The night was beautiful.

Because of the rain in the afternoon, the night seemed to be washed, purple and deep, like the finest velvet, and the starlight was set like a jewel shining in the purple night sky.

A crescent moon hung high in the sky, shyly sprinkling moonlight on the ground, reflecting the ground unclear and not dark, and it was just right.

At night, the leaves are covered with a faint silver moonlight, and the lights on the street are dim, and there are not many pedestrians, and it is very lonely.

Sakura Haruno and Sasuke walked down the empty streets, one in front of the other, their steps strangely in unison.

Click, click.

Sakura walked ahead and suddenly slowed down. Waiting for Sasuke to follow, he turned his head and said, "What do you want to ask?"

Just make small talk. Sakura thought.

Sasuke groaned.

"Actually, I've been thinking about Sakai for a long time. He hesitated for a moment and said, "He's a person from the roots, why did he get the approval of Naruto from the world over there?"

Sakura Haruno glanced at him, not thinking that this was the question Sasuke really wanted to ask.

She turned her head to look at the dark street ahead, thinking, remembering the story of what Naruto had told them in that world.

"Sakai is a new member of the seventh class who replaced you, how he got recognized by the seventh class as a root ninja, Naruto didn't elaborate...... Sakura Haruno said slowly, "But I don't think they need to do anything special. The easiest and most effective way to gain the trust of others is to treat them with sincerity. ”

"Naruto is always best at this. He's ...... The most infectious of all of us. The girl raised her head and looked at the vast sea of stars, and her voice became ethereal.

"If it's him, even if Sakai is a ninja with a heart of stone and roots, it's not surprising that he will gradually be influenced!"

She recalled Naruto's infectious smile.

I couldn't help but smile on my face.

Sasuke didn't say anything, but just looked at the starry sky like her, his black pupils reflected the stars, and he also remembered the little fool at the end of the crane who was always full of vitality.

For a moment, the streets fell silent.

Silence, not an awkward dead silence, but a reassuring serenity echoing with rhythmic footsteps and the sound of light breathing.

There are two realms when friends get along: at first, they can chat, and later they can be silent.

The two were clearly the latter, thinking of the same people, full of tacit silence.

Walked for a while.

"Honestly...... That's not what you want to ask!" Sakura Haruno suddenly spoke, breaking the silence.

Sasuke glanced at her silently.

After hesitating for a moment, he slowly spoke: "Actually, it's nothing...... You guessed it all. ”

Once the words were spoken, it was much easier, and the boy breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "It's still the matter of the Uchiha and the village. I've never been able to figure out why I'm in that world......"

The young man put his hands in his pockets, looked at the cold moonlight above his head, and said calmly.

The autumn night breeze carried a bit of coolness, through the alley, brushing the broken hair on the young man's forehead.

brought a bleak atmosphere.

"I can still understand the defection, he was bewitched and influenced by Orochimaru, and he was young, and his thoughts got into a dead end for a while...... So down the wrong track. ”

Sasuke actually had a similar idea a few years ago, but he was not affected by Orochimaru, and his mentality was more down-to-earth and more tolerant of loneliness, and he finally chose the path of Lei Dun's cultivation.

"But later he claimed that he was going to talk about the slaughter of Konoha in order to take revenge, so I couldn't understand it. ”

He turned his head to look at the girl who was listening silently beside him, and said, "I can't imagine it at all...... What the hell is going on, it will make me angry to the point that I want to draw my sword against you, Naruto, Kakashi, and others. ”

"I suspect that the Uchiha with only one eye is in trouble......" he paused and said, "I just went home and looked through the genealogy and the records of the people who opened the kaleidoscope, and I didn't find this person's existence. ”

"It's suspicious. ”

Sasuke repeated.

"And what he said was weird, wasn't it?" said the girl.

"Yes," Sasuke nodded, "I also looked through the village records, and the Nine-Tails have always been only able to manipulate by the Human Pillar Force and the Kaleidoscope Writing Wheel Eye, and the Nine-Tails' eyes did change back then, and even briefly appeared in the Sangotama ......" (manga chapter 503, page 5)

"It's clear that the Nine-Tails are controlled by the Sharingan. ”

"That person said it was a natural disaster, and he could only deceive me in the world where I couldn't access Konoha information. ”

"I don't want to admit it...... But this matter is indeed directly related to the writing wheel. But the problem is that our clan didn't have the clansmen who opened the kaleidoscope back then, that is to say, the Uchiha didn't have the ability to control the Nine-Tails!"

