Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 386 Preparation

"Mom, are you alright?"

Himawari noticed that Hinata Hyuga's expression wasn't good, so she went up to her and asked.

"It's nothing, I just don't know what to eat tonight."

Hinata Hyuga forced a smile as she spoke to Himawari Uzumaki, suppressing her sadness and thinking that even if she was sad outside, she couldn't bring it home.

After calming down, Hinata easily fooled Himawari, who then raised her hand and said, "Mom, let's have hamburger steak tonight."

"Huh? Why do I suddenly want to eat this?"

"Because my brother wants to eat it."

"Sunflower is so thoughtful."

Hinata Hyuga smiled upon hearing this, but secretly thought to herself that she absolutely could not destroy this family. Let's pretend that nothing happened today.

This is the best option. Although Hinata Hyuga knows in her heart that she betrayed Naruto, she doesn't want to ruin her current happy family situation. Besides, the video has been deleted. As long as Yoichi-san doesn't say anything, everything should be fine!

Hinata Hyuga reassured herself, "That's right, Yoichi-san will definitely keep the secret; he promised me."

Distracted, Hinata managed to prepare dinner quickly, but her performance today was a bit off; the hamburger patties weren't as good as usual, but they weren't burnt either.

In the evening, Naruto Uzumaki went home for the first time, which was rare for him. Fortunately, Hinata Hyuga had already cooked a little extra.

Naruto Uzumaki returned this time to deliver a message. The five great ninja villages have already discussed the timing of their attack, and Sasuke Uchiha has been using his eye techniques to monitor that space-time from time to time to obtain intelligence.

As the Hokage, Naruto Uzumaki certainly couldn't hide in the village, and this time the enemy was the Ten-Tails, possibly with the Otsutsuki clan also present. He and Sasuke Uchiha were the main fighting force.

Hinata Hyuga had no choice but to support Naruto Uzumaki after hearing this; besides, she couldn't go to the front lines with Naruto anymore, as she had to take care of her family.

------------

one day

In the Hokage's office, in addition to the high-ranking ninjas of Konoha, Naruto Uzumaki also started a video conference for the Five Kage Summit to discuss the next steps.

"I've been to that dimension four times, but I haven't encountered the Otsutsuki even once, and the Ten-Tails has been very quiet. It seems that the Kara organization is quite confident about that place and doesn't believe that anyone would go to that dimension."

Uchiha Sasuke talked about his achievements during this period. He had been there for almost ten days, and the time he stayed each day was uncertain, but he had not found the person who cultivated the Ten-Tails in that space-time.

"It seems they are quite confident in that spacetime and don't believe anyone can go there."

Naruto Uzumaki replied, "No matter how strong Kara's intelligence capabilities are, they can't possibly gather information about you. But since we haven't met anyone from Kara yet, let's take care of the Ten-Tails first."

Gaara, Kurotsuchi, and the others agreed with the decision. They had already assembled an elite ninja squad and were ready to depart at any time.

Sakura suddenly spoke up: "Wait a minute, since we're going to fight the enemy, shouldn't we make thorough preparations, like preparing more secret medicines? If we have recovery pills and injury recovery pills, then even if there are no medical ninjas around, we can recover quickly."

The ninjas inside the room and the Kage of each village on the other side of the video conference all agreed with Sakura's words. They knew about these secret medicines, and the Iwa ninjas and Konoha ninjas even had higher-level secret medicines.

Naruto Uzumaki said, "In that case, let's purchase another batch. Does anyone else have any secret medicines they'd like to buy? Konoha can place an order for you in advance."

"I need some."

"The Hidden Mist Village needs it too, but I'll ask Konoha to cover the cost, Hokage."

"Forget about the Iwa ninja; the secret medicine I bought last time is enough."

After some discussion, some details were finalized, as well as the time to meet in Konoha Village. Sasuke Uchiha would then open a space-time portal and lead them there.

After Naruto finished the Five Kage Summit, Sakura said to Naruto and the others, "The village still has one level-five secret medicine and three level-four secret medicines. Naruto, Sasuke, take them all with you this time. You'll need them later."

"Eh, will it work for me and Sasuke too?"

Naruto asked in surprise. He didn't know much about the effects of the secret medicine, only that it greatly improved ordinary ninjas. However, with the help of the Nine-Tails, ordinary secret medicines were no longer effective for him. The best boost was the Nine-Tails' chakra.

"It works. That level-five secret medicine works directly on the body and doesn't conflict with the increase in chakra. I'm sorry, but the village originally had two level-five secret medicines. Tsunade and I used one up in our research, but it didn't have much effect."

Sakura looked apologetic and said, "It's nothing, Sakura. It's normal for Granny Tsunade to want to do research; after all, she's a medical genius."

"The effects of that level-five secret medicine can work in conjunction with chakra. If it is combined with another level-four secret medicine, the burden on the body will be reduced to almost no effect. To put it another way, if you take those two secret medicines at the same time, Shikamaru, you will gain the same power as Lady Tsunade, and you can easily split mountains and shatter rocks."

Sakura gave an example, saying that she originally wanted to use Naruto as an analogy, but considering that Naruto's strength was already very strong, she used Shikamaru, who was standing next to her, as an example instead.

Naruto Uzumaki said, "That's really something. Sakura, could you prepare more? If Sasuke and I both had this secret medicine, we'd be even more confident this time."

"It's not that easy."

Sakura rubbed her forehead, thought for a moment, and then said, "I'll try my best. But that Mr. Yang seems to have a good impression of our village, so maybe I can buy some on credit."

Naruto Uzumaki gave a thumbs-up and said, "Then I'll leave it to you, Sakura!"

Everything has been discussed and agreed upon. Since they are in a different time and space, they plan to bring only a little over a hundred people this time, and naturally, the stronger the better.

After the discussion ended, everyone was about to leave the Hokage's office when Sakura, her face slightly flushed, approached Sasuke and, holding her slender white fingers, slowly said, "Sasuke-kun, how about today?"

Sasuke Uchiha said calmly, "You go back first, Sakura. After I finish talking with Naruto, I'll go back to keep an eye on the Ten-Tails."

"Huh? So eager? Wouldn't it be alright to take a day off, Sasuke?"

"If we rest, we'll have enough time after we've dealt with the enemy. The closer we get to a major battle, the less room there is for any unexpected events to occur."

Sasuke Uchiha interrupted Naruto Uzumaki, speaking calmly.

"Okay, I understand. I'll go find Boss Yang to discuss the secret medicine."

Sakura left dejectedly, feeling somewhat disappointed. Although she knew Sasuke was right, she was still very disappointed.

(End of this chapter)