Chapter 480: Some Questions
This tacit understanding of speaking at the same time made both Sasuke and Sakura laugh uncontrollably.
Although they had only spent a day together, Sasuke unexpectedly found that he got along quite well with her.
Because they are both Haruno Sakura...
The boy thought so and turned his head to look at the girl beside him.
The girl's murmuring soft voice, the demeanor of pursing lips and lowering eyebrows, was a posture Sasuke rarely saw on the other Haruno Sakura.
It was twilight at this moment. The sunset glow on the horizon was exceptionally splendid, reflecting on the girl's face, as if the rosy clouds also rose on that fair face, glowing with a faint blush, rendering her side profile as beautiful as peach blossoms.
Sasuke's heart moved, recalling that day, the evening after the battle with Itachi, when resting at the riverside camp, he saw Sakura's side profile from the same angle.
The same side profile, but a completely different feeling.
Indeed a girl with two sides.
He turned his head, looking at the colorful clouds on the horizon, hands in pockets, walking slowly beside the girl. This time, he spoke again: "You speak first..."
The two laughed again.
Like playing with a friend known for many years, Sasuke smiled faintly, and Sakura smiled softly.
"You say it first!" Sakura managed to stop laughing and pushed his hand.
"Then I'll say it first." Sasuke put away his smile, but kept a faint curve on the corner of his mouth, following the girl's meaning.
He paused and found that the question he wanted to ask just now... suddenly couldn't be asked.
"I..."
Sasuke blinked, bit his lower lip, thinking about the scene he saw in the Land of Iron that day, but couldn't find the right words.
Also didn't know if he should ask.
Why ask such a question? Seems... very strange.
Perhaps many times, the words we say can only be spoken in carelessness or impulse; once calmed down, we lose the courage to speak.
He turned his head and looked at Sakura beside him.
The pink-haired girl still had a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, her clear eyes looking at him quietly, as if asking, "What's wrong."
"I wanted to say," Sasuke took a breath, those words he wanted to say slipped away at his lips and turned into other words, "I wanted to say, although the village suffered a great disaster, everyone is still alive, working hard to rebuild and protect the village. Before long, the village will be restored to its original appearance... This is really good."
"Being able to meet you like this in a different world, and Naruto, I am really happy."
The boy looked at the girl's green eyes and said seriously.
"Me too." The girl's face blushed slightly, looking away at her kicking feet, and stopped walking, "Being able to meet another me, and you Sasuke, is like a dream..."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Many words were already unspoken.
"What about you?" Sasuke said, the corner of his mouth curving into a smile again, with slight curiosity and expectation, asking, "What did you... want to say just now?"
"Me..."
Sakura lowered her head, stepping on her shadow one by one, dragging the ending sound lazily.
The voice sounded very cute.
Sasuke slowed down, watching her walk forward step by step, with a playful smile on his face.
"What I wanted to ask is..." Sakura said, "How did the me of that world grow into such a powerful female ninja..."
"I envy her so much."
With longing eyes, Sakura recalled the graceful girl before.
That confident self, heroic self, self whose face seemed to radiate light... she never thought she could be so dazzling.
Turns out the me who could only look at the backs of Naruto and Sasuke, the cowardly me who was always protected by them, could also stand at the very front like that, leaving her back to Sasuke and Naruto...
"I also want to become someone like that."
"Is that so..."
Sasuke responded lightly, walking forward, a thought suddenly popping up in his heart—
Are these really the words she wanted to say?
Did her words also change when she spoke?
Sasuke couldn't guess the answer. He hid the doubt in his heart, walked beside Sakura and said: "I think the most important thing is to have a strong heart..."
He smiled faintly, turned his head and said: "When she comes back later, you can go find her, she will definitely help you!"
While the two were walking and chatting facing the setting sun, on the other side of Konoha, in a spacious ward.
Tsunade woke up quietly.
Kakashi received this news a second before being officially appointed as the Sixth Hokage.
"I almost became the new Hokage... Tsunade-sama." Kakashi stood in front of Tsunade who was gorging herself, feeling complicated but secretly relieved, he said, "However, I'm not Hokage material anyway..."
"During the time you were in a coma, many things happened, the situation is already very complicated and serious, we need you to take charge!"
Kakashi narrated the recent events one by one.
"Actually so many things happened..." Tsunade swallowed the last mouthful of food, wiped the corner of her mouth, burped, and her eyes changed from blurred to sharp instantly.
"I understand the general situation..."
"First of all, let's discuss the matter of you becoming the next Hokage later." The Fifth Hokage stood up, washing her hands and face unhurriedly, while saying slowly, "Regarding the Allied Shinobi Forces, even the Raikage and Tsuchikage are willing to join... It seems the situation is really severe! Kakashi, gather everyone immediately, I want to hold a Jonin meeting, everyone prepare for battle from now on!"
"By the way, the two visitors from another world you mentioned, Haruno Sakura and Sasuke... they are still in the village, right?"
Tsunade shook her hands dry, wiped her face, her slightly bulging abdomen flattened at a speed visible to the naked eye, converting food into stamina and chakra. Before long, she restored her past unparalleled beauty and calm composure.
"Go call that Haruno Sakura over... Before the official meeting, I want to meet her first!"
The details of the meeting between Tsunade and Haruno Sakura afterward were unknown to Kakashi—even Shizune couldn't overhear their conversation.
What Haruno Sakura from another world said to Tsunade, only they knew.
In fact, even if someone wanted to eavesdrop deliberately, it was impossible.
Because this conversation took place in the Shikkotsu Forest.
"Katsuyu Sage... long time no see!"
On the branch of a giant tree in the Shikkotsu Forest, accompanied by chakra fluctuations, two tiny figures appeared abruptly.
"Long time no see, Little Tsunade..."
The Katsuyu Sage of the other world was still so huge. Half of its body was soaked in the acid lake, looking lazily at the visitors, its voice coming from below like thunder.
"And Sakura... Oh, Sakura from another world, welcome!"
Tsunade's eyes moved slightly.
"This is an absolutely safe place to talk... I have a few questions I want to ask you."
"I will say everything I know without reserve."
Haruno Sakura smiled faintly.
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