Chapter 504 Sasuke's Inferiority Complex at the Banquet

Nagato and Konan's wedding was quite grand. After all, as the second Tenkage, he was the world's highest-ranking military leader, so the scale of the event was naturally considerable.

Moreover, Orochimaru, as the first Tenkage, will definitely attend the second Tenkage's wedding. Even the usually elusive Shadow has made an appearance. This wedding is bound to be a global spectacle.

When Akatsuki Zero and Akatsuki Byakko get married, all the other members of the Akatsuki organization will definitely be present.

In a separate, luxurious hall, almost all of the world's strongest warriors had gathered together. Those who entered the hall to eat the wedding banquet were all from Liu Yun's faction. These people firmly controlled the entire world, and to this day, no newcomer was qualified to join their group.

At this moment, sitting in the hall were Nagato and Konan, the newlyweds, the entire Ryuun family, all the remaining members of Akatsuki, the First Hokage Orochimaru, the officiant Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze, Guy, and Sasuke.

These people all have close ties with Nagato and his wife. Among them, Minato Namikaze, who seems to have no connection, is actually Nagato and Konan's junior brother, because their common teacher is Jiraiya.

The reason why Sasuke, a member of the younger generation, was qualified to attend the banquet was mainly because of his older brother, Uchiha Itachi!

As the former Suzaku of Akatsuki, Itachi Uchiha ultimately died for the Akatsuki organization. Nagato and Konan cherished that old friendship, so they took good care of Sasuke on a daily basis.

In fact, Sasuke is undoubtedly the most promising and most likely young person in the entire Hidden Village, apart from the celestial maiden Nanami!

Sasuke's mother and the Shadow Lady have a deep relationship. Both the First and Current Tenkage value him highly. He himself has great strength and has also awakened the Rinnegan. Popular rumors suggest that he will most likely become the Third or Fourth Tenkage.

Some bolder speculations suggest he might become Lord Shadow's son-in-law... After all, in terms of strength, looks, and the relationship between their families, he is the man most likely to win the favor of the Heavenly Maiden!

Recently, rumors have been circulating in Tenkaku Village that a pink-haired beauty from Konoha has followed Sasuke all the way to Tenkaku Village in pursuit of him. However, Sasuke clearly doesn't like the beauty. To get rid of her endless entanglement, he actually told her in front of her that he has a girl he likes and asked her to stop bothering him!

The pink-haired beauty was heartbroken after being rejected, but Naruto Namikaze, a Chunin from Tenkaku Village, confessed his feelings to her the next moment. It is said that this opportunistic move successfully won her over...

This matter became the talk of the town in the Hidden Village, where everyone was incredibly idle. Tsunade, who loved gossip and playing cards, spread the news to the Shadow Palace, and even Kushina found out about it...

Fortunately, no one dared to be reckless or gossip about Nanami, an underage girl, otherwise the Second Tenkage might have stepped in to suppress the rumors and arrest her!

No matter is too small for the Heavenly Family. The Heavenly Hidden Village is called the Heavenly Hidden Village because of Ryuun. If the Ryuun family had not settled here, the Heavenly Country would just be the Country of Fields!

"Nanami, what have you been busy with lately?"

During the banquet, Sasuke, who had been pulled to sit next to Kushina, took the initiative to inquire about his cousin's recent activities.

Sasuke knew that many of Ryuun's direct descendants spent their time in the Library of Laws studying techniques, and even his own Uncle Ryuun spent half a month there. Yet, he had never heard of or seen Nanami go there.

"I... I've been studying skills at Mount Myōboku lately... and only came home yesterday," Nanami replied with a smile.

"Sasuke-nii, what have you been up to lately?"

"Like everyone else here, I've been studying in the Dharma Pavilion lately, but unfortunately I haven't found a suitable technique yet..." Sasuke said with a regretful expression.

"The Hidden Dharma Pavilion? My father also suggested that I go there to learn more. I'll go tomorrow to see if there are any spells suitable for me to learn."

Nanami first explained her plans, then curiously asked Sasuke what type of magic he wanted to learn.

Sasuke suddenly felt a little embarrassed upon hearing this, and his eyes secretly glanced at the man who was holding a child, drinking and chatting.

Seeing that the other person's attention wasn't on him, Sasuke unconsciously lowered his voice, his face flushed, and cautiously said, "Nanami, after we finish eating, shall we... go for a walk outside? I have something to ask you..."

Upon hearing this, Kushina, who had been secretly observing the two, was momentarily taken aback, but quickly pretended to be nonchalant.

Nanami hesitated for a moment before smiling and nodding, "Okay!"

Sasuke sought out Nanami to learn Sage Mode, as he originally had the opportunity to learn this skill but ultimately missed it.

When the Sage of Six Paths was teaching Naruto and Sasuke their skills, he was still biased. The old man only taught Naruto the Sage Techniques but not Sasuke.

Sasuke did ask Naruto to teach him Sage Mode afterwards, but Naruto was simply not cut out to be a teacher...

Just like in the original work, he clearly understood the entire principle of the Rasengan, but when he taught his younger brother Konohamaru, he taught him haphazardly. It's just that Konohamaru himself was a genius and only managed to learn the Rasengan by accident... So it's unrealistic to expect him to teach Sasuke Sage Mode.

Without Indra's chakra, Sasuke is extremely short of chakra. Even though he has the Rinnegan, he can't use it many times. So even though Ryuun granted him the right to view any technique, he still couldn't find a technique that suited him.

High-powered ninjutsu generally means high consumption, and even if Sasuke, whose chakra reserves are insufficient, learns such ninjutsu, it may not significantly improve his strength.

His current chakra level is roughly equivalent to that of a humanoid tailed beast (1-8 tail level), but if he cannot reach the level of the Nine-Tails before Liuyun goes to fight the Otsutsuki, then Liuyun will most likely abandon him.

So Sasuke thought about it for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to ask Nanami out.

The Nanami of yesteryear was like a cute little sister next door to Sasuke; back then, she was innocent, enthusiastic, and seemed easy to fool...

Nanami is now almost as tall as him, and she possesses a beauty that amazes Sasuke. Because she has been respected by others for many years, Nanami has unconsciously developed a noble and aloof temperament.

Whether it was her celestial status or her naturally beautiful and unparalleled grace, all of these things put Sasuke under immense pressure. Even communicating with a girl like this required tremendous courage...

Sasuke unconsciously feels inferior when he's around Nanami; he thinks the cute girl next door from back then might have changed... He asks her out, mainly to test the waters first...

In fact, it wasn't just him; almost every young man from Tianyin Village felt inferior when he met this most beautiful girl in the world.