Sasuke, Danzo, Obito, and Karin

After watching Sasuke leave, Sakura Haruno quickly disappeared into the snow.

She deactivated her Sage Mode and hurried headed towards the place where the battle had just taken place.

Sasuke's Chakra was indeed gone, completely gone.

They suddenly disappeared from this world.

There's only one explanation for this situation— Sakura Haruno is dead.

She was also in a bad mood, but Sakura Haruno knew just as well that she had transmigrated into the world of the original story, the world of Shippuden, which she had never read...

Sasuke couldn't possibly die here.

According to the "plot", the Uchiha Sasuke, will definitely survive to the end, and then continue his love-hate relationship with Foxface.

Sakura Haruno roused herself and cautiously ventured deeper into the Land of Iron.

Three Wolves Mountain.

The terrain here is very peculiar. The ridges rising from the ground resemble three giant wolves opening their bloody mouths, and what's most amazing is that the mountains below the wolves' mouths are suspended in mid-air. This strange terrain is obviously not naturally formed; it is probably the trace left by some powerful Earth Release ninja.

The Land of Iron has a story passed down through generations...

However, Sakura Haruno forgot.

She had no time to dwell on these trivial matters. The girl turned her gaze to the huge, heavily guarded building beneath the wolf's kiss.

The warriors of the Land of Iron, dressed in white armor with black linings and bizarre helmets, running around nervously like clone soldiers from Star Wars.

"The Chakra sense of those shadows is gone... Have they already left?"

The girl sensed it for a moment, then frowned and muttered to herself.

"Ice Release: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals."

Avoiding the samurai henchmen, whose fighting strength was at most five, Sakura Haruno easily infiltrated the building. In an empty hall, she discovered a meeting room where several "Shadows" had previously gathered, and also saw traces of the battle.

The entire underground level was blasted apart by the fierce battle.

"Mei Terumi's Lava Release and Boil Release, Gaara's sand, and traces of Earth Release and Lightning Release..."

"And this is..." The girl gently poked at the several pale, unrecognizable bodies on the ground with her slender finger, and sneered, "It seems to be the Spore Technique used by that vegetable from last time!"

"It seems the event has indeed ended here."

I'm too late.

"So, where did they all go? What exactly happened to Sasuke?"

Sakura Haruno dusted off the conference table, casually sat down cross-legged, and entered Sage Mode for the third time today.

Its powerful senses instantly enveloped the entire small kingdom, taking in everything that was happening on the land.

"Kisame is actually fighting nearby... This commotion, tsk tsk, even without entering Sage Mode, I can sense it clearly! Who's fighting him? Is it Jinchūriki? That Chakra doesn't seem human..."

"A team of very strong ninjas rushed over..."

"Huh? It's Gaara and Temari. His Chakra hasn't changed much... Wait, it seems like he's missing the One-Tail Beast. What's going on? Isn't he Jinchūriki?"

"Gaara is... um, he's moving closer to Naruto?"

"Kakashi, Yamato, and Naruto from this world, Kiba, Lee... No wonder I couldn't find everyone's Chakra in Konoha, it turns out they're all here!"

"What on earth happened? Sasuke, there are several sensory-type individuals here, you'd better not get caught..."

"Hey, I spotted Danzo. That old scumbag... what's he up to here with his lackeys?"

"Wait, this is... that mysterious person's Chakra! They're fighting... Well, let's see who's the bigger the fight!"

The empty hall echoed with the girl's self-talk. Sakura Haruno sat leisurely, watching the play with amusement.

Then, a new Chakra sense suddenly appeared on the field--

"This is... Sasuke?!"

Sakura Haruno suddenly jumped up.

"So you really didn't die..."

In her perception, Sasuke was energetically confronting Danzo.

"Wait for me!"

The girl, stepping on the glistening ice, instantly disappeared into the building.

Then, almost in the blink of an eye.

On the battlefield where Sasuke and Danzo fought.

A chill suddenly dissipated from the air, and ice crystals formed out of thin air.

The next moment, the pink-haired girl gracefully leaped out of the ice mirror.

The four people present were either highly skilled or sensory ninjas, and almost all of them sensed her arrival immediately.

