"That was Sasuke Uchiha. He had something to take care of, so there's no need to mind him."
The captain of the Sensor Squad hurried to the Hokage Office and reported the unfamiliar Chakra that had passed through Konoha's sensory barrier at lightning speed. The Fifth Hokage merely stood before the window and listened. With her back to him, she waved a hand and said that.
"Sasuke Uchiha?" The Sensor Squad captain was surprised. "We have records of his Chakra signature. It seems... it wasn't like that?"
The Anbu "Shakyamuni," Karin, who had come along wearing a Buddha mask, said from the side, "Sasuke Uchiha underwent some training. His Chakra has undergone a qualitative change, so it's quite different from before."
The Sensor Squad captain nodded. They would have to update the records later. He then took his leave of the Hokage.
Tsunade silently looked toward the sky in the northwest. Sasuke Uchiha had finally gone to find Itachi Uchiha. Sixty years ago, when Konoha was founded, the Senju of the Forest had quickly scattered and ceased living together under the name of a single clan.
In the chaotic Warring States era, ninja clans had slaughtered one another cruelly. Of the children born into that world, eight or nine out of ten could not grow up safely. Thus, many wandering ninja and smaller clans, convinced by the Senju Clan's benevolence, came to pledge themselves to them. With the Senju as their core, they formed the stronger Senju of the Forest. The balance of offense and defense reversed, and they gradually surpassed the once-unrivaled Uchiha Clan.
After Konoha was established, Hashirama, the First and head of the Senju Clan, believed that Konoha had essentially replaced the Senju of the Forest. Both were great forests that offered everyone shelter in this cruel