Before long.
Sai left with Naruto Uzumaki.
High in the air.
On the back of the Giant Eagle formed by the Super Beast Imitating Drawing, Sai glanced back. Naruto Uzumaki behind him was still fast asleep, showing no sign of waking. The corners of Sai's lips curled upward slightly in a relieved smile as he sighed inwardly, "No matter what, Naruto and Sakura's lives were saved. That's already the best possible outcome!"
Although once the two of them learned what he had done, they would surely misunderstand him and come to hate him. Still, Sai did not regret it. As someone raised under Root's training in Konoha Shinobi Village, bearing the darkness was his fate. Now, merely being misunderstood was enough to let everyone present survive—it was more than worth it.
Yet when he turned back again and looked down at Sakura Haruno below, a faint sorrow rose in his heart.
Sakura, I'm sorry.
Below, Sakura Haruno stood quietly, her gaze fixed on the distance as though she were pondering something.
Sai knew that she must also have been confused and lost over this unexpected journey through time and space.
"What a pity. Who could have imagined that such a seemingly simple mission would involve something as complicated as time travel? The so-called Konoha Shinobi Village is already a past we can never return to!" Sai shook his head helplessly, a bitter smile on his face. He could not help recalling the moment before their departure, when Lady Tsunade had entrusted them with the mission involving Rōran's Dragon Vein. Back then, he could never have imagined that this mission would bring about such an enormous upheaval.
Now, they were already trapped in this parallel time and space. Returning to their original world was likely impossible.
"Sigh, I only hope things