Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 359 The Tilting in Ino's Heart

"What father? Inojin, what are you talking about?"

After Ino got up in a daze, she felt for someone next to her and replied somewhat incoherently; however, after seeing Uchiha Yoichi's face, Ino quickly regained her senses and realized that Inojin was talking about Sai.

So Yamanaka Ino quickly got up and dressed, then nudged Uchiha Yoichi, who was sleeping on the bed, and woke him up. She then put her finger to her lips in a shushing gesture, signaling Uchiha Yoichi to be quiet.

After Ino Yamanaka finished putting on her clothes, she quickly opened the door and went out, closing it immediately to block the view before asking Inojin, "What happened, Inojin? What happened to your father?"

"I don't know. A Konoha ninja came and said the Seventh Hokage was looking for you, and also mentioned that your father is at the Konoha Hospital."

"Come down with me."

After taking Ino downstairs, Yamanaka Ino gave Inojin some money and said, "Inojin, go out for breakfast this morning. Mom has something to do, so she won't be cooking for you."

Yamanaka Inojin nodded and said, "Yes, I understand. I'll go to the hospital to get checked out after school."

Afterwards, the mother and son went to school and Konoha Hospital, respectively. Yamanaka Ino originally wanted to say a few words to Uchiha Yoichi, but Inojin was there, and she felt that Uchiha Yoichi would not make things difficult for her, so she did not turn back to give him any instructions.

However, while on her way, Yamanaka Ino suddenly felt sticky and uncomfortable all over. She had been exercising for too long last night, and her body was covered in sticky residue. She had also forgotten to shower this morning. But she didn't have much time left.

Upon arriving at Konoha Hospital, they quickly found Sai's ward. Ino Yamanaka saw Sakura treating Sai inside, but she didn't know how he was doing.

After all, they had been married for seven or eight years, and Yamanaka Ino still had feelings for Sai, but they certainly didn't carry the same weight as Uchiha Yoichi's feelings for him now.

"Naruto, what happened? How did Sai get so badly injured? How is he now?"

"Don't worry about Ino, Sakura will definitely handle it."

Naruto Uzumaki quickly offered words of comfort, then continued, "Sai went to investigate the theft of Hashirama's cells a while ago. This time it must be the work of the mastermind behind the last incident. Sai must have obtained very important information, which is why those people chased him all the way to the border of the Land of Fire."

"Sai."

Ino Yamanaka's feelings were complicated. While Sai was helping the village complete a mission, she gave herself to another man. However, she found that she had fallen in love with Yoichi Uchiha, and her feelings for Sai had changed.

However, since Sai was seriously injured, she didn't want to think about those things, so she waited quietly outside.

After a while, Sakura woke up Sai and then fed him a recovery pill, which improved Sai's complexion.

After doing all this, Sakura came out and said to Naruto, Ino and the others, "There are no more problems now. Sai recovered very well after taking the recovery pill and can communicate now."

"Let's go in and take a look, Ino. We need to ask Sai a few questions later."

After Naruto finished speaking, he went inside with Ino, Sakura, and Shikamaru.

Seeing that Sai looked alright, Naruto finally spoke up, "Sai, how are you feeling?"

Sai said, "Much better. That secret medicine you just took, was it bought from the village? I can feel my body recovering very quickly."

Sakura said, "Yes, the Recovery Pill is indeed very effective. It's a pity you didn't take one with you when you left the village. The healing effect after taking it is the same as continuous treatment with the Palm Healing Technique. If you had taken it immediately after being injured, it wouldn't have gotten this serious."

Naruto's expression turned serious as he asked Sai, "Sai, who injured you?"

"Victor Medical Company of the Valley Country, they are the masterminds behind the theft of Hashirama's cells; they hired people to steal Hashirama's cells, probably to cultivate the Divine Tree."

"The Divine Tree?"

Naruto was shocked upon hearing this. He had met the Sage of Six Paths before, and Kurama had told him that the Divine Tree was the Ten-Tails. How could he not be shocked to hear about the Divine Tree from Sai?

Anyone who participated in the Fourth Shinobi World War knows what the Divine Tree is; it was the one that almost turned everyone into White Zetsu.

"Sai, are the people at Victor Medical Group using Hashirama cells to cultivate the Divine Tree?"

Nara Shikamaru, his expression grave, continued, "How many of them are there? What stage are they at? Do you have any more detailed information?"

"Yes, here's a scroll with photos I took."

Sai took out a storage scroll from his person and handed it to Shikamaru. After receiving the scroll, Shikamaru immediately ordered another ninja to retrieve the photos.

"There's one more thing I might need to ask the Sixth Hokage."

Upon hearing this, Naruto asked in confusion, "Kakashi-sensei? What happened to him?"

Sai said, "After I infiltrated the underground base of Victor Medical Company where they cultivate the Divine Tree, I discovered that the mastermind Victor was cooperating with another person. That person wore a mask and possessed space-time abilities, and those abilities were very similar to Obito Uchiha's Kamui!"

"Obito Uchiha's Kamui?"

