Sarada's cry of "Dad" left the seventeen-year-old Sasuke completely dumbfounded.
Wait...
His brain couldn't seem to keep up.
That was his daughter?
The future heir of the Uchiha?
Hiss—!
He got married in the future? Not to Naruto? And actually had a daughter?
But women only got in the way of his sword!
How could he possibly fall for one?
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
While the young Sasuke from No. 6 stood frozen, the adult Sasuke from No. 7 spoke to his Naruto first:
"Naruto, go restrain that enemy."
"Don't let him escape!"
"I'll explain things to my younger self."
"Got it!"
Six Paths Naruto from No. 7 nodded quickly, then became a streak of golden light and shot toward Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who was in the middle of the energy storm in the distance.
In less than a single exchange,
he thoroughly defeated the badly wounded Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, captured him alive, and restrained him.
Seeing the future Naruto step in, Demon God Sasuke from No. 6 prepared to act too, but his future self stopped him at once.
"Idiot!"
"Don't you get it yet?"
"If we kill Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Kaguya and the Ten-Tails will die too!"
"Of course, they'll all revive, but do you know how long that'll take?"
"Years? Decades? Or a century?"
"Can you wait that long?"
Sasuke's challenge jolted the No. 6 Sasuke out of his rage.
Even in his fury, Sasuke still had some reason left—just not much.
He'd only thought that killing Isshiki wouldn't mean killing Kaguya, completely overlooking how long Kaguya and the Tailed Beasts would take to revive.
Even if Isshiki were blasted to ashes, Kaguya and the Tailed Beasts he'd swallowed wouldn't die for good. It would simply take a long time for them to gather themselves and revive.
And nobody could say