual style, you're acting tough again, aren't you? You look like a mummy." ===== CHAPTER 99 =====