Witty Naruto Life

Chapter 101: Sakura's Proposal to the Inner Demon (4000 words)
Naruto stopped looking at Sakura and briefly recounted what had happened before, along with his own understanding.

"...In short, I think Sasuke is now transitioning towards becoming a normal person. He is beginning to establish an emotional connection with his clan members, but this connection is very weak and may break at any time."

Sakura listened quietly and nodded slowly, confirming Naruto's speculation: "He was too lonely before, and no one told him the truth, so it's understandable that he had hallucinations for a while."

"But his current condition is quite dangerous. It's like opening the scar directly. The next step of treatment must be followed up immediately, otherwise his emotions may get out of control at any time."

At this point, Sakura asked about Sasuke's memory space. Naruto thought about it and explained to her the danger of Sasuke's current inner demon.

After hearing this, Xiaoying frowned slightly and immediately made some guesses:
"Since it's killed instantly upon showing its head, it means the boss is too strong. We can't confront it head-on. If we want to resolve it quickly, we need to resort to unconventional methods."

Naruto's heart trembled as he suddenly realized that the person next to him was an expert in the game, so he pretended to listen, expecting Sakura to give a solution.

But she thought for a moment and said to Naruto: "Have you ever tried [Long-range Kite]?"

"How to say?"

"When we play Soul Quest, some less skilled players will choose the Mage build, focusing on ranged attacks. The advantages of this build are: players can put all their points into damage, challenge powerful opponents at higher levels, and kill the boss before it even gets close."

"For example, in the early versions of the Valkyrie, some mages would use Night Comet, which ignores read orders, to slow down the first stage, then drink the potion and use Soul Torrent to kill the second stage. This way, the Valkyrie would die before she could even run away... What happened?"

She saw Naruto raise his hand, and the latter asked, "Anchor, this explanation is a bit too technical. Is there a more popular way to put it?"

"Well, to translate it, you first prepare a powerful ninjutsu, then find a way to transmit this jutsu to the memory space and see if this jutsu can directly kill the heart demon. But you don't need to enter the memory space."

"Fuck..."

Naruto was shocked. Is there such a way to play?
But he thought about it and found a bug: "No, how can I bring this technique in if I don't go in myself?"

"Don't you have Flying Thunder God? You can try throwing in a Flying Thunder God Kunai first, and then see if you can send the Tailed Beast Ball or something through the Flying Thunder God's lightning."

"Really? Can it be done this way?"

"I don't know, but we can give it a try."

The two fell into silence, staring at each other for a moment.

"Hiss, that's not right. Look, I can't use Flying Thunder God and spit out the Tailed Beast Ball at the same time, right?"

"Yeah... Then I'll learn Flying Thunder God?"

"No, it will be too late if you learn it. Sasuke's problem must be solved as soon as possible... Hey, I'm not very good at Flying Thunder God and Lightning Guide yet."

Sakura thought about it and came up with another idea: "Let's change our thinking. Can't Kamui Space swallow some techniques, such as the Rasengan?"

"correct."

In the four battles of the original work, Naruto and Kakashi used Kamui + Rasengan to successfully hurt the masked single Kamui Obito.

"Then you roll the balls first, and then let the Nine-Tails Chakra carry the balls into the Kamui space generated during the transmission. The effect should be similar. Or I will open the Kamui space, and you can directly spit a small tailed beast ball into the Kamui space."

"No, no, no, no! What if the teleportation fails and everything around us is destroyed?"

"...That's right, let's start with the Rasengan."

The two reached an agreement and decided to drag Sasuke along to give it a try.

They returned to the cemetery, and the surroundings were no longer covered with dust as before, but began to gradually reveal their original appearance.

The moss had been scraped away, leaving pale yellow scars. The cracks between the blue bricks were etched with curved lines drawn by the broom. The freshly cut grass was bluish-white, and the gravel path was stained with slightly damp mud.

There were water stains on the surface of the Uchiha monument after wiping, which meandered like tear troughs and gathered in the groove of the base.

It finally looks like what it should be.

"Crack!"

Konohamaru took a picture of the cleaned cemetery, but in order to keep it secret, he avoided the sealed jars containing eyes when taking pictures.

Everyone placed the sealed can in front of the tombstone. Sasuke thought for a moment and began to dig a large hole in the grass somewhere next to the tombstone.

