Goddamn Preta path bullshit.
As much I don't want to believe this I think you're 100% correct. Sasuke can't bring himself to killing his friend. To the Sakura point, I don't think she'll make it in time to jump in front of Naruto and Sasuke.It seems pretty obvious that Sasuke will hesitate and then flashback
I just realized this is still a possible outcome.If Chou is correct in his assessment that Naruto is Ninja Jesus, Sasuke will defeat him in the final battle only to have Naruto rise from the dead and shoulder the hate of the world in order to preserve peace in the world and set Sasuke free of his inner demons.
That would probably be a better outcome than what we can expect though.
^I guess that's the thing-- I wouldn't mind the cliff-hanger if I could tell this was going to be a Naruto-v-Neji-esque outcome, and this was just the last swing to Sasuke before the end where Naruto pulls out some clever shit.I like the ADHD outcome the most. Nice little flashback to the old days.
I seriously loved this chapter though, and could really feel the emotion and tension within. No super crazy abilities that took the whole chapter to charge up, nothing like that. Just pages and pages of back and forth ass-kicking. I wasn't too fond of the absorption bit at the end, because the cliffhanger is more than likely going to lead to something shitty. Perhaps Sakura will take a fatal blow of sacrifice and everything will go crazy. Maybe even Naruto will reveal some secret power that fucks over Sasuke, or like mentioned, a flashback will fuck with Sasuke's head and make him not go through with it, forever exposing Naruto as the weaker of the two. Regardless of the result, I think there's a 90% chance I'll be unhappy with it.
Seems a legit prediction.naruto's gonna teleport to safety
Try againAnd at the end the most powerful jutsus out there was created by a Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto.
A jutsu that doesn't need any seal to be performed (but somehow you should teleport to a special dimension), a jutsu that a lot of people before him tried to use but failed miserably (looking at you Hashirama!), the ultimate jutsu that saved the ninja world (but not his arm, at least not this chapter).
The Superguaimimai megapowerful ultrainfinite TALK NO JUTSU!!!
Edit: Saskuke is still an emo. Loser.