Naruto Birdcage

The culprit...

Itachi looked into Sasuke's eyes, filled with hatred, and suddenly had an absurd thought.

He couldn't help but swallow and asked, "Who is it?"

Sasuke's gaze locked onto Itachi's eyes, where he saw a complex mix of emotions.

Disbelief, confusion, helplessness...

There were many pedestrians on the street, constantly passing by them.

The noise was chaotic, like a blurred white noise.

Sasuke clenched his fists tightly, gritting his teeth.

Noticing his struggle, Itachi tried to speak again. "Sasuke?"

"..."

Suddenly, Sasuke seemed to deflate, his whole body relaxing as he lowered his eyes.

"Nothing. The culprit... I've forgotten."

With that, he turned around and continued walking forward.

Can someone really forget something like a murderer?

"..."

Itachi stood frozen in place for a long moment before silently following after him.

The current Konoha was very different from the one in Sasuke's memories.

He had been away from the village for too long.

Fortunately, the old district of Konoha still resembled what he remembered.

At first, Itachi had planned to take Sasuke on a proper tour, but he soon noticed that Sasuke was heading somewhere on his own.

"Do you have a place in mind?"

"Isn't the Uchiha district... located here?"

"A place this remote? The Uchiha district would never be here."

"..."

Sasuke suddenly stopped in his tracks, only now realizing the truth.

The fate of the Uchiha clan differed between the two worlds, and so did their treatment.

The Uchiha, as one of Konoha's major clans, wouldn't have been relegated to the village's outskirts if they hadn't been ostracized.

This thought involuntarily brought Sasuke back to everything his own world's Uchiha clan had suffered.

After a long silence, Sasuke walked over to a bench by the roadside and sat down.

Seeing this, Itachi said, "Wait here for a moment."

With that, he vanished in a flash.

Two minutes later, he reappeared just as suddenly.

"Here."

He handed Sasuke a drink.

"This is the flavor the you of this world prefers." Itachi smiled.

Sasuke hesitated for a moment before accepting it.

As a ninja, it would have been more natural to refuse a drink from someone he still held hostility toward.

But Sasuke didn't hesitate for too long.

He inserted the straw and took a sip.

The taste was sweet—he had indeed liked sweet things at first, influenced by a certain person's preferences.

This street wasn't very crowded, and the two of them sat quietly by the roadside.

The only sound around them was that of Sasuke drinking through the straw.

After a moment, Sasuke suddenly spoke. "Tell me about the me of this world."

Itachi was briefly taken aback before he smiled warmly. "Alright."

.............

Biotechnology Research Institute.

"Your Majesty, this kind of human cloning experiment is a first for me. It will require some time," Kabuto expressed his thoughts on Makoto's request.

"How long will it take?" Makoto asked.

"The cultivation process itself won't take too long, but rigorous testing of various bodily functions will be necessary afterward."

Makoto planned to clone a physical body of Tsunade for the Tsunade from the other world to use.

This would also free the Tsunade of this world—similar to how Orochimaru had once created soulless White Zetsu bodies.

Since it was merely a plaything, Makoto dared to act so recklessly.

Moreover, considering the recent occurrences of soul transference, time travel was theoretically feasible.

A single timeline could contain countless versions of the same person.

However, Kabuto had never attempted cloning an entire human body before.

His past cloning experiments were limited to individual organs and body parts, such as Byakugan, Otsutsuki cell, and flesh-armored enhancements.

"A conservative estimate would be two months," Kabuto stated.

Two months—it wasn't too long.

Makoto slowly nodded. "Then start as soon as possible."

Leaving the research institute, Makoto now held a vial of serum in his hand.

This serum contained chakra from the Otsutsuki, developed using cloning technology from Toneri's body.

It was thanks to this serum that Makoto had awakened the Tenseigan.

There were three doses in total—he had used one himself, and originally planned to give the remaining two to Neji and Hinata in the future, allowing them to awaken their own Tenseigan.

However, he now had a new plan.

By the time he returned home, Sasuke was already back.

With Itachi accompanying him, he had likely visited all the places he wanted to and learned everything he needed to know.

"I have something to talk to you about," Sasuke said to Makoto.

Makoto led him back into the bedroom once again.

"I… want to meet Uchiha Fugaku," Sasuke requested.

This kid wanted to return to his original world.

Makoto wasn't surprised.

Instead, he chuckled and asked, "Why? Isn't this world good enough?"

"…For the me of this world, it is indeed good," Sasuke said slowly before falling into a brief silence.

"But it doesn't belong to me."

Even in his original world, this Sasuke was only sixteen or seventeen years old, yet he had experienced and endured more than most.

Calling him rebellious was merely a label.

Makoto sometimes wondered—changing this world was undoubtedly a good thing for many people, though few would truly understand.

At the very least, in this world, Naruto and Sasuke, as his sons, could grow up happy.

"Alright. You never truly belonged to this world anyway," Makoto nodded in agreement.

"…Thank you," Sasuke suddenly murmured, lowering his head.

"Thank me for what?" Makoto chuckled.

After some hesitation, Sasuke finally said, "Thank you… for giving the me of this world, my mother… and that guy… such a good life."

"…"

Makoto let out a silent sigh and gently patted Sasuke's head.

Sasuke stiffened for a moment but didn't reject it.

Even though this man wasn't his father, he could feel Makoto's kindness.

Then, Makoto took out a vial of serum.

He spoke slowly, "I can roughly guess the point in time when you arrived here. When you return to your own world, you'll still be trapped in a grand conspiracy. Even though you now know the truth, that knowledge might put you in even greater danger. At this moment, you're still not a match for those people."

Sasuke pondered over Makoto's words.

He had already learned everything and had considered what he would do once he returned to his original world.

"This is?"

"This is an Otsutsuki blood serum. It will transform your body and grant you immense power."

"…"

"Not just that. The body it modifies belongs to this world's Sasuke, but this serum can also awaken something deep within your soul."

"What do you mean?"

Makoto hesitated for a moment before explaining, "The Sage of Six Paths had two sons. You are the reincarnation of one of them."

When Makoto originally developed the serum, he didn't just use Toneri's DNA; he also included chakra from the Nine-Tails.

In the original story, when Naruto became a perfect Jinchuriki, his Tailed Beast Mode was different from others—it took the form of chakra rather than a solid beast.

This was because the Nine-Tails' chakra was the closest to that of the Ten-Tails, making it uniquely special.

And the Rinnegan itself was the power of the Ten-Tails, which was essentially the power of the Divine Tree.

That's why Makoto said this serum could awaken the Indra chakra deep within Sasuke's soul.

Otherwise, relying solely on his distant bloodline relation to Hamura might not be enough.

Makoto spoke slowly, "I need you to do something for me after you return."

He planned to completely break down the barrier between the two worlds, and Sasuke was a key part of that plan.

After all, with the Rinnegan, Sasuke also possessed the power of space-time manipulation.

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