He would bury these eyes here.

"Sasuke, do you need my help?" Naruto walked up and asked softly.

"...No, I can do it myself."

Instead of picking up the shovel, he put his hands into the slightly moist soil and slowly dug from the middle. He did it very slowly, as if he was reluctant to say goodbye to them.

"We were missing a fruit plate, a copper incense burner, flowers, incense, candles, and clean water... Fortunately, someone brought a towel, otherwise we wouldn't be able to wipe the tombstone."

Naruto was thinking silently on the side, and he was not satisfied with this special tomb sweeping.

Next time I come, I will bring these things with me.

It was quiet all around, no one spoke, only Xiyan's men would glance around from time to time to make sure there would be no sudden attacks to take away the Sharingan.

Soon, Sasuke slowly placed the sealed cans into the pit. He was very careful, but if you looked closely, you would see drops of tears flowing from his eyes and falling on the cans, making a soft "dripping" sound.

In a trance, Uchiha Sasuke was surrounded by Uchiha clansmen.

They first looked around and expressed their satisfaction with Sasuke and others' tomb sweeping. Then they talked about some usual family matters, hoping that Sasuke could take the time to come back and see them.

There was no mention of genocide, and no one mentioned Uchiha Itachi, they seemed to have a tacit understanding about this.

"Listen carefully, Sasuke. Even though the police department is gone, if you encounter a Konoha villager who bullies you, you must fight back when necessary. Never allow yourself to be wronged!"

"Sasuke, you can't neglect the fire escape technique and shuriken technique. These are the specialties of our Uchiha clan."

"Protect your eyes, Sasuke. They can illuminate your future. Don't fall into darkness."

"Sasuke, I really like the three-colored dumplings at the dumpling shop in Konoha Village. If you have time, bring me a few skewers to try."

"Everyone..." Sasuke choked up and looked at everyone, and suddenly said: "But I still want revenge. As long as Uchiha Itachi is not dead, I will not have peace!"

The tribesmen were silent, looking at him with complicated expressions without saying a word.

"Perhaps they hope that you can have your own life outside of revenge, rather than being completely kidnapped by revenge."

The Uchiha tribesmen dispersed to both sides, and a young man with yellow hair and blue eyes walked over slowly, his face calm and his tone gentle. As Sasuke fell into another trance, the phantoms of these tribesmen disappeared, leaving only Naruto standing in front of him.

Sasuke wiped away his tears, stood up and looked at Naruto. His expression was no longer as violent as before, but his attitude was still firm: "I don't quite understand what you mean, but I must take revenge on Uchiha Itachi!" "No problem, I just want to say don't let Itachi lead the way. Even if you are not strong enough now, you can take it slowly and not let revenge completely control your emotions."

"You mean I'm not calm right now?"

"Judging from your performance this morning, yes," Naruto paused, letting Sasuke digest the meaning of his words. After confirming that his emotions did not escalate further, he continued, "Sasuke, let me ask a question: Why is Uchiha Itachi so anxious to make you stronger?"

"What do you mean?"

"He used hatred to push you to become stronger, yet he spared your life. Don't you think this isn't consistent with the attitude of a genocide?"

"The normal logic should be: I have exterminated my clan, so to avoid revenge, I should eradicate them completely."

Sasuke was silent. He thought of what the genocidal Itachi said to him before he left:

[…Come back to me when you have eyes like mine.]

"Itachi said that he would only come back to him if I had eyes like his. That's probably why he spared my life."

"Very good," Naruto nodded, encouraging the pillar to start thinking:
"So your becoming stronger must benefit him, otherwise he wouldn't have said it that way and spared your life. If you do what he says, wouldn't that be exactly what he wants?"

"...But, I can't kill him unless I become stronger. This is a dead end."

"Don't you still have Sakura and me? We can definitely continue to help you get revenge, as long as you are willing to cooperate with us and continue the previous experiment."

"...Is it the experiment on the mind space?"

"Correct."

When talking about this, Naruto lowered his voice. Sasuke didn't say anything, just looked at Naruto and slowly uttered a few words: "Why are you helping me like this?"

"I said, I am helping you as well as myself. Uchiha Itachi's ability can control the Nine-Tails, which is a threat to me and needs to be eliminated."

