Kakashi enthusiastically treated his student to a meal, and only then did Sasuke return home, saying he needed rest.
Whether it was out of guilt or fear that the dead of the Uchiha would return for revenge, he did not know.
Even though the Uchiha Compound occupied a large area, it had never been demolished and had simply been left to fall further into ruin.
Sasuke returned to his empty home and stood for a long while, looking at the dust covering everything, before he finally started cleaning.
Cleaning the entire compound was obviously impossible. He only needed to clean his own living space and tidy up a few more habitable rooms to set aside for Big Brother Shinji and the others.
By the time he finished, it was dark.
Meanwhile, Tobi had quietly slipped into Konoha with Shinji and the others, emerging right near the Uchiha Compound.
Clearly, this was also the place he knew best.
But Tobi had never expected to move back in under such circumstances after so many years, and his expression was complicated.
Taking advantage of the fact that hardly anyone would come here at this hour, Shinji and the others went straight inside and found Sasuke.
Sasuke first told Shinji the information he had learned from Kakashi that day, then took them to their respective rooms.
"An outside enemy is invading?"
"If they don't mean us, who could it be?"
Shinji thought it over carefully, and suddenly had a bad feeling.
Surely Nagato wasn't coming to attack with the Six Paths of Pain!
"No, no! Logically speaking, Nagato shouldn't be setting his sights on the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki this early. Besides, how could Konoha know in advance that Pain was coming to attack? So it definitely can't be him."
Shinji convinced himself.
After all, no