End-of-Volume Afterword: Another Sakura Haruno

In the world that Sakura Haruno left.

After a flash of white light, her presence vanished completely from this place.

"She's gone," Obito.

Judging from the energy transmitted, it must have gone to an extremely distant place.

Incredibly far.

But that was no longer relevant to him.

He picked up his severed arm and pressed it against the broken surface.

The life force from Wood Release allowed his severed hand to be reattached immediately, restoring it to its original state.

Obito moved his reattached arm; it was a little stiff at first, but after just a few seconds, it became as agile as ever.

"A boring trick." Obito snorted coldly, cracking his knuckles as he spoke.

He looked at Uchiha Itachi, who had been standing calmly to the side, and said.

"Time is running out, let's get started."

Obito's gaze swept across Itachi's pale face. "No one should be spared. If you can't bring yourself to do it, then let me do it."

"No... it's not necessary," Itachi said. What difference did it make who killed his clansmen? The blood on his hands could never be washed away.

All he could do was try his best to let them leave without pain.

Using the shrine as a central point, the two split up in the darkness.

The men from the houses near the shrine had all been drawn here and were all dead; children were peeking in, calling out to their brothers.

Uchiha Itachi looked at him. Was his brother the boy who had just cried out?

Itachi remembered clearly how he died.

The Kunai sliced across his neck, like slicing open a chicken's neck veins.

Blood gushed out, quickly forming a dark red puddle on the ground.

The boy twitched his body one last time, like a rooster being choked, and then everything fell silent.

The thought that person also had brothers, and that the unsuspecting younger brother was anxiously waiting for his older brother, caused Itachi a sharp, agonizing pain in his heart.

"It only took a moment..." He Body Flicker Technique forward, sending his younger brother to reunite with his older brother; when no one was around, tears finally streamed down his face.

The boy's mother seemed to sense something. She came out and saw the boy with tears streaming down his face, and at his feet, his headless corpse.

"I'm sorry..." Before the woman could scream, his long knife had already ended her life.

Next up is the next one.

Next one.

After killing countless members of his clan, Uchiha Itachi could no longer shed tears.

At first, he would apologize, but later he became numb and felt nothing at all.

When wielding a sword and killing became a habit, Itachi's heart seemed to freeze.

It felt like I'd been struck by that girl's Ninjutsu; I was frozen numb, so numb I couldn't feel anything, as if I'd lost my heart.

Several times, he thought of turning the knife to himself and leaving like Shisui.

However, the man who was working with him, and the Root ninjas surrounding the base, will continue his work, and the end result will be that even Sasuke will not be able to be saved.

He quickly forgot why he had wielded the sword in the first place: to prevent the destruction of Konoha and the Land of Fire, or to protect Sasuke?

Swing the sword. Swing the sword.

We arrived at the last family.

"It seems you've chosen to follow them..."

As usual, Father and Mother knelt on the cushion, Fugaku.

When faced with the outcome, he was remarkably calm and honest.

"I'm sorry, Itachi... Perhaps... I was wrong to let things come to this. I should have trusted you more. If we had been less impulsive and communicated more, or even just postponed our actions and waited for the right opportunity, perhaps things would have turned out better..."

It sounded like a summary and confession of his life; his tone gradually became heavy and his speech slowed down.

"Don't be afraid, this is the path you've chosen. Compared to you... our suffering is only momentary..."

"Please, take good care of Sasuke..."

"Although we stand on different sides, you are still our pride..."

Upon reaching this point, Fugaku could no longer contain his emotions, and his voice gradually became choked with sobs.

His back trembled as if he was trying his best to control his emotions; behind Fugaku, Uchiha Itachi lowered his head, his forehead pressed against his father's broad back as he had when he was a child. He thought he had cried all his tears, but then tears started flowing uncontrollably.

This was the first time he had cried in front of his parents since he became aware of things.

He thought he had hardened his heart and that his resolve would not waver. Only now did Itachi truly realize how much his father and mother loved him.

"Dad, Mom..."

When did he start calling them Father and Mother? It wasn't until this very last moment that Itachi subconsciously uttered those words.

"Don't cry... Mom knows..."

"Dad has always known you're a kind child..."

"I'm sorry, Itachi... Please do it."

The long sword was plunged in, and Itachi's hand trembled violently, barely able to hold the hilt.

Tears and blood mingled together.

When Sakura Haruno was twelve years old, she, like other girls her age, had her own worries.

For example, feeling that one's forehead is too big.

"Waaah~ This makes my forehead look so big and ugly!" She looked at herself in the mirror, left and right, still dissatisfied. "Should I cover it with Forehead Protector? No, that would cover up that pretty mark too!"

"Sakura! Today is your first time as a ninja, so hurry up! Do you want to be late if you want to be first?" Her mother's urging voice came from downstairs.

"Mom~!" Sakura came running down the stairs, "Help me figure out how to wear my Forehead Protector!"

"What do you mean, how do you wear it? Just wear it on your forehead, right? Everyone wears it like that..."

"Dad! This is a look that's going to last for many years, so we can't be careless! Besides, wearing it on my forehead will just cover up the mark on my forehead, won't it?"

"That's the Yin Seal, your Ninjutsu secret. Wouldn't it be better to keep it hidden? A ninja must learn to conceal themselves; this is my father's experience over many years!"

"Hmph! I won't listen to you! Such a beautiful mark is meant to be shown off! Hmm... Oh, right, Dad, is this Yin Seal Secret Technique down in our family? Why don't you have one?"