Eight eyes turned to look, watching Sakura Haruno gracefully leap down from the air and land nimbly on the edge of the battlefield.

Facing four pairs of gazes—some filled with doubt, some with surprise, and some with ill intent— Sakura Haruno calmly looked back.

On the edge of the battlefield, there was an unfamiliar girl and a mysterious person hiding in the shadows.

In the center of the battlefield Shimura Danzō, who had unlocked the mechanism in his right arm, and Sasuke Uchiha had unleashed Susanoo.

--Their battle seems to have only just begun.

"Hello..." Sakura Haruno stood high on the stone platform at the edge of the battlefield, looking at the four people. Her voice was indifferent and cold as she slowly said, "Sasuke, Shimura Danzō, the guy who calls himself Madara Uchiha, and a girl I don't recognize."

Who is it?

"Sasuke, be careful! This person seems very strong too!" The black-haired girl, hiding to the side, shouted a warning.

Sasuke Uchiha completely ignored her.

"Cherry...?"

Is that... Sakura Haruno?

Compared to the Sakura I remembered, the girl in front of me seemed to have suddenly become much stronger in Chakra, her features seemed to have become more refined and outstanding, and her temperament had changed from gentle and graceful to heroic and spirited... She was quite different from the Sakura I remembered.

But Sasuke quickly confirmed her identity.

For a moment, Sasuke's expression was somewhat taken aback.

I was stunned by how much she had changed...

He was even more surprised that she would appear in front of him at this time.

However, the shock was only momentary. After that moment, Sasuke regained his indifferent and emotionless gaze. His feelings were still complicated, but his voice was extremely cold.

How did you end up here?

What are you doing here?

He gazed at the girl before him.

Sakura Haruno.

My comrades from Team 7 —they used to be.

No longer.

Sakura Haruno's gaze swept over the four people on the field, finally settling on the field itself.

It landed on the face of the black-haired boy who was enveloped by a giant purple Chakra condensation.

Looking at the boy hiding in the darkness, Sakura Haruno, who had just been excited about finding Sasuke, suddenly felt a mix of emotions.

Sasuke's Chakra had a strange smell that felt completely unfamiliar to her!

After defecting to Orochimaru's side, what exactly happened to Sasuke after Shippuden that caused his Chakra to become so desperate and dark?

At that moment, Sakura's feelings were indescribable.

"Sasuke..." Sakura Haruno began in vain, unsure of what to say next.

How could you... have become like this?

"You've come to see me, just with the same old tricks, trying to persuade me to return to Konoha?" Sasuke suddenly sneered.

"Enough! I've said it countless times. I'm not interested in your childish ninja games..."

Sasuke's voice suddenly turned low and deep, like a wild beast preparing to roar.

"I have my goals, I have my own path as a ninja! Don't stand in my way anymore, or I'll kill you!"

A genuine killing intent emanated from this black-haired boy!

"Konoha Ninja using Ice Release..." Sitting on the other side, Obito Uchiha tilted his head and looked at the girl who had suddenly barged into the battlefield. His gaze swept over the ice mirror in the air and landed on the Forehead Protector she was using as a hairband.

"Sasuke, you seem to know her." He suddenly smiled. "Then let me give you some advice: your former comrades are now your enemies, so don't be soft-hearted!"

Towards the end, Obito's voice became especially cold.

It was as cold as a glacier that hadn't seen a flower for millennia.

Naked malice, even a palpable killing intent, emanated from the two Uchiha present and enveloped the girl.

She must be trembling with fear, Sasuke concluded, based on his memory of Sakura Haruno.

Faced with such a terrifying Chakra aura head-on, if it were the weak girl from my memories, she probably wouldn't even be able to stand up, and would be kneeling on the ground trembling!

He turned his head away, not wanting to see the shameful state of his former companion.

But no sound of the girl crying was heard.

All that could be heard was a voice even colder and more murderous than theirs—

"So it was you who was leading Sasuke down the path of darkness?"

"A mouse hiding its head and tail?"

Behind me, a terrifyingly powerful Chakra reaction emanated!

[Second update.]

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[Looks like I could write another chapter? Yesterday's three chapters were thanks to adssdrn (group ID "That's it") for the extra chapter! I forgot.]