After all, as a transmigrator, Sasuke wasn't worried about his older brother, Itachi Uchiha. What he had to worry about was Danzo getting restless and secretly making a move against him. That was why he hadn't tried leaving the village for over a year.
If he ever left the village in the future, he would definitely submit a report first, lest something like, "Sasuke slipped out of the village on his own and was killed by someone coveting the Sharingan. We didn't do it on purpose," happen.
Carefully lighting up the map within the village's boundaries wasn't a waste of time either. He still needed to thoroughly investigate the locations where the Explosive Tags had been buried. He couldn't use the most convenient places, like the Uchiha compound or the Academy, as the starting point for an explosion. He needed to find somewhere remote, so he wouldn't draw too much attention and drag himself down with it.
Now that he had been swept along by a bunch of kids, he was finally leaving the village! The world beyond the walls.
Leaving through the northern forest would have been a detour. In the eyes of the kids, the situation was extremely urgent. If they weren't careful, the Anbu would catch up with them.
So they chose a shortcut and followed the river out.
Three rivers ran through the center of Konohagakure. Following the water really could lead them out. Where the rivers intersected with the wooden walls of the barrier, there was a wall above the water's surface, while below it was a passage several meters wide fitted with steel bars.
The gaps in those bars definitely couldn't let an adult through... at least, they couldn't before Kiba pulled out two Steel Pins.
But how had he pulled them out so