Splat.
Jiraiya, whose shoulder had been pierced, knelt on the ground, clutching his wound.
At this moment, Sasuke acted!
Sasuke rushed forward with the speed of a Genin-level Ninja!
What did Sasuke intend to do?
Was he going to replicate the Lion Combo from his youth?
No!
Sasuke embraced Urashiki!
"Boruto, take Naruto and run!"
Sasuke, holding Urashiki, shouted toward Boruto behind him.
Everyone who saw this scene fell silent once more.
"What exactly is this Uchiha Sasuke trying to do?"
Hashirama was the first to ask, looking toward his younger brother Tobirama for an answer.
"I think it must be... Uchiha Sasuke saw that Boruto had just used that crude Jutsu to control Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, so he decided to hug Urashiki, using his own body to tempt Urashiki..."
The more Tobirama spoke, the more frustrated he became.
Honestly, he would rather suspect Sasuke was trying to seduce Urashiki with his body than believe Sasuke was trying to trap the opponent using a "Hug of Love."
What was even more terrifying was that in the next scene, Urashiki was actually trapped!
Tobirama felt his worldview was about to collapse.
No.
Uchiha Sasuke had his Chakra drained, but Ōtsutsuki Urashiki didn't have his Chakra drained, did he?
How else could this be explained, other than Urashiki being infatuated with Sasuke's soft, warm embrace?
Oh, right!
Tobirama suddenly thought of another explanation.
"Perhaps this Ōtsutsuki Urashiki is naturally kind and dislikes killing?"
Tobirama voiced an even more outrageous conjecture.
"Naturally kind? What naturally kind person smiles so crudely?" Hashirama twitched his mouth and retorted.
"Yeah, what good person would casually hurt an innocent child?" Kushina was also quite resentful about Urashiki trying to take the Nine-Tailed inside Naruto.
"Indeed, I was careless, but why is this happening?" Tobirama felt a headache coming on.
Truly, Urashiki couldn't be a good person.
This was like a murderer only killing and not desecrating the corpse, or a robber not killing... You can't just conclude the opponent is good based on such circumstances, can you?
"Tobirama, you're just overthinking it. Don't worry about the details. Ōtsutsuki Urashiki not killing is beneficial to us, isn't it?" Hashirama was very optimistic.
Tobirama didn't respond; he couldn't help but think this way, because it was too strange.
However.
An even stranger scene appeared.
The battle was intensely heated.
The restrained Ōtsutsuki Urashiki looked at Jiraiya, who had summoned a toad to take Naruto and the others away, and became extremely furious.
That's right, Urashiki was enraged.
It was time for Uchiha Sasuke to bear the wrath of the terrifying Ōtsutsuki Clan, the visitor from outer space!
"Damn it, let go of me."
Urashiki was furious, and began pummeling the Uchiha Sasuke who was holding him with his elbows.
Don't be fooled by how ordinary this "Ōtsutsuki Elbow Strike" looked; it seemed to have reached a state of perfected simplicity, and perhaps every hit carried the power of the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
And Uchiha Sasuke was even more formidable.
He had integrated the defense of Susanoo into his physical body, resisting the Ōtsutsuki Elbow Strike purely through physical strength, and he even launched a counterattack!
Sasuke then placed his hand on Urashiki's backside, lifted Urashiki directly, and jumped off the cliff.
"No, I can't take this anymore. My previous speculation was reliable after all—this Ōtsutsuki Urashiki is flirting!"
Tobirama completely collapsed.
He had never imagined that one day an Uchiha could inflict such torment upon him.
Even when Hikari had previously cursed him as the Old Man Senju who deserved everything, he hadn't been this broken.
It was still the same problem—Sasuke had his Chakra drained, so assume he was extremely weak, but what about Urashiki?
Urashiki, you want to break free from Sasuke's hug, and all you do is lightly tap him a few times and say, "Let go of me"?
With the hug Sasuke just gave, forget hugging Urashiki, if he tried to hug Moegi, he'd be punched away.
There was only one possibility: the person being held had a secret crush on Sasuke.
"Shouldn't we go save Sasuke now?"
Itachi was the only one without resentment (or was he?), and was instead extremely worried about Sasuke's current safety... Well, actually, not his safety.
After all, Itachi's battle intuition wasn't bad; he could also deduce the analysis the Second had just made.
The Second's reasoning was indeed sound.
This was the only rational explanation.
Therefore, Itachi wasn't worried about Sasuke's safety, but rather—his backside.
The weak and powerless Sasuke had fallen into the hands of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, who coveted his beauty.
This could make a great fanfic.
"Huh? I suddenly remembered, Bai Mo, you told me before that Uchiha Sasuke was the reincarnation of that 'something-gyro,' just like Uchiha Madara, right?" Uchiha Hikari suddenly thought of something and looked at Bai Mo for confirmation.
"Yes, Madara and Sasuke are both reincarnations of Indra's Chakra, and they share the entwined destiny of conflict with the reincarnation of Ashura's Chakra." Bai Mo nodded.
"What entwined destiny? That's gross."
"But that's not strange then. It's perfectly reasonable that Uchiha Sasuke is the next generation of Uchiha Madara, one of Konoha's Two Bases."
Hikari had a look of sudden realization and nodded her little head.
"What a bizarre title 'Konoha's Two Bases' is, haha. By the way, who is the other one? Is it Izuna?" Hashirama laughed, scratching his head.
"Are you an idiot, Big Brother? Izuna died before Konoha was founded. How could he be a Konoha Ninja?" Tobirama was speechless.
"Strategist, Sasuke..." Seeing the topic shift again, Itachi helplessly looked toward Bai Mo.
Ever since Itachi saw the Edo Tensei Third Hokage appear with Bai Mo, and they got along very well, he completely confirmed that following the path of Bai Mo was the correct one.
"Who are you, constantly interrupting?" Hikari put her hands on her hips and frowned at Uchiha Itachi.
"He is Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke's older brother, the one who annihilated the entire Uchiha Clan." Bai Mo helped with the introduction.
"Oh, you're quite accomplished, but stay away from me. I hate Uchiha and Senju people the most." Uchiha Hikari chose to keep her distance from the Uchiha Clan psychopath.
Although she was a bit crazy herself.
"Strategist..." "Alright, alright, let's go. Just the two of us; the others can continue watching here." Bai Mo waved his hand.
"Why?" Hikari pouted.
"Even if Urashiki acted strangely before, his abilities are still there and haven't failed. Furthermore, there is still Momoshiki lurking nearby. One can drain Chakra, and the other can absorb Ninjutsu and return it twofold. Those of you who only use Ninjutsu and rely on Chakra will likely just become batteries if you go."
At this point, Bai Mo looked at Itachi. "As for him, he's mainly going as Sasuke's older brother; what we need is his presence and his mouth."
"What about me?" Hashirama excitedly raised his hand. "I can use Sage Art!"
"You shouldn't go either. I'm afraid the Ōtsutsuki might discover that your Hashirama cells taste better and are more suitable for alchemy."
"..."
"Bai Mo makes sense, but..." Tobirama agreed with Bai Mo's statement, but halfway through, his gaze shifted toward him. "I can sense the immense Natural Energy on you, but are you really planning to fight two Ōtsutsuki alone? Even though Urashiki is behaving poorly right now, I believe your previous descriptions to us weren't just baseless ramblings."