Naruto and the others were even more incredulous upon hearing this news: Obito Uchiha had died in the Fourth Shinobi World War, and his Sharingan abilities had disappeared from Kakashi's body with the end of the war. Moreover, Obito Uchiha's name was still on the memorial stone.

"Sai, you're not mistaken, are you?"

"No, I met Obito Uchiha a few times before, and I remember his abilities very clearly. His space-time abilities are completely different from the Flying Thunder God Technique. They are exactly the same as Obito Uchiha's Kamui ability."

Hearing Sai's confident words, Naruto and Shikamaru no longer had any doubts. Sai was a ninja who had participated in the Fourth Shinobi World War and was the head of the Anbu, a Jonin whom the village trusted very much.

After a moment of silence, Naruto Uzumaki spoke up, "I'll ask Kakashi-sensei later, and also, let's send ninjas to monitor Victor Medical Company in the Valley Country. Once we've dealt with the monster disaster in the other world, we'll thoroughly investigate them!"

Nara Shikamaru spoke up, "Naruto, let's talk to the other four Kage first. The matter of the Divine Tree requires the combined efforts of the five great ninja villages. We don't know what trump cards Victor Company has, especially if they really have space-time abilities like Obito Uchiha..."

At this point, Nara Shikamaru stopped talking. Although he knew the information, Obito Uchiha's abilities were too difficult to deal with; moreover, Kakashi no longer had the Kamui Sharingan, so they simply couldn't find a way to counter him and could only resort to brute force.

"Okay, I understand. I'll contact the others when I get back, but the most important thing is to deal with the early hours of tonight."

Naruto Uzumaki nodded and said, "Tonight is another time when monsters from another world will descend. We need to deal with this one first, otherwise if one suddenly comes near the village, Konoha will be in danger."

"Sai, take good care of your injuries. I'm going back to attend the Five Kage Summit. Ino, I'll leave things here in your care."

Naruto said goodbye and then left with Shikamaru Nara.

After the two left, the treatment room fell silent, and no one spoke for a moment.

After several seconds, Sakura spoke first: "Sai, your injuries have stabilized now. I'll move you to a ward. There's no need for you to stay in the treatment room."

Sai said, "Okay, thank you for your help."

At this moment, Ino Yamanaka asked, "Sai, are you hungry? Would you like something to eat?"

"I'm actually a bit hungry. Thank you for your help. How are Ino and Inojin doing at home?"

"Luckily, I made him eat out this morning."

A sense of estrangement seemed to have grown between the couple; after a question and an answer, they would run out of things to say. Yamanaka Ino noticed this as well, but she didn't know what to do.

Unlike Uchiha Yoichi, Ino felt that she had countless things to say when she was with Uchiha Yoichi, but when she was in front of Sai, she suddenly didn't know what to say.

"Okay, that's all for now, Ino. I'll go buy breakfast with you."

Sakura sensed something was off, so she pulled Ino away with her.

Once they reached a secluded spot outside, Sakura finally asked, "Ino, are you still angry with Sai?"

"How could that be? It's been so long, I don't care anymore."

Yamanaka Ino waved her hand and said that she wasn't lying. She really didn't care about what Sai had said back then. It was just because of Uchiha Yoichi, and she couldn't say that the reason.

"You wouldn't be."

Sakura hesitated, unable to voice what she was thinking, so she changed her words and said, "Go buy breakfast, I have to go now."

"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Sakura."

Yamanaka Ino waved goodbye, but after walking a few steps, she wanted to go home again; Uchiha Yoichi was still in her room. After such a wild night, she would definitely need to clean up when she got back. However, Sai couldn't go home for a while, so Ino thought about it and gave up.

I bought breakfast and went back to take care of Sai.

After staying for a while, Ino made another excuse to leave Konoha Hospital. She was just about to go home when she ran into the Barrier Team on the way, so she followed them to inspect the newly set up barrier in Konoha.

It was almost evening when Yamanaka Ino finally dragged her tired body home. Once inside, she suddenly remembered that she hadn't tidied her bedroom yet.

Just as Ino was about to go back inside, Yamanaka Inojin suddenly walked to the door and said, "Mom, why did you go out after cooking? But you're back just in time, the curry is ready."

"Huh? Oh, well, something suddenly came up and I forgot, hehehe."

Yamanaka Ino was taken aback at first, but quickly realized what was going on and laughed it off; however, she was thinking of Uchiha Yoichi, because no one else would make curry at her house except him.

Then, worried that Uchiha Yoichi was still inside, Yamanaka Ino said, "Inojin, you eat first. After you finish eating, take some to Dad. I'll go back to my room for a bit."

"it is good"

Yamanaka Inojin watched his mother hurriedly go upstairs and felt a little strange. However, he was soon attracted by the aroma of curry. After serving a bowl, he asked with some doubt, "Mom's cooking skills have improved? This curry smells so good."

Meanwhile, back inside the house, Yamanaka Ino didn't find Uchiha Yoichi, but she did see a tidy room, a clean bed, and a large vase of cosmos flowers on the bedside table.

Yamanaka Ino was instantly filled with happiness. She guessed that Uchiha Yoichi had handled everything well and even cooked her a meal before quietly leaving, and she felt a sense of satisfaction from being taken care of.

"Yoichi-kun."

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