At the entrance of Konoha Village.
Shinju and the others were waiting for Sasuke to return.
"It's already afternoon. Why isn't he here yet? Nothing happened on the way, right?" Shinju muttered.
Naruto shook his head when he heard that.
"Probably not. Sasuke has the Rinnegan, after all. In the entire ninja world right now, the only ones who can beat him are you and me, aren't they? ( ˝ᗢ̈˝ )"
Shinju said, "We can't let our guard down. No one knows what kind of enemies are hiding in the shadows of this world. The ninja world is huge."
Naruto: "..."
As they were chatting, Sakura suddenly pointed excitedly at the sky.
"Look! Sasuke's back!"
Shinju and Naruto looked up.
They saw a gigantic purple warrior god flapping its wings in the sky, slowly descending!
Naruto immediately pouted. "Tch! When he left, didn't Shinju give him blueprints for an airplane? And he still comes back using Susanoo. He's obviously just showing off! (ー_ー)!!"
Several black lines fell from Shinju's forehead. "Alright, Naruto. The jealousy in your eyes is about to spill out."
With a loud "whoosh," the Susanoo landed and dispersed!
Sasuke's figure appeared. Probably to keep up his cool image, there was no expression on his face. He simply looked at Shinju and said flatly,
"It's done. The Thunder Vehicle is ours now."
Shinju nodded and stepped forward, patting Sasuke on the shoulder. "Good work! ❛‿˂̵✧"
After finishing with Shinju, Sasuke turned his head, completely ignoring Naruto, and looked toward Sakura…
At that moment, Sakura lowered her head, blushing, and quietly took out the flowers she had hidden behind her back.
"Welcome back, Sasuke. ( ˝ᗢ̈˝ )"
Naruto, standing to the side: "..."
"Damn it! He comes back and doesn't even say hi to me! ꐦ≖ ≖"
Shinju patted Naruto on the shoulder and smiled slightly.
"Alright. Give the little couple some space. Let's go first."
Naruto nodded and, unwillingly, left together with Shinju.
At the village entrance, Sasuke smiled and accepted the bouquet Sakura handed him. When he looked down, he saw that hidden in the middle of the flowers was a small red booklet…
"This is…?"
Sakura hurriedly said, "The property deed. I just bought the house. It's over in the newly developed area…"
Sasuke: ◝₍ᴑ̑ДO͝₎◞
"You're giving this to me? Th-this…"
No matter how calm Sasuke usually was, he couldn't stay calm now.
He knew Sakura's income better than anyone. For this house, she must have emptied all her savings!
Sakura continued shyly, "I paid part of it, and Shinju paid the rest. He said it's a wedding house gift for us… (´つヮ⊂︎)"
Sasuke scratched his head. "…How did it suddenly become a wedding house? We haven't even confirmed our relationship yet…"
Sakura pressed the advantage. "Then can we confirm it now…?"
…
On the other side, Naruto, who was walking home, asked Shinju beside him,
"You gave Sasuke an entire building… when are you going to give me one too? →_→"
Shinju said, "Why are you comparing yourself to him? You should have quite a bit of money yourself by now."
Naruto replied, "I want one anyway. ＜(￣3￣)＞"
Shinju said, "Alright, alright. When you get married, however big you want it, I'll give you one that big. (o´Д`o)"
…
Night.
After finishing his date with Sakura, Sasuke returned home and told Shinju about running into Uchiha Shin on his way back.
After that, Shinju and Sasuke went together to the archives and checked the records of the Uchiha clan, confirming that there was no such person as Uchiha Shin.
"Not a member of the Uchiha clan, yet possessing Uchiha eyes… Was he someone created back then by Danzō or Obito?"
Thinking of this, Shinju directly used Edo Tensei to pull Danzō back from the Netherworld.
Danzō, once again revived through Edo Tensei, had a dark expression on his face: ꐦ≖ ≖
"Can you show a little respect for the dead? I was living just fine down there. You summon me twice a week…"
Shinju curled his lips, showing not the slightest respect for the old dead man. "Do you know Uchiha Shin? ( ´^` )"
Danzō shook his head. "Where did you hear that name? There's no such person in the Uchiha clan."
Sasuke looked extremely displeased with Danzō. "How can you be so sure? Ծ‸ Ծ"
Danzō said matter-of-factly, "If I was going to eliminate the Uchiha clan, of course I would investigate them thoroughly. ୧⍢⃝୨"
Hearing this, Sasuke's anger flared even more. This man was one of the main culprits behind the Uchiha massacre!
Shinju grabbed the enraged Sasuke and continued asking,
"Then do you know of anyone else who possesses the Sharingan?"
This time, Danzō thought for a moment.
"You can go ask Orochimaru. He once conducted experiments related to the Sharingan."
As he spoke, Danzō shook his right arm.
"This arm implanted with Sharingan was given to me by Orochimaru."
Shinju nodded when he heard that. "Alright, got it."
Danzō, finally having retained his consciousness during a revival, asked curiously,
"So how is the village now? Without me, is the village about to fall apart? （ --0027▿ --0027 ）"
Shinju shook his head. "Not really. Without you, the villagers' lives are much happier."
"Alright, time's about up. Get lost back down there."
After saying that—
"Bang!"
Shinju kicked Danzō's Edo Tensei body apart, sending his soul back to the Netherworld!
After finishing all this, Shinju grabbed Sasuke beside him. "Let's go. We're going to find Orochimaru."
…
Outside Konoha Village.
Orochimaru's laboratory.
Because of Shinju's orders, Orochimaru had been released from prison and allowed to continue his scientific research.
However, Konoha still kept a close watch on him, assigning many people to guard the place.
After greeting Yamato-sensei, who was overseeing Orochimaru, Shinju led Sasuke into the laboratory.
Inside, Orochimaru wore a white lab coat, his long hair tied back. The viciousness on his face seemed a bit reduced compared to before.
At the moment, he was adding reagents into a test tube…
"What experiment are you working on?" Shinju suddenly leaned in and asked curiously.
Orochimaru grinned. "Corpse-dissolving solution. Once the experiment succeeds, just a single drop can dissolve a human body into a puddle of water. Very convenient for destroying evidence. (•̀⌄•́)"
After speaking, Orochimaru continued his experiment. Shinju and Sasuke didn't interrupt, only curiously observing the various instruments in the lab…
When the experiment ended and the test tube began to bubble and emit white smoke, Orochimaru finally removed his gloves and looked at Shinju with interest.
"Sixth Hokage, you didn't come all this way just to watch me experiment, did you? (o´Д`o)ノ"
"Do you know Uchiha Shin?" Sasuke asked.
Orochimaru showed curiosity. "You ran into him?"
Hearing this response, Shinju and Sasuke exchanged a glance, knowing they were on the right track.
Shinju said, "Tell us everything you know. ( •̀∀•́ )"
Orochimaru shook his head rebelliously. "Why should I?"
Shinju replied, "Otherwise I'll smash your lab and destroy all your experimental results. (▼ヘ▼#)"
Orochimaru was speechless. 눈_눈
"Sixth Hokage, is this really how you handle problems? You've become rather crude."
Shinju neither confirmed nor denied it.
Orochimaru said, "Fine. There's no harm in telling you. ¯\(ツ)/¯"
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