“Sai, what are you saying!” Facing Uchiha Tenxiu, she was helpless, but facing Sai, she had no fear. Recalling the words Sai had spoken, the controlled Sakura Haruno also widened her originally lake-green eyes, forgetting to continue struggling, and questioned Sai with a face full of anger.
Her heart was filled with shock and disbelief, because she had never thought that Sai would say such words.
Her heart had always only held Sasuke.
And this damned Sai clearly knew this.
Yet he deliberately brought up her excellent qualities and background to introduce them to this enemy.
What were his intentions? Could it be that he really wanted her to become that enemy's...
Could it be that in the future, she would become like those captured female Ninja in Ninja School textbooks, sacrificing her body and using her beauty to expose the enemy's weaknesses!
“Bastard, as Lady Tsunade's disciple, how could I become one of those Ninja who sell their beauty! Damn it…” Sakura Haruno thought with a burst of intense resentment, glaring at Sai, wishing she could tear him into pieces and feed him to wild dogs.
As soon as she thought of this, the friendship and bonds she had just established with Sai during this period instantly vanished without a trace.
Thinking of the good impression she had of this person during the time they gradually became friendly, for a moment, Sakura Haruno felt sick to her stomach, wanting to vomit. How could she have ever thought that a Ninja from Root could change for the better!
Most importantly.
He even wanted to betray Konoha.
Even if...
Even if they were in a desperate situation now.
Could they surrender to the enemy in humiliation?
She was also the disciple of Fifth Generation Hokage Tsunade.
Recalling her master Tsunade's teachings, and the past of Konoha, Sakura Haruno's fear gradually receded.
That's right!
She was now an independent Ninja.
She absolutely could not continue to harbor illusions.
For a moment, courage once again filled Sakura Haruno's heart. Even though her entire body was weak from the loss of Chakra, she still straightened her back, and her eyes became sharp once more.
If she had to die, she would die!
As a successor to the fire will.
Death.
It was merely the fated end for a Ninja.
“Don't, don't even think about it, I... I will never betray Konoha!” After a long silence, Sakura Haruno said firmly, glaring at Sai and Uchiha Tenxiu beside her.
“No matter what, I don't want to pledge allegiance to them like you, I, Sakura Haruno, am a member of Konoha!”
“Sakura, this adult here should also be a member of Konoha. Pledging allegiance to him doesn't count as betraying Konoha!”
Sai immediately explained, fearing that Sakura's words would anger Uchiha Tenxiu. One must know that Uzumaki Naruto's life and death were still in his hands!
“What's more, this is a parallel world. Our identities don't count here; we are considered rogue Ninja!”
Sakura Haruno was immediately speechless, because what Sai said indeed had no flaws.
From the display of the Sharingan, it was clear that the opponent was from the Uchiha Clan, and in this era, the Uchiha Clan was undoubtedly a part of Konoha Ninja Village; this was an undeniable fact.
“Unable to return, we are merely a potential destabilizing factor in this world!”
“Only with the care of this adult can we survive in this parallel dimension!” Sai calmly explained with clear logic, afraid that Sakura would do something impulsive again.
Before Sakura could object.
Sai directly continued to Uchiha Tenxiu: “As for Naruto, although he is impulsive, he has no ability to resist you, Adult! You can easily control his life, and use me and Sakura to control him.”
“Furthermore, as a subordinate, I believe that instead of releasing the Nine-Tailed's seal and then controlling the rampaging Nine-Tailed, whether it's simply manipulating the Nine-Tailed Fox, a beast, or sealing it within your body, Adult, neither is a good outcome for you. The former will make you, Adult, a target for everyone in the Ninja World in this world. The Five Great Villages will unite and attack you! Previously, that Ninja who appeared to be a young Kakashi left us, and after gathering enough intelligence, he went to Konoha alone!”
“The intelligence about us as visitors from a parallel dimension has basically been exposed to the outside world. Regarding the Nine-Tailed, it is destined to be known by Konoha's Ninja. They will absolutely not allow an additional Nine-Tailed to exist that their own village possesses. Even if they allow it, it can only be controlled by Konoha itself. Therefore, once Konoha Ninja Village feels that it cannot take down the new Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki on its own, it will inevitably expose the Nine-Tailed's matter to the entire Ninja World, inciting everyone's ambition, and then they will target you, Adult!”
“As for the latter!” At this point, he deliberately paused, recounting intelligence from Root: “Once the Nine-Tailed is sealed within your body, Adult, with the Nine-Tailed's hatred for Jinchuriki, it will inevitably interfere with your Chakra control. Even with your strength, Adult, you will have to constantly worry about the Nine-Tailed's intrusion into yourself. Not only will you not gain an increase in strength, but you will also reduce your strength due to Tailed Beast transformation. In my opinion, this is not worth it!”
“Compared to these, storing the Tailed Beast's power in Naruto's body only requires controlling Naruto, and you can basically control the Tailed Beast!” Sai said, full of hope.
“In this way, with your strength, Adult, combined with Naruto's Tailed Beast power, with inside and outside cooperation, you can completely become the Hokage of Konoha!” Sai advised Uchiha Tenxiu in the posture of a loyal subordinate, “And in this way, as visitors from another dimension, our inherent Konoha identity can naturally be integrated into Konoha. Not only can we gather intelligence for you, Adult, but we can also provide you with future intelligence, thus giving you foresight, and even deliberately give wrong intelligence to make your enemies suffer heavy losses!”
In his eyes.
As a member of the Uchiha Clan in this world, with this argument, he would definitely covet the Hokage position by leveraging the Nine-Tailed's power.
Sai felt that the strength Tenxiu displayed, which surpassed the Third Hokage, was more than enough for him to become Hokage.
Even if the other party had no thoughts about being Hokage.
However, they would definitely be very interested in the development of their parallel dimension.
On the contrary, with sufficient intelligence.
More benefits could be gained.
In comparison.
A Nine-Tailed that, although usable, could not add any combat power to him.
Whether it was sealed within his own body or in someone else's body.
As long as it could be used by him.
There was no difference.
“In this way, Naruto's life can be preserved. He won't die from having the Tailed Beast extracted!” Sai thought to himself.
In fact.
Just as he had guessed.
Although he compared Uchiha Tenxiu's power to the God of Shinobi, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Which made Uchiha Tenxiu very displeased.
He had somewhat guessed something.
That was.
In terms of strength.
Under Uchiha Tenxiu's full power, the so-called strongest Tailed Beast, the Nine-Tailed, was nothing more than a small cat.
It was not even in Uchiha Tenxiu's eyes.
Furthermore, although the power of sealing a Tailed Beast was very useful for most Ninja, it had side effects for top-tier experts. Before the information about perfect Jinchuriki was exposed, was this the Ninja's impression of Tailed Beasts?
Therefore, Sai used this point to clarify the pros and cons.
If it were someone else, there would still be a great chance to persuade the other party with eloquence.
But, here was Uchiha Tenxiu.
He knew the origin of the Nine-Tailed; the Nine-Tailed's essence was part of the Ten-Tails' Divine Tree's essence.
It was one of the permissions to unlock a higher level of the Chakra system.
Naturally, he could not let it go.
Not to mention, the Ashura Chakra in Naruto's body.
That was the Six Paths Sage's existence specifically placed in the Ninja World to counterbalance Indra.
It was also one of the necessary keys to activate the Rinnegan.
Only when Ashura and Indra's Chakra merged could the complete Six Paths Sage Chakra be pieced together.