The people on stage did not support her.
To her, it was simply more painful than death.
So...
Naruko looked at that hand and wavered ever so slightly.
End it.
Let everything end.
Escape from here...
Anything was fine...
She did not want to stay in this kind of environment anymore.
Thus.
Naruko slowly extended her fair, slender arm...
Until...
"Naruko!!!"
Sasuke's low shout came from outside.
He rushed over at once, interrupting Naruko's movement.
Naruko, don't let him deceive you!
That was what Sasuke's eyes said.
But.
After going through so much, Naruko also felt exhausted.
Konoha had already been destroyed.
The Five Great Shinobi Villages were gone as well.
Was there really any meaning in continuing to hold on?
The people outside were living peacefully and happily.
Perhaps they already... no longer needed the Five Great Shinobi Villages at all.
The new era had already set sail.
There was no longer any place for them.
Amid Sasuke's complicated, teeth-gritted expression...
Smack.
Naruko took the Emperor's hand.
The next second.
Light bloomed from her body.
Her torn clothes were repaired by Nano-dragons, returning to their original state.
Her disheveled hair also returned to smooth golden twin tails.
Everything was restored to how it had been.
Only her blue eyes, brimming with tears, still held deep sorrow.
What had already happened would not change.
This was reality.
"Naruko!!!"
Amid Sasuke's shout.
Mingren wrapped his right arm around Naruko and pulled her into his embrace.
The next second.
The rooftop disintegrated.
Under Sasuke's bloodshot gaze, the two floated into the sky.
At that moment.
For Sasuke.
It was no less than the Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall happening again.
Nor was it any less than when Toneri had abducted Naruko.
"Ahhh~~~!"
Without any hesitation, Sasuke directly activated the Perfect Susanoo.