In the Land of Rain, Sakura Haruno once again raced toward Amegakure!
A great deal had happened in the few days since her parents' reincarnation and her departure from Amegakure.
Because her parents had bodies created by Impure World Reincarnation, tainted by a forbidden technique, Sakura naturally dared not bring them back to Konoha openly.
She used her savings to rent a house outside the village, and whenever she had time, she went out to keep her parents company.
But Konoha had always controlled entry and exit, and those restrictions had only grown stricter since Sasuke's attack.
Even as Hokage Tsunade's disciple, Sakura could hardly justify leaving so often without a legitimate reason!
Even Tsunade had heard about it and asked her several times, but Sakura had brushed off every question.
If this continued, however, discovery was inevitable!
It left Sakura utterly exhausted!
Sakura's parents could not bear to watch their beloved daughter sacrifice her bright future for people who were already dead... Driven by that powerful wish, they released themselves from Impure World Reincarnation!
That night, Sakura left the village again. The moment she entered the room, she saw the White Zetsu corpses buried beneath the dust of their reincarnated bodies!
And a line of words!
-"Our daughter, please live a good life, for our sake as well!"
Sakura wept bitterly. Remembering all the little moments she had shared with her parents over the years, she simply could not accept losing them like this!
"If only... it hadn't been Impure World Reincarnation! Then I could have brought them back to the village openly!"
But she refused to swallow her pride and beg Naruto to use that resurrection technique again. She decided to rely on her own strength!
She thought of Grandma Chiyo's forbidden technique, Life Reincarnation. When she had