Sasuke fell into the trap of the other gods [who protect Konoha]...
How will Konoha, who has already broken up with him, deal with it? What choice will Naruto, who was once heartbroken by him, make? Can the silent love between Sauna and Naruto find a glimmer of hope in the dead end?
They are close at hand, using the same language and the same tone and making the same jokes, but they are further away because they both think that the other is just a false and unreal existence...
Anything that doesn't follow natural progression will eventually become distorted.