Sasuke Retsuden: The Ring

== Synopsis ==
Sasuke fights his way back to the institute against the flying dinosaurs with Menō's help. He notices the Titan's emergence, and recalling that Zansūru brought up Sasuke having an ally, Sasuke realises Jiji is Zansūru's accomplice, the only other person who knew he wasn't working alone. Zansūru thinks the Prime Minister will be pleased by the assets. Sasuke has Menō evacuate the prisoners while he goes after Sakura. He grows agitated when he can't sense her chakra. Sakura wakes up pinned, can't mould chakra because of the poison, and passes out. She wakes up to Sasuke tending her wound. She apologises for not stopping Jiji, but he tells her not to worry. She prepared a serum against the poison beforehand. Zansūru joins up with Jiji, who hands him the polar particles. Zansūru wants to kill all the inmates before joining the minister to suppress Nanara's rebellion. Jiji tells him not to renege on his promise. Zansūru has Jiji target Ganno, but Menō stops the dinosaur attacking him. They're surprised by it, and deduce Sasuke took control of Menō. Sasuke and Sakura arrive, so Zansūru changes the dinosaur's focus to them. Sakura breaks the ground around the dinosaurs. Zansūru sends Jiji after her. Sasuke makes the flying dinosaurs crash against each other with Chidori Senbon. Menō climbs the Titan to attack Zansūru, who narrowly escapes, being picked up by a flying dinosaur. Sasuke continues attacking the dinosaurs with his sword, Fire Release, and Chidori. Sasuke receives a message by a hawk, and shares that the minister has been imprisoned by king Nanara. Zansūru decides to keep fighting in the minister's name, as he can still grow his dinosaur army while in possession of the polar particles. Sakura helps more prisoners evacuate, but is chased by Jiji. He blocks her escape with an Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall. Sakura becomes paralysed as a side effect of the serum, but Jiji gets likewise caught in a trap she lured him into. Sasuke lures the Titan into the lake, where it struggles to move. Sasuke switches places with a flying dinosaur, getting close to Zansūru, who commands the one carrying him to flee. It drops him instead, crashing down into the ground, dead. Sasuke switches with another dinosaur on the ground. Zansūru commanding the dinosaurs despite not being in control of them meant new orders replaced the old ones. Sasuke retrieves the polar particles, and he and Menō get back to Sasuke. He asks what Jiji's goal was. Sakura releases her trap, and Sasuke intends to hand Jiji over to the Land of Redaku. Jiji reveals he was a missing-nin from Suna, and joined the minister when asked to create a private army. He fell in love with his attendant Margo, turning away from war. However, while he was in a mission, Margo died in an epidemic, and he was approached with an offer. If he revived the dinosaurs, the country would release her corpse from him to resurrect. Sakura admits she might try the same in his situation, but her friends would stop her, and she doesn't believe their deceased loved ones would approve. Sasuke reveals Jiji was deceived, as Margo is mentioned as cooperating with king Nanara. Jiji cries in joy and relief, and releases the reincarnation ninjutsu, all the dinosaurs turning into dust. Sasuke bids Menō farewell. One of the dinosaurs attacks Sakura as it disappears, but Jiji protects her, getting bitten. Sakura tries healing him, feeling he has to go see Margo, but he doesn't think he deserves it. Later, Naruto has recovered in Konoha, and asks about how Redaku is doing to Kakashi. He updates him that Nanara is officially king now. Sakura catches up with Ino, who notes her ring. Sakura recalls how Sasuke found her in the debris because of the ring. Nanara visits the ruins of the institute, and intends to rebuild it with Margo and Jiji's help. Still away in a mission, Sasuke and Sakura both miss each other, but are not worried.
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