While Sakura Haruno was starting an earth-shattering battle on his side, Sasuke, led by the Night Fish, was slowly approaching Naruto.

"Brother Sasuke, the taste of Brother Naruto is right ahead. Nightfish lay on Sasuke's head and whispered, "I still smell like Sakura-san." ”

Sasuke immediately stopped.

He looked around, this was a small town in the Iron Country, the few houses in front were all inns built by a hotel, and the streets were empty, with few pedestrians.

On the roof of the house in the middle, he saw what he was looking for.

"It's Naruto sitting on the roof...... And Kakashi-sensei, Yamato is also ......"

In the year that Sasuke entered the dark department, he also occasionally did missions with Yamato, and knew that he had a good relationship with Kakashi-sensei. It's just that he didn't expect Naruto to have something to do with him.

Naruto in this world, compared to the Naruto he knew, Chakra's feeling has not changed much, his figure is a little taller, and his facial features and temperament also appear to be more mature.

After all, it's Naruto a year later. Sasuke is not surprised.

Want to go out and say hello to them?

Sasuke shook his head, dispelling the thought.

You know, in this world, he is a Konoha rebel...... At this time, going out to identify yourself may cause big trouble.

"Just as I promised Sakura, let's observe the information first, and then figure out how to ......" Sasuke thought silently in his heart, hiding himself as deep as he could. After training in the shadows for so long, his ability to hide is already quite good, at least in this position, even the keen Kakashi didn't notice his existence.

"Meow meow!" Nightfish suddenly said nervously, "Oh no, Sasuke-san! Meow smells the dog, it looks like Inuzuka Akamaru!"

Sasuke was shocked, Akamaru's sense of smell was much sharper than Kakashi's perception, and it would probably be discovered if he hid so closely. Fortunately, the night fish was actually more sensitive than Akamaru and sensed its existence in advance......

In order to avoid exposure, Sasuke cautiously retreated a little further, hiding among the trees at the end of the street, in the downwind position.

At this distance, with the sight of the Sharingan, Sasuke could clearly see a group of ninjas approaching.

Leading the way are Tooth and Akamaru. Following behind the teeth was Xiao Li.

And then there's Sakura-chan of this world.

A white robe covered the girl's body, revealing only her head.

The pink hair was slightly shorter than the shawl-length hair of the Haruno Sakura he was used to. His facial features were almost identical—perhaps the Sakura of his world was prettier—but his expressions were completely different.

It's the first time Sasuke has seen Sakura so tender.

At the end of the line, there is Sai, the man of the root. Sasuke had only interrogated him a few weeks ago.

How could he be here?" Sasuke put his doubts to the bottom of his mind for a moment, and continued to look intently.

Sakura Haruno looked up, as if she was talking to Naruto, and Sasuke subtly blessed the chakra to his cochlea, temporarily improving his hearing ability-

"Naruto...... I have something to tell you......"

Sakura Haruno stood in the snow and said timidly.

It seems that Sakura and Naruto in this world have a good relationship.

What was she going to say to Naruto in this place?

Haruno Sakura's expression was a little tangled, and it was a little solemn, as if she was going to say something very important......

Sasuke looked at it curiously.

I saw Naruto jump off the roof.

"What's the matter, you say. ”

Sakura Haruno hesitated and was silent for a moment.

The wind of the Iron Country, with a slight chill, blew through the streets, rolling dead leaves and carrying snowflakes, falling between the two of them.

The girl hung her head and poked several snow holes on the ground on her toes, hesitated for a long time, and her expression finally changed from hesitation to determination.

"Naruto ......"

She said softly.

"I like you. ”

The girl's whisper was almost whispering, but it sounded like thunder in everyone!

"Eh——?"

Xiao Li and Yamato let out an exclamation of disbelief at the same time.

Inuzuka's reaction was more natural, but he was also slightly stunned and pursed his mouth.

It was Kakashi, drooping the dead fish eyes, completely impassive, looking at Sakura Haruno with a blank face, without saying a word......

As the object of confession, Naruto was so surprised that he couldn't speak clearly: "Sakura...... What did you just say...... I may not have heard ......?"

"I said it, Naruto......"

The girl looked away shyly, aggravated her tone in annoyance, and repeated: "I say, I like you!"

She stepped forward and hugged Naruto hard.

Naruto's mouth was wide open and he couldn't say a word......

However, among the people present, the most surprising was not Naruto, who was the object of the defendant's confession.

It's Sasuke, who just hid and heard such exciting news.

Sakura...... Like Naruto......?

What was going on? Sasuke couldn't have imagined that he would suddenly hear such news......

All of a sudden, his mind was a little messy.

It was in this short moment of confusion that Sasuke's aura appeared a little unstable, and then his existence was exposed!

"Woohoo!"

Akamaru suddenly screamed!

