Double-transformation: I, Sakura Haruno! Will crush the pirates!

"Oh, it's nothing, and I've actually benefited from this misfortune!"

Sakura casually reached out and patted his shoulder.

"Also, I want to ask you something!"

A crimson hue welled up in the boy's eyes, and as the magatama spun, a pair of six-pointed star-shaped blood-red pupils appeared. "You should know about this, right?"

Sakura remained unusually silent when Sasuke pointed at her eyes and pressed her for answers.

After a short while, she spoke, "Your father and Itachi Uchiha both possessed this power, which is called the Mangekyou Sharingan!"

Sasuke closed his eyes and dispelled the patterns inside. "After using its built-in technique last time, I found that my eyesight seemed to have permanently deteriorated!"

"Yes, the kaleidoscope will gradually cause blindness with repeated use!"

Sakura turned off the hairdryer and casually placed it on the table. "So before Itachi left the village, he asked me to retrieve Shisui's eyes so that they could be transplanted into you."

"Oh, so he had made preparations..."

Realizing that the girl had casually mentioned some important information, Sasuke jumped up, knocking over the hot tea on the table.

"What did you say!!??"

"This is a special eye technique of your Uchiha clan. Only by transplanting another person's Mangekyou Sharingan can one awaken the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, which will not cause blindness. The closer the blood relation, the higher the success rate." Sakura held the hot tea that she had just managed to save and blew away the fine steam rising from it.

"What a joke! Brother Zhishui and that guy... how could this be? Explain everything to me clearly!"

Sasuke's voice was almost a roar, and the Mangekyou Sharingan in his eyes opened without him realizing it, emanating a chilling pressure of chakra.

In the kitchen, Mikoto Uchiha clattered the spatula and frying pan even louder, while Sakura took a deep breath and said, "It's a story about a ninja who accidentally stepped into the darkness..."

Over the next few tens of minutes, Sakura sipped her tea and recounted the Uchiha clan's past.

From the distrust of the Uchiha clan sown by the Second Hokage, to the cooperation between the Third Hokage and the Nagakage, to the death of Uchiha Shisui, and the eve of the coup.

As one of the participants in that bloody night eight years ago, the girl allows Sasuke to rediscover the village where he has lived for more than ten years from a different perspective.

The village, the higher-ups, the Uchiha clan, Danzo Shimura, Fugaku, Shisui, Itachi... everyone was walking the path they believed was right, which ultimately led to the defection of more than half of the Uchiha's main ninja.

"So he...so he didn't kill his father, right?"

Pain congealed on the boy's face, making his features contort in agony.

"To be precise, Fugaku chose to commit suicide in order to ensure that the future he saw could become a reality."

Sakura's emerald eyes sparkled as she put down the tea in her hand.

rock!

A sound like a table being smashed open rang out, and the boy forcefully grabbed the girl by the collar and pulled her up.

"Why, why didn't you tell me sooner! You knew everything!" Sasuke roared at Sakura, his eyes bloodshot.

Sakura hung her head, her eyes downcast. "What good would it have done if the circumstances had told you? Would you have gone to assassinate the Third Hokage or Shimura Danzo? Or perhaps to suppress the rampaging Uchiha?"

"I...."

The boy's voice faltered, and he released his hands, leaning weakly against the wall.

"Enough, Sasuke! It was me who told Sakura to keep this from you!"

Mikoto Uchiha slowly walked out of the kitchen, her hands clenching her apron tightly.

Standing in the hall, she was so frail that a gust of wind could blow her away. "I didn't want you to get involved in the disputes of those ominous eyes, but your aptitude is just like theirs, and you've come to this."

“…”

In the silence, Sasuke, gritting his teeth, rushed out the door and was swallowed up by the crowd on the street.

"Sigh, what a fine meal."

Sakura sighed and looked up at Mikoto. "I'll go take a look."

Mikoto nodded in agreement, packed the prepared meal into a bento box, and handed it to Sakura.

After packing her things, she raised a finger and used the Body Flicker Technique to leave the Uchiha clan's territory.

The scenery around her was rushing past as Sakura leaped onto the rooftops of the village houses.

The Observation Haki spread out like a tide, instantly enveloping the entire village.

Finally sensing Sasuke's presence in the direction of the third training ground, she immediately changed direction and headed there.

Inside the training ground, Sasuke punched three wooden stakes standing in the open field.

Without using any chakra or Haki, his fists began to bleed in no time.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"

"Smash it, smash it more! With this state of mind, you might just be able to master Armament Haki!" the girl's voice rang out.

Sasuke turned around and saw Sakura sitting on a tree branch, enjoying her bento.

"Would you like to try some? Aunt Mikoto put a lot of thought into it!"

A Flying Thunder God kunai was stuck at Sasuke's feet. Sakura's figure flickered as she leaned against the wooden stake in front of him and handed him a bento box.

"So, how many things are you still hiding from me!"

Sasuke pushed aside the bento box, his voice hoarse, and lowered his head, letting his bangs cover his eyes, looking like an injured stray dog.

A nameless loneliness and a feeling of being abandoned by the whole world lingered over him.

"There shouldn't be many left, right?"

The girl scratched her head and took out a storage scroll, handing it to Sasuke.

"In short, I'm entrusting these eyes to you. What choices you make and what path you take from here on out is up to you."

Chapter 260 Strange Intruder

"I want it transplanted!"

Sasuke gripped the scroll tightly in his hand. "No matter what, I need to have the same power as him before I can choose the future I want!"

"Just a heads up, Shisui is only a distant relative of yours, and there's a certain risk of failure if you transplant it." The girl shoveled into her bento box, her cheeks puffing out.

