nt state of being hidden and untouched for a very long time.

"Wow"

"This so cool Dattebayo!"

As for Showtaro, he didn't pay attention to the overall appearance of the chamber, in fact he was more focused on certain person that was a few distances away from them. He immediately narrowed his eyes and proceeded to towards the person laying down and resting on a concrete wall, He donned a tattered white Kimono and also bound on a chain. He was not alone as beside him were skeletal remains of people that were also imprisoned and chained inside this big chamber.

"Gotcha!" He widened his as he immediately headed towards the person.

Meanwhile, Both Boruto and Naruto also noticed Showtaro's hurry as they also proceeded to catch up with their duck companion.

(INTERVIEW)

"I had a feeling that the chamber itself was indeed a prison. By the time I saw the person bound to chains, that was the evidence for me. Considering his tattered white kimono with crescent moon symbol designs on it:

It hit my mind to conclude that the person of interest was an Otsutsuki."

-Showtaro

(MEANWHILE)

As soon as they got out from the room, leaving the silver haired man still strapped on his chair, the group. which now composed of Sarada, Sakura, and the returning Sai, who recently had a goal of now redeeming himself from the mistakes that he commited in this mission.

This time they have intensified their search more as they checked from room to room, regardless if these rooms were empty or not. Despite some of them being locked, they forcibly broke the doors in any hopes or possibilities that Sasuke would be inside. But still, not a single trace of him were located inside those rooms.

"Not in here either." Sarada gave out the bad news as she closed the door of the last room in this area that they're in now.

The group stopped for a brief rest before they can continue on with their search at the inner next area of the hideout. It was estimated that they've already checked more than a hundred rooms now, and there is still a lot more to go in the next area.

"You've got to be kidding me!" Sakura commented as she voiced out her frustration on the subject.

Sai could only sympathized with the pink haired teen, as he too was awaiting for any possiblities." Looks like this hideout ia bigger than we thought." He said." We need to think of more ways to find him." He suggested.

"To hell, with that! We're gonna find him no matter what!" Sakura exclaimed, as she gave the black haired teen a serious look.

"Whatever it takes."

Sarada watched as she could sense that her young Mama really loved her Papa, even though he was deemed a hostile enemy at this point by many. " Sakura, we're gonna find him, don't worry." She assured her teenage mom. She too was also having the same feelings as her right now. She also offered her a water bottle for her to use in order to replenish her energy.

Sakura didn't respond back but gave the raven haired rookie, an exhausted smile and accepted the offer.

The next area that they were supposed to enter was composed of three separate corridors, one of them will possibly contain the Uchiha that they were looking for. The easiest that they find him was to split up and head towards each corridor which they decided to do.

"We're gonna have to split up." Sai suggested, it was the only choice that they have to speed up the search.

"Got it!" Both girls said in unison, both of them determined.

With that said, the three finally split up and headed to their respective corridors.

(THE ENCOUNTER)

The excitement and fear had finally risen to higher levels. Sarada was doing her best to calm herself down as she was rushing as fast as she can through the corridors. She knew that the moment was getting closer and possible scenarios began to play inside her mind.

Before all of this, she had a few moments of brainstorming as she thought of ways to make her search faster and efficient. Only one possible way came into her mind, and that was to activate and use her Sharingan to find any trace of chakra or presence in every door she passed.

At the start of her search, there weren't any trace of any person's energy but as she continued on, traversing and moving from area to area, there was a sudden flicker of hope as she detected a presence from a several blocks away, the presence that she felt was strong, overwhelming yet somehow familiar.

Thoughts began to come up her mind, and she asked herself questions about this lone presence, Why does it bother her more than anything else right now? Could it be really him?

Sarada shook her head as she removed all the thoughts clouding her mind, she needed to focus right now and locate its source. She began to run faster than before paying no heed to any threats that could be possibly waiting for her ahead.

It didn't took long enough as she suddenly stop her tracks on a certain spot, the raven haired girl then turned to her right and found herself staring at two huge metallic doors. The difference was that the doors were fully opened and that she could see what was inside, which turned out to be a big training chamber.

The place was dim-litted, with only a handful of fire torches displayed on particular spots inside the chamber, several large pillars supporting the chambers shelter and a huge rectangular field that acted as the sparring box.

Sarada described the place gloomy and eerily silent, it felt like many people had died inside this chamber or maybe that was just her thinking and theory. The surprising thing that baffled her was the presence itself, which suddenly vanished by the time she arrived at the place.

When the raven haired teen took the first steps, she felt the immediate hostile atmosphere as if she was being watched and falling into an ambush. But the mystery was that there wasn't any trace of multiple enemies awaiting her that would have already attack her right away.

What was really going on right now!?

Sarada proceeded to continue exploring the chamber as she headed to a certain spot where a pillar was situated. The place was very much silent as she could also hear the sound of her footsteps echoing. She tried her best to keep quiet and calm even though her legs were shaking in anxiousness.

By the time she had reached the pillar, she caught noticed of a symbol carved on the pillar itself. The symbol was the Uchiha clan crest and that made the girl surprised and bewildered. She then reached out her nervous hands to the freshly carved in order to examined it and by the time she had touch it, something unexpected suddenly interrupted her.

"So you've finally found me." A male menacing voice said from behind and had interrupted the silence.

Sarada froze as she widened her eyes in shock, her heart stopped beating at the moment when she heard that voice. It was so young yet very familiar to her ears.

"Turn around." The male voice said again but this time in a demanding tone.

The raven haired teen had no choice as she slowly turned around, before that, she deactivated her Sharingan to avoid more suspicion. She felt the same presence, that she detected from before, once again and by the time she completely turned around, her heart stopped once more.

She found herself staring at a human figure that slowly began to reveal its true identity as it neared her. Sooner, a raven haired young man stepped out from the shadows. He donned a white long-sleeved shirt kept open at the torso, dark blue pants secured with a purple belt and black arm guards that cover his forearms.

He had a sharp distinctive face and familiar black eyes.

"Are you one of them?" The young man asked with a serious tone as he pointed his blade towards the girl.

Sarada was still in shock and her body was frozen as she kept her eyes on a person that she thought was gone from her life. A person that she considered as family and that helped her through times of trouble.

Although her courage and confidence managed to prevail as she finally let out a word in the form of a mutter.

"Papa?"

(CHAPTER END)

(INTERVIEW)

"When I saw those eyes, It instantly came up right away in my mind that the person in front of me was no ghost or illusion, it was really him."

-Sarada