As Sasuke With 10-Quest System

Inside The Hokage's Office, a bunch of influential ninjas of Konoha were standing, but none of them dared to mutter a word.

The overall atmosphere of the room was gloomy, and everyone present was looking at Tsunade to see what she was going to say.

"Call Sasuke!!" Tsunade said as she gritted her teeth. She couldn't believe that The 9-Tails Fox would be stolen that easily.

After hearing his order, Tsunade's Anbu guard nodded and left the room to find Sasuke.

On the other hand, everyone was shocked after hearing Tsunade's words since they didn't expect her to call Sasuke at this time. It seemed that the rumor about them dating might be true.

"I'm sorry, Lady Tsunade, it was my fault for not reaching there in time," Kakashi said as he bowed a little and apologized for not protecting Naruto.

"Granny Tsunade, I still believe that the Akatsuki doesn't have The 9-Tails. That masked guy asked me where The 9-Tails was, which confused me. When I looked down, my seal had already disappeared" Naruto said as Kakashi put his hand on Naruto's shoulder to make him stop yapping.

"If they don't have The 9-Tails, then where did it go? Did it simply vanish?" Shikaku said in annoyance.

"Naruto, that masked guy had a Sharingan, so he might have put you in a Genjutsu to confuse us," Kakashi said as he revealed the fact that Tobi, the masked guy, had a Sharingan.

"Sharingan? Who could it be?" Tsunade wondered.

"It could be Itachi. Maybe Sasuke went soft on him and didn't kill him," Shikaku said as he found another reason to blame Sasuke. Maybe he didn't want to live a long life.

"Not possible. I know Sasuke well. He won't lie to me about that" Tsunade said confidently. She knows that Sasuke has some secrets that he hasn't told her yet, but he has always spoken the truth to her when they are alone.

"It's not possible, Lord Shikaku. That masked guy intercepted us when Sasuke was fighting Itachi" Kakashi said as he refuted Shikaku's accusation.

"Maybe someone else survived the Uchiha Massacre or It could be a transplanted eye case. Either way, what's important is that we find their reason for gathering the Tailed Beasts. They won't have gathered those without any reason" Inoichi said as he defended his son-in-law.

Inoichi spoke some reasonable and rational things, which is something that you would expect from Shikaku.

'It must be a transplanted eye he got from Danzo since he had a whole fucking arm made up of Sharingan. He must have some more Sharingans' Tsunade thought as she remembered what Sasuke told her about his fight with Danzo.

"Lady Tsunade, allow me to check Naruto's mind to see what actually happened," Inoichi said as he asked for Tsunade's permission to enter Naruto's mind.

However, before Tsunade could allow Inoichi to enter Naruto's mind, she felt a familiar hand on her shoulder which made her comfortable. She knew that this hand belonged to Sasuke. Only he would dare to touch The Hokage so casually in front of everyone.

"That won't be needed. Naruto is not lying" Sasuke said as he appeared in The Hokage's Office alongside Nagato.

"Sasuke!!" Naruto said as he looked at Sasuke. He was glad that his best friend stood up for him.

"Who is this person, Sasuke?" Sakura, who was silent the whole time, spoke as she pointed towards the guy with red hair who was standing beside Sasuke.

The moment she pointed her finger toward Nagato, everyone looked at him and was shocked after seeing him with a Rinnegan.

"Is that a Rinnegan?" Kakashi asked in surprise.

"It's the same eye as my son-in-law," Inoichi said.

"Who out there is giving free Rinnegans? It doesn't make sense" Shikaku said in shock. The eyes of The Sage of Six Paths were a myth, but he had seen 8 people so far with those mythical eyes. Maybe they weren't so mythical and could have evolved through a Sharingan.

"Sasuke, just where did you get a person with those eyes?" Naruto asked as he felt jealous after seeing Nagato with Rinnegan. He also wanted something like a cool eye so he could defeat Sasuke in a fight.

Tsunade and Sakura didn't say anything since they were aware of Sasuke's nature. Both of them knew that Sasuke was going to spout some lie in front of everyone. They knew that he would only tell them the truth when they were alone, so they never bothered to question anything yet.

Either way, Everyone in the room except Tsunade and Sakura became silent and patiently waited for Sasuke's answer. They all wanted to know how that guy had a Rinnegan like Sasuke.

"This guy is my puppet, Nagato. He has my Rinnegan powers. I made him so he could protect my residence in my absence" Sasuke said in an uninteresting tone. It was clear that he didn't want to talk further on this matter, so no one pushed him to answer more.

"Sasuke, What do you mean earlier about Naruto not lying?" Kakashi asked in confusion.

"I had a feeling that the Akatsuki could sneak into the village to capture like The 9-Tails Fox from Naruto, so I took countermeasures and extracted the Bijuu from Naruto early on," Sasuke said as he released some of Kurama's chakra, which shocked everyone in the room.

"What the Hell?" Kakashi said as he felt Kurama's enormous and violent chakra.

"There is no doubt about that, Chakra," Inoichi said as Shikaku nodded.

"It's the same chakra as that night," Shikaku said as he felt fear from Sasuke. He was starting to think that Sasuke might be the mastermind behind Akatsuki but he didn't dare to say anything.

"Sasuke, when did you?! Naruto asked as he felt frustrated yet thankful. He was frustrated because he lost his power bank to Sasuke, but he was glad that he didn't have The 9-Tails Fox anymore because he wouldn't be hated by the village now. Everyone can accept him that is what matters the most to him.

"I'm glad that we still have The 9-Tail Beast on our side. As expected of my man," Tsunade said as she got up from her seat in excitement while she momentarily called Sasuke, her man by mistake.

"Cough, as expected of my underling," Tsunade said as she corrected her words, but the damage had already been done. Everyone who heard Tsunade looked at each other but didn't say a word.

"Sasuke, when did you extract the Bijuu from Naruto? I was with him most of the time" Kakashi asked.

"I extracted it a month ago when he sleeping. After that, I put up a fake seal on him so people don't freak out," Sasuke said.

"More importantly, how did Naruto survive the extraction?" Sakura asked because everyone knows that a Jinchuruki dies if their Tailed Beast is extracted.

"I healed him with my technique before extraction so he survived. Before you ask anything further, let me tell you that I only extracted The 9-Tails because I was 100% sure that my best friend wouldn't be hurt. Extracting the beast without his consent was a bad move, but I couldn't let my best friend suffer from those Akatsuki bastards," Sasuke said as he saw tears on Naruto's face.

"I'm sorry for everything, Naruto" Sasuke said as he approached and apologized.

Naruto didn't respond to anything but simply pulled him in a hug and cried his heart out.

"Sasuke, Thank you for caring so much about me. You are the best friend I could have hoped for." Naruto burst out in tears and thanked Sasuke, which Sasuke wasn't expecting.

Sasuke was expecting Naruto to hate him and even hit him so his act of kindness changed him. He was now going to be an actual best friend of Naruto.

"Men, don't cry, Naruto," Sasuke said as he petted Naruto's back.

"Sasuke, I think we should tell what happened here to The Kages. They might want to hear what happened to The 9-Tails," Tsunade said, to which Sasuke nodded.

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