Seeing that Shinji had been recruited by Tsunade too, Naruto asked, "Shinji gets to come along, too?!"
Sakura glanced at Sasuke's gloomy face and said cautiously, "M-maybe it's because Shinji knows Medical Ninjutsu?"
Naruto muttered, "Isn't Granny Tsunade the best Medical Ninja? Why does she need to bring Shinji along? Is it because of Shinji's Sharingan? But Sasuke's Sharingan is clearly stronger!"
At that, Sasuke's expression darkened even further.
Sakura gave Naruto an exasperated punch. "You idiot! Don't say weird things!"
Naruto scratched his head. "Sakura, aren't you curious?"
"Of course I'm curious." Halfway through her sentence, Sakura realized Naruto had led her into saying it. She immediately flew into a rage. "Shut up! Maybe Lord Tsunade will come recruit Sasuke any second now!"
As soon as Sakura finished speaking, Tsunade left the Ninja Academy with Shizune.
"Uh..."
Sakura stared after Tsunade, her face awkward.
Naruto let out a startled "Huh?" "Granny Tsunade didn't come recruit Sasuke?"
"Naruto, this is all your fault!"
Sakura chased after Naruto.
Naruto looked completely bewildered as he ran away, shouting indignantly, "What does it have to do with me that Granny Tsunade didn't recruit Sasuke? Sakura, why are you hitting me?"
Watching Sakura and Naruto chase each other around the field, shouting at the top of their lungs, Sasuke felt both anxious and furious. He could feel countless eyes on him, which only made him want to disappear even more.
At the village gates.
Shinji quickly packed his things and arrived at the meeting point.
He knew exactly what this urgent mission was about. Tsunade had announced in the research group just yesterday that the village would capture an Upper Rank. Since they were setting out on a mission today, it was obvious what the objective was.
As for why even Sasuke wasn't qualified