"I stopped it... because I couldn't stand it any longer." he added. That spoke volumes of how terrible the side effects (and the sadistic medic) had been. "Another medic created another treatment... that was better, at least..."

Relatively speaking, of course.

"He said if I stopped this one... I... I would die for sure..."

There was a quick glance in Sasuke's direction. He didn't want to leave his little brother, that much was obvious.

"I don't want to die..."