"Then I'm heading upstairs."
After putting away the washed dishes, Chiba called out to Yukina, who was reading in the living room. Once she replied, "Okay," he thumped up the stairs.
Chiba chose not to tell Yukina about Hirohiko.
He wanted Yukina and Kushina to be happy too. After all, Hirohiko being allowed to join the Ninja Engineering Corps could be called a turning point in the Hirohiko incident. All Hirohiko needed to do next was work hard, perform well in the corps, and show everyone a stable temperament. With the Hokage and the Uchiha both treating him more leniently now, getting out of the confinement room was practically only a matter of time.
But Chiba felt that the news of Hirohiko joining the Ninja Engineering Corps alone was not good enough.
What he wanted was the good news that Hirohiko could join the corps yet still remain in the Japanese-style wooden house, without having to go to the confinement room.
It still was not enough!
Yukina and Kushina could not be told this news yet.
So, he said nothing.
As usual, he went upstairs. According to his schedule, he still had to study how to combine the Curse Mark Jutsu Formula and Sealing Jutsu Formula that night, based on the massive sealing technique formula he remembered involving the two.
But today was destined to be a day when he could not calmly focus on his research.
After returning to his room and sitting down, he had no desire to open the scrolls containing the sealing technique formulas. His thoughts instead scattered in every direction.
The first thing preventing him from concentrating on the combination of the Sealing Jutsu Formula and Curse Mark Jutsu Formula was not how Hirohiko could avoid returning to the confinement room.
Yes, if all the