Sai had also been a child with an extremely tragic background a few years ago.
Having grown up in Root's secret forest since childhood, he too had been brainwashed by that despicable Danzo, who intended to mold him into an emotionless killing tool.
But because Shin had been there, young Sai had felt a trace of warmth amid the monotonous, tedious training.
Though Shin was not Sai's biological brother, his years of attentive care had long made Sai regard him as his closest elder brother.
But before long, Danzo had prepared to imitate Kirigakure's Bloody Mist Village, making Root's members slaughter one another to select the most outstanding among them.
Shin and Sai naturally became opponents in the final deadly showdown.
Knowing that he did not have much time left, Shin pretended that he intended to kill Sai. In the end, unable to hold on any longer, he chose suicide.
Thus, from that day onward, Sai had sealed away his emotions, choosing never again to show outsiders his inner joys, sorrows, anger, or happiness.
Even the picture book he drew had always lacked the page in the very middle.
But Lin Fan believed that under the powerful Talk-no-Jutsu of himself and Naruto, Sai would soon emerge from the shadow Danzo had cast over him and become one of their fun-loving brothers.
All right, Naruto, I'm giving you two choices now. Either accept Sai joining Team 7, and later form a team with him to take part in the mission to find Sasuke.
Or keep harboring resentment toward Sai being on the team like this, and I'll disband Team 7 directly and never re-form it again!!!
Tsunade said in a tone that brooked no objection.
Nani?
Are we going to set out to bring Sasuke back afterward?
A spark of light