From the night of genocide, marching towards the strongest.

Sasuke chuckled, a slight smile playing on his lips, and said sarcastically, "Judging from your tone, you seem to utterly despise human experimentation? Don't forget, when you were with Orochimaru, your growth in strength was built upon the foundation of countless innocent experiments Orochimaru conducted on you?"

"You say my current strength is inseparable from human experimentation, then I'll ask you in return: besides human experimentation, how much of your current strength comes from gifts from others? Your own efforts? Heh..."

Looking at Sasuke's path to power, it was all meticulously planned, with Orochimaru, Itachi Uchiha, and even the Sage of Six Paths personally stepping in to give him a boost.

Since Sasuke's transmigration, his strength has been entirely due to his own hard work, yes... that's for sure!

I, Uchiha Sasuke, did not use any cheat codes!

Upon hearing this, the young man Erzhu remained expressionless. After a moment of silence, he said calmly, "What if I don't give it to you?"

"Then let's keep fighting!"

Sasuke is also very direct.

However, the two did not continue fighting in the end. With the persuasion of Sakura Uchiha, Sarada Uchiha, and the Seventh Hokage Naruto who arrived later, the two reluctantly sat down.

..............

After everything settled down, the young Erzhu and the young Erzhu stood together in perfect unison, neither of them glancing at the other, their faces extremely indifferent.

The Seventh Hokage, Naruto, went out to send a signal, asking the people from Konoha to come and handle the situation.

As for Sakura and Sarada, the mother and daughter, they embraced each other and gently explained the previous misunderstanding.

"......"

Looking at his wife and daughter in the distance, a hint of emotion flashed in his eyes. After a moment of silence, he spoke in an extremely unnatural tone, "Although I don't really like you, I still want to thank you. Thank you for protecting Sarada and Sakura."

"No need to thank me, your daughter is very cute..."

Sasuke nodded, looking at Sakura Haruno in the distance, who was holding Sarada with a gentle expression and radiating a strong maternal glow. He sighed and added a sentence.

"I must say, although you're an irresponsible father, your wife is pretty good!"

"Of course!"

The young Sasuke nodded, about to continue from where the boy left off, when suddenly his expression turned cold, and he said coldly, "What do you mean!?"

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Sasuke was taken aback, but he quickly realized that his words had been somewhat ambiguous and that the young man had misunderstood. So he chuckled and explained.

"Don't get me wrong, I meant... um..."

"Your wife is amazing!"

Chapter 262 The Crisis of the Future, A New Combat Mode

Late that night, on such a quiet spring night, Konoha Village, this prosperous village, was unusually lively, with birds, frogs, and crickets singing to their hearts' content.

On the roof of a house, Sasuke stood looking up at the sky. It was night, the sky was full of stars, and a bright moon hung in the sky.

The pale moon was veiled in mist, its light as calm and gentle as still water. A breeze brushed against Sasuke's cheek, lifting a few strands of hair from his forehead.

Shin Uchiha was eventually killed by Sasuke, and his body was placed into a sealing scroll.

However, his research data over the years was not exclusively for Sasuke's use; he and the Konoha of this world each made a copy for their own research.

Naruto Uzumaki, who became the Seventh Hokage, was not particularly opposed to human research. After all, the advancement of medical ninjutsu was inseparable from human experimentation. In fact, it could be said that human experimentation was a fine tradition that Konoha had since its founding and had been carried forward.

What the successive Hokage of Konoha truly rejected and could not accept was the inhumane human experimentation, using innocent people and their own people as subjects for experiments.

Although Shin Uchiha died, most of his clone "children" escaped with their lives.

Naruto Uzumaki handed it over to Kabuto Yakushi, the current director of the Konoha Orphanage.

Sasuke had no complaints about this, and could even be said to be completely indifferent.

After all, whether those clones of Shin were alive or dead was not important to him, as long as the corpse of the original Shin Uchiha was in his hands.

Sasuke originally wanted to meet Kabuto Yakushi in this world and try to get something from him.

However, after seeing the fear in the eyes of the clone children, "Shin," as if they were seeing some kind of demon or monster, Sasuke decided to give up.

Moreover, Sasuke could vaguely sense that although Sasuke and Naruto had allowed him to successfully obtain Shin Uchiha's corpse and his research data, it was still somewhat difficult for Sasuke, who enjoyed conducting human experiments, to accept it.

There are still many things that the two of them will need to help each other on Sasuke's journey in this world. Many things cannot be rushed and must be done slowly.

Moreover, apart from the ultimate version of Edo Tensei, Kabuto Yakushi doesn't have anything that Sasuke would want right now.

Orochimaru's side, on the other hand, has everything: the ultimate version of the Impure World Reincarnation, advanced cloning technology, a method to break the Reaper Death Seal, and the Heavenly Curse Seal, which has been further evolved and incorporates cloning artificial human technology.

Of all the things Orochimaru possessed, the last one is what Sasuke desires most right now.

After arriving in this world, and combining this with the information Sasuke saw in his previous life about Boruto, he realized that...

Sasuke knew that Orochimaru had used the improved Heaven's Curse Seal combined with cloning technology to create Mitsuki.

A child who is born with the ability to enter perfect Sage Mode, and this mode is the perfect state that Sasuke envisioned.

It possesses both the super-fast neural reaction speed and perception of Ryuchi Cave Snake Sage Mode, and Jugo's Sage Mode physique, which provides a continuous source of natural energy, enhancing the endurance of Sage Mode.