After saying this long paragraph, Sasuke turned his head and looked at Sakura Haruno with a solemn expression.

Sakura Haruno continued in silence, her light steps becoming a little heavy.

Sasuke paused and continued his thoughts.

"So...... This presents a possibility, perhaps the only possibility. ”

"That's—"

Speaking of this, Sasuke's expression sank and was terrifyingly gloomy.

"The Nine-Tails incident was caused by this mysterious clan person outside of the Uchiha record!"

Sakura Haruno lowered her eyes, but she still didn't say a word for a long time.

She had the same idea, but it lacked some conclusive evidence. Sakura didn't expect that after only crossing with her once, Sasuke also came up with this guess.

Sasuke didn't speak, but patiently followed her, silently pacing the streets of Konoha.

"I originally wanted to take you back to the night of the extermination to see the truth of the incident, but I didn't expect that we would travel to the future......" After a while, the girl finally spoke, and said quietly, "and I got a lot of new information." ”

"Now it seems that the mysterious masked man may have instigated a lot of things behind the scenes. ”

Not only Konoha, but also the Water Country side has also been intervened by him, slaughtering the Blood Inheritance Family, forcing the anti-ninja sword, and carrying out reforms in the Blood Mist...... There is the shadow of a masked man behind him.

What the hell is he planning?Akatsuki, Masked Man, Tailed Beast, Uchiha...... Entangled, the events gradually became clear as the clues were excavated.

Sakura Haruno felt that she was not far from the truth.

"Next time, let's go back to the Nine-Tails Night from the Loulan Ruins to see what the truth of the incident is, how about it?"

The girl suggested.

"And another time?"

"After the leyline energy of the Loulan Ruins is consumed, it will slowly recover on its own, and when it recovers, it can be used for the next crossing. Sakura Haruno smiled faintly and said, "But it will take some time." ”

"It's just right, since it's back to the night of the Nine-Tails, we can wait for Naruto to come back before we act, and then we will go with him. Thinking about Naruto's background, Sakura added.

"Take Naruto with you?" Sasuke was stunned.

“…… Oh, and that's fine. ”

Walking here, it's a crossroads.

Sakura's house in Haruno is to the left, and Sasuke's house is to the right.

"That ......"

Then it's time to say goodbye.

In front of the intersection, the girl's footsteps stopped.

Looking up at the sky, the crescent moon was half-covered by the gauzy clouds, and the moonlight was more shy on the road in front of him, reflecting everything under the night in shadows.

There was silence for a moment.

"Then ......" Sakura Haruno nodded on her toes and said slowly, "Sasuke, is there anything else you want to ask?"

"One more thing...... About Uchiha Itachi's. Sasuke hesitated, mustered up his courage, and took out the question hidden deeper in his heart, "That Sasuke said something that made me care very much. It's just that I couldn't ask in the middle of the battle. ”

"At that time, he said that I had forgotten the love and care of the Itachi......"

Sasuke took a deep breath.

This is obviously an unreasonable sentence, but it was said by the assistant of course.

Obviously, in that Sasuke's mind, his brother Itachi and his parents have the same status, and he does not see him as an object of revenge with a blood feud.

Why did the status of the ferret in his heart change drastically?

What the hell happened, what was going on in it, what was going on to make that Sasuke's psychology change so much?!

"You should know a lot more about Itachi than I do......" the boy said slowly.

His eyes were fixed on the girl's face, eager for an answer, but also afraid of it.

Sakura Haruno calmly looked back at the past.

"I do know something. She sighed and said, "But—"

"Because of the confidentiality rules of the village, and the agreement I made with others......"

Under the faint moonlight, Sasuke's eyes were a little dim, and the disappointed expression on his face was unobstructed.

"Really?"

Sakura Haruno nodded.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke. I can't tell you. ”

"Uh-huh......," the girl murmured, turning around.

"So......" she said, tilting her head for a moment, "if that's your last question." ”

"It's time for me to go. ”

Sasuke stood still, looking at the girl's back, his lips moving, but he still didn't say anything.

Sakura Haruno took two steps forward, suddenly turned around, and smiled slightly: "Oh...... That's right. ”

"Good night, Sasuke. ”

The young man was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and chuckled.

"Hmm...... Good night, Sakura-chan. ”

"Good dreams. ”

【First Update】

[Regarding the part of the nine-tailed eyes, many people may not have paid attention to the details in the comics, so I specially marked it.] 】