"Alright! I finally got through the exam." Naruto, who had just finished his exam, punched his palm and said happily.
He had been reviewing for several days straight to prepare for the exam.
"Let's go, loser. Sensei told us to come after school." Sasuke said after finishing his packing.
"Coming!" Naruto quickly replied, seeing Sasuke was already almost at the classroom door.
"Eh? Why are those two in such a hurry?" Karin asked, watching Naruto and Sasuke walk out.
Shikamaru looked up and said, "Sensei just came by, so he probably told them to get there as soon as possible after school."
Today, besides Naruto and Sasuke, the rest of them didn't have to go to the training ground. This was what Shinji had said.
"Let's go, Karin, Hinata. This is a good opportunity for us to go shopping." Ino stood up, a happy expression on her face.
How long had it been since she went out with friends after school?
It felt like it had been since they started training with sensei, and it felt like a long time ago.
"Shikamaru, Choji, what about you two?" Karin turned to look at Shikamaru and Choji.
"Uh, we're not going. We're going home with Choji to lie down." Shikamaru quickly waved his hand.
If he went, he'd definitely be out of his mind. Ino would make them both into movers.
Choji quickly nodded in agreement with Shikamaru.
"Tch, you two guys." Ino pouted in displeasure.
Then, she turned and walked out of the school gate, chatting and laughing with Hinata and Karin.
—
"Sensei! Did you call us here to learn new Ninjutsu?" Naruto, who had just arrived at the training ground, immediately asked happily upon seeing Shinji.
Sasuke, beside him, stared at the devices set up in the training ground, momentarily stunned.
Wasn't this the thing Shikamaru shivered at when he mentioned it?
Could it be?
"No, I just called you here today to let you experience a Genjutsu." Shinji reached out and patted Naruto's head, looking at both Naruto and Sasuke.
Sasuke said, a little disbelievingly, "Sensei, even with my Sharingan, will I be fooled by this device?"
After all, when it came to Genjutsu, the Sharingan had the ability to perceive Genjutsu and could see through Genjutsu that wasn't a Kekkei Genkai.
Shinji said with a smile, "Of course... not. But I have other ways."
If it were just a shinkirou pearl enhanced with Senjutsu, it naturally wouldn't last long. But now, Shinji had the fully mastered Yin Release: Mind Illumination World. So, it was no problem at all.
"Alright, get ready."
After Shinji finished speaking, he told Naruto and Sasuke to start moving.
It wasn't until the two of them removed their belongings and slowly walked into the central area that Shinji spoke again, "Remember, this time isn't for you to break a Genjutsu, but to fully experience a 'new life'."
Hearing this, Sasuke couldn't help but look up.
Why did he feel that Shinji-sensei, who said this, looked a little—
Creepy?
"Mind Illumination World, activate!"
Shinji clasped his hands together, his entire Chakra surging out, and he roared.
Sasuke, who hadn't had time to ask, was instantly enveloped by the gas emitted by the shinkirou pearl and the black Chakra of the Mind Illumination World.
"Have a good time. Naruto, Sasuke."
—
"Clan head, this is the last batch."
The Uchiha Chunin, who was responsible for bringing over the list of deceased Uchiha from the past two decades, spoke.
"Mm, just put it there." Fugaku rubbed between his eyebrows and nodded in response.
These past two days, he had almost read through all the lists, not even missing some unremarkable clan members. Yet, it still didn't give him any ideas.
He reached out and picked up this last list. The moment he opened it, Fugaku paused.
"Obito..."
The reason Obito left a deep impression on Fugaku was that he gave his Sharingan to a teammate before he died. That was Kakashi, who was now a Jonin.
"During the Kannabi Bridge mission, to save his comrades Kakashi and Rin, he awakened his two tomoe Sharingan due to emotional stimulation..."
This passage was actually what Minato said when he brought Kakashi over at the time, but it wasn't exactly as written above. However, the two tomoe was indeed mentioned.
Fugaku frowned.
Two tomoe.
Talent wasn't about the so-called age of awakening. Although the earlier one awakened, the more attention they would receive within the clan, the saying of 'late bloomer' couldn't be ruled out.
Madara was already fifteen when he awakened his Sharingan, and it was a single tomoe. He then advanced to Mangekyo within ten years.
But, when Shisui and Itachi awakened their Sharingan, he couldn't have remembered wrong.
Itachi was eight, and Shisui was around the same age, and there was one thing.
That was, both of them awakened a two tomoe Sharingan initially, and within five years, both awakened the Mangekyo.
"Only two tomoe, but if I remember correctly, in the same year, after that incident, the Sharingan Kakashi displayed was a three tomoe..."
Fugaku would never deliberately pay attention to the only Sharingan openly given away, after all, Kakashi was the Fourth Hokage's disciple. At that time, the Uchiha clan's situation was not very good.
As Fugaku thought of this, an idea unconsciously popped into his head.
Could it be that Obito didn't die?
After all, the Sharingan, as a Kekkei Genkai, its core evolution mechanism was limited to the Uchiha clan's bloodline.
If Kakashi had obtained a two tomoe Sharingan at that time, then it would be impossible for it to advance to a three tomoe Sharingan again. But Kakashi's currently known Sharingan was indeed a three tomoe.
Thinking of this, Fugaku immediately stood up. Whether it was true or not, he needed to find the Third Hokage.
He had a hunch that to find the person controlling the Nine-Tails and the Fourth Mizukage, he had to start with Kakashi's Sharingan.
...
Kakashi, who had just returned from a mission, saw Shisui appear before him.
"Kakashi, Hokage-sama requests your presence." Shisui nodded at Kakashi and said.
But his eyes unconsciously looked at the Sharingan covered by the eye patch.
"Okay."
Kakashi nodded, closing the Icha Icha Paradise he had just opened to read.
Following Shisui's footsteps, after arriving outside the Hokage Office, Shisui disappeared.
Knock, knock!
Kakashi reached out and knocked on the door.
It wasn't until Hiruzen's voice sounded from inside that he pushed the door open and entered.
As soon as he entered the office, Kakashi immediately froze.
Inside the office, besides Hiruzen, there were also Fugaku, as well as Tsunade and Jiraiya.
"Kakashi, come in." Hiruzen looked up, his expression serious, and said to Kakashi at the door.
After hearing Fugaku's report, Hiruzen had sent someone to summon Tsunade first. The purpose was to examine Kakashi's Sharingan.
"Yes, Hokage-sama." Kakashi nodded, lifted his foot, and slowly walked into the office.
(End of Chapter)
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