"SAI, GET BACK! THIS IS BETWEEN ME AND SASUKE!"
Hearing Sasuke was about to attack Sai, Naruto quickly moved to block him.
Sasuke just sent an innocent little girl flying. Naruto couldn't let him injure Sai now.
This was all just an act to help Sasuke awaken his eyes, they couldn't let him actually commit murder.
From his time with Sai these past few days, Naruto got the impression that Sai was a bit of a weirdo, but overall, he considered him a good guy.
Besides, Naruto's personality wouldn't allow him to stand by and watch Sasuke kill someone over a misunderstanding.
However, in Sasuke's eyes, Naruto's actions took on a much darker meaning.
'What the hell is this? First, he protected that Sarada girl, and now he is shielding this midriff-baring creep!'
"No, Naruto." Sai grasped Naruto's hand, gazing deeply into his eyes.
Then, he discreetly pulled out his small notebook and glanced at the lines he jotted down.
Some of the dialogue was lifted straight from the Vigorous Paradise series, while others came from the Limited Tsukuyomi romance novels that Tsunade writes.
"Uh, Sai, you..."
"UCHIHA SASUKE!" Before Naruto could finish, Sai intertwined his fingers with Naruto's, his expression righteous as he faced the furious Uchiha.
"I KNOW YOU WON'T SPARE ME, NARUTO, OR OUR CHILD! THAT'S WHY I MUST FIGHT FOR THIS FAMILY!"
This was a classic line from the Limited Tsukuyomi series.
Unfortunately, Sasuke had never read it, so when he heard Sai's dramatic declaration, he froze on the spot.
For a moment, Sasuke struggled to figure out which of them—Naruto or Sai—was supposed to be pregnant.
According to the intel, Naruto was the one implanted with the artificial womb.
But based on personality, the sneaky, emotionally stunted Sai seemed far more likely to be the "wife" in the relationship.
'What if Sai got the surgery too?!'
Regardless, this only proved Naruto's corruption had deepened!
The thought filled Sasuke with even more grief and rage.
"NINJA ART: SUPER BEAST MIMICRY!"
Without another word, Sai launched his attack.
Sai was desperate for a promotion.
His emotions had been suppressed in Root for years, and after regaining them, he craved recognition.
Completing a black-ops mission of this magnitude was the ultimate form of validation.
So, he completely ignored Naruto's wishes and took the initiative to break Sasuke's mind.
Sai's attack wasn't meant to cause physical harm. He knew perfectly well that ordinary combat wouldn't awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
What was needed was pure, unadulterated psychological trauma.
Makoto, watching from the trees, didn't intervene.
Sasuke had indeed awakened his Mangekyo and unlocked two visual jutsu, but there was one more thing that needed a jolt to activate.
That's right: Susanoo.
For Sasuke, wasting eye power was no big deal right now, so Makoto let Sai do as he pleased.
Meanwhile, Senju Tobirama arrived on the branches above.
He brought three guests: Shikamaru, Sakura, and Gaara.
All of them were deeply connected to Naruto. Makoto put a finger to his lips, signaling them to watch quietly.
So, what kind of attack was Sai preparing?
"Huh?"
Sarada, heartbroken from her father's brutal backstab, deactivated her Sharingan.
Tears blurred her vision, and she couldn't make out what Sai was painting on the scroll below.
She took off her glasses and wiped her eyes. Before she could put them back on, Makoto covered her eyes with his hands.
"Children shouldn't see what's coming next."
"?"
Makoto's warning made Gaara, Shikamaru, and Sakura freeze awkwardly.
After all, Sarada was about their age.
Should they look away too?
After a few seconds, seeing that Makoto hadn't covered their eyes, the three exchanged uneasy glances and kept watching.
So, what did Sai draw?
It was simple.
He used his signature jutsu to turn Kakashi's smut novels into reality.
A cool, ethereal beauty named Ai, wearing a pink exotic eye mask, leaped from the ink scroll, stunning everyone present.
Even Killer Bee, the Raikage's brother, gave his instant approval!
He whipped out a camera and started snapping photos with a flurry of click-click-clicks!
Sasuke's brow furrowed.
He recognized 'Ai' as the gender-bent version of the Raikage from the cursed photographs.
He instantly charged forward with a Chidori, shattering the ink woman into a puddle that splattered across the dirt.
Killer Bee lowered his camera, looking deeply disappointed that the show was over so soon.
But it wasn't over.
Next, Uchiha Izuna—with his "manhood" severed—flew out of the scroll, ink dripping down his pants in a gruesome display!
Sasuke froze, his face contorting with rage.
'Is that supposed to be me?!'
How dare this pale freak draw a mutilated version of him just to hurl an insult?!
Before Sasuke could react, Sai's brushwork grew more fluid and frantic.
One vivid, lifelike character after another emerged from the scroll.
Kankuro linked in a highly questionable pose to a puppet.
Namikaze Minato entangled with the Nine-Tails.
Gaara crushed headfirst under a pyramid...
Immortal legends lined up in countless cursed rows!
Sasuke quickly retracted the hand forming his Chidori.
"CHIDORI STREAM!"
He switched to an area-of-effect defense.
The lifelike ink figures crashed against the lightning current.
Some were merely dismembered, losing limbs or torsos. Others were vaporized, leaving not a drop of ink behind.
Sasuke switched to defense because he was genuinely unnerved.
These bizarre, degenerate creations were too unsettling.
He felt that if he stared at them any longer, he wouldn't just awaken the Rinnegan—he'd start sprouting eyes all over his brain just to process the trauma!
"SASUKE!"
"Huh?"
Sasuke heard a familiar voice and dropped his Chidori Stream.
The inherently wicked Sai had even drawn his father, Uchiha Fugaku!
Thankfully, his father was the most normal-looking of all the absurd ink characters. At least, Sasuke couldn't immediately spot anything wrong with him...
Uchiha Fugaku lunged forward, cradling the half-destroyed body of Uchiha Izuna, who had been maimed by the backlash of Sasuke's lightning.
Ink tears streamed down Fugaku's face.
"SASUKE, HE IS YOUR MOTHER! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO HIM?! ITACHI ALREADY KILLED US ONCE—DO YOU WANT TO KILL US ALL OVER AGAIN?!"
After roaring at his son, the ink Fugaku clutched his beloved tighter and whispered softly.
"Mikoto... no, Izuna... I'll never scorn you for being a transgender again! I'll stop coveting Minato's beauty! My heart belongs only to you now!"
"..."
Sasuke instantly retracted his thought that Fugaku was the normal one.
He now had only one burning desire: to brutally murder Sai, the pervert who defiled the Uchiha Clan's honor and desecrated the graves of his parents!