Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

"Is that all?"

Karin saw Sasuke fall lifelessly from the sky and was stunned for a moment.

As expected of Tobirama Senju, the Uchiha Hunter, he defeated the powerful Uchiha Sasuke so easily.

Of course, this is also thanks to Naruto's extremely high stats, and the fact that his vital points are intangible, making it impossible for Sasuke to counter him.

"Great! Without further ado, let me cut off his head!"

Karin, carrying a knife, was about to step forward and deliver the final blow, ensuring Sasuke's death.

"Wait a moment."

Naruto quickly stepped in front of Sasuke's "corpse" to stop Karin, saying, "Um, Sasuke only saved a bear and beat it up, is there really such a big grudge?"

When Karin saw Naruto blocking her way and heard what he said, she was stunned, and then her brows furrowed.

"You make a good point."

After a brief hesitation, Karin agreed with Naruto's statement and put down her sword.

"Since you don't want me to damage his body, then you're responsible for disposing of it properly. I don't want to see him again."

After saying that, Karin turned around and left without looking back.

Karin's words left Naruto scratching his head in bewilderment.

Because it went too smoothly.

Naruto felt like he hadn't even used his "talk-no-jutsu" much, yet Karin was already convinced by him.

In the end, Naruto stopped thinking about it and simply attributed it to his own charm. Karin was actually a kind person by nature, which was why it was so easy for her.

In fact, Karin took off running as soon as she was out of Naruto's sight, and even took a boat and left the island of Hozuki Castle.

Karin realized that everything Naruto had said before was a lie when Naruto started persuading her not to cut off Sasuke's head, and that Sasuke, who appeared lifeless, was definitely not dead.

This was an intuition she had developed after years of experience in the ninja world.

If she continues to pester him, whether she insists on cutting off Sasuke's head or directly exposes Naruto's disguise, it will not do her any good.

Her greatest value to Naruto was providing Sasuke with a place.

Now that her goal has been achieved, Naruto is willing to finish the last act, so she can take advantage of this time to leave. Any later and it will be too late.

Naruto stood alone in the square, waiting for Sasuke to awaken.

He was powerless to help Sasuke.

In the real ninja world, Sasuke knows how to awaken the Rinnegan, but he simply cannot do it now.

We can only pray that the old man of the Six Paths is reliable.

Finally, after waiting for an unknown amount of time, Sasuke suddenly opened his eyes.

"Sasuke, you... how come only one of your eyes has changed?"

Just as Naruto was about to happily congratulate Sasuke on awakening the Rinnegan, he discovered that only one of Sasuke's eyes had become the Rinnegan.

This is different from the real-world ninja world.

Could it be because Sasuke lacked the "nourishment" he provided?

Instead of answering Naruto's question, Sasuke angrily stepped forward and grabbed Naruto's cheek.

"Ugh! What do you mean 'give'?! Oh dear, what are you doing here?!"

Naruto struggled for a moment, but after confirming that Sasuke had no intention of killing him, he didn't resist much.

They assumed Sasuke was just venting his frustration because of what had just happened.

"As expected, the Sage of Six Paths wasn't lying to me. It's because you were looking for trouble and inscribed Yang energy on your tongue that it's my turn now. The Sage of Six Paths said that to correspond, I also have to inscribe it on my tongue!"

After confirming the Yang energy mark on Naruto's mouth, Sasuke slapped Naruto across the face.

"What's wrong with your tongue? It's discreet yet practical."

Naruto covered his cheek where Sasuke had slapped him, looking somewhat aggrieved.

"Sasuke, think about it, what if we lose our hands later if we keep them in our hands?"

If it stays on the tongue, the mark won't disappear unless we get blown up in the head.

"We were all shot in the head, so we're definitely dead. Whether we disappear or not doesn't matter."

The more Naruto explained, the more reasonable it seemed to him.

He thought to himself that if the Sage of Six Paths appeared in the real ninja world and offered to give them the power of Yin and Yang, he would definitely ask if it could be imprinted on his tongue for greater safety.

However, Sasuke's next words shook Naruto's newly solidified resolve.

"Didn't the Sage of Six Paths tell you that?!"

Sasuke became even angrier upon hearing Naruto's "excuses".

"Say what? Say what?"

Naruto was puzzled.

"If the Infinite Tsukuyomi has already descended, how should we break free from it!"

He said that since he was not guided by the power of Indra's reincarnation, he had exhausted his power to save the two of us and could no longer guide us, so he gave us all the advice he could at once.

Didn't he tell you?

"No, so how do we solve it?"

Naruto looked completely innocent.

The Sage of Six Paths didn't tell Naruto any of this, because after giving Naruto his power, he still had the ability to maintain his own power.

Who knew Naruto would go crazy and deliberately push Sasuke to the brink of death so that Sasuke could be revived.

The Sage of Six Paths had no choice but to either watch Sasuke die, potentially reviving his mother with no one to stop him, or exhaust his own power.

"Form hand seals."

Sasuke was furious when he saw Naruto still pretending to be innocent.

"Then let's form hand seals."

"Originally, the hand with the power of the Six Paths was used to form the hand seals!"

Sasuke clenched his fists, wishing he could punch Naruto to death.

"Originally? Well now... uh."

Naruto finally realized what was happening.

Seeing Naruto's expression change, Sasuke sighed. He had finally made Naruto realize the problem; it seemed Naruto truly didn't know before.

"Sasuke, don't worry. The Sage of the Good Sage knows how to form hand seals with his feet, and Orochimaru can develop many powerful ninjutsu. I'll have them develop a method for forming hand seals with our tongues."

After regaining his senses, Naruto spoke to Sasuke with a serious expression.

"Is that the point?"

Sasuke almost fainted from anger.

Isn't the point that they were supposed to put their hands together to form a hand seal?

"Isn't that the point?"

Naruto was confused.

Clearly, Sasuke still cares a lot about this.

But Naruto was actually right; what he said was the key point.

Moreover, forming a tongue seal is not that simple.

After all, no one knows how to use the tongue better than Orochimaru.

If Orochimaru could really develop tongue hand seals, then he wouldn't have to suffer in the original story, with his hands sealed and forced to use only ninjutsu like "I spit snakes" or "snakes spit swords."

Of course, the key to breaking the Infinite Tsukuyomi might not be the hand seals, but rather that the Yang and Yin energies of the Six Paths come into contact.

and so……

Perhaps what Sasuke is focusing on is the real issue.

Sasuke was so angry with Naruto that he didn't want to talk. If it weren't for the fact that he needed to defeat Isshiki Otsutsuki and complete the mission the Sage of Six Paths had given him to save the world, he wouldn't have wanted to go back with Naruto at all.