Naruto: Forced to activate Infinite Tsukuyomi in order to return home

"I can assure you that those trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi will be permanently immersed in a false and beautiful world, free from any pain or suffering..."

Upon hearing this, Shisui rested his chin on his hand and fell into deep thought.

The momentary silence, like the darkness before dawn, froze all the sounds around us.

Uchiha Shisui suddenly turned around, his deep eyes seemingly transcending the boundaries of time and space, locking onto Uchiha Itachi and casting a genjutsu on him.

Uchiha Itachi, standing to the side, was surprisingly taken aback by this sudden genjutsu attack.

His body swayed slightly, as if suddenly grabbed by an invisible giant hand, losing his balance and finally collapsing helplessly onto the soft grass. His eyelids slowly closed, and he fell into a deep coma.

"Shisui, what do you mean by this?"

Upon seeing this, Fengtian subconsciously activated his Mangekyou Sharingan. His words were filled with a hint of doubt, but his eyes were fixed on Uchiha Shisui.

Upon seeing Itachi collapse unconscious, Shisui's eyes flashed with a hint of reluctance, but quickly, as if having made up his mind, he spoke:

"I simply erased Itachi's memories of this place."

"This matter is of great importance. Itachi is still too young. I cannot stand by and watch him fall into such a dangerous situation."

He paused at this point, turned his gaze to Fengtian, and continued:

"As for your plan, I'm willing to join, but..."

"You'd better make sure you're telling the truth, or I'll go to any lengths to erase you from this world!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the gentle expression on Shisui's face was instantly replaced by a chilling killing intent. His Mangekyou Sharingan was cold and piercing, as if it could look directly into the depths of a person's soul, inspiring fear in people.

At this moment, he was like a demon returning from hell, exuding a chilling aura.

Despite Zhi Shui's sudden murderous intent, Feng Tian remained remarkably calm. He smiled lightly, casually spreading his hands, his tone tinged with a hint of mockery:

"As you wish. In any case, you were my only target from the beginning. As for Itachi, he's currently dispensable..."

Fengtian shrugged nonchalantly, indicating that nothing mattered.

Upon hearing this, Shisui's murderous intent slowly faded. He then turned his gaze toward Konoha Village, and with a weak sigh, he forcefully suppressed the intense feeling of reluctance.

"What should I do now?"

Zhi Shui's sudden question can be seen as an implicit acceptance of joining the Fengtian [Eye of the Moon] project.

"Go to Sunagakure, find some help, and capture the One-Tailed Beast while you're at it."

Shisui nodded slightly, a resolute glint flashing in his eyes.

Without saying another word, he and Fengtian set off side by side on their journey to Sunagakure.

His silhouette stretched long in the afterglow of the setting sun, gradually receding into the distance, leaving only an empty meadow behind.

It's worth mentioning that when Shisui passed through the gates of Konoha Village, the Uchiha clan guards greeted him warmly, but in response, they used the same memory-erasing genjutsu as Itachi Uchiha.

This left Fengtian speechless:

"Do you really enjoy casting illusions on people that much...?"

"..."

A cave in Sunagakure Village

Deep within the dimly lit cave, a handsome young man with crimson hair was carefully polishing the blade on a puppet beside him.

His movements were so precise and delicate, as if he were creating a beautiful work of art.

This boy is none other than Sasori, who has defected from Sunagakure!

At this point, he had completely taken control of the Third Kazekage puppet he had assassinated, but he was not satisfied with that.

Driven by a pursuit of artistic perfection and a reverence for puppetry, an extremely insane idea flashed through his mind:

"The human body is too fragile. If I could turn myself into a puppet, wouldn't I become stronger?"

"We've had experience turning living people into puppets before. I wonder what the effect would be if we turned ourselves into a puppet?"

The scorpion began to mutter to itself. Once this terrifying thought takes root, it will gradually sprout and eventually affect a person's entire life.

Actually, this cannot be entirely blamed on Scorpion. When he was young, his parents suddenly passed away, which left him in a long-term environment of insecurity, so he wanted to turn living people into puppets.

However, upon learning that his parents were killed by Konoha's White Fang, Hatake Shoshige, on the orders of the Third Kazekage, he harbored hatred towards the Third Kazekage and assassinated him, thus initiating the Third Shinobi World War.

Sasori's gaze fell on the Third Kazekage, who had been turned into a puppet, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

However, the dead are gone, and hatred cannot change anything. Even though he personally assassinated the Third Kazekage, his heart was still extremely empty.

"Perhaps I can start by trying to keep only the heart and transform the rest of the body into a puppet..."

Just as Sasori made up his mind and was about to start trying, he suddenly sensed something was wrong and then controlled the Third Kazekage's puppet to release several iron sands towards the cave entrance!

"Who?!"

Scorpion shouted loudly, while simultaneously preparing to retreat at any moment.

To his surprise, the several iron sands he released mysteriously vanished into thin air when they were less than a few meters from the cave entrance, as if they had never existed.

Immediately afterwards, two figures slowly walked into the depths of the cave.

"I've finally found you, Sasori of the Red Sand..."

Then, in Sasori's gaze, the figures of Fengtian and Uchiha Shisui slowly appeared before him.

"Konoha Village ninja..."

When Sasori's gaze fell on Shisui's Konoha headband, he immediately guessed the other person's identity.

At this moment, his face was filled with coldness, and his chakra turned into thin threads that flowed continuously towards the Third Kazekage's puppet. Then, he took out several scrolls, intending to fight the two of them.

After sensing the chill emanating from Dao Xie, Feng Tian spoke first:

"Don't be nervous, Scorpion, we mean you no harm..."

"Heh...judging from your tone, you're quite disdainful..."

Even though Fengtian claimed he had no hostile intentions, he still couldn't make Xie lower his guard.

Left with no other option, in order to obtain the scorpion's power, Fengtian had no choice but to continue persuading him:

"I need your help, Sasori. It seems that a rogue ninja like you has nowhere to go..."

"You can consider this place a sanctuary for rogue ninja..."

Upon hearing this, Scorpion lowered his guard somewhat, but his gaze remained fixed on the two of them as he continued:

"I see, that sounds good..."

"But unfortunately, my principle has always been to protect myself without relying on others!"

"Looks like I'm in luck. I recently acquired the Third Kazekage, and now some high-quality materials have come to me on their own..."