In Konoha, they wiped out the Sarutobi clan at the start.

Chapter 307 Sakura Haruno, You're All Show and No Action

"Ah," the bootleg Sasuke nodded, his expression aloof, "Of course it's me."

"You're an illusion created by magic, aren't you? Don't try to fool me."

Sakura was still somewhat skeptical, and said seriously.

"Don't you have the ability to break illusions? You can easily tell if it's an illusion by testing it."

The bootleg Sasuke closed his eyes slightly, then slowly opened them, revealing his scarlet Sharingan.

Sakura was shocked to see the Sharingan; upon seeing it, she was half-collapsed.

They tried to "dispel the illusion" again, only to find that Erzhuzi was still Erzhuzi.

Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. Trembling, she walked toward the counterfeit Sasuke and threw herself into his arms, bursting into tears.

He kept repeating Sasuke's name, "Sasuke... Sasuke, I thought I'd never see you again."

The bootleg Sasuke didn't say anything and just let Sakura hug him like that.

The expressions on everyone's faces varied.

Qianye looked at him with disdain.

Jiraiya knew this was Chiya's "illusion technique," and his expression grew increasingly solemn.

Naruto, on the other hand, showed a relieved and gratified expression, even forgetting that he was now riddled with thorns by Pain's black rods.

As for Pain, he had already had enough and said impatiently, "Save your unnecessary words for later, Uchiha Sasuke. Can I now interpret this as you planning to betray Akatsuki and return to Konoha? Did you come here just to catch up with this girl?"

As he spoke, Pain's Rinnegan narrowed slightly, a dangerous and strange light flashing in his eyes.

"No," the bootleg Sasuke shook his head, turning his gaze to Naruto. "Naruto, I heard you've been chasing after me?"

"Of course, I will definitely bring you back to Konoha, because you are my brother."

Naruto looked serious, even though he was in dire straits himself. Yet his resolve remained unwavering.

"Brothers?"

The bootleg Sasuke suddenly burst into laughter. One of the four bootleg Uchiha laughing heroes, now in the modern world.

"Sasuke." Sakura was startled awake from her "long-awaited reunion" by the maniacal laughter of the bootleg Sasuke. She couldn't help but take a few steps back. The bootleg Sasuke felt cold and unfamiliar to her.

After a long while, the laughter subsided, and the bootleg Sasuke said in a deep voice, "Naruto, you are too naive. I only had one real brother, but he was killed by the people of Konoha."

Uchiha Itachi?

The name popped into the minds of Pain, Naruto, Sakura, and Jiraiya simultaneously.

The subsequent mention of the pirated Sasuke confirmed their suspicions.

He recounted the entire story of the Uchiha clan's annihilation and how Itachi died at "his" hands.

Of course, all of this is limited to what the real Erzhuzi knows right now.

For example, he didn't mention that Mrs. Mikoto was still alive.

He only revealed that Chiya massacred the Sarutobi and Shimura clans and defected from Konoha for the sake of Uchiha Izumi.

They made a different choice than Itachi.

"How could this happen?!"

At that moment, everyone was shocked.

Even Payne was no exception.

He knew very little about the Uchiha Clan Massacre, only that Chiya rescued Mikoto and Izumi from Itachi on the night of the massacre, and that he had a daughter with Mikoto.

"Look, this is the village you love. The Konoha you love." The bootleg Sasuke spread his hands. "Built on the blood of the Uchiha."

"Sasuke." Sakura grew even more terrified, her body trembling as she distanced herself from the counterfeit Sasuke once more.

Then Sasuke said, "Sakura, when I left Konoha, didn't you say you wanted me to take you with me? Fine, I'll give you a chance. Kill Naruto, and I'll take you with me."

"Sasuke, it's me!" Sakura's eyes darted around as she looked at Naruto, hesitant.

Seeing this, the bootleg Sasuke offered another convincing reason: "Perhaps I didn't express it clearly enough, so let me put it another way: if you were to attack Naruto now, then I would marry you."

"You should know that now, apart from the woman who was rescued by Fujiwara Chiya, I am the only one left in the Uchiha clan. In order to revive the Uchiha clan and rebuild its glory, I need a woman to marry and have children with."

"And you are the best choice in my heart, Sakura."

Sakura's face flushed red at a visible speed as she thought about getting married, and steam rose from her hair. In that instant, she had already thought of a name for her child.

If it's a girl, then name her Uchiha Sarada.

Boy's words

"Yes, it's about getting married."

Without giving Sakura much time to think, the fake Sasuke walked up behind her, put one arm around her waist, touched her arm with the other, reached into his kunai bag, and made a throwing motion.

"No, Sasuke, don't do this."

The power of the bootleg Sasuke wasn't great, after all, it was a bootleg, merely a manifestation of the illusionary hypnosis.

If Sakura wanted to break free, she could do it easily even without using the superhuman strength Karin taught her.

But she didn't.

While he kept refusing verbally, his actions betrayed him unexpectedly.

Naruto's pupils trembled slightly, and the Nine-Tails within him began to stir restlessly. He couldn't believe that Sasuke, whom he once considered a brother, would one day want to kill him.

The bootleg Sasuke ignored him and continued to coax him, "Just like that, gently, since you can't defeat Pain anyway, and you can't save Naruto from him."

"Rather than that, I might as well do what's best for myself. Death is just a matter of a moment, Naruto won't feel much pain."

"As long as you kill Naruto and break with Konoha, we can be together forever."

"Don't you want to be with me?"

Listening to this blatantly flawed and flowery rhetoric, Sakura would have probably seen through the fake Sasuke at a glance under normal circumstances. But at this moment, she was overjoyed by the imposter Sasuke's words about "marriage," her mind went blank, and she had just confirmed that it wasn't a genjutsu.

They couldn't muster even a shred of resistance.

Two personalities in my mind were constantly arguing with each other.

External personality: We can't do that. Naruto may have a lot of bad habits, but he's a comrade, so we can't do that.

Inner Personality: Kill them, and you can be with your beloved Sasuke forever.

After a while, Sakura simply gave up and let the bootleg Sasuke control her.

Seeing Sakura about to throw her kunai, Jiraiya panicked. Forgetting he was bound by genjutsu and whether Sakura could hear him, he shouted urgently, "Sakura, what are you doing? Stop right now!"

"Don't worry, Pain won't let this woman kill Naruto." Chiya appeared behind Jiraiya and casually dispelled his genjutsu.

Sure enough, the moment Sakura threw the kunai, Pain unleashed a single, directed Shinra Tensei, casually spreading the kunai out. "The Nine-Tails is an important Jinchūriki; I can't let you kill it."

Seeing Naruto in grave danger, Jiraiya didn't relax at all, and impatiently asked, "Chiya, what exactly is your purpose?"

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