Plans Never Keep Up with Change

Seeing Kawaki on the verge of breaking down, Sasuke frowned slightly.

He could naturally sense the genuine turmoil in Kawaki's emotions. He was truly blaming himself and afraid, not putting on an act.

However, Sasuke wasn't going to comfort Kawaki by gently embracing him the way Naruto would.

Still, he had his own way of doing things and his own principles.

"Naruto isn't dead!"

"What? How do you know?"

Kawaki jerked his head up and looked at Sasuke, a glimmer of hope rising in his eyes.

"Naruto isn't that easy to kill. Besides, I have my own sources of information!"

To be honest, Sasuke couldn't confirm Naruto's condition right now, either.

But his instincts and years of trust made him believe that Naruto wouldn't get into trouble so easily.

Besides, that Sage of the Dao Path had just said Naruto was temporarily safe. Surely he wouldn't deceive Sasuke about such important information.

So Sasuke was more willing to believe that Naruto had simply been sealed away by the evil Jigen.

That would have cut off the chakra connection, leaving Kawaki's prosthetic arm unable to sense Naruto's chakra.

"Really? The Seventh Hokage is really still alive?"

Kawaki leaped to his feet, overjoyed, and hurriedly grabbed Sasuke, looking at him expectantly for confirmation.

"If you want to save Naruto, pull yourself together. Stop moping around!"

"I need your information, and I need your strength."

"If you're willing to help, we might be able to rescue Naruto sooner!"

Sasuke shook off Kawaki's hand and sternly rebuked him.

He despised people who cowered at the first sign of hardship. If Naruto didn't trust Kawaki so much, and the Kāma on Kawaki wasn't so important, Sasuke wouldn't have bothered with the brat at all.

"Okay! I promise!"

"I'll cooperate. I'll do anything, as long as