Back in the village he had been away from for so long.
Uchiha Asuka stood alone in the middle of the road, watching that figure gradually disappear from sight. He could not help but curl his lip.
A few minutes earlier, he had stood here to bid Pakura farewell. Carrying her luggage, she had set off to travel the ninja world.
Officially, she said she was going to clear her mind, but from the faint killing intent in her eyes, he knew she was still somewhat angry about being betrayed by her village. There had been nothing romantic about their farewell. After a few simple pleasantries and a hug, they had smiled and waved goodbye.
"I need to work harder!"
Hearing Asuka mutter to himself, the Orange Cat perched on his head snorted disdainfully and said speechlessly, "She's already gone. When are you going to replace that blind eye?"
"Right now, of course!"
As he spoke, he took a scroll from his Ninja Tool pouch. Opening it, he lowered his head to look at the black sealing characters on it and pressed his right hand against them.
Bang! A cloud of white smoke rose up. The sealing characters vanished, and a glass bottle filled with a special solution appeared on the scroll.
Looking at the eyeball suspended in the solution, Asuka took a deep breath. He reached for his blind eye with his right hand, then replaced it with the eyeball soaked in the solution.
"Phew!"
After using Medical Ninjutsu to repair the newly installed eye, Asuka let out a long breath and opened his eyes to look ahead.
"As expected, seeing with one eye is way too inconvenient."
The Orange Cat poked its head down. Seeing Asuka's eye turn black once more, it could not help but marvel, "Is