Night had fallen.
When ninja went out on missions, they naturally kept everything simple.
Still, Hiruzen Sarutobi caught a deer and expertly began roasting the meat.
"Roasted meat too?!"
When Hiruzen Sarutobi had just told the three of them to rest where they were, Anko had already pulled out some rations and started chewing on them. She never expected Hiruzen Sarutobi to bring back an entire deer!
Kabuto smoothly skinned and deboned the deer with a Chakra Scalpel. Then Itachi used Fire Release to start a fire, and they began roasting the whole deer.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was somewhat dazed. He had memories from two lifetimes, both vast beyond measure, and the scene before him reminded him of the days when he had taken Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade on missions.
In the blink of an eye, his three former disciples had become the Legendary Sannin, renowned throughout the Shinobi World. If he did not cultivate, then in a few decades, his lifespan would reach its end as well.
What was the meaning of life? Perhaps even those lofty immortals had no answer.
"Sensei, what made you choose Orochimaru-sensei?"
The four sat around the campfire, and Itachi was the first to speak.
When the relationship between the village and Uchiha had still been tense, Itachi and Shisui had met Hiruzen Sarutobi once.
Even now, Itachi remained curious as to why Hiruzen Sarutobi had changed so much.
Could it really be because of so-called cultivation? Could an immortal's inheritance truly change someone so drastically?
In truth, Itachi was not the only one with that question. The Legendary Sannin and many others in the village thought the same.
But to everyone, the current Hiruzen Sarutobi was far better than the one from before. Once they had confirmed that he was still the same Hiruzen