When Sasuke returned home, he found his parents wearing rather strange expressions.
"Father, Mother, is something wrong?"
"Sasuke," Uchiha Fugaku said earnestly, "you have an older brother. Itachi has shouldered most of the responsibilities that come with being the clan leader's son."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
Sasuke felt he couldn't quite understand what his father was saying today.
"What I mean is, you don't need to feel too burdened by your obligations to the clan. You can do things you want to do."
"Such as?"
"Sasuke, that girl at the entrance to the clan compound earlier-her name is Sakura, right?"
Naturally, Sasuke answered his mother's question with a yes.
"I think she's a lovely girl. You could try spending some time with her."
Sasuke understood now. His parents wanted him to find a girlfriend.
"Father, Mother, you've misunderstood. Sakura and I aren't like that."
Sasuke hurried to explain.
"Sasuke, don't be so quick to deny it. We heard from the clan members that Sakura came straight to the compound after returning to the village, without even stopping to rest."
"That girl cares so deeply for you. Don't let her down."
How could Sasuke not understand what his parents were saying?
He had noticed, of course, that Sakura hadn't rested in a very long time.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have insisted on walking her home.
When had it started? Somehow, he had already grown used to having Sakura around.
Hinata had recently been studying Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's eyes, hoping to develop storage rings.
After several days of research, she had managed to develop them, but mass production was difficult.
First, the material requirements for making spatial storage equipment were extremely demanding.
The materials needed a strong affinity with space. Second, creating a piece of spatial storage equipment consumed