Konoha: Starting with a sign-in for Hashirama cells

If Sakura's original physical fitness was a 10, then her current physical fitness, in all aspects, has increased by more than a hundred times.

Despite lacking a bloodline limit, his strength, speed, nerve reflexes, dynamic vision, flexibility, and so on, have all been elevated to a level that ordinary people can only dream of.

"Not so bad," Naruto thought to himself.

He is now almost completely drained.

If it weren't for the help of the cells, this would be the perfect immortal mode that is normally maintained.

If it weren't for the foundation of the divine tree...

He probably can't even stand up straight.

The steam dissipated quickly, and Sakura, now revived and given a second life, seemed to sense something was wrong. She raised her hand and looked at it: "Is this my body?"

Ninjas have an unparalleled understanding of their own bodies.

Sakura has studied medical ninjutsu extensively for research and experiments, and is extremely familiar with it. She can immediately sense any changes in her body.

"Isn't it good?" Naruto retorted.

"Uh, no, that's not it." Sakura hesitated, "It's just too good, too good, it feels a bit strange."

"Then you can rest assured, I guarantee there won't be any problems," Naruto said with a smile.

"Is that so?" Sakura glanced at Naruto's few gray hairs and remained silent.

“It’s ultimately your body. You’ll have to discover the differences yourself,” Naruto said.

"Let's not talk about that. Tell me how you were kidnapped, and what Obito said and did during that time?"

"Obito?" Sakura asked in confusion, "That masked man, his name is Obito?"

“Yes, Obito, Uchiha Obito.” Naruto nodded.

Sakura thought for a moment and then said, "Ino wasn't there that night."

"The experiments are all stuck at key points, and it will take some time before the results are available."

"I was a bit bored by myself, so I went outside the lab to train, cultivate, and spar with my shadow clones."

"Then…"

Naruto dispatched Wood Release clones to inspect the kidnapping scene and reconstructed the situation at the time.

Sakura's account of what happened was quite similar to his reconstruction.

The kidnapping itself is nothing to worry about; you can skip it.

What really bothered Naruto was that Obito not only kidnapped Sakura, but also took away the cultured cells from the laboratory.

Those who are familiar with their own situation know best. To be honest, even without the sign-in system, Naruto's Ashura chakra alone would make him a Ōtsutsuki.

It might be discounted to some extent, but it's definitely qualified to be devoured by the Ten-Tails and transformed into a divine tree.

After discovering that his cells, along with Sakura's, had been stolen by Obito, Naruto had this thought.

Obito might be able to use his cells to transform Isshiki Otsutsuki's Ten-Tails into a divine tree that can devour all energy, eventually blooming and bearing fruit.

The facts were just as he had thought and guessed.

According to Sakura's description, Obito did indeed absorb her cells, and he sounded very happy, as if he had received an unexpected benefit.

As for why it's "hearing," as mentioned earlier, Sakura's eyes are sealed with tape, so she can't see.

"This is troublesome." Naruto gritted his teeth, his brows furrowing into a deep frown as usual.

The only good news was that Obito's left eye was destroyed by Orochimaru.

Obito, who is missing one of his kaleidoscopes, is definitely easier to deal with than he is with both kaleidoscopes.

"To prevent this from happening again, we must avoid acting alone in the future," Naruto said to the three women, suppressing his many thoughts.

Obito's Kamui is too difficult to defend against.

Even with his Wood Release clones present, Orochimaru was still managed to have his clones switched by Obito, who completed the substitution silently.

“With such an elusive space-time continuum, if he really wanted to make a move, his target wouldn’t be us. If it were someone else, it would be the same,” Ino said helplessly.

"Just as he told Orochimaru, 'You can be a thief for a thousand days, but you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days.'"

“As long as he still has it in mind, no matter how careful you are, he will always find an opportunity.”

"They can't do anything to us, but they can target our families. Think about it carefully, there are many more people who need protection than we can handle."

"What do you mean?" Naruto understood the implication in Ino's words.

"Didn't he want someone's soul here with you?" Ino asked.

“Give it to him, that way he will have no reason to target us. If this person’s soul is of great use to you, then disregard what I said.”

Chapter 251 Hinata's Request

Ino makes a good point.

There is no benefit in keeping Ban's soul with me.

If he releases it to Obito, Obito will have no reason to target those around him anymore. After all, it's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark.

Obito, lurking in the shadows, would strike unexpectedly, making him truly impossible to guard against.

Just think how much effort it took to rescue Sakura this time. It would be really hard to do it again.

Naruto pondered.

"Obito's obsession with Madara's soul must be related to the Eye of the Moon Plan."

