Chapter 321: Sai the Mangaka, Activate!
"Naruto, get behind me. This is between Sasuke and me."
Hearing that Sasuke was about to attack Sai, Naruto quickly stepped in front of him.
A completely innocent girl had just been sent flying because of all this, he couldn't let Sasuke accidentally hurt Sai too.
This was just an act, meant to help Sasuke awaken his eyes. They couldn't let things go too far and turn into a real mistake.
After spending these past few days together, Naruto felt that although Sai gave off a somewhat artificial, unsettling vibe, overall he still counted as a good person.
Besides, even if Sai wasn't a good person, Naruto wouldn't just stand by and let Sasuke kill someone over a misunderstanding.
However, Naruto's actions looked very different in Sasuke's eyes.
What did this mean?
First he protected that girl named Sarada, and now he was protecting Sai, this shameless guy showing off his waist!
"No, Naruto."
Sai held Naruto's hand and gazed deeply into his eyes.
Then he secretly took out a small notebook and glanced at the lines he had written down.
Some of those lines came from the "Buff Man" series, and some from the "Infinite Tsukuyomi" series.
"Uh, Sai, you…"
"Uchiha Sasuke!"
Before Naruto could finish, Sai interlocked fingers with Naruto and spoke righteously while facing Sasuke, "I know you won't spare me, Naruto, or our child. So I have to fight for this family!"
This was a classic line from the Infinite Tsukuyomi series. Unfortunately, Sasuke had never read it, so when he heard this, he froze on the spot once again.
For a moment, Sasuke genuinely couldn't tell whether Naruto or Sai was the one who had given birth to the child.
Based on the intelligence he had, Naruto had recently been implanted with that purple bow by the Kumogakure Village.
But judging by personality, Sai, the sneaky one, seemed more like the "female" role.
And what if Sai had also been modified?
No matter how he looked at it, it only proved that Naruto had fallen even deeper.
That realization filled Sasuke with even more grief and anger.
"Ninja Art: Super Beast Imitation Drawing!"
Sai didn't hesitate and launched an attack.
Sai was desperate to prove himself. After having his emotions erased in Root, and later regaining them, he became extremely eager for recognition. Completing important missions and holding important positions were ways to earn that recognition.
So he didn't care what Naruto thought, he would do everything he could to help Sasuke awaken his eyes.
Sai's attack wasn't really meant to harm.
He clearly understood that, according to the intel, ordinary combat wouldn't trigger the Mangekyō.
What was needed was stimulation.
Watching from the side, Shiromo didn't stop him.
Sasuke had already awakened his eyes and unlocked two abilities, but there was still one thing left to trigger.
That's right, Susanoo.
For Sasuke, it didn't matter if he wasted ocular power. After all, Uchiha Itachi could always swap in new eyes for him later. At that point, Itachi might even get to "enjoy" using Sasuke's future Rinnegan.
Well… maybe not enjoy it that much. He might end up dying while using it.
So Shiromo let Sai continue.
At the same time, Tobirama arrived with others.
Three people in total.
Shikamaru, Sakura, and Gaara.
All of them had connections to Naruto.
Shiromo gestured for silence, signaling them to watch quietly.
So what kind of "attack" was Sai about to unleash?
"Hm?"
Sarada, whose heart had just been shattered, like Karin getting backstabbed in the original, had turned off her Sharingan. Tears blurred her vision, and she couldn't clearly see what was being drawn below.
She took off her glasses and wiped her tears. Before she could put them back on, Shiromo covered her eyes.
"What comes next isn't something a child should see."
"?"
That single sentence left Gaara and the others awkward.
Judging by age, Sarada wasn't much younger than them.
So… should they also look away?
After a few seconds, when Shiromo said nothing more, the three exchanged glances and continued watching.
What did Sai do?
Very simple. He used his greatest strength, his drawing skills, to turn Kakashi's novels into living illustrations.
A cold and elegant beauty named Lei Ai'er, wearing a pink "Xingtian-style" blindfold, leapt out of the scroll, dazzling everyone.
Even Killer Bee gave his approval, immediately pulling out a camera and snapping photos non-stop.
Sasuke frowned slightly, recognizing that Lei Ai'er was a gender-swapped version of the Raikage from earlier photos. Without hesitation, he struck with Chidori, shattering her into ink that splattered across the ground.
Killer Bee looked regretful as he lowered his camera.
But it wasn't over.
Next, a "Uchiha Izuna" with his dignity completely ruined, ink dripping from his pants, flew out of the scroll.
Sasuke froze for a moment, then anger surged.
Wasn't that supposed to be him?
They actually dared to draw such a disgraceful version of him to mock him?
Before he could fully react, Sai kept drawing faster and more smoothly. One bizarre, vividly animated character after another poured out.
Kankuro entangled with puppets…
Minato tangled up with the Nine-Tails…
Gaara pinned head-first under a pyramid…
Figures appeared endlessly.
Wild. Absurd. Overwhelming.
Sasuke lowered the hand holding Chidori…
"Chidori Stream!"
He switched to a defensive version.
The bizarre figures slammed into the electric current. Some were torn apart, others evaporated completely without even leaving behind ink.
Sasuke defended himself because… deep down, he was starting to feel uneasy.
Those things were too unsettling, like they didn't belong in the living world.
He even felt that if he stared any longer, it wouldn't just be his Sharingan or Rinnegan awakening, he might start growing eyes elsewhere on his body.
"Sasuke!"
"Hm?"
Sasuke heard a familiar voice and dispelled Chidori Stream to look.
That evil Sai had even drawn his father, Uchiha Fugaku!
At least… among all these absurd creations, Fugaku looked the most normal.
At least at first glance.
Fugaku lunged forward and embraced the half-destroyed Uchiha Izuna, who had been injured by Sasuke's Chidori Stream, tears of ink streaming down his face.
"Sasuke, he is your mother! How could you do this? Itachi killed us once, are you going to kill us again?!"
After shouting, Fugaku held his beloved tightly and whispered, "Mikoto… no, Izuna… I won't despise you for being transgender anymore. I won't covet Minato's beauty anymore. My heart belongs only to you now!"
"..."
Sasuke immediately took back his earlier thought that Fugaku was the only normal one.
At this moment, he had only one thought left, Kill Sai.
Kill this pervert who had defiled the honor of the Uchiha clan and even trampled on the dignity of the dead!
(End of this chapter)