The days after starting school were relatively boring, especially for Naruto. The things the teacher taught made him yawn nonstop.
It was worth mentioning that Sasuke had not been seen since enrollment, which puzzled Naruto for quite a while.
Because of that, Naruto had specifically gone to ask Iruka after school on the first day.
In this world, Iruka was still in charge of Naruto's class.
The answer he received was that Second Pillar had indeed enrolled, but he had requested sick leave right from the start. The exact date of his return had yet to be decided.
Normally, according to the Ninja Academy's rules, leave with no fixed end date would not be approved. After all, they were training ninjas—what kind of nonsense was this leave request?
But then again, privilege existed everywhere. Sasuke was, after all, the young master of the Uchiha Clan, so he did have that privilege. If he truly chose not to attend class, there was really no way to expel him.
Naruto sighed twice over this, even suspecting that Sasuke had been so frightened by seeing him on enrollment day that he did not dare come to school.
Of course, that was only Naruto's own guess. Perhaps Sasuke really had some other reason for not coming to class.
And so, on the third day, Second Pillar finally appeared in the classroom.
Iruka led him into the room. Looking around, Sasuke found that the seats had already been assigned.
"Sasuke, find an empty seat and sit down for now." Iruka gave the instruction casually. There were still plenty of vacant seats in the classroom.
Sasuke raised his head and, at first glance, saw that figure in yellow smiling at him. His face instantly went a shade paler, every bone in his body aching faintly. He