The next day.
Naruto held the three ninja registration forms in his hand, his expression indescribably strange.
He had been wondering whether Sai would take his place now that he was no longer in Team 7.
The truth was, he had completely forgotten that Hiruzen Sarutobi had already disbanded Root.
The first registration form.
Sakura Haruno, No. 012601, born March 26, age twelve.
In the dream section, she had written: To love only one person for the rest of my life.
The second one.
Sasuke Uchiha, No. 012606, born July 23, age twelve.
Dream: Training, taking walks, playing Guoji.
The third one.
Karin Uzumaki, No. 012607, born June 20, age twelve.
Dream: To have Naruto big brother treat me as roughly as he treats Izumi big sister... The rest had been crossed out and replaced with: To fight gently once.
Naruto rubbed the space between his brows.
He had forgotten about Karin.
After going around in such a huge circle, Sakura still had not escaped her fate of being added as a filler.
If he had agreed to form a team, Sakura would probably have been persuaded to drop out and repeat the year.
The reason was simple. Once Karin Uzumaki joined, all the team slots for this class would be filled.
That alone was nothing.
What he really could not wrap his head around was whether something strange had slipped into these registration forms.
Karin's could still be explained. Her masochistic soul had awakened.
But what the hell had Sasuke written?
Shouldn't your dream have been training, taking walks, and gaining power?
What kind of dimension did playing Guoji come from?!
You spent every day thinking about avenging your parents, and you could do something like this?!
Naruto knew full well that Sasuke had been far too young on