The logic was flawless. Sasuke did not refute it. Instead, he turned around and pushed the soil into the pit, burying the eyes of all his tribesmen.

After confirming that everything was correct, several members of the Anbu came over and began to make special arrangements for the entire cemetery, focusing on sealing the place where Sasuke buried his eyeballs and disguising it.

Afterwards, a special seal was placed on several people including Sakura, and they were not allowed to tell anyone that the Sharingan was buried there unless under special circumstances.

Somewhere some distance from the cemetery.

A figure wearing a cat-faced mask quietly watched the scene before him, most of his gaze resting on Naruto in the middle.

He didn't know since when he had regarded "following Naruto" as his job, as if he had become the crystal ball in Hiruzen's hand, silently recording all of Naruto's movements with his eyes.

Of course, he couldn't reveal any information about Naruto, but Naruto's approach felt fresh to him.

"No matter how you look at it, Naruto is helping this Uchiha boy. His 'Sharingan threat theory' is completely untenable."

With Bai Yi's sharp eyes, even if there really was a user of the Sharingan threatening Naruto, the latter would most likely be able to escape unscathed, and there would be no need for such a plan.

"But what's so special about Uchiha Sasuke... He's just a classmate of Naruto's, and their friendship isn't particularly close. Besides... Naruto and Sakura seem to be a couple, so why does he care so much about Sasuke?"

Yes, he even considered the possibility that Naruto had a homosexual relationship, but quickly ruled it out.

But there is one thing he is quite sure of, Uzumaki Naruto has always been practicing the concept of "people-oriented", treating all ninjas as human beings rather than tools, and giving them basic humanistic care.

"Tsk tsk, that's really amazing..." Bai Yi shook his head secretly. He did not agree with this set of ideas, but still admired Naruto for insisting on doing this.

……

At night, Naruto's home.

The three members of Team 7 gathered here again. Everyone seemed to be accustomed to holding meetings at Naruto's house, and Naruto seemed to be the leader of the previous series of plans.

Sakura and Naruto were relatively stable emotionally. Sasuke cried for a long time while attending the funeral of his clan members, and his negative emotions were fully released. Therefore, his attitude began to stabilize and he was no longer as violent as before.

But the anxiety between his brows did not decrease, which showed that he was still dominated by the emotion of revenge, just a little weaker than before.

Naruto was quietly observing Sasuke. Since Uzumaki Naruto himself had begun to move, he was now more sensitive to people's negative emotions.

In the afternoon, he clearly saw that the black energy around Sasuke had dissipated a lot, but now, the negative emotions around Sasuke seemed to be gathering again.

It feels like 'it's about time, time to start emo and play some NetEase Cloud Music songs'.

"Ahem Sasuke, this is your money. You dropped a lot this morning and I collected it for you." Naruto first took out the money and handed it to Sasuke, who calmly said "hmm" without expressing his opinion.

Then, Naruto said to Sasuke: "Let's try to enter your spiritual space now and see if there are any changes compared to before."

"Haven't you tried that before?"

"Yes, but after going through so much, your state of mind may have changed. This is a good opportunity to collect experimental data."

"I see."

Sasuke didn't object and gestured for Naruto to give him the fragment, and he poured his chakra into it.

He pulled out the package and spread out the pieces.

"Hey, do you feel that this fragment has become smaller?" Suddenly, Sakura beside her spoke.

"Hmm?" Naruto looked carefully and found no change, so he weighed it with his hand to feel the weight in his palm.

Naruto's heart skipped a beat and his eyes narrowed, "Are you sure, Sakura?"

"...I'm not sure, maybe I'm wrong." Sakura stared at the fragments and didn't say anything further.

At this moment, Naruto's thoughts were racing, and all the previous speculations about the mastermind behind the scenes surfaced again.

But he didn't say anything, instead he interrupted, "Sasuke, let's get started as soon as possible."

"okay."

After saying that, Sasuke injected a small amount of chakra into the fragments, and Naruto summoned a shadow clone as before. This time, the shadow clone inserted a Flying Thunder God Kunai in front of the three people.

Let’s see if the inner demon can attack him faster than Flying Thunder God.

After completing this preparation, Naruto's shadow clone stepped into Sasuke's memory space.

(End of this chapter)