It is precisely because of these two advantages that Mitsuki was able to achieve the miracle of entering Sage Mode in an instant after mastering Sage Mode at the young age of twelve, just like Hashirama Senju.

For Sasuke, who is currently blocked by the threshold of Sage Mode, Orochimaru's ability to create Mitsuki's secret is undoubtedly one of the most important goals Sasuke has achieved since coming to this world, namely, to obtain the same genetic cells as Toneri Otsutsuki.

Apart from these two, the ultimate version of Edo Tensei and the method to break the Shiki seal are all external things to him and cannot have much of a qualitative change effect on his own strength.

'How to bring it up with them naturally is something I need to think about carefully...'

As the night breeze blew, Sasuke remained calm, his gaze deep and thoughtful.

Orochimaru became much more docile during this period, as if he had seen through the illusions of life, transforming from Uncle Snake into Aunt Snake.

If you were to meet Orochimaru now, you would be surprised to find that male mothers can actually stand up.

Cough cough...

In short, Orochimaru now does everything in accordance with Sasuke and Naruto.

However, this only applies to the two of them.

Orochimaru wasn't so easy to talk to about his own alternate-time version of Sasuke Uchiha.

We can't just resort to robbery and theft, can we?

Sasuke shook his head, knowing that this method was feasible, but it shouldn't be done.

"So you've been here, Sasuke."

Just as Sasuke was enjoying the cold wind and silently pondering how to obtain the enhanced Heavenly Curse Seal from Orochimaru, a steady voice came from the eaves.

Sasuke looked in the direction of the sound and saw the figure of the Seventh Hokage, Naruto, appear in his line of sight.

"Didn't Sarada invite you to her home? What's wrong? Aren't you going?"

The Seventh Hokage, Naruto, walked up to Sasuke and said with a smile.

"Forget it." Sasuke shook his head and said calmly, "It's not easy for a family to get together after so many years. What am I, an outsider, supposed to do? I'd better not disturb their family's happy time."

The Seventh Hokage, Naruto, smiled and said, "That's true, but you can also consider this Konoha as your home. Why don't you come to my house tonight?"

"Forget it." Sasuke shook his head again, not continuing the conversation, and instead said, "By the way, are you just getting off work now? I remember being Hokage shouldn't be this busy, right?"

"Hehe...well..."

Upon hearing this, the Seventh Hokage Naruto looked embarrassed and scratched the back of his head.

"There are a lot of things to deal with in the village right now, and I'm a bit slow-witted, hahaha..."

"As a leader, you don't have to do everything yourself; you just need to understand the big picture."

Sasuke said, "It's not like we lack talented people around us. You're making it sound like everyone in Konoha is a bunch of useless people. As Hokage, you only need to control the overall situation. You can leave the rest of the trivial matters to your subordinates. Knowing people and assigning them to suitable positions is both a sign of trust and a way to cultivate them."

"what?"

The Seventh Hokage, Naruto, looked curious and smiled, saying:

"It seems you know a lot about these things, Sasuke. Could it be that your dream in the other world was to become Hokage?"

At this point, the Seventh Naruto nodded slightly, agreeing, and said, "If a smart guy like you, Sasuke, were to become Hokage, the village would probably develop much better than it would have been under an idiot like me, right?"

Naruto the Seventh Hokage's words were half heartfelt and sincere, and half a test.

Sasuke naturally sensed his probing, shook his head, and said directly, "Naruto, you don't need to test me. I have no intention of becoming Hokage, nor do I have any intention of destroying Konoha. I don't even care much about the peace and righteousness that you all pursue."

The Seventh Hokage, Naruto, narrowed his eyes slightly and chuckled, "If you don't care about any of this, then what do you care about, Sasuke? Reviving the Uchiha clan?"

"I suppose it's one of them."

Sasuke nodded and said:

"What is owed must be repaid. I don't like owing others. Once I've paid back what I owe, I'll do what I want to do and what I should do."

Sasuke meant that he would repay the karma owed by this body in the future, but the Seventh Naruto interpreted it as something else entirely.

The Seventh Naruto was silent for a moment, then gave a bright smile: "Sasuke, favors aren't so easy to repay, and bonds aren't so easy to sever."

"Heh, you're just like Naruto from my world."

Sasuke chuckled and looked at Naruto, saying, "Let's not talk about that. I have something important to tell you."

"what's up?"

"How long until Sarada and her classmates graduate from the Ninja Academy?"

"Next month, March 15th, what's wrong?"

"Number 15?"

Sasuke nodded, not answering Naruto's question, and continued, "When does this year's Chunin Exams start, and when is the final?"

"This one?"

The Seventh Naruto stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and then said, "The Chunin Exams for this year haven't been scheduled yet, but if there are no unforeseen circumstances, it will be the same as previous years: the preliminary rounds on July 1st, and the finals on August 1st, hmm..."

After a pause, the Seventh Naruto added, "Sarana and Boruto will probably participate too, right?"

At this point, the Seventh Naruto smiled and teased, "Sasuke, why are you asking this? Are you perhaps planning to come and watch Sarada's match? If so, I think Sarada will be very happy."

"We'll talk about that later. We don't even know if we'll be able to come back to this world after we go back."

Sasuke decided to reveal the story of Otsutsuki Kinshiki and Otsutsuki Momoshiki to prepare Naruto and Sasuke in this world.

That was his original plan for the world.