Around eight that evening.
At the Cozy Villa.
Naruto and Sasuke were chatting in a room.
Before long, Naruto sensed Haku's presence.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing Naruto grow distracted, Sasuke asked.
"Nothing. I just sensed that Haku's back. Come on, I'll take you to see her. She asked about your whereabouts ages ago, but I couldn't tell her about your situation back then."
Sasuke nodded at that.
"Naruto, I want you to teach me a ninjutsu."
Naruto replied casually, "What ninjutsu? Just tell me."
"Your signature ninjutsu, Window to the Mind."
Naruto smiled at the mention of Window to the Mind. "Actually, it's not really called Window to the Mind, and it's not my own secret technique, either. It's a secret technique of the Yamanaka Clan, the sort of thing Ino's family uses."
Sasuke looked puzzled for a moment, but rather than press the matter, he asked, "Then can I learn it?"
"Sure. There's nothing particularly special about this ninjutsu. It just requires a certain level of control over your mental energy."
When Naruto first learned this ninjutsu, an emergency had prompted him to redeem it directly from the system and gain an understanding of it.
But neither of them was the seven-year-old child they had been back then. Naturally, Naruto now understood some of the secrets and finer points of this ninjutsu.
"I'll show you the hand seals now, along with what I've learned about circulating chakra and mental energy."
"All right."
Sasuke watched Naruto form the hand seals and copied his movements.
About five minutes later, Sasuke had grasped some of the finer points. At this rate, he would only need a few days to master it.
"Let's go. Take me to see Haku."
Sasuke had learned that Haku had stayed by Naruto's clone throughout the two years they