Although Sasuke was given two tails' worth of Chakra, his fighting power was still significantly less.
Even if he hadn't been ambushed by Kimimaro and the others, he wouldn't necessarily have been able to consistently defeat the three.
After all, once they activated the second stage of their Cursed Marks, Sakon and Jirobo's strength was already slightly superior to that of a regular Jonin.
Kimimaro, with his hard bones from the Shikotsumyaku, could even reach the level of an Elite Jonin.
His overall strength was not inferior to Asuma, or Zabuza without Tailed Beast Chakra.
Leading Sasuke, the group encountered no further obstacles and soon returned to the inn in the small town where they were staying.
Inside the inn, Kushina was holding a scarf and angrily saying something to a smiling Minato.
As she spoke, she occasionally glanced at Hefeng's Shadow Clone, who was wearing a mask and standing by the window.
"That old bastard Hiruzen is really something else!"
"The scarf I painstakingly knitted for my son for over half a year was actually put into his own warehouse!"
"Never mind him embezzling our property, but what's the deal with this scarf!"
"Hmph, Minato Namikaze! This is your trusted good grand-teacher!"
Minato: "..."
A somewhat helpless Minato couldn't help but feel fortunate that he was only Chakra.
If he and Kushina were still alive now, he estimated that he'd still be getting scolded, or even domestically abused, over this matter when he was old!
However, he chose his wife, so he still had to pamper her and coax her.
"Calm down, don't get too angry and harm yourself."
"Next time there's a chance, I'll definitely make Hiruzen eat one of my Spiraling Flash Super Round Dance Howl Three Styles, to really vent this anger!"
Seeing that Minato completely misunderstood her meaning,
Kushina was so angry that her hair floated into the air, and she held the scarf up to Minato's face.
"The scarf! I'm talking about the scarf!"
"This was the scarf originally meant for our son, and now it hasn't been given to him. What do you say we should do!"
Minato, who wasn't foolish, immediately understood.
It turned out Kushina wanted to give the scarf away again, but was afraid that Hefeng, with his emotional baggage, wouldn't accept it.
So she wanted him to figure out a way.
"Ah, this..."
Minato glanced at Hefeng, who showed no reaction, and sweat broke out on his forehead.
If it was truly rejected, he had no doubt he would be scolded and beaten.
Minato, who was anxious at the moment, happened to spot the three people leading Sasuke at the door.
He immediately took the scarf and then changed the subject, saying,
"Kushina, don't worry. Hefeng and Naruto will definitely like it. I'll find an opportunity to give it to them later."
"First, look over there, Fugaku and Mikoto's youngest son, Sasuke, has really come to find us!"
"Mikoto's son!"
Kushina's attention was indeed diverted, and she looked excitedly in the direction Minato was pointing.
A cute, pretty face of a baby, like a girl, quickly flashed through her mind.
This was Sasuke's appearance she had seen when she met Mikoto before giving birth.
"He's so handsome grown up, the cool and aloof type of god, but that tadpole tattoo is a bit ugly, still a tiny bit worse than our eldest son!"
"He's only barely on par with our youngest son's warm-hearted type!"
Sasuke, who had just entered, listened to Kushina's unclear words, frowned slightly, and ignored her.
Only when he saw Minato did his expression show some fluctuation.
"Fourth Hokage?"
"Is he also Edo Tensei?"
Sasuke, who had been unconscious for more than two days after Itachi's Tsukuyomi opened a private cinema for him,
woke up relying on the healing of the Nine-Tailed Chakra in his body.
He hadn't had time to learn about the major events that had occurred after he fell unconscious.
He was then called by Hefeng's village-shaking shout to follow Kakashi and watch the commotion.
Regarding Edo Tensei, Kakashi had only briefly explained it to him after he saw the Deep Forest Emergence.
Making him understand that it was a forbidden jutsu that could revive the deceased.
"It's not Edo Tensei, oh."
Minato walked up to Sasuke with a gentle smile: "It's the Chakra I left behind before I died. You can think of it like a Shadow Clone."
"So that's how it is." Sasuke nodded slightly, then intended to bypass Minato and go to Hefeng.
He didn't care where the residual Chakra was found, nor did he plan to ask Minato why he was here.
He now only wanted that Four Stars masked man to give him the power to become stronger, to personally kill Uchiha Itachi.
Then he would return to Konoha Village and defeat Naruto and Hefeng!
Sasuke wanted to leave, but Kushina had somehow joined them.
With a mischievous smile on her face, she kept poking Sasuke's waist with her elbow.
"Handsome little Sasuke, your mother and I are good girlfriends, you know. Quickly confess, how many girlfriends have you had?"
