Konoha: Starting with a sign-in for Hashirama cells

Sasuke roared, "Why aren't you on the Uchiha's side!"

"Why should we listen to the higher-ups in Konoha?!"

"Why…"

Itachi remained silent.

He never expected that the Rinnegan could peer into his memories.

Naruto remained silent.

He came to collect Itachi's body so that he could replace the empty shell of Hamura and become the Deva Path among the Six Paths clones.

Incidentally, I also retrieved the other Shisui Mangekyou Sharingan that Itachi hadn't used or destroyed yet.

I never expected Sasuke to pull this stunt.

"Kill me, for my father, for my mother, for our clan, to avenge them, and then..." Itachi said, "to start a new life and rebuild a new Uchiha."

"You deserve to die!" Sasuke said angrily.

"Konoha deserves to die more than you!"

"Damn it, damn it, damn it! How could it! How could it!"

The truth shattered Sasuke's understanding.

The person he hated all along was precisely the person who loved him the most.

Ironically, the village he considered home was the most direct cause of his family's destruction and death.

His fists clenched, veins bulging, teeth clenched—words cannot describe Sasuke's feelings at that moment.

Suddenly, Sasuke regained his composure, turned his head, and looked at the dense forest in the distance: "What are you doing here, Naruto?"

Naruto's exaggerated chakra reserves are even more terrifying than those of the tailed beasts, and they simply cannot be hidden.

“Uh, I need a suitable corpse to create the Six Paths Shadow Clone Technique. I learned that you two were fighting here, so…” Naruto stepped out of the cover and said.

“You saved my life and helped me a lot. I don’t want to kill you,” Sasuke said calmly.

He removed his Konoha headband, gathered Lightning Release chakra at his fingertips, and made a light slash.

This is a step that rogue ninja would all take: to make a mark on their headbands, signifying their severance from their village.

"From this day forward, I am a rogue ninja of Konoha. Afterwards, I will destroy Konoha."

"I can ignore you, including your family and friends, as long as they don't stand with Konoha."

"I forgot to tell you, my dad is the Fourth Hokage. I just resurrected him a few months ago," Naruto said.

"Resurrected..." Sasuke was stunned, and quickly asked, "How did you do that!"

Naruto pointed to his Rinnegan.

"Is that so? Then it seems our Rinnegan eye techniques are different." Sasuke looked at Naruto's hair, which had been mostly blond, and turned white, and said with a complicated expression.

"I did not come back to life..."

It was clear that resurrection would come at a great cost. Sasuke suppressed his many thoughts and said, "It doesn't matter who your father is."

“As long as he doesn’t stand up to stop me, I can refrain from hurting him for your sake. But if he insists on blocking me…”

"So that you know my determination for revenge. Even if it's you, I won't back down. Whoever stands in my way, I will kill."

Knowing what happened during the Uchiha clan massacre, Naruto had nothing to say. After thinking for a moment, he said, "You are no match for me, and I don't want to kill you."

“You don’t want to kill me…” Sasuke shook his head, bent down to help Itachi up, and walked forward to the spatial portal that opened out of thin air.

"Then let's wait and see. I am not the same person I used to be."

Chapter 179 Sasuke: The Foolish Older Brother

Just as Sasuke's foot was about to step into the teleportation portal, his body suddenly became immobile.

"You want to fight right now?" Sasuke asked without turning his head.

“Revenge is not the only path; there are other paths to take,” Naruto said.

Sasuke is Sakura's destiny.

He had promised Sakura that he would bring the two of them together. If Sasuke were to turn against Konoha, then their relationship would be pretty much over.

It's unlikely that there will be any further progress.

“Revenge… is not the only path…” Sasuke said stiffly.

"That's because you don't know what Konoha did to my family. Without revenge, I can't vent the hatred that's been suppressed in my heart."

"Do you know? The mastermind behind the destruction of my family was the Konoha leadership, the Third Hokage, Danzo Shimura, and those two advisors."

"Then there's this foolish older brother. I can't understand what he was thinking. He abandoned his family and went to defect to the enemy, even helping them to wipe out his entire family."

“Although it’s all for my protection, it makes me even angrier. I don’t need this kind of sacrificial protection.”

"If we're going to die, we'll die together. Before we die, we'll drag Konoha down with us. I don't believe Konoha has the resolve to fight to the death."

“You said it yourself, those four people are the masterminds,” Naruto said.

