Konoha: Starting with a sign-in for Hashirama cells

"Sure enough, he's on Earth. I just don't know where he's hiding. If he hadn't come out on his own, I really wouldn't have been able to find him."

"Also, thanks to the white paper, I captured quite a few White Zetsu, but unfortunately, I couldn't follow the clues to find Obito."

"I see." Hinata said, understanding.

“All the preparations that can be made are complete. The rest…” Naruto wiped his hands with a tissue and said quietly, “It all depends on how Obito plays his cards.”

Save Sakura.

He killed Obito and seized the Ten-Tails.

The former is more important than the latter and should be prioritized.

Before they knew it, the deadline that Obito had agreed upon arrived.

Naruto stood before the giant reincarnation, staring intently at the projection window.

Suddenly, one of the projection windows, which was specifically monitoring Ino, changed, and he stared at it intently.

A little boy, about five or six years old, walked up to Ino and gave her a small box, which looked like the kind of gift box that holds a ring.

Ino asked in confusion, "This is for me? Why?"

"It wasn't me. An uncle just gave it to me. He asked me to give it to you," the little boy explained in his childish voice, shaking the candied apple in his left hand.

"Uncle?" Ino's eyes changed abruptly.

At the same time, a flash of golden light appeared, and Naruto appeared out of thin air beside him.

perspective.

Perception ability.

Animal-mimicry ninjutsu enhances the sense of smell.

Use all abilities that can help in finding people.

The little boy was startled by Naruto's sudden appearance and instinctively tried to run away, but Ino stopped him.

"Little brother, don't be afraid. Tell your sister what that uncle looked like and what he said to you." Ino smiled and said, "If you answer well, your sister will give you candy."

"No, she didn't say anything, she just..." The pretty older sister's words still carried weight. The little boy blushed slightly and said shyly, "She just asked me to deliver something."

"Really? He only sends gifts. What does he look like?" Ino nodded, her voice as gentle as possible.

After listening to the little boy's description, Ino confirmed that it was indeed Obito. She took out ten ryo from her pocket, enough to buy a bag of candy, handed it to the little boy, and sent him away.

He turned to look at Naruto: "How was it?"

Naruto frowned deeply and shook his head.

Seeing this, Ino didn't say anything, her gaze falling on the small box in her hand.

"If you don't release your soul as he asked, what do you think he'll send you now?"

Naruto remained silent.

Ino made a gesture as if to open the box, but her hand, which was placed on the box, failed to open it successfully several times.

It wasn't that the box was locked or had a mechanism; it was simply that Ino was too scared to look. Even a fool could guess what was inside.

This stalemate lasted for about two minutes. Ino took a deep breath, closed her eyes, gritted her teeth, and opened the box.

Then, he slowly opened his eyes and turned his gaze over, little by little, and saw a finger placed in the box.

A photograph was folded under that finger.

"..." Ino.

With a blank expression, he picked up his finger and unfolded the photograph.

The photo shows Sakura, and includes her face and left hand, proving that the finger belongs to Sakura and not just someone else.

"Heh heh heh heh, that guy really wants to die." Ino laughed angrily, her chakra uncontrollably overflowing from her body.

"I'll tear you to pieces! You damned bastard!"

"There's more down there," Naruto reminded him.

Ino then noticed that there was a folded letter under the photo. Suppressing her anger, she took out the letter and unfolded it.

"Isn't three days enough for you to consider? Then add another day. From now on, every day that passes, I will take one thing from her."

"It could be a finger, a hair, a toe, a leg, or even a kidney, eye, ear, nose, or other part of the body."

"No negotiations, no meetings, no contact. Your only choice, the only thing you can do, is to release Ban's soul."

Ino, who was reading the text aloud, turned pale and her heart was filled with sorrow.

"What should we do? He absolutely refuses to talk to us. It's clear he'll continue to torment Sakura unless we release her soul. This..."

Naruto took the paper and the photo, examined them repeatedly, and was at a loss for what to do.

The two of them sat there on the roadside bench, one staring blankly at the sky, the other holding his head and frowning in deep thought.

"Sakura, you must be very scared right now," Ino murmured.

