Konoha: Starting with a sign-in for Hashirama cells

Ino, having regained control of her body, tried to move her arms and legs, but soon found herself unable to move again.

"Huh? I can't move!" Ino was stunned. Seeing that Naruto had regained control of the body, she said thoughtfully.

"Therefore, I can only control my body if you don't move."

"That's one way." Naruto's idea was simple: having more helpers meant having more options, which would increase the margin for error and reduce the probability of things going wrong.

Although with his current strength, the possibility of him crashing or burning is extremely small.

We must not be careless.

Placing Ino's body on the moon would be safe. Naruto identified the direction and flew forward at full speed.

After arriving at the planet from the White Zetsu's memories, find the marker left by Obito and follow the clues on it to proceed to the next planet.

Then, using the same method, they arrived at yet another planet.

And so on.

"Could this be a diversionary tactic?" Ino suddenly said.

“My clones are everywhere: Mom, Hinata, Hanabi, the Hyuga clan, the village,” Naruto said.

"After the incident of Orochimaru being switched, I have instructed all my clones to increase their protection."

"Either he stays out of the way, or if he dares to attack them while I'm not on Earth, ha, I'll show him why flowers are so red."

Without crossing boundaries, the Flying Thunder God Technique can instantly reach its destination, so the large amount of chakra consumed is not a concern.

"Actually, there's another way, I just thought of it," Ino said.

"We could simply have Sakura's summoning beast, the Slug Sage of Shikkotsu Forest, use reverse summoning to save her, right?"

“I tried it, but it didn’t work,” Naruto said.

"Huh! You've already tried it?" Ino was stunned.

Kurama's shadow appeared behind Ino, and he said in a deep voice, "Naruto's main body is like the headquarters, the command center, and the many clones scattered outside are his soldiers."

"By having me relay messages, I can instruct my clones to do things from a very great distance."

"Oh! Kurama! Long time no see!" Ino turned around and greeted him.

“Reverse summoning will fail for one of two reasons,” Naruto said.

"One type is so far away that even the Slug Immortal's psychic abilities are ineffective; the other..."

"Another one?" Ino asked curiously.

“Obito’s Mangekyou Sharingan ability is categorized as space-time, and it’s good for both offense and defense,” Naruto said.

"It can remotely distort space, and can also place itself in another dimension, presenting a kind of ethereal state, ignoring almost all attacks."

"What! This is incredibly amazing!" Ino exclaimed in astonishment.

"Yes, it's the strongest Mangekyou Sharingan technique in my knowledge." Naruto nodded. "It's even more powerful than the Rinnegan."

"To be honest, without Hinata's help to use a spatial barrier to suppress his spacetime abilities, I would have no way to deal with him."

"I see." Ino was silent for a moment, then asked, "Can Sakura be saved?"

"Yes," Naruto said firmly.

“I understand him, I know what he’s after, hurting Sakura is definitely not his goal.”

"If he has leverage in the deal and doesn't want a complete breakdown in relations, he won't do anything to Sakura."

Whether or not Sakura can be saved is not a problem that Naruto is worried about.

Capture Obito alive, subdue Obito, steal the Ten-Tails that Otsutsuki Isshiki stole from Obito, and eliminate Obito. This is the real reason Naruto is worried.

After wandering through dozens of star systems, the distance between them and the solar system and Earth grew ever greater, and the energy required to return using the Flying Thunder God Technique also increased.

Naruto couldn't help but think that he might agree with Ino's guess. Could it be that Obito was really trying to lure him away from his prey?

We can't just blindly follow the enemy's lead; what if we fail to save Sakura and end up losing other hostages?

Naruto decided to go to three more planets, and if he still didn't find anyone, he would return.

When they reached the third planet they had chosen, Naruto thought that maybe the next one would be the same one. He gritted his teeth and persevered, finding another planet.

Chapter 238 A Conversation Without Meeting

Let's find another one.

The last one.

The next one might be here soon.

With this in mind, Naruto traversed more than a dozen star systems, searching until he was completely exhausted.

"Is that guy playing us?" Ino gritted her teeth.

Naruto remained silent.

Just as he was hesitating about whether to turn back, the planet that was getting closer and closer, with its different configuration of items, inexplicably lifted his spirits.

Accelerate, break through the asteroid belt outside this planet, and land smoothly on the planet's surface.

