Whoosh! Whoosh!
In the Konoha residential area, four figures appeared on a rooftop.
"Is that Uchiha Sasuke?"
The four's gazes fell upon Uchiha Sasuke, who was deep in thought in the distance.
Kidōmaru: "Hmph, we went to a lot of trouble for this guy. Orochimaru-sama, why are you so fixated on him?"
Tayuya: "Stop blabbering and let's finish the mission quickly. Konoha's defenses have been re-adjusted; who knows if there will be any changes."
"Wait, that's Kakashi Hatake." Jirobo stopped them, looking at Kakashi Hatake who had suddenly appeared in the distance.
Although they looked down on the KonohaNinja who lived in peace, they weren't arrogant enough to confront a Ninja like Kakashi.
Their current operation had cost a fortune to create a barrier that would evade Konoha's detection.
Even Kabuto had to expend a great deal of effort to find the flaws in Konoha's defenses.
"This is troublesome. I hope we won't be discovered.
Konoha has individuals who would even be difficult for Orochimaru-sama to handle."
Kidōmaru sneered.
Tayuya: "Just a man who only knows how to hide. He wasn't around when Konoha was in crisis."
"Orochimaru-sama moved him, so he wasn't 'not around,'" Jirobo said.
…Whoosh~
Satoru landed behind the Kidomaru, his hands extending with dense nerves that spread over their bodies.
"I'll just get some insurance for Kiba and the others; after all, they're people I've taught."
If, due to his butterfly effect, some unexpected incident occurred,
causing Inuzuka Kiba and the others to suffer an unforeseen fate different from the original story, then this insurance would ensure the Kidomaru's demise.
Now, Neji and the others had their combat experience enhanced so much by him, and Kiba was even stronger than in the original story, so things would definitely be different.
However, a Ninja doesn't become immune to accidents just by getting a little stronger.
After all, a Kunai to the brain still means death.
Without intelligence, even if they were stronger, it was still possible for the Kidomaru to counter-kill them.
After all, depending on the enemy, the Kidomaru wouldn't be foolish enough to act exactly as in the original story; they would definitely make tactical changes.
And Satoru, to prevent the original plotline from being disrupted, still decided to get them insurance.
At the same time, it was also to collect data on their Cursed Seal transformation.
Currently, his research into Sage Mode had already entered the right track; he could already sense natural energy.
All that was left was to utilize natural energy, or integrate it into his own Chakra, to form Sage ModeChakra and enter Sage Mode.
But this was quite dangerous, and he needed more data.
Killing two birds with one stone.
After completing these tasks, Satoru left the Kidomaru.
Yet, the Kidomaru had no sensation whatsoever of Satoru's actions.
They were still discussing how to complete the mission.
How could Satoru let them sense him? If he didn't, what would become of his title as a master of genjutsu?
Through the release of nerves, the Sound Four were already under genjutsu. All of Satoru's actions seemed as if they hadn't happened.
They simply couldn't sense anyone behind them... "Too bad, the Sound Four's physical abilities are mostly in the yang direction.
For me, it's just data!"
When Satoru performed these operations, he also collected the Kidomaru's physical data.
Jirobo and Kidōmaru's physical abilities both leaned towards yang.
It wasn't his highest talent.
Yin Release creates form from nothing, while Yang gives life to form.
And Satoru's Yin Release talent was very high, but his Yang was not even a fraction of his Yin Release.
Otherwise, he really wanted to deeply develop both Ninjutsu to make himself stronger.
Perhaps he could even create worlds and life, just like the Six Paths Sage.
This was very exciting; to differentiate a life form and then give life to its form, just thinking about it felt like creating living beings.
Unfortunately, his understanding of Yang was indeed far behind Yin Release, so it was better to deeply develop Yin Release.
And Jirobo's ability to integrate into other people's body cells, as well as Kidōmaru's body that secretes spider silk, both belonged to the Yang category. If his Yang talent were strong, he might be able to try Jirobo's ability, combined with other abilities, perhaps even integrating into life forms like the Ten-Tails.
But it was enough; he could still research some things.
After all, his Yin Release talent was only outrageously good; it wasn't that he had no Yang talent at all.
Next was to wait for Sasuke's escape, and for the Sound Four to use Cursed Seal Level 1 and Cursed Seal Level 2, to collect more complete data...
Just as Satoru had thought.
In the evening, the Kidomaru went to deceive Sasuke.
Satoru witnessed everything.
Ultimately, Sasuke was indeed swayed by the Kidomaru's Cursed Seal and made his decision.
Satoru felt that he had become utterly selfish and hypocritical, lacking the courage to deviate from the world's main storyline even for events right before his eyes.
Perhaps... this was the bond of having a family.
Since there was a complete path that kept his family out of danger, why wouldn't he take it?
Was he supposed to risk interfering with the world line's operation?
He wasn't that selfless.
If his golden finger were a system, he might consider it.
After all, a system is invincible, but he wasn't invincible.
If he hadn't seen Boruto, perhaps from the very beginning, he wouldn't even have had the desire to show off his strength.
Now that he knew that Ōtsutsuki from Boruto indeed appeared, it was even more impossible to change Naruto and their growth path.
Moreover, his future self instructing his present self to act according to his own thoughts must have a reason.
Since the future Satoru sent a message telling him to do this, it must be a very good choice for him.
A very good choice for himself... no one could refuse that.
He was once again glad he hadn't transmigrated into someone from the Uchiha clan, otherwise the butterfly effect would have soared.
"Hmm, Sakura's sixth sense, could it be influenced by her second personality?
The timeline has already changed a bit, so how can she still accurately predict Sasuke's thoughts?"
Satoru followed Sasuke and found Sakura waiting under the moonlight, exactly as in the original story, except for the time.
This was also why he had tampered with the Kidomaru.
If the time was off, the Kidomaru might not encounter Shizune's returning mission team.
Without their wear and tear, Choji and the others might not be able to win.
He just didn't know if it would still be such a coincidence.
Pfft!
Sakura, teary-eyed, was struck in the neck by Sasuke and collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
Then Sasuke carried her to a roadside bench.
He gave her one last gentle look, his eyes firm as he departed.
"Love-struck, utterly love-struck! Where are the combat skills I trained her in?
Truly embarrassing!"
Satoru wanted Sasuke's growth path to remain unchanged, but Sakura was just too embarrassing.
After all, he had taught her for a period, and he knew Sakura's current strength all too well.
Not only was she unprepared, but she also wanted to use love to move Sasuke.
Otherwise, the current Sasuke might not even be a match for Sakura!