"And Naruto and Hefeng, have they also secretly had puppy love?"
"Are your relationships as good as real brothers?"
"Mikoto said back then that you, being born first, were the older brother and would take good care of the one born later..."
At this point, Kushina's smile gradually faded, finally turning into a sigh.
Hiruzen Sarutobi would definitely not let anyone from the Uchiha clan contact Naruto; she had asked in vain.
"You know my mother?"
Sasuke's leg movement paused slightly, and he frowned, looking at Kushina.
"And you mentioned Naruto and Hefeng. Who exactly are you?"
"She is my wife, and also Naruto and Hefeng's mother," Minato interjected.
"We apologize for saying these things, but it's because when we were alive, we were good friends with your parents."
"Mother? Friends?" Hearing this, Sasuke's pupils suddenly constricted, and his face became exceptionally grim.
"Naruto is the Fourth Hokage's son?!"
"He's actually the son of a hero?!"
Sasuke originally thought that he and Naruto were in the same boat, both orphans and both talked about behind their backs by the villagers.
In the end, after all this, Naruto not only had a powerful alternate personality, but his true identity was also a prince fallen to the mortal world?
So, from beginning to end, the only clown was himself???
Chapter 153 Sasuke, Angrily Activating Three Tomoe
Just as Sasuke's face gradually became somewhat distorted and unrecognizable,
Hefeng, who was standing by the window, finally turned and walked over.
Seeing Hefeng approach, Kushina and Minato immediately stopped what they were saying and made way for Hefeng.
Because Hefeng wore a mask and needed to keep his identity secret,
the two had always been very restrained, pretending not to be familiar with Hefeng.
Haku, who had been silent for a long time on the side, immediately stepped forward to report after Hefeng arrived.
"Master, Sasuke's Cursed Mark has been activated by Otogakure."
"And they also used some kind of drug, causing the Cursed Mark to continuously erode Sasuke's body."
"Currently, only the Tailed Beast Chakra you provided is barely suppressing the erosion, preventing it from worsening..."
Upon hearing this, Hefeng raised his hand, signaling Haku not to continue reporting.
Then he turned sideways and reached out to take the scarf from Minato's hand.
"Hefeng... Lord Four Stars, what is this?"
Witnessing Hefeng pick up the scarf she had just mentioned, Kushina's face showed surprise and anticipation.
Could it be that she had finally received Hefeng's forgiveness and approval?
Under Kushina's expectant gaze, Hefeng did not wrap the scarf around his neck.
Instead, he placed the Flying Thunder God Mark on the scarf, and then it disappeared from his hand with a whoosh.
"No need to overthink it, I'm just helping you transfer this item to Naruto."
Hefeng had naturally heard Kushina and Minato's conversation clearly.
He did remember such a scarf in the original work.
It was originally supposed to be found by Konohamaru in the warehouse and given to Naruto when he was sorting Hiruzen's belongings.
But after Hefeng, the foreign butterfly, flapped his wings,
it turned into Kushina raiding the Sarutobi mansion and finding it herself in the warehouse!
"Wuwuwu, I understand, I understand it all!"
Kushina, moved to tears, simply assumed Hefeng was too embarrassed to say he forgave her.
Minato also had a look of relief, a benevolent expression as if to say, 'You've grown up.'
Hefeng: "..."
A somewhat speechless Hefeng bothered not to explain anything.
He sent Kushina's scarf back to Naruto mainly to increase his Blackening Points.
After all, he had some ideas regarding Sasuke, which required some Blackening Points to activate.
Thinking of this, Hefeng walked up to Sasuke.
He placed a hand on his shoulder and turned to instruct the others.
"Alright, I'm taking Sasuke back to Four Stars Village now. You all take the others and make your own way back."
The distance of Flying Thunder God's teleportation is related to one's sensory abilities.
One can only teleport if they can sense the Flying Thunder God Jutsu Mark they have set.
Furthermore, the greater the distance, the more Chakra is consumed.
And the distance from Konoha to the Land of Waves is quite far.
With Minato's sensory abilities, he simply couldn't teleport that far using Flying Thunder God.
As for Hefeng, he relied on the Nine-Tailed Chakra's perception, as well as the Kagura Mind's Eye, which had been stacked with several Uzumaki Sage Body abilities.
He could easily sense the Flying Thunder God Mark embedded with his own Chakra.
After giving this instruction, Hefeng directly disappeared from the spot with Sasuke.
Watching Hefeng and Sasuke genuinely teleport away, Minato couldn't help but be a little astonished.
"To be able to teleport such a long distance, it's really a bit frightening..."
...Land of Waves.
This small country, which was originally extremely barren just over three months ago,
after Hefeng established multiple pillar industries and opened several factories,