"What's that? A TV screen? How are you supposed to use it in a place with no signal?" Ino, who was inside Naruto's body and saw the object from Naruto's perspective, asked in astonishment.

“Anything he put here can’t be useless.” Naruto said, activating his X-ray vision to scan the pure black, ultra-thin television screen from the inside out.

No results were found.

I only see a switch button.

After thinking for a moment, Naruto aimed at the button and pressed it gently.

Swish.

The television was turned on, the screen flickered, and a real image appeared.

"To have made it this far, it seems she's very important to you, and you value her highly," Obito, who habitually wears a mask, said slowly.

"Without further ado, I've already made the terms of the deal very clear: release Ban's soul."

“If I don’t comply, her safety cannot be guaranteed. Of course, I won’t kill her easily, after all, she’s a hard-won bargaining chip, but…”

"Some physical pain and suffering are unavoidable."

"how?"

After saying that, Obito stepped aside, allowing Sakura to appear on the screen.

His hands were tied behind his back.

The eyes and mouth were sealed with tape.

On his broad forehead was a seal with an unclear purpose, which was guessed to be a seal to suppress chakra refining.

“How can I be sure you’ll really release them?” Naruto said.

"You want to make a deal without even meeting her? What a joke! What if you refuse to release her in the end and even kill her? Who am I supposed to turn to?"

On the screen, Obito continued, "Three days. I'll only give you three days to consider. I'll release them when I can use the Impure World Reincarnation to summon Madara."

The moment the words left his mouth, the screen went dark, triggering the self-destruct condition. With a loud bang, it exploded.

As the smoke cleared, Naruto, unharmed, remained standing in the same spot.

He closed his eyes and pondered for a long time before activating the Flying Thunder God Technique, consuming a large amount of chakra, disappearing into thin air, and jumping back to the solar system, to the moon.

"What should we do? He's not going to meet you in person, but instead trying to negotiate via video call." Ino said worriedly, "It's obvious there's nothing to negotiate. If we don't do what he says, Sakura…"

"We can't just agree to his conditions," Naruto said.

"That will only embolden him and do more harm than good in helping Sakura."

"Let's wait. He's more anxious and more eager than I am."

Having no other good ideas, Ino sighed helplessly upon hearing Naruto's words.

It can only be the.

Unwilling to be a third wheel, and even less wanting to witness their romance, Ino leaves Naruto, her soul returns to her own body, and enters the spatial black hole, Yomotsu Hirasaka.

Sensing that Ino had left, Naruto stood by the window, pondering for a long time about Sakura and Obito.

More than a decade ago, the extraction of Kurama from Kushina's body directly and indirectly led to the deaths of Kushina and the Fourth Minato.

He is determined to unleash the Infinite Tsukuyomi, destroy the existing world, and rebuild a new, illusory world.

It possesses the Ten-Tails.

Now, they've kidnapped Sakura too.

Naruto's desire to kill Obito was stronger than ever before.

Once the main body returns, there is no need for the protection of the clones. One after another, the clones dissolve and transmit their memories back to the main body.

Upon learning that Hinata hadn't gotten up yet and was still snuggled in bed, Naruto couldn't help but chuckle.

The Flying Thunder God Technique, which can be used without hand seals, appeared out of thin air in the master bedroom, next to the large bed.

"Ino has already left, and there are no outsiders here. Don't be shy. Come on, get up and have some breakfast."

At this point, Naruto paused, then suddenly bent down, leaned close to Hinata's head, and said gently, "Or do you want to continue what you haven't finished?"

Thank goodness, Naruto just said that jokingly, who knew...

Hinata peeked out, her pure white eyes darting shyly left and right, and whispered a soft "Mmm" like a mosquito's buzz: "Naruto-kun, if you want to, then continue, continue."

"..." Naruto.

His mind is now filled with thoughts of how to kill Obito and how to save Sakura.

I'm really not very enthusiastic about farming.

"Ahem, now's not the right time, let's talk about it later," Naruto said with a dry laugh.

"Oh..." Hinata shrank back into bed.

Was it just my imagination? Was Hinata's expression one of disappointment? Naruto scratched his face.

After waiting for a while and seeing that Hinata hadn't gotten up, Naruto urged her. Hinata then slowly got up, grabbed her pajamas from the bedside table, and put them on under the covers.