Chuanhe had actually returned to the town to deal with those Root ninja. There were too many of them for him to handle in a short time.
Since that day.
Naruto and Kushina temporarily settled on Uchiha Island. Mikoto and Kushina had finally reunited after so long; they had always been close friends, and got along exceptionally well. By extension, Naruto and Sasuke's relationship grew even closer.
Soon afterward, Naruto and the others also learned of the Third Hokage's death. This time, Naruto was unusually calm. The upheavals of this period had left him still somewhat dazed.
After the clan meeting, faced with Itachi, who now possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, no one dared to continue blaming him. Chuanhe found that somewhat regrettable.
Yet when Itachi looked at Sasuke's two-tomoe Sharingan, he only felt even more guilty toward him. This time, he was again thinking that once Sasuke awakened the Mangekyō, he would continue doing it for him...
Looks like Itachi still needed another beating.
As for Hui, things were comparatively quiet now. Chuanhe brought him to the town because he had a huge pile of seals to deal with.
Hui was in a poor emotional state anyway, so Chuanhe dragged him over to help. Amber was practically running herself ragged—how could he let this kid sit idle? Overtime was mandatory.
Perhaps it counted as training of some sort, but despite his listless state, Hui finally finished engraving [Memory Well] on all the Root ninja.
Light and shadow shifted, and a week had passed.
A new day had arrived, another bright and sunny day.
Even after so long, quite a few ninja still gathered around Konoha's notice board, discussing matters heatedly. The scene was extraordinarily lively. Aside from everyone's somewhat off emotions, it was rather harmonious overall.
That day, a female