"Hehe, don't you remember? It happened several years ago, when you had just entered the Ninja Academy. Your aunt came to visit you and left you this Ninjutsu. Also, you didn't have the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai then. You can use Ice Release now because of her!"

"Auntie? Don't I only have Uncle Yi and Uncle Wan?"

At that moment, Mebuki Haruno served breakfast, slammed it heavily on the table, and glared at her husband, saying, "It might not be your aunt, it could be your sister!"

"Sister? I don't know I have a sister? Is she my biological sister?"

"That's what you should ask your father!" Sakura's mother said irritably as she poured milk for Sakura.

"Mebuki, didn't I already explain it to you?" Kizashi Haruno chuckled dryly, pleading repeatedly, "I really didn't do anything wrong!"

"Hey, Kizashi Haruno! You mean Dad made a mistake?"

"Hey, hey, no, no, absolutely not!" Zhao's father said with a forced smile. "I mean, well, although that person looks a lot like us, they might not actually be related to us by blood! Neither the Haruno Clan nor your maternal family has the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai, right?"

"Hmm..." Mebuki Haruno calmed down and thought that her husband's words made a lot of sense. After all, in the ninja world, having Kekkei Genkai limit is a big deal. Few families would be unaware of what Kekkei Genkai they have... The Haruno Clan is a commoner ninja family, and her maternal family has always been ordinary people, with no connection whatsoever to the noble Kekkei Genkai.

"But she really looks a lot like our Sakura, and the more she grows up, the more she looks like her," Mebuki Haruno her face in her hands and looking at her daughter with affection.

"It's probably just a coincidence..."

At the Ninja Academy.

Sakura Haruno is actually quite impatient to come to school sometimes.

She started receiving training from her father when she was six years old. Sakura had already learned everything she learned at school, and the teachers didn't teach her many advanced techniques, so it was difficult for her to learn even a few Genjutsu.

The boys at school are all childish, always trying to get her attention by doing silly things, even though they're clearly weak and she doesn't even notice them! Sakura doesn't like boys weaker than her.

The girls, each with their own agendas, and several of them are Sasuke supporters, always trying to go against her! Humph, even though Sasuke always picks on her during practical training!

However, Sasuke's strength is quite good; sometimes he can even force her to activate the seal on her forehead.

The main reason is that his Taijutsu is so good! Sakura doesn't like practicing Taijutsu; she finds it too unpleasant to be covered in sweat afterward. She prefers practicing Ninjutsu, as she is naturally gifted at precisely controlling Chakra!

"Who will my teammates be?" She sat listlessly in the classroom, waiting for Iruka to come and read out the list.

Ideally, they should be quite powerful. Someone at Sasuke's level would be even better.

No, we can't expect too much.

As long as I don't hold her back, that's fine.

Hmm! Ideally, I could also be at the forefront, engaging the enemy in close combat while she unleashes her Ninjutsu!

She was lost in thought for a moment when she suddenly heard her own name called.

"... Team 7, Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha, and Naruto Uzumaki!" Iruka announced to the famous single man.

"Your advisor will be here this afternoon."

Sakura turned her head and met Sasuke's gaze.

"Hmph, Sakura Haruno, I'll surpass you soon!"

"Hmph~ You've never beaten me before, Sasuke!"

"Hey, you two! Don't forget about me!" Naruto squeezed between the two of them and shouted.

"Tch, don't talk nonsense about being a loser!"

When Kakashi saw Sakura Haruno, he had a strange sense of familiarity; he searched his memory and quickly recalled the powerful ninja who had mysteriously appeared and disappeared on the night of the Uchiha Clan Massacre.

He will definitely remember such a master.

"Hmm... so you're my subordinates?" Kakashi, with a blackboard eraser on his head and his white hair covered in dust, looked a bit disheveled, but his expression was very serious. "Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno, that's you guys!"

"Excuse me for asking, do you have an older sister or an aunt, Sakura Haruno?"

"Huh?"

In Taiwan.

"Let's introduce ourselves," Kakashi said.

Sakura Haruno was the first to stand up without hesitation. "I am Sakura Haruno. My hobby is practicing Ninjutsu, especially Ice Release. What I like is pure water, and what I hate is doing nothing. My dream is to become a powerful ninja. Don't tarnish the reputation of Sakura Haruno!"

"Is there anything special about the name Sakura Haruno?" Kakashi thought to himself. "I heard that back then, that person only gave her a seed of power, and that Chakra was incredibly compatible with Sakura Haruno. It was as if it were an extension of herself, naturally merging into her and growing. This kind of thing usually only happens between identical twins... That's strange, the Haruno Clan has always been a commoner ninja family."

Next, Sasuke said, "... My goal is to kill that man and rebuild the Uchiha Clan. My short-term goal is to surpass Sakura Haruno when she uses the Yin Seal at full power."

And Naruto: "... My short-term goal is to surpass Sasuke, my mid-term goal is to surpass Sakura Haruno, and my ultimate goal is to become Hokage and gain everyone's recognition!"

"Hmph, you all see me as a target... You wish! My dad started training me when I was six, and I won't let you catch up!"

"It really is you! I started training when I was four or five years old. The Kekkei Genkai power of the Uchiha is beyond your imagination. I'll catch up with you very soon!"

"Ice Release's Kekkei Genkai is the strongest!"

"I don't need Kekkei Genkai to surpass both of you!"

Kakashi's lips twitched slightly. "Just like the Lord Third... As expected, all three are troublesome kids!"

"Alright, alright, stop arguing. Tomorrow, let's have a survival drill first!"

And so, Sakura Haruno of this world embarked on her ninja journey.

Volume 9. End.

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