A little over a week later.
At the Ninja Academy.
They had combat practice that day, but... thanks to the Virtual Headsets.
Combat practice at the Ninja Academy was now much more intense than before.
There were not only 1v1 matches, but also 3v3 and 5v5 matches, and even team battles between two classes.
Naturally... to keep the students from experiencing the bloodshed of a battlefield too early, all injuries suffered by either side were censored.
Whether it was fate or not, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura ended up on the same team for that day's 3v3 match.
The sight of Naruto put Sasuke in a foul mood.
The reason was simple: after he asked his father, Uchiha Fugaku, to teach him about Red Thought, Uchiha Fugaku gave him a thorough beating.
Really, the beating was only to be expected.
Red Thought emphasized liberation and equality for all, but what was the Uchiha Clan? Not only did they belong to the ninja class, they were also the aristocracy among ninja.
It was easy to imagine what a beating Sasuke received when he eagerly went to his father for help understanding books on Red Thought...
After all, for the Uchiha Clan, studying Red Thought was practically no different from betraying one's teachers and ancestors...
Naturally, since Sasuke said nothing about it, Naruto knew nothing either. The only visible sign was that Sasuke had been walking a little strangely over the past two days.
As for the hostile looks Sasuke gave him? Heh... Sasuke always seemed annoyed with him!
Usually, a good beating would sort out this kind of thing, but unfortunately... the two of them were teammates in that day's match.
The three-person matches were essentially 3v3 arena bouts, primarily testing teamwork.
And that day, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura