Konan helped Naruto back to Amegakure, where the villagers greeted him with overwhelming enthusiasm. The scene was much like when he had defeated Pain.
Naruto could not help being moved, and a warm smile spread across his exhausted face.
Sakura sat behind the crowd, happy from the bottom of her heart. Naruto, even though times have changed, you're still you-a ninja everyone trusts and supports!
Amegakure had suffered severe damage in the battle. Fragments of the meteorite had destroyed more than half its buildings, but thanks to Sakura and Katsuyu's tireless support, not a single civilian had been killed or injured!
Afterward, Naruto expressed his gratitude to Sakura. "Sakura, without you, I couldn't have protected everyone. You deserve the greatest credit!"
Sakura replied, "It was my duty as a ninja!"
In the mountain forest outside Amegakure, Sai guided the group to the body of the Anbu member who had fallen victim to Madara before the battle even began!
He had served under Liuguang, captain of the Anbu's First Squad.
Liuguang said somberly, "His name was Yoruame. He was an Amegakure war orphan, with no family left. He usually spoke without thinking, but he was actually a very earnest guy..."
Naruto removed Yoruame's mask and recognized him at once. "It's him?"
He was the young man who, on the second day after the Amegakure Anbu's founding, had joked in front of the other ninja that the White Zetsu on the roster was the guy with barbs on his crotch-and earned a public scolding from Liuguang!
Who would have thought that, in the blink of an eye, that lively young man would become a cold corpse!
Should I use Impure World Reincarnation? The thought naturally flashed through Naruto's mind.
But when he glanced at the ninja behind him, grieving for their fallen