"Her life was not guaranteed, and her fingers were cut off. After that, even more cruel torture awaited her. How despicable!"

"Naruto, what will happen if he releases the soul of the person he wants?"

“Sakura is no longer a useful hostage; she’ll die,” Naruto said in a deep voice.

“Sakura’s value as a hostage has increased. Not only will she not be rescued, but she will also be used to further blackmail us into doing things for her.”

"Is there really no hope at all?" Ino asked, unwilling to give up.

“That guy isn’t a saint. Maybe he used to be a kind and gentle person, but…” Naruto said.

"Now that he has completely turned to the dark side, he no longer cares about the loss of other people's lives. He has staked everything on the Infinite Tsukuyomi."

"He had long abandoned reality and only wanted to start a new life in the world of illusion."

"Hoping that he will keep his promise and let Sakura go is pure wishful thinking."

Ino felt dizzy and leaned back, slumping and motionless.

If negotiations are possible, and given that Obito is most concerned about Naruto's Infinite Tsukuyomi, I'm confident I can persuade Obito to release Sakura first.

Infinite Tsukuyomi, the Eye of the Moon, was Obito's belief, his only salvation. He couldn't afford to gamble on it, nor could he.

"I had anticipated such a terrible situation, but I never expected it to actually happen." Naruto closed his eyes and pondered deeply.

"Calm down; getting anxious and angry won't solve the problem."

"Think about how to rescue Sakura and how to eliminate Obito."

The problem they faced was that they couldn't find Sakura and Obito.

Sakura does carry her own Flying Thunder God mark, but it's important to know that the Flying Thunder God cannot be used across realms.

In different dimensions, the Flying Thunder God Mark has no effect whatsoever.

"Is there any way to mark the location of Sakura or Obito across different dimensions?"

Chapter 241 An Unexpected Rescue Method

Divine space.

"Will I see the result I want a day from now?" Obito muttered to himself.

"That will also determine whether you stay or leave."

"It seems that you are nothing more than that in his eyes. He wouldn't even trade your life for a soul that is useless to him. Ha."

With her hands and feet bound, Sakura lay motionless in a coffin constructed using Earth Release techniques, and was further bound by Wood Release thorns.

His eyes and mouth were sealed with tape, so he couldn't see or speak.

Because of the implantation of Naruto cells, he possesses superhuman regenerative abilities. The wound on his left ring finger, which was cut off by Obito, has already healed on its own.

However, the bones failed to regenerate, and the missing fingers could not be restored.

"What I didn't expect was that the Ten-Tails would undergo such a change after absorbing his cells," Obito laughed. "It's quite an unexpected surprise."

The Ten-Tails wielded by Kaguya Otsutsuki consumed half of Isshiki Otsutsuki, completing its transformation from the Ten-Tails into the God Tree.

The Ten-Tails that Obito possessed devoured Sakura and Ino, and the large number of Naruto cells he had painstakingly cultivated began to change into the form of the God Tree.

Unsure of what would happen next, Obito only knew that he had taken the right step by accident, crossing the threshold to unleash the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

We are getting closer and closer to realizing our dream.

In order to understand the subsequent events in detail, he urgently needed to revive Madara and learn the whole truth from him.

Time passed slowly, and Obito waited patiently.

Soon, the one-day deadline passed.

“Use Impure World Reincarnation sparingly until new cells are cultivated,” Obito said.

Controlled by his eye power, Orochimaru formed hand seals with a blank expression.

The offering was a White Zetsu.

With the addition of some essential Uchiha Madara cells, the forbidden technique, Impure World Reincarnation, was successfully activated.

Dust was drifting and swirling, enveloping the white monster.

With a sharp scream, the White Zetsu died on the spot.

Seeing that the dust could no longer cling to the White Zetsu and turned into Madara's form, Obito knew this was a sign of failure. He let out a sigh, walked to the coffin, and slightly trembled his right hand.

A kunai fell out of his sleeve.

Using this kunai, I cut off Sakura's left middle finger.

A groan escaped her throat; unable to come out, Sakura struggled in extreme pain.

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Konoha Village.

Home in the mountains.

Ino's bedroom.