In the forest.
Sasori kept watching Mechanical Naruto, hoping he would explain the true meaning of eternity.
In Sasori's mind, he had become eternity itself by turning himself entirely into a puppet.
But after hearing Doctor Wolffy's story, he truly wanted to know whether a genius like himself understood eternity the same way he did.
Sasori longed to find something called resonance-the resonance between geniuses.
The reason he had never gotten along particularly well with Orochimaru was that they understood eternity differently. Sasori acknowledged that Orochimaru was a genius, but... their different understandings of eternity meant they could never resonate with each other.
"Hey... kid, keep talking!"
After waiting for quite a while, Sasori spoke impatiently.
"Hmm? About what?" Naruto asked, playing dumb.
"The true meaning of eternity that Doctor Wolffy discovered, of course! And... where is the knowledge Doctor Wolffy left behind?"
As he finished speaking, the Iron Tail behind Sasori rose, as though he might attack at any moment.
Seeing that he had whetted Sasori's appetite enough, Naruto motioned downward to signal him to calm down, then continued his story.
"Before his death, Doctor Wolffy, who had created countless powerful cyborgs, discovered the true meaning of eternity."
"At first, he believed that as long as the body never aged and the consciousness lived forever, that was eternity!"
"But... after experiencing life and death, Doctor Wolffy discovered that even if the body stopped aging, neither the consciousness nor the body could last forever under the ravages of time. They could not achieve eternity!"
"True eternity is actually something etched into the hearts of others."
Naruto's words silenced Sasori. After a moment, Sasori retorted, "Hmph! Eternity etched into other people's hearts? What utter nonsense."
"I thought that Doctor Wolffy would share my goals and ideas, but now... heh..."
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