After learning that Naruto had become a jonin, Sasuke stepped up his training and began taking missions on his own, determined to become a jonin as soon as possible.
As for Kakashi and Sakura?
As an elite jonin with a family now, Kakashi had been unbelievably busy lately.
Sakura couldn't keep pace with Sasuke, so she was now doing missions with Ino and the others.
With so much in Konoha waiting to be rebuilt, even chunin were expected to do the work of two people, never mind jonin.
Shikamaru became the temporary chunin team leader for Choji, Ino, Hinata, and Sakura, while Neji became the temporary chunin team leader for Rock Lee, Tenten, and Kiba Inuzuka.
Shino, meanwhile, had been temporarily pulled into the Ninja Academy to teach combat training classes.
He had been overlooked when missions were assigned, and in the end, he was sent to fill a vacancy at the Ninja Academy.
Today, after completing his mission and returning home, Sasuke suddenly sensed something was wrong.
Had someone entered his house?
Sasuke warily activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and scanned the house.
At the same time, he sniffed the air.
Was that blood?
Why would there be a smell of blood in his house?
With that thought, he drew a kunai from his ninja tool pouch and slipped quietly inside, searching for the intruder.
Soon, he heard a faint sound.
The moment he burst through the door, he saw a sight he would never forget.
Uchiha Fugaku was wiping a bloodstained sword. On the floor lay Uchiha Mikoto's corpse, her eyes still open in death.
"Dad? Mom?"
Weren't they dead?
Was this genjutsu...?
"They're your parents? The woman on the floor is definitely dead, but that man is still alive. This isn't genjutsu, either. I can sense it very