The tooth was startled, and then Kakashi was keenly aware of it—

"It's his breath!"

"Sasuke is here!"

The two of them set their sights on Sasuke's hiding place almost at the same time.

This moment.

The eyes of the two met the slightly stunned eyes of the black-haired boy.

"Really...... Sasuke?"

Kakashi's eyes widened in disbelief.

How did Sasuke end up here?

Kakashi was thinking quickly about what Sasuke's sudden appearance meant, and whether it would be a trap, when Naruto beside him had already shouted "Sasuke!" and rushed out!

Sasuke ...... Subconsciously turn around and run.

Of course, it wasn't that he was afraid of Naruto - although such an enthusiastic Naruto made him a little embarrassed.

Rather, it was because he saw vigilance and even hostility in the eyes of many of the ninjas present.

In their eyes, I'm Konoha traitor Sasuke, right...... so if I get caught, the consequences don't seem to be good.

Maybe a patient explanation can clear up the misunderstanding, but Sasuke inexplicably doesn't want to waste that time, and he doesn't want to take that risk...... Now that he has been discovered, let's get out of here first!" He sighed silently in his heart, his emotions were subtlely complicated, but the speed under his feet did not slow down at all.

"Thunder Escape-Thousand Bird Demon Body Form!"

Sasuke did not hesitate to sacrifice his strongest form, and the double blessing of Thunder Escape and Combined Transformation made his agility increase a lot out of thin air, and his already good speed suddenly accelerated to a level that no one could match!

In a few ups and downs, Kakashi and the others saw Sasuke move away from their sight at an unattainable speed, and soon completely shook off the chasing crowd and disappeared into the depths of the snow like a lightning chaser.

"I can't catch up. Kakashi simply stopped, waiting for his slower companion behind.

Kori and Yamato rushed over first, followed by Tooth and Naruto, and finally Sakura and Sakai.

"Where's Sasuke?"

As soon as he stopped, Naruto hurriedly asked.

"He walked away. Kakashi replied with an eyelid lift.

"Don't worry!" Tooth touched Akamaru's head and comforted Naruto and said, "Akamaru has been smelling Sasuke!

Akamaru shrugged his nose and snorted twice.

"Unless Sasuke knows long-range spatiotemporal ninjutsu......" Kakashi added, adding again, "And before we do that, I think we'd better make sure that person is Sasuke first!"

"What's wrong...... Isn't that Sasuke?" asked Naruto in surprise.

"It's not like it is. The biggest flaw is that the Konoha forehead guard he wears is intact......" Kakashi said lightly.

Sasuke, who defected, will never wear the ninja forehead guard belonging to Konoha again no matter what. Naruto was well aware of this, as Sasuke's forehead guard had been kept in his hands......

"And Akamaru only smelled the smell of a cat just now, but not the smell of a snake. Tooth added.

Naruto was silent.

"But I still think that person is Sasuke!" he said excitedly, hanging his head, clenching his fists, "You've all seen him!"

"Don't do that, Naruto. Sakura walked up from behind and put her arm around Naruto's shoulder, trying to calm his excitement.

"It could just be that someone deliberately used the transformation technique to transform into Sasuke's appearance...... It's just trying to lead us somewhere. She said softly.

"It's possible......" Kakashi's dead fish eyes flashed on his face and he agreed.

Rationally, he thinks that what Sakura said is not unreasonable, but emotionally and intuitively, Kakashi, like Naruto, actually thinks that person is Sasuke......

The moment they looked at each other, he confirmed his gaze.

However, Kakashi couldn't say anything about this unfounded speculation.

"Whoever he is, we'll follow until we're sure of his identity and purpose......" The white-haired young man looked at the young ninjas beside him and gave his order.

And at this time, the other end of the forest.

"Alright, Sasuke-san!" Nightfish reminded, "they've stopped, resting the group. ”

Sasuke then lifted the Thousand Bird Demon Body Mode and slowed down his speed.

"Meow~" The burn that had been stuffed in his chest for a long time stretched out his little head, and he meowed in a tiger's head, "Brother Sasuke, it turns out that Sister Sakura likes Brother Naruto!"

"Stupid!" Nightfish tapped its scorching skull with its fat claws and said, "That's the Haruno Sakura of this world, not our Sakura-san!"

Sasuke pressed his head into his arms and silently hurried away, thinking back to what he had just seen.

"Sakura of this world, do you really like Naruto......" he muttered to himself.

"Forget it, this kind of question is boring!" Sasuke shook his head and rubbed the soft fur on the head of the night fish, "Let's go, night fish." Go meet Sakura. ”

"If they want to follow, let them follow. ”

【2nd Update】

[I went out in the afternoon, and I came home at eleven o'clock to start coding words. The last few hundred words were written for an hour, because I had no energy to think about it. I only wrote 6,000 words today......]