"Yo, Sasuke!" Naruto Uzumaki raised a hand in greeting, his face wearing his trademark sunny smile.
Sasuke ignored him. A gloomy aura radiated from his entire body, coldly rejecting anyone who tried to approach.
The smile on Naruto Uzumaki's face gradually faded. He keenly sensed that Sasuke was different from usual, but being an orphan himself, he had no source of information. Naturally, he had no way of knowing about the earth-shattering tragedy that had occurred a few days ago.
A child's world was sometimes truly a world of its own—connected to the outside world, yet isolated from it.
Ding-a-ling~
The dismissal bell rang. After Iruka announced that school was over from the podium, he left the classroom with a smile.
Most of the students cheered and rushed outside like wild monkeys let loose from a mountain.
Second Pillar silently rose to his feet and left alone without looking back. He did not want to return to the cold clan compound. In fact, it was still under Anbu lockdown, and the place where he was staying had been temporarily arranged by the Third Hokage.
But he did not want to go back too early either. He was going to the back mountain to practice ninjutsu. Only by doing so could he grow stronger by every possible second—and only then would he have a chance to take revenge.
"Sasuke-kun, wait for me!" A pink-haired little girl called out behind him. She was Sakura. Just like in the original story, she had developed a fondness for Sasuke and liked to cling to him whenever she could. Even though Naruto Uzumaki was no longer the dead last in this world, and was even outstanding, she still remained infatuated with Sasuke.
But Sasuke ignored her. He did not even turn around, simply disappearing