"The Third Hokage and Danzo are dead, leaving only two advisors alive. Are you sure you want to destroy Konoha and implicate other innocent people who are unaware of the situation?"

"Danzo is dead?" Sasuke was stunned.

Having seen Itachi's memories, I know that the person he hated most was Danzo, and he even plotted how to kill Danzo to vent his hatred. Little did he know…

“I killed him,” Naruto said.

“He was targeting one of my friends. I found his stronghold outside the village and killed him there.”

"Because he has many Sharingan eyes, he can keep reviving, which is equivalent to me killing him many times."

"Being burned alive by the Fire Release: Rasengan is extremely painful."

Hearing Naruto say that made Sasuke feel much better.

He thought about it seriously for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Among the Uchiha, there are also many ordinary people who are unaware of the situation and do not have the Sharingan. Didn't the Konoha higher-ups also wipe them out?"

"The people of Konoha are innocent, but the people of Uchiha aren't? I can't forgive them, and I can't let go of this."

“Sasuke…” Itachi began.

"Shut up! You stupid brother! I don't want to hear a single good word from you for Konoha!" Sasuke snapped.

After cursing Itachi, Sasuke took a deep breath and realized that he could not break free from what was binding him, nor could he see, touch, or attack what was holding him.

Instead, he used his free left hand to form hand seals from an angle where Naruto couldn't see him.

With a flash of black light, the two disappeared into thin air.

Without Sasuke's support, the portal closed.

"Flying Thunder God Technique..." Naruto sighed, rubbing his forehead.

Sasuke is determined to take revenge, what can be done?

With Sasuke's abilities, destroying Konoha wouldn't be too difficult.

Even if it were Guy, after detonating the Gate of Death, the probability of Sasuke, who wasn't as arrogant as Madara, choosing to take Night Guy head-on was extremely low.

"Hopefully Itachi can persuade Sasuke. If not..." Naruto pondered, then activated the Flying Thunder God Technique, teleporting to Sakura and Ino's laboratory.

He wanted to talk to Xiaoying first, so that she could be mentally prepared.

On the moon.

Having lost sight of Naruto, both the puppet girl and the giant Tenseigan were panicked. Fortunately, the giant Tenseigan's perception was extraordinary.

Soon after, Naruto's chakra reaction was detected, and the location was projected in a top-down view.

The puppet girl breathed a sigh of relief and muttered softly, "Naruto-sama is really something, always running around everywhere."

As for the lab, it was Naruto himself who spoke about it.

As for the village, the task was entrusted to the shadow clone.

His health was improving day by day, but he still looked very haggard and was not suitable to see his parents.

Sakura and Ino were dumbfounded when Naruto recounted the whole story.

After Naruto left, the two women, who were shadow clones, voluntarily released themselves to the original body, who was conducting experiments in another dimension, and thus became aware of everything.

Ino paused for a moment, then said with a complicated expression, "My dad is right. Shadows are not to be trusted. No matter how gentle and kind they may seem on the surface, you can't trust them."

"Unbelievable, the Third Hokage would do such a thing." Sakura questioned the meaning of life.

"Thinking about it carefully, it's not surprising," Ino said.

"From the perspective of the Kage, they would not tolerate a clan like the Uchiha that has the ability to overthrow the village."

"On the contrary, it is Sasuke's brother that I cannot understand, and I cannot accept his actions."

"If it were me, I would stand on my family's side, regardless of right or wrong."

"This isn't the time to talk about these things," Sakura said calmly.

“Sasuke wants to destroy the village, and he’s using revenge as a reason. It’s hard to resolve this through communication. Naruto has tried, but it didn’t work.”

“That makes sense.” Ino said seriously, “Then let’s go back, suspend the experiment, and talk about it again after we’ve dealt with this matter.”

Once your eyes switch to Byakugan, you'll need to open Yomotsu Hirasaka and return to the ninja world.

Suddenly, Sakura said, "Wait!"

"What's wrong?" Ino asked, puzzled.

"Do you want to be Hokage?" Sakura asked.

"I haven't thought about it." Ino shook her head.

“I never thought about it either,” Sakura said. “But there is one person who has made becoming Hokage his goal and dream, and is pursuing it.”

"You mean Naruto?" Ino asked, puzzled.

"Why did you suddenly bring this up? What we should be thinking about now is how to deal with Sasuke. Naruto said that Sasuke is very strong now."

“Not just anyone can become Hokage,” Sakura said.