Sasuke, who was burning with fighting spirit, turned his head in confusion upon hearing the girl's words.

No, buddy?

We're all teammates, shouldn't you say something encouraging to me at this time?

Also, how do you, an outsider, know so much about my family's bloodline limit? Are you either Senju Sakura or Uchiha Sakura?

“I told you before, Danzo Shimura coveted your Uchiha bloodline limit. He died at my hands, and I led the Anbu to seize the Root's research data!” Sakura swallowed the food in her mouth and raised her eyebrows at him triumphantly.

"So, the entire Uchiha clan doesn't understand bloodline limits as well as you, an outsider?" Sasuke's forehead creased with annoyance. "Also, don't try to read my mind!"

The sullen boy snatched the other bento box from the girl's hand and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

At the same time, a girl wearing a white haori walked slowly towards the main gate of Konoha.

As she walked slowly forward, a thick fog gradually rose from the woods on both sides of Konoha Village.

"Hey, people from other villages need to register to enter!"

Gangzi Tie, the eternal gatekeeper, was about to step forward to stop him, but as soon as he stood up, he felt a wave of dizziness.

"Oh no, the enemy... Kamizuki..."

In his hazy state of consciousness, Gangzi Tie tried to raise his hand to notify his companion beside him.

But when his arm touched the other person, he pulled him to the ground, and they both fainted.

"How boring..."

A girl wearing a white haori walked up to the two of them and poked their faces with her finger.

Numerous small snakes emerged from the woods, wrapped the two of them up, and led them back into the forest.

Then, the girl who stood up began to change her body. Her bones twisted and her flesh swelled until her appearance was completely transformed into that of Kotetsu, and she began to exude the same chakra aura as them.

"Hehehe, now we can have some real fun!"

The newborn Steel Iron twisted its neck, grinned to reveal two sharp teeth, and licked its lips with its long, thin tongue.

One person stepped into the barrier surrounding Konoha Village, easily deceiving the barrier that could detect the intruder's chakra, and infiltrated Konoha.

As if they had made preparations in advance, they headed straight from the south side of the village to the third training ground on the north side.

After running and jumping for several minutes, 'Gongzi Tetsu' arrived outside the third training field and looked down to see the boys and girls eating their lunch boxes inside.

"Found it!"

'Gangzi Tie' squinted his eyes and clasped his hands together to form the character 'Mo'.

—Immortal Technique: White Rage!

Ultrasonic waves, imperceptible to human eardrums, are transmitted through the chakra vibrations of 'Steel Iron,' and this Sage Art, infused with natural energy, possesses unparalleled stealth and immense power.

The illusion created immediately entered the brains of the two people below, interfering with their senses and projecting the illusion's contents onto their retinas.

Sakura and Sasuke were chatting casually when they suddenly noticed a change in their surroundings.

We moved from the densely wooded training ground into a dark and secluded grotto.

"who!"

Sasuke pulled out a kunai and stood in front of Sakura.

"Hey, are you the dragon who recently appeared in the ninja world? Come play with me~"

'Gangzi Tie' opened its mouth, but emitted a clear female voice, "If you don't have the corresponding level, then let me devour your flesh and blood to evolve!"

'Gangzi Tie', whose face had begun to contort, pressed his hands together on the ground, and invisible waves emanated from his palms.

The floor of the entire cave suddenly twisted and turned, and two huge snakes with gaping, ferocious mouths rushed out from the paste-like ground, hissing and biting at the two people.

Sasuke drew his sword and slashed at the giant snake formed from the earth and stone.

Sakura, standing next to him, was even more straightforward, too lazy to move an inch as the giant snake bit her.

With a snap, the hard earthen snake shattered instantly from the biting and impact, while Sakura remained completely unscathed.

"Hmm? It's a bit like Charlotte Linlin's steel balloon. Speaking of which, I hope I won't turn into one when I get old?" Sakura raised her smooth, pristine arm and frowned with some worry.

"hiss!"

Sasuke and the floating 'Kotetsu' both gasped in shock when they saw Sakura take a direct hit from a ninjutsu without any problems.

What ninja can withstand ninjutsu with their bare body? Which of us isn't human?

"Sasuke, you don't have to worry about me. Just focus on taking it down. You might be pleasantly surprised."

The moment the opponent launched their attack, Sakura had already entered a flow state that allowed her to foresee the future.

Having glimpsed what would happen three seconds later, she raised her hand and called out to Sasuke.

"Understood!"

Sasuke, who was holding back his anger and had nowhere to vent it, slowly drew his long sword and released his Lightning Release chakra without reservation.

At the same time, the tomoe in his eyes rotated, converging into the shape of a blood-red six-pointed star.

When his right eye caught sight of her, he activated the Mangekyou Sharingan technique, Abundant Harmony, tearing apart her Sage Chakra to reveal a girl dressed in a white robe and draped in a pure white haori.

"what?"

The golden crown on the floating girl's head swayed, revealing a surprised expression.

Following closely behind was the sharp blade in his hand, the long sword burning with Armament Haki, which whistled through the air and emitted a long, low groan.

—One-Sword Style: Thunder Dragon's Fang!

The long blade, slashing from a tricky blind spot, pierced through the girl's defenses and went straight through her body, leaving a horrifying wound.

"Ugh!"

As blood splattered, the girl was knocked down from mid-air, her entire body scorched by the intense lightning.

It crashed heavily into the ground, creating a huge crater.

At the same time, the fabricated surroundings were deactivated, and the two Chunin guarding the main gate were discovered, with a long alarm sounding throughout Konoha.

The secret patrol team quickly arrived at the third training ground and surrounded it in layers.