"Finally... I'm graduating!"
Noah yawned as he lay bored across his desk, waiting for Iruka and Mizuki to call students up for their exams. That was right—Noah was about to graduate.
Five years ago, after saying goodbye to the two Uchiha that night, Noah had gone home. He knew he might not see them for quite some time afterward. One of them, perhaps, might remain unseen for a very long time.
And just as Noah had expected, about three months later, a rather shocking piece of news spread through the village—the Uchiha Itachi had killed the village's higher-ups and attacked the Hokage before ultimately defecting!
Noah himself had been stunned for quite a while upon hearing the news. Killing Danzō had been inevitable, but had the Third Hokage actually chosen to attack Itachi Uchiha because of his bond with Danzō?
However, Noah figured out what had happened within two days. It turned out that, to keep certain people from noticing—or rather, to put on a show—Itachi Uchiha and the Third Hokage had fought. Of course, the final result was Itachi's defeat and defection.
Shisui Uchiha had told Noah this news. He had not said much, but Noah, who had more or less understood the situation all along, knew that the "certain people" Shisui mentioned were probably Obito Uchiha. And in the end, Itachi had gone to the Akatsuki Organization as a spy.
Actually, Noah felt that the Third Hokage had probably truly wanted to kill Itachi Uchiha during that battle.
When Shisui Uchiha came to see Noah, he looked quite bedraggled. Even his eyes were dull and lifeless, as if he were blind—indeed, that was more or less the case.
He had used the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan too often, and excessive use of the Mangekyo Sharingan could cause