After Uchiha Sasuke heard what Bai Mo said, his body immediately trembled.
He could understand the meaning behind Bai Mo's words and knew that Bai Mo had perfectly answered his question.
But Sasuke's 'tremble' wasn't because of these things.
Sasuke was already startled by the 'Tsukuyomi deception' just now.
Now, with Bai Mo's words, Sasuke was reminded of his past self.
The self who, whenever a whim struck, could...
The difference was that Bai Mo was wiser than his hot-headed self back then, even the Akatsuki Organization and Nii-san had become his helpers.
Not only that, but when Sasuke was gathering information, he also learned about his own whereabouts in this era.
Perhaps in this world changed by Bai Mo, he and his brother would no longer need to experience life and death, and only achieve reconciliation through Edo Tensei.
"I understand. You said you transcend time, which means you've changed the future. You won't be affected by it, so can you preserve other things or people?"
Sasuke immediately began discussing with Bai Mo.
He had tacitly approved of Bai Mo's actions.
"Preserve? Are you asking me to keep Boruto? I'm not sure. If it's an object, it should be possible, as inanimate objects have less impact than living beings."
Bai Mo shrugged slightly, "Those things I brought back from the future—photos, recordings, even the clothes and pants I was wearing—show no signs of disappearing."
—Bai Mo was naturally not referring to the set he was currently wearing; he wouldn't go so long without changing and washing clothes.
"Alright then, without further ado, let's go. Let's go save Uzumaki Naruto."
Sasuke, hearing Bai Mo say this, just calmly nodded and walked out of the cave.
This scene puzzled Bai Mo, making him frown.
Uchiha Itachi also saw the problem.
Firstly, Sasuke asking Bai Mo this question was certainly not because he was afraid of death or of disappearing.
That's why Bai Mo asked Sasuke if he wanted to save Boruto's life.
Even knowing that Momoshiki existed within Boruto.
But after receiving Bai Mo's response, Sasuke seemed completely unconcerned that Bai Mo had practically negated the possibility of people remaining.
So what exactly did he want to do?
"Never mind, don't think about it."
Bai Mo patted Uchiha Itachi and followed Sasuke out of the cave.
Outside, Sasuke stood awkwardly by the river, at a loss.
—Without Chakra, he couldn't even walk on water, and the nearby cliff was too steep, leaving no way to leave.
"Haha, don't rush, Support Shadow, I'll restore your Chakra."
Bai Mo was amused by Sasuke's current miserable state.
It was hard to imagine that the wielder of the Rinnegan, one of the two strongest individuals in the future Ninja World, a person whose battles could destroy heaven and earth, would be restricted by a river.
One could only say that sometimes "going good weakens you by three points" was reasonable in certain situations.
If it were the younger Sasuke from before, he could even pierce his teammate Uzumaki Karin's heart with Chidori Sharp Spear.
If that Sasuke had obtained the Rinnegan, mere Chakra—even if Sasuke didn't attack Naruto, Jiraiya would have been absorbed.
Even if he didn't attack Jiraiya, he would have found some Ninja in Konoha to absorb full.
Sasuke, burdened by moral shackles, had been weak for so many days, not absorbing anyone.
Deva Path truly became a hungry ghost, unable to eat anything.
"Restore?"
Sasuke was a bit surprised.
"This is the ability of a Mangekyo Sharingan from one of your clansmen who was sealed during the Warring States Period."
Bai Mo placed his hand on the back of Sasuke's hand.
—Bai Mo was naturally referring to Uchiha Hikari's Eight Thousand Spears.
Uchiha Hikari had said before that the Eight Thousand Spears mark, unlike Flying Thunder God, could be removed.
But there was one thing the Eight Thousand Spears mark had that Flying Thunder God couldn't compare to.
That was, the Eight Thousand Spears mark could be 'indirectly imprinted'.
For example, Uchiha Hikari could use VR games to mark people who played the game.
For example, she could also use 'Imprinted Tsukuyomi' to mark those who fell under Tsukuyomi.
There was no VR in this era, and no one was idle enough to play VR games.
As for Imprinted Tsukuyomi, Uchiha Hikari didn't have enough Chakra to use it.
But other methods could also achieve it.
Bai Mo had asked Uchiha Hikari, and after her special modification, she could transfer it one additional time.
So Bai Mo had Uchiha Hikari leave a mark on him.
Now, he imprinted this mark onto Sasuke.
Bai Mo believed Uchiha Hikari on the other side had also sensed it.
Even if she hadn't sensed it, she must have seen it on the live broadcast.
"Thank you, let's go."
Sasuke was surprised as he felt the Chakra surge within him, thanked Bai Mo, then leaped up, scaling the steep cliff.
Bai Mo and Uchiha Itachi followed him.
"By the way, how much Chakra did you recover?"
On the way, Bai Mo suddenly thought of something and asked Sasuke.
"Enough for me to use Amenotejikara five times, at least."
"Oh, good."
Bai Mo nodded after hearing Sasuke's reply.
He had wondered why Sasuke didn't just activate Susanoo and fly over to save his best friend, but instead slowly ran and jumped.
The Chakra stored in the Gedo Statue from the Dragon Veins was immense.
Bai Mo hadn't expected Uchiha Hikari to become a "miser," only giving such a tiny amount.
On the other side.
"Hehe."
Uchiha Hikari chuckled, transferring a small portion of the Chakra from the Gedo Statue to Sasuke, replenishing some of his Chakra.
—This was the application of the Eight Thousand Spears' ability.
At this moment, everyone also saw Bai Mo asking Sasuke how much Chakra he had recovered on the screen, and they all realized something was amiss, looking at the chuckling Uchiha Hikari.
"I knew it, you're guarding against Uchiha Sasuke, aren't you?"
Senju Tobirama crossed his arms, wearing an expression that said, "I understand."
"Guarding against Sasuke?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi was confused.
"Exactly, who knows if this Uchiha Sasuke is sincere or not? What if we give him too much Chakra, and he just drops the act and betrays Bai Mo?"
Uchiha Hikari 'hmphed' and raised her chin.
She felt she hadn't done anything wrong anyway.
"But have you considered, what if Sasuke doesn't have such intentions, and is wholeheartedly preparing to help Bai Mo, but then falls into danger because you gave him too little Chakra? What then?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned deeply, refuting Uchiha Hikari's idea.
"It's fine, this Uchiha Sasuke also has the Rinnegan. We can just control him to use Rinne Rebirth then, hehe."
Little Hikari had a "plan-succeeded" expression, giggling.
"..."
The others were completely speechless.
Why was this Uchiha great-grandma always thinking of using the Rinnegan as a resurrection coin for Bai Mo?
Uzumaki Nagato was like this, and Sasuke was like this too.
Good gracious.
It's probably why Uchiha Hikari agreed so easily to Bai Mo transferring Chakra to Sasuke earlier, because she was already thinking about this.
Eight Thousand Spears could almost be called the Uchiha version of "Hashirama cells"; its terrifying ancestral regression ability meant that even Sasuke, at his peak apart from Six Paths power, had to activate Susanoo to resist the erosion of Imprinted Tsukuyomi.
This indicated that merely relying on the Rinnegan, Sasuke could still be controlled by a lower-tier Mangekyo Sharingan.
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