A Ray of Hope

Just as Sasuke felt these kunai were completely useless, he suddenly noticed his God Refining System panel flashing with light.

"This is..."

Upon discovering this, Sasuke shifted his gaze from the kunai below to his God Refining System panel.

Sure enough, as soon as he opened it, Sasuke found that these pieces of junk kunai could actually be refined.

"This is interesting!"

After realizing this, Sasuke immediately summoned his Divine Refining Eye and began a round of refining on the tattered kunai in front of him.

[Flying Thunder God Kunai: Spirit Tool, twice fused]

A long while later, Sasuke looked at the item in his storage slot with a stunned expression. To think he could actually refine ordinary kunai into a Spirit Tool—this God Refining System really had some substance to it!

What Sasuke didn't know was that while the God Refining System would refine everything into something suitable for him, not everything could be displayed in the storage slot immediately. Much like the life force he had inadvertently released while treating Kurama Yakumo, the birth of the Flying Thunder God Kunai owed a greater debt to that filial son, Black Zetsu.

Because the Sage of Six Paths stone tablet had been tampered with by Black Zetsu, a portion of Black Zetsu's power should have appeared during the refining process. However, because Black Zetsu's power did not meet the criteria for direct storage, it had remained in the storage slot, and when combined with this refining session, it successfully facilitated the evolution of the Flying Thunder God Kunai.

For Spirit Tools refined in this manner, the Divine Refining Eye would also provide the host with feedback on how to use them.

If it were an ordinary Spirit Tool, the usage method wouldn't be of much use to Sasuke, but this was the Flying Thunder God Kunai!

[Flying Thunder God: Forbidden Jutsu; 100/5000]

After digesting the information transmitted into his mind by the Divine Refining Eye, a new panel appeared on Sasuke's General Panel.

"Hahahaha, Sarutobi Hiruzen, you didn't expect this, did you!"

Looking at the information on his General Panel, Sasuke stood in the courtyard, watching the construction already underway in the distant Uchiha clan grounds, and couldn't help but laugh out loud. This was truly a case of "the cart will find its way when it reaches the mountain," a sudden turn of events for the better!

Looking at the Flying Thunder God panel, Sasuke smiled with satisfaction and put the Flying Thunder God scroll away. As long as he kept this scroll, Sarutobi Hiruzen would never discover that he had already learned the Flying Thunder God. When he used the Flying Thunder God to appear before him and take the old man's dog life, the expression on that old guy's face would surely be spectacular.

After putting away the Flying Thunder God scroll, the first thing Sasuke did was, of course, to use his general proficiency to max out the proficiency of the Flying Thunder God.

After all, the general proficiency he had gained in the back mountains was enough to max out five super ninjutsu! That is to say, ninjutsu with a proficiency cap of ten thousand.

[Flying Thunder God: 5000/5000]

[General Proficiency: 45100]

After maxing out the Flying Thunder God, Sasuke swayed slightly as he entered the bedroom of his new home and began to sleep.

After all, the Flying Thunder God itself was quite profound, and coupled with the massive amount of information Sasuke had just received, he naturally needed some time to digest it properly!

At the Ninja Academy, Iruka had already received notification from the Anbu that Sasuke might not come to school in the morning, so he was not surprised by Sasuke's absence. Of course, this was limited to Iruka.

The students below were whispering amongst themselves when they saw that Sasuke had not arrived.

"Where is that jerk, Sasuke!" This was Naruto; "Sasuke-kun, nothing happened to him, right!" These were Ino and Sakura; "That guy..." This was Shikamaru, who knew a little bit of the inside story. Of course, these were the only ones discussing Sasuke. Hinata was only concerned with Naruto, Choji only knew how to eat potato chips, Kiba was busy walking his dog, and Aburame Shino? He was busy feeding his bugs.

"Sasuke has something to take care of at home and will probably be back by the afternoon. Don't worry, let's continue with the lesson!" Seeing the somewhat chaotic classroom, Iruka braced himself and began to lecture.

Accompanied by the sound of a lullaby, everyone lived up to expectations and fell asleep. After all, with Sasuke gone, those who studied had lost their target for imitation, and as for the girls, it went without saying—without a target to watch, they naturally could only sleep.

"Sigh..." Looking at the quiet classroom after less than five minutes, Iruka felt a bit weary. The influence of one Sasuke was simply too great!

Faced with this situation, Iruka also lost the desire to continue. After all, these things had already been taught; the final year of the Ninja Academy was just a review of the previous five years, preparing them for the upcoming graduation.

"Sigh..." Shaking his head, he wiped the blackboard clean, wrote the two big characters "Self-Study," and Iruka sighed as he walked out.

Iruka wanted to go see what had happened to Sasuke; after all, if Sasuke wasn't coming back, there was no point in continuing his lecture.

Approaching the Uchiha clan grounds, Iruka saw a large number of ninjas actually working on the Uchiha grounds, especially that Anbu member who was skilled in Wood Release, moving quickly.

"This is?"

Seeing the situation before him, Iruka finally understood why Sasuke wouldn't come to class. Not to mention that moving house alone took time, just watching one's former home being razed to the ground was a sad thing.

Learning this, Iruka gave a bitter smile and then slowly returned to the Ninja Academy. Today's class was definitely not going to happen. Hopefully, classes could resume normally tomorrow! Hopefully...

Returning to the Ninja Academy, Iruka looked at these children who basically all had happy families and felt some sympathy for Sasuke and Naruto. They were the only two who had to face these situations alone.

As Iruka expected, Sasuke did not come to class all day.

At dusk, in his new bedroom, Sasuke slowly opened his eyes and rubbed his still-drowsy head. Sasuke felt a bit helpless; as expected of the Flying Thunder God! It looked like it would take some time to fully absorb those profound knowledge and techniques.

"Hungry..."

Standing up, Sasuke rubbed his stomach, curled his lips helplessly, and then headed toward Ichiraku Ramen.

Inside the ramen shop, Sasuke met Naruto again, but this time the situation was a bit subtle. After Naruto finished a bowl of ramen, he sat there with a stiff expression.

"Crap, I forgot I don't have any money! What do I do?" Sitting in the chair, Naruto started to break out in a cold sweat.

"Don't tell me you're broke!" Just as Naruto was preparing to sneak away, Sasuke, who had just walked into the ramen shop and sat down next to Naruto, said nonchalantly.

"Sasuke!" Looking at Sasuke, who had appeared out of nowhere, Naruto felt as if he had found a savior.

"One bowl of ramen, all toppings, two servings!"

Black Zetsu energy, Flying Thunder God, Iruka unable to teach!

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