The first field on Sasuke's course preference form read rescue.
The second was on-site documentation.
The third was chakra safety.
The teacher collecting the forms read it twice.
"No combat?"
"We have to learn basic combat anyway."
"No tracking either?"
"Documentation class covers footprints and checking timelines."
Sasuke answered quickly.
The teacher did not recast his choices as the result of family influence.
Nor did the teacher write that they were an achievement of Uchiha Reform.
The preferences only indicated his current course priorities.
He could adjust them after three months.
Completing a course did not result in a permanent career assignment.
"Why did you choose rescue?"
This time, the question required a written answer.
Sasuke thought for a while.
"Because only after you bring people back do you have a chance to find out what happened."
"If you only win, you might not have anything left."
The teacher wrote his exact words in the personal statement field.
The teacher did not expand them into a claim that the next generation of the Uchiha had already abandoned hatred.
Sasuke did not need to prove on behalf of his entire clan that the future would be safe.
The course descriptions were sent home for confirmation.
Fugaku no longer signed as clan leader.
He only asked about three things in the caregiver comments field.
The conditions for stopping rescue training.
Whether simulated casualties would involve real explosions.
Whether documentation class would involve protected cases.
The school answered each question in turn.
The initial stages would use only soft dummies and nonexplosive smoke.
Any student could stop after giving a distress signal.
All documentation materials would be adapted exercises, with no real addresses, sealing cases, or cases involving minors.
Fugaku did not add that Sasuke had to come first.
His signature acknowledged that