"I'm starting to suspect Naruto and Sasuke staged this together to fool Sarada."
"Fool her about what? Why didn't I see it?"
"Obviously, to clear up Sarada's misunderstanding about Sasuke. Otherwise, none of this makes sense."
"Hiss-now that I look at it, that really does seem to be the case. It's the only explanation."
The Sky Screen continued playing.
[The scene shifted to an inner space. The Nine-Tails folded his arms and scolded Naruto below him, exasperated at his failure to measure up. "Making such a fuss over a little scratch. Your combat instincts have gotten dull. Pathetic!"]
[Naruto laughed and shot back, "You sure know how to talk."]
[Back in the real world.]
[Naruto looked at the two Uchiha Shin. The enormous chakra hand appeared again and reached for them. "But it's already over!"]
[Meanwhile, Sakura hurried past Sasuke toward Sarada, saying with concern, "You're all right. Thank goodness."]
[But just then, that monster appeared beside Sarada.]
[It stared darkly at Naruto and the others, then another spatial vortex emerged from its single eye, severing Naruto's enormous chakra hand and sucking Uchiha Shin inside.]
[And that was not all. A vortex also appeared beside Sarada.]
[It said ominously, "I'll take you along, too."]
["Sarada!!!"]
[Seeing her daughter in danger, Sakura rushed over and shoved Sarada away, only to be carried off by the spatial vortex herself.]
Beneath the Sky Screen, everyone was speechless.
"What? We just praised Sakura, and now she's falling apart, too? She couldn't react to that?"
"Exactly! That little thing obviously isn't very strong, yet it managed to pull this off right under the noses of three powerhouses?"
"That's not all. That spatial vortex didn't look fast to me, either. If Sakura could push Sarada away, why couldn't she get away herself?"
"And Sasuke? Where was