"So I'm not choosing the second option."
"I choose the first method!"
Naruto Uzumaki looked at everyone with firm resolve.
Tsunade was not surprised.
Sasuke's eyebrows twitched slightly.
Kakashi turned his head to glance at Naruto.
"I'm not saying we shouldn't save Big Brother Naraku."
Naruto immediately added, speaking faster, "I'm saying we should use the first method. Even if it takes a long time, so what?"
He turned to Sasuke, then to Kakashi, and finally looked at Tsunade.
"If the enemies come, Sasuke and I are here. We'll just beat them."
"Big Brother Naraku's body is still here. As long as his body is still here, the sealing can be undone someday. But if something goes wrong with the counteraction, if something happens to Big Brother Naraku's body..."
Tsunade looked into Naruto's stubborn eyes.
Then she looked at Kakashi.
Kakashi shook his head ever so slightly. It seemed he still held to his original view.
Sasuke felt the same way.
Tsunade raised her head and looked at the gray sky of the Alternate Space.
The first method would take months.
The second method would take minutes.
On one side was the cost in time; on the other, an unknown cost.
"Kakashi."
She asked, "If the first method drags on, how likely do you think it is that the enemies will appear?"
Kakashi thought for a moment.
"The traces of the battle in the Alternate Space cover dozens of kilometers. Whether it's Isshiki or Momoshiki, they couldn't recover in the short term from injuries that severe. But I'm not sure how long 'the short term' is. It could be months, or it could be weeks."
"Whether it's Isshiki or Momoshiki, if there's a chance they were injured, they won't be able to recover in the short term."
"As for how