"Hey, look. Isn't that Shin?" Hozuki Suigetsu, who had been rather bored, suddenly spoke up.
Feng Yao had discovered Hozuki Suigetsu back in Kirigakure's dungeon.
At the time, the Hozuki Clan had opposed Yagura's rule over the Bloody Mist Village, failed to assassinate the Mizukage, and ultimately been wiped out.
Hozuki Suigetsu was the clan's sole survivor, but he had also been locked in a water prison.
Remembering that Hozuki Suigetsu was indeed a decent person in the original story, Feng Yao had brought him back to Amegakure.
A prodigy and young genius of the Hozuki Clan, Suigetsu had possessed extraordinary talent since childhood.
If not for Kirigakure and his clan, he would surely have become one of Kirigakure's Kage-level fighters in the future.
"Where?"
Karin asked curiously at his words.
"Karin, over there." Sitting beside Suigetsu were the usually quiet Haku, Kimimaro, and Jūgo. Haku was the one who spoke.
Karin, Sasuke, and Ajisai all looked in the direction Haku pointed.
Just outside the Ninja Academy's gates,
Shin was following Itachi, slowly walking back into the academy with a reluctant expression.
Shin was feeling rather dejected. He already had the Mangekyo, so why did he still have to go to school?
He had to go to school before he had the Mangekyo, and he still had to go after getting it. Had he awakened it for nothing?
Itachi was the same age as him, and although he also had to attend classes, he had another position: captain of an Anbu squad!
Although Shin was Feng Yao's guard, unless Feng Yao went outside, he generally still had to follow the usual routine within the village.
Beside him, Itachi wore a calm expression. Seeing that Shin, who was his age, looked rather dejected, he comforted him.
"It's fine, Shin. We only