Chapter 129
Little Black's voice drew Sakura and Ino's attention.
Both girls turned toward Little Black at the same time, but neither spoke—they just stared blankly at her face.
Right now, Little Black was dressed like a teenage girl, and her appearance was extremely close to Sakyo's.
So…
Sakura's hand trembled as she slowly pointed at Little Black: "You… you you you? Sasuke-kun?"
"No, Sasuke-kun is right beside me—what's going on?"
"And you saved us. It looks like you know us, but… why don't I have any memory of you?"
Sakura's worldview almost collapsed. She racked her brain but couldn't think of any explanation.
In the end, Sakura could only watch as Little Black walked toward her with light steps and gently bumped her shoulder.
Sakura saw Little Black playfully stick out her tongue: "Hello, my name is Uchiha Sakyo—I'm Uchiha Sasuke's little sister~"
Sakura looked completely dumbfounded: "Huh?"
"Sasuke-kun has a little sister? How did I not know?"
"And… Uzumaki Naruto actually has an older brother?"
Naruto hoisted Tsurugi Fubuki over his shoulder and reunited with Ino, Sakyo, and Sakura.
Still addicted to role-playing, Naruto said: "That's right—I'm Naruto's older brother… named… uh?"
Suddenly, Sakura leaned toward Naruto, narrowed her eyes, and closely examined his face.
Then…
"You're Uzumaki Naruto, aren't you? What are you pretending here?"
Sakura shouted, almost breaking down.
Naruto scratched his head awkwardly and released the Transformation Technique: "You saw through it already?"
Ino stared blankly at Naruto: "Huh? You're Uzumaki Naruto?"
"Wuwuwu~"
After learning the truth, Ino started crying sadly. While crying, she said: "My youth…"
"My first love! My prince charming!"
Naruto: "…"
"Is it really that heartbreaking? It's just a bit ugly—can't I even look anymore?"
Toward fangirl types, Naruto felt some sympathy—because he was a pervert. Fangirls and perverts were basically the same kind of people.
But Naruto wasn't that extreme. He didn't quite understand why Ino was so worked up.
Imagine if Naruto was saved by an extremely beautiful girl.
He'd be very grateful, maybe even want to repay her with his body, but upon learning the beautiful girl was actually an ordinary-looking girl…
Naruto's heart wouldn't waver, let alone react like Ino—acting like the world had ended…
Sakyo: "Hmph… ignorant fool."
Sakyo suddenly spoke, but Sakura—who was closest to her—didn't know who she was talking about…
But…
The most important question right now was: who was Little Black????
Facing this question, Naruto and Sakyo's explanation was completely unified.
That was: Little Black was "Uchiha Sasuke's" little sister, named "Uchiha Sakyo."
Little Black's attitude toward Sakura and Ino was extremely good—she loved sticking to both of them.
Naruto and Sakyo couldn't figure out why.
Probably… maybe because when Little Black was born, Sakura and Ino's memories were also copied into her mind.
And since Sakura and Ino were so obsessed with Sakyo, Little Black—who was naturally wary of everything—ended up trusting Sakura and Ino a lot.
Mm… that seemed like the only explanation.
Far out on the sea surface, a ship was docked.
That was the film crew's ship. In front of everyone, Little Black entered Sakyo's mental space, directly scaring Sakura and Ino half to death—they thought they'd seen a ghost.
But the matter ended there.
Naruto carried Tsurugi Fubuki and returned to the ship with the others.
Earlier, Naruto had noticed the commotion here and came with Sakyo to check. Unexpectedly, he ran into Sakura and Ino.
Now he'd conveniently picked up another little loli—absolute profit! Cough… cough cough! No no, just too bizarre.
The film crew was planning filming. Fūka Setsu was still holed up in her room being a shut-in.
The group of Konoha ninjas who had found excuses to board were quietly observing Naruto's situation.
In the room, Gai asked Kakashi with a serious face: "Kakashi, what do you think about that huge chakra giant?"
Kakashi didn't understand what Gai meant and asked: "Gai, what do you mean?"
Gai nodded seriously: "Exactly—should we report it?"
"Could it be an enemy? If it is, how do we face it? Could it be… Konoha's Blue Beast is about to disappear?"
Kakashi: "…"
…
On the deck, Naruto and the others gathered together.
Worth mentioning: on the way back, Naruto had used Transformation Technique again, turning into young Minato.
The result of this was… attracting bees and butterflies.
Look—Ino knew it was Naruto transformed, but she still couldn't help getting closer to him.
In her words: I can't control myself!
Because of this, Sakyo's face grew darker and darker.
Damn Yamanaka Ino—find a chance to get rid of her…
Seeing Sakyo's expression, Naruto instantly felt danger—not to himself, but to Ino.
So Naruto said to Ino: "Ino, I already have someone I like. Go chase Sasuke."
Though Ino stopped clinging to Naruto so much, she still looked at Sakyo with disinterest, seeming bored.
It seemed Sasuke's appeal to her had lessened a lot.
Sakura, of course, was very happy about this…
With Ino's issue resolved, Naruto asked Sakura: "Why did you come here?"
Sakura said arrogantly: "Didn't you tell me Sasuke-kun was going to meet me for a date here?"
Naruto's mouth twitched. He complained: "The moment you saw the location on the map, you should've known I was messing with you."
"Two people from Konoha crossing half the world to date in the Land of Snow? You believed that?"
But Sakura said: "I don't care—I'm here now, and I'm going to date Sasuke-kun!"
Sakura leaned close to Sakyo and whispered softly: "Sasuke-kun, look how beautiful the scenery is here~"
Sakyo: "…"
For some reason, Sakyo felt trouble coming…
Meanwhile, Naruto—who knew Sakyo's personality well—watched Sakura with a faint smile, completely unworried.
If Sakura could really convince Sakyo to go on a date with her, then Naruto was willing to take that loss.
After all, even Naruto's silver tongue didn't always work on Sakyo in certain situations—let alone Sakura.
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