Yuuki pondered for a short while in the office before giving up on the idea.
Firstly, dimension teleportation had only just become usable, and Yuuki wasn't sure if it consumed Hellfire. If it did, he wouldn't have a quick way to accumulate it without a means of attacking souls, and it might take a long time to return.
Secondly, he wasn't confident against the Six Paths Sage. After all, he was a powerful figure who could create the moon and even grant power-ups ten years later. By no means did it seem like someone Yuuki could defeat.
Yuuki had a clear understanding of his own strength; it was probably similar to Madara's during the Warring States period, without considering the Nine-Tailed. He was likely not as strong as Hashirama at that time.
His ultimate move could kill Killer Bee, but the Ninja Killer Bee was protecting were unharmed. Against Hashirama, a guy whose Chakra was even more immense than the Nine-Tailed, he might truly be helpless.
Yuuki always disliked solving problems with violence, but power was essential. Without power, people wouldn't speak to you amicably.
The rules of the Ninja World had always been to fight first, then discuss things properly afterward. Even the later Hokage's Talk No Jutsu was never activated before winning a fight against someone.
The reason it worked on Nagato and Obito, but not on Madara, was precisely because he couldn't defeat Madara.
Due to a lack of confidence in his own strength, Yuuki abandoned the idea of going to the Pure Land to find the Six Paths Sage.
The best outcome would be the Six Paths Sage reassuring him like a child, telling him everything was normal, and sending him back. The worst-case scenario was never returning.
Being cautious, Yuuki suppressed all his doubts. Such high-level matters were not something he could participate in for now.
With his unease and doubts tucked away, Yuuki's familiar smile returned to his face.
Next, he needed to deal with Sasori.
Yuuki's plan for Sasori was simple. He had witnessed the immense power pure machinery could possess.
In this world with supernatural powers, the achievements that could be made should be even greater.
As for the safety of Chakra, Orochimaru was already researching it on one hand, and on the other, one shouldn't stop eating for fear of choking.
In this regard, Yuuki estimated that Chakra would ultimately only exist as a form of energy. The worst-case scenario would be the Six Paths Sage activating a failsafe left in the Chakra, leading to all their efforts being in vain, but it wouldn't cause a greater problem.
Yuuki pondered how to trick Sasori as he walked towards Qing Yue's laboratory.
Even when he reached the lab door, he still couldn't think of a good method, as Sasori wasn't a Little Brat like Deidara.
Perhaps he would ultimately have to resort to threats, but that would significantly reduce Sasori's enthusiasm.
When Yuuki arrived at Qing Yue's laboratory, the scene he witnessed made him pause.
Qing Yue was still studying the White Zetsu's corpse, but she had an assistant by her side.
It had a cylindrical body, with two arms extending vertically from its body, holding a tool tray. This thing had no legs, only a few omnidirectional wheels at the bottom of its body.
It was the spitting image of a smart robot.
Yuuki's arrival didn't elicit a reaction from Qing Yue, but the head of the smart robot behind her rotated—or rather, what should be considered its head, as it was at the very top.
This thing's head had a hole in it, containing an eyeball. Then, the hole below the eye opened and closed, emitting a grating sound that made one's teeth ache.
"Uchiha Tomoki, you're finally back."
Despite the unchanging creaking sound, Yuuki inexplicably felt a sense of excitement from it.
Yuuki's brain wasn't for show, so he tentatively asked,
"Sasori of the Red Sand?"
"Yes! It's! Me!"
Yuuki realized his previous feeling was correct because he had just heard a tone of gritted teeth from the pillar-shaped robot's mouth.
Upon receiving confirmation, Yuuki's expression changed almost instantly, breaking into a smile that made one feel as if bathed in a spring breeze.
"So it really is Sasori-senpai! I have admired Sasori-senpai for a long time and hold him in high regard!"
Sasori couldn't make an expression at this moment, otherwise he would surely have an expression that said, 'You're lying to a ghost.'
You admire me, yet you handed me over to this vicious woman! Do you know what I've been through these past few days?!
After obtaining Sasori's core, the Shadow Clone gave it to Mitsuba. Mitsuba, upon receiving it, immediately handed it over to Qing Yue without any delay.
When Qing Yue first received the core, she glanced at it briefly and then didn't pay it much attention, simply preserving it as Yuuki had instructed.
But Sasori's experience was different. After his puppet body was completely destroyed, he was immediately transferred, completely losing all sensation of his body.
The core was essentially a box containing a part of Sasori's flesh and all his Chakra.
It lacked human senses; the only thing it had was Chakra perception. Sasori was not a sensory Ninja, so he could only sense the existence of his own shell.
After being transferred, Sasori's world plunged into endless darkness and silence.
This is where Chakra's miraculous properties became apparent. Theoretically, after losing his body, Sasori should no longer have emotions, as there were no hormones secreted by a physical body.
However, the miraculous Chakra could even form living beings; each of the Tailed Beasts had their own joys, angers, sorrows, and delights, and would go into a rage when sealed.
Sasori's state was even more severe than being sealed, as even a sealed Tailed Beast could still sense the presence of its Jinchuriki.
But Sasori's world was a void, without light or sound. This was worse than solitary confinement, as at least in solitary confinement, someone would bring food and water.
After abandoning his physical body, Sasori felt he had transcended humanity, but in reality, as long as his Chakra existed, he would always be human.
Sasori was not as strong as he imagined. In the endless void, Sasori did not last long.
Someone, anyone, save me, or kill me, either is fine!
Sasori didn't know what state he was in, so he could only try his best to transmit information outwards.
Sasori no longer cautiously shrank within the core and began to emit faint, regular Chakra fluctuations outwards.
The reason he didn't emit too strong fluctuations was that Sasori worried he was in a sealing tool or special container. If he wasted too much Chakra, he might not last until he was discovered.
At first, Sasori could roughly sense the passage of time due to the natural dissipation of Chakra.
However, as his Chakra diminished, his perception of time became increasingly blurred, and the Chakra fluctuations he emitted became chaotic and disordered.
At that time, Qing Yue felt the Chakra fluctuations in the laboratory, but they were too weak. Qing Yue thought it was an illusion caused by her being too tired.
But as she continuously sensed Chakra fluctuations afterward, Qing Yue finally began to take it seriously.
Knowing the characteristics of White Zetsu, Qing Yue initially thought someone had infiltrated. She stopped all experiments, then called in the guards Yuuki had prepared for her, and after securing most of the valuable equipment,
she could still feel those faint Chakra fluctuations, and they became increasingly urgent and intense. Finally, Qing Yue discovered that everything originated from Sasori's core!
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