“A four-person squad: Yamato, Sakura, Naruto himself, and Sai! It seems there haven't been any changes!” Uchiha Tenxiu murmured to himself. It appeared this Naruto came from the storyline he was familiar with.
Afterward.
Uchiha Tenxiu then turned to look at Uzumaki Naruto, who had awakened from the hypnosis and realized he had leaked information.
At this moment, he was even more furious, glaring fixedly at him. If he hadn't still been impaled by Uchiha Chiri's Chidori Blade, paralyzed by Chidori Current's lightning, and had his meridians sealed, he would have erupted in rage and resumed fighting.
“You, you, you, are utterly shameless! How could you use such a despicable Genjutsu! You utterly detestable fellow, you…” Uzumaki Naruto gritted his teeth, his eyes spitting fire, staring fixedly at Uchiha Tenxiu, unable to believe he had so easily divulged the Village's intelligence, allowing this villain to succeed. His words abruptly stopped, as if an invisible hand had gripped his throat, because, in that instant, he suddenly noticed the mysterious and profound Sharingan flickering in Uchiha Tenxiu's eyes, filled with unfathomable power.
“Wait, you… Sharingan! You… you actually possess the Sharingan, you are from the Uchiha Clan, how… how is this possible? The Uchiha Clan should only have Sasuke and Uchiha Itachi left?” Uzumaki Naruto was struck by lightning, seemingly unable to believe his eyes, especially the presence of the Sharingan, which exploded in his mind like a bolt from the blue.
It turned out that in this Ninja World, besides Sasuke and Uchiha Itachi, there were actually other members of the Uchiha Clan.
Are these his clansmen too?
But why had he never heard of their existence?
Are they also Sasuke's enemies?
Thinking of this, Uzumaki Naruto's heart felt as if it had been struck by a tremendous force, stirring up a turbulent storm that refused to subside. He was filled with regret, hating his impulsiveness and recklessness for acting so rashly.
If he had remained calm and hidden cautiously from the start, he could have used the information provided by these two Uchiha Clan members to formulate a perfect plan to bring Sasuke back to Konoha Village.
However, reality cruelly dealt him a heavy blow, plunging him into deep self-reproach and remorse.
“Wait, you mean there are only two members of the Uchiha Clan left?”
Just then, Uchiha Chiri, who had been calm, suddenly frowned, as if sensing something amiss. She abruptly stood up, her gaze fixed on Uzumaki Naruto, asking with a face full of suspicion. A pair of scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan involuntarily revealed themselves.
One must know that even during the previous battle, Uchiha Chiri had barely used the power of her Sharingan.
It was clear that she was truly angry now.
At this moment, Uchiha Chiri's voice echoed in the air, tinged with disbelief and shock. She simply couldn't imagine how the powerful Uchiha Clan, in the entire Ninja World, could have become so pathetic in the mouth of this blond kid, reduced to only two members.
This was simply like the coldest joke.
“Who on earth annihilated the Uchiha Clan? Leaving only two members of the Uchiha Clan!” Uchiha Chiri thought ferociously. Although the blond kid in front of her was as good as dead in her eyes, if she had a chance to know the enemy of the Uchiha Clan in another timeline, she could deal with them as well.
“Hmph, although I don't know the specifics, the fact is that the Uchiha Clan now only has Sasuke and his brother, Uchiha Itachi, left! And Sasuke, in order to get revenge on Itachi, desperately wants to gain powerful strength, so he resolutely left the Village to join Orochimaru, one of the Three Sannin. No matter what, I am determined to bring Sasuke back to Konoha, even if it costs me everything!” Uzumaki Naruto said emotionally, his voice revealing an indescribable sense of helplessness and determination.
Then, he calmed down slightly, enduring the pain in his body, and continued to gaze at the person in front of him, saying calmly, “So, since you also belong to the Uchiha Clan, what is your connection to Itachi? Did you capture Sasuke and force these Ninjutsu out of him? You detestable fellows! Answer me! Where is Sasuke, and is it related to you?!”
Naruto said, lowering his head helplessly, and finally spoke in an almost pleading tone. His eyes were filled with complex emotions: hesitation, worry, pain, and deep confusion and bewilderment.
By the end, for the sake of Sasuke's information, he had already forgotten his status as a prisoner.
Clearly, for the sake of his bond with Sasuke, he had long since disregarded his own life and death.
Unfortunately, what Uzumaki Naruto didn't know was that Uchiha Sasuke and the other party were not on the same path at all.
Even if he truly returned to Konoha Village, he would merely be a puppet whose one arm had been completely erased.
Just like the original Sasuke, in Uchiha Tenxiu's eyes, the Sasuke who lost the second battle in the Valley of the End was basically already dead; what remained was merely a walking corpse.
“Considering you are a dying man, I'll tell you. We are indeed of the Uchiha Clan, but we are not from the Uchiha Clan of your world, which was annihilated by Konoha. Still, in the end, we can be considered somewhat of the same clan.”
Facing Uzumaki Naruto's questioning, Uchiha Tenxiu lightly pinched his chin, like a steady mountain. Under the insight of his perception ability, he detected that someone else had quietly arrived in the shadows, so he deliberately answered his question.
“What do you mean?!” A thick mist of confusion filled Uzumaki Naruto's eyes, as if he were lost in endless darkness, and then, like an enraged lion, he roared furiously: “What on earth are you talking about! What do you mean 'our world'? What do you mean 'Uchiha annihilated by Konoha'? What nonsense are you spouting?!”
“Don't understand?” Uchiha Tenxiu's lips curved slightly, saying with a half-smile, “Very well, I shall be merciful and explain it to you!”
“You are now in another world. You came here tracking the rogue Ninja Hyakuzu, didn't you? I presume you had a thrilling battle at the Ryūmyaku while tracking the rogue Ninja Hyakuzu.”
“So what?!” Uzumaki Naruto asked with a face full of suspicion, clearly very confused by what Uchiha Tenxiu had said.
Uchiha Tenxiu looked at Uzumaki Naruto with pity and explained faintly, “The Ryūmyaku of Loulan is an extremely powerful force; it contains incredibly potent space-time abilities. If anyone touches it carelessly, it is very likely to trigger a space-time shift effect. And your battle with Hyakuzu just happened to trigger that. In other words, due to your blind fighting, you have now been transported to a parallel world, and you basically can't go back!”
Hearing this, Uzumaki Naruto's eyes widened, and he roared in disbelief, “What kind of joke is this! How can such a thing happen?” His voice echoed in the air, as if trying to break free from the confines of this space, remembering that he had unknowingly left his original world, but what about everyone in Konoha? Was he going to stay in this unknown world forever?
What a joke.
He would never accept such a result.
However, Uchiha Tenxiu merely looked at him coldly, not responding to his doubts. Seeing this, Uzumaki Naruto was anxious; his gaze eagerly turned to Uchiha Chiri, hoping to get a definitive answer from her.
Unfortunately…
Uchiha Chiri spoke expressionlessly, “It's Konoha Year 46 now, and your world certainly isn't this time, is it!” Her words were like a sharp sword, mercilessly piercing the last shred of hope in Uzumaki Naruto's heart.
Konoha Year 46!
And his world!
That was Konoha Year 66.
A full twenty-year time difference!
How could he still exist in his original world like this? Could it be, as the other party said!
He could never go back!