"That's understandable. After all, they're not the same Ten-Tails. The Ten-Tails of the same style doesn't have Infinite Tsukuyomi."

Infinite Tsukuyomi is one of Kaguya's nine-tomoe Rinnegan eye techniques. It is the ultimate world-destroying technique that Kaguya obtained after consuming the chakra fruit of the Divine Tree.

Essentially, it belongs to the Ten-Tails that ate half of Isshiki Otsutsuki, except that this Ten-Tails became Kaguya's incarnation, which is equivalent to being one with Kaguya.

First, he possesses Kaguya's chakra.

Secondly, he awakens his own Rinnegan, dons a haori, and becomes one of the two chakra sources, Hamura, and then becomes Kaguya's Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

To use Infinite Tsukuyomi, one of the above two conditions must be met.

This is also why Black Zetsu can use Infinite Tsukuyomi; it's all because Black Zetsu possesses Kaguya's chakra.

Similarly, in the story, Madara Uchiha of Six Paths could use Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Black Zetsu never chose Obito of Six Paths.

Because Madara was the reincarnation of Indra's chakra, and also obtained Ashura's chakra, which was then fused and sublimated into Hamura's chakra, it was the closest to Kaguya's chakra.

In contrast, Obito transplanted a Rinnegan that didn't belong to him and didn't possess the chakra of Hagoromo or Hamura.

"Kaguya's Gedo Mazo, the ten-tailed husk, has already vanished into nothingness in the sun."

"Madara's Rinnegan, and Madara himself, were refined into a Chakra Fruit and consumed by me."

"Whether we let Madara go or not, it seems to make no difference; Obito can't use Infinite Tsukuyomi anyway."

"Wait! My cells contain a lot of chakra. It devoured so many of my cells, which means..."

Naruto's eyes lit up.

Now that things have come to this, Naruto actually hopes that Obito can use the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Because by then, in order to maintain the situation he had established, Obito would have nowhere to retreat and, not wanting to fail at the last moment, would have to fight him.

Obito, who hides from XZ and appears and disappears like a ghost, has no intention of fighting and will flee at the slightest sign of trouble. To be honest, he is a difficult person to deal with.

If it were a head-on confrontation, our side would have the advantage in both numbers and strength, and with more people than us, we would be guaranteed to win.

"We already have the Ten-Tails, so we won't bother with the other tailed beasts."

"It is better to focus on improving one's own eyes than to steal the eyes of others, even if one possesses the highest level of the Rinnegan with nine tomoe."

After thinking it over and taking all aspects into consideration, Naruto grinned and smiled.

"Let me think about it some more. If there are no problems, then we'll do as you say and release Ban's soul."

Physical weakness, but more importantly, spiritual depletion, Naruto forced a smile, acting as if nothing was wrong.

He encouraged Sakura to cheer up, saying that he would help her after the Five-Tails was revived, and that he would prevent anyone else from having any chance to harm the Five-Tails.

He also instructed Ino to be careful and to tell him immediately if she noticed anything unusual or suspicious.

Having said what he needed to say, Naruto took Hinata and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to jump to the moon.

Hidan, who was still under hypnosis and control, was also taken away with them.

"Seriously, his legs were shaking, but he still tried to act like nothing was wrong," Ino said, amused.

"Legs shaking? You mean Naruto? I didn't notice." Sakura was stunned.

"Who knows you?" Ino said casually.

"It's probably because he's not concentrating. He's been thinking about the Five-Tails the whole time, and our perspectives are different too."

"You look at his head, face, eyes, and so on. For me, it's the middle, the waist and legs."

"What do you mean by staring at Naruto's waist and legs for no reason?" Sakura wondered, then realized something, and looked at Ino with surprise and a strange expression.

"Are you saying you're using X-ray vision to spy on me...?"

"What are you talking about? Hinata was there, how could I do such a thing?" Ino said, her face darkening.

"What are you saying? You only peek when Hinata isn't around, right?" Sakura's face grew increasingly strange.

"No way!" Ino shouted.

No more jokes, skipping the topic, Sakura sighed, "Are you trembling because of me?"

“It’s obvious,” Ino said.

“I saw it very clearly. He consumed an enormous amount of chakra to revive you, and not just chakra, but many other things as well.”

Sakura fell silent at the thought of Naruto's new white hair.

"But with Hinata around, she'll take good care of Naruto, so we don't need to worry about it," Ino said nonchalantly.

"Go home. Your aunt and uncle must be worried because you haven't seen me for so many days. Go back and let them know you're safe."

Looking up, it was a clear, sunny day, and the moon was nowhere to be seen, Sakura thought with mixed feelings.