Jugo approached Sasuke as the seals rushed to Jugo's body. Jugo could use the remaining curses for something in the future, so he gathered them. Soon, only Jugo, Sasuke and a dimly lit torch remained in the room.
Sasuke was still laughing excitedly, but Jugo didn't care about him. He approached and placed his hand on Sasuke's head, concentrating. He raised a hand, making quick hand seals and soon Sasuke's mind seemed to be enveloped by a current of ice.
This was a simple Jutsu that Jugo created based on the effects of Bind and he could use it to affect others.
Sasuke stopped laughing, winked and looked at Jugo, who was holding his head.
For a moment, Sasuke felt like he should be dying of embarrassment right now, but due to the Bind, he couldn't feel much shame, instead, he just stared calmly at Jugo for a while.
Jugo rolled his eyes and continued to maintain the Bind for a while longer, seeing that the excessive Yin chakra in Sasuke was being quickly contained by the Yang chakra from Zetsu's cells.
For now, Zetsu's cells would be enough to deal with Sasuke's newly awakened Mangekyo Sharingan.
When Sasuke's chakra finally calmed down, Jugo finally stopped the Jutsu. Sasuke regained his mental clarity, the faint shame grew exponentially, but Sasuke simply looked away, pretending it never happened.
Taking a deep breath, he reopened his Mangekyo Sharingan, looking around, he felt refreshed.
-Alright, now I'll explain some aspects of the Mangekyo Sharingan.- Jugo said. -First, each eye has its own ability and together they can unleash an even stronger Susanoo power. Second, using the abilities of your eyes drains them, so using them causes blindness...
When Sasuke heard this, his eyes fixed on Jugo, his brow slightly furrowed, but he quickly dismissed that thought, if he killed Itachi, he didn't care if he went blind.
Third, what you injected earlier has a strong regenerative capacity, capable not only of halting the degradation of your eyes, but also of slowly regenerating them. As long as you don't completely blind them, they can return to 100% over time.
Sasuke opened his eyes, surprised, looking down at the obvious white mark on his shoulder. He didn't care at all whether it was ugly or not, he only cared about the effect. Looking at Jugo again, he felt a little conflicted inside.
Jugo was a very annoying teacher, he would appear whenever he wanted, jump up and attack him, saying "Constant vigilance!". Furthermore, Kimimaro was usually the one who oversaw his training, so the times he saw Jugo became less frequent.
However, what Jugo did for him still left a mark, giving him a place to become stronger, not asking much of him, and even giving him the power to complete his revenge.
Sasuke wasn't the talkative type, but at that moment, he felt he owed Jugo something.
Looking back, he never worried about what would happen after killing Itachi, but at that moment, thinking about his life in Otogakure, he realized he didn't dislike that place.
Furthermore, civilians didn't look at him as if he were a circus attraction like in Konoha.
Besides that... he remembered his new companions, Suigetsu, Karin, Ranmaru and Kimimaro.
With a heavy sigh, Sasuke stood up calmly, his eyes returning to their natural black. He looked at Jugo and gave a simple nod. He didn't say anything, but that nod was like a contract signed by himself.
Looking at Jugo now, there was more respect and loyalty.
Jugo smiled, patted Sasuke on the shoulder, and said. - Well, you're ready. After dealing with Naruto, you can go after Itachi.
Sasuke's eyes narrowed. Naruto... he had almost forgotten about him for a moment, he still had a fight scheduled.
Sasuke had already considered losing this fight once, so he could return to Konoha openly, but... when he thought about it now, he didn't miss it, that place only reminded him of that night.
Sakura, Naruto, Kakashi... the only people who still connected him to that place. Sasuke went into a trance for a moment, before coming to his senses and nodding.
Finally, the pair left calmly. Sasuke seemed less burdened when he saw the sun again, whether it was the wind, the smell of wet earth and grass, or the birdsong, at that moment... everything seemed a little gentler.
Jugo wasn't concerned with Sasuke's mindset, instead, he discovered that the first exam was in its final stages.
The main body was still watching the end of the exam on TV along with the other jonin. Guren and Kiri's group had already returned, planning to discuss anything else afterward, but at this preliminary stage, an alliance seemed quite likely.
Mei approached Jugo and looked at the monitors with interest, only 15 teams passed the first exam.
Among those who passed, more than half understood the hidden mechanism of the exam.
Among them were the Kurenai, Gai and Asuma teams from Konoha, the Shira team from Suna, the Dosu team from Oto and the Killer B team from Kumo.
The teams of Kurotsuchi from Iwa, Chojurou from Kiri and Fuu from Taki advanced because those with the black tag had enough chakra.
Even so, apart from Fuu, the others seemed very tired, even those who carried the white tags.
When everyone emerged from the tunnel, there were three types of people: the energetic ones who understood the purpose of the exam, the tired ones who wore white tags and the exhausted ones who wore black tags.
Of course, Fuu was the exception and was still hopping around, wanting to make friends.