Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

He was a boy.

He was tall and slender, and looked no more than twelve or thirteen years old.

He was dressed in an unprecedented all-black outfit, with a clean cut, two long swords hanging at his waist, and a completely black cat perched on his shoulder.

Tsunade's gaze fell on the boy's face, and her pupils contracted sharply the moment she saw his eyes.

Sharingan.

He is a member of the Uchiha clan.

"Was that illusion you were playing?"

Tsunade's voice turned cold as she forcefully suppressed the discomfort caused by the ominous premonition in her heart, and the aura of the Sannin was slowly released.

However, the boy did not answer her question, but calmly spoke to himself.

"Tsunade, right?"

Tsunade's body stiffened abruptly.

Why would Konoha suddenly send someone to find her? And what does this have to do with the ominous premonition she felt?

"I don't know what you're talking about."

She didn't want to know, nor did she want to have anything to do with anyone or anything from the past. Almost instinctively, she denied it and turned to run away again.

However, she had just turned around when her foot, which was about to step out, abruptly stopped in her tracks.

Two figures appeared on the other side at some unknown time.

The one in the lead was tall, with long, flamboyant white hair like a lion's mane.

Beside him stood a blue-eyed, blond-haired boy.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

Tsunade stood frozen in place, like a trapped beast caught between two forces, with nowhere to escape.

Jiraiya's gaze fell on Tsunade, a complex look of longing and reunion flashing in his eyes.

Then his gaze fell on the black-clad youth behind her, his brows furrowed.

Not right.

It's only been a few days since this brat secretly left Konoha, so why is his aura so much stronger than before?

What on earth is going on?!

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The air seemed to have been completely sucked out at that moment.

The hustle and bustle inside the casino seemed to be kept out by an invisible wall.

Tsunade stood there, stunned, her mind blank.

"Jiraiya..."

After a long while, Tsunade finally managed to squeeze out the name, her gaze fixed on the white-haired man. "What are you doing here?"

"What on earth is going on?!"

Jiraiya looked at her, at that face that was exactly the same as in his memory, and the words he had prepared in his heart were now hard to utter.

Finally, he let out a long sigh and spoke, his tone heavy with an indescribable weariness.

"Tsunade... the old man..."

Jiraiya's voice became somewhat hoarse, "He passed away."

"..."

Tsunade's expression froze slightly at that moment.

"He died at Orochimaru's hands."

Jiraiya added this last sentence.

Old man...

The thought of the Hokage position caused her a sharp pain in her heart.

The two figures she had deliberately buried deep in her memory uncontrollably surfaced before her eyes.

One was Kato Dan, a lover who died in the war due to a strategic mistake by the Konoha leadership.

The other was Nawaki, who also harbored the dream of becoming Hokage, but also died in the war.

Naruto, war, death...

These words pierced her already scabbed wounds.

"......so."

Tsunade's voice turned cold as she raised her head and stared coldly at Jiraiya.

"You came here this time because you wanted to...?"

"Yes."

Jiraiya knew he could no longer avoid it, so he met Tsunade's cold gaze and spoke in a pleading tone.

"Tsunade, the village needs a new Hokage."

"I refuse."

Tsunade didn't hesitate for a moment; she said those three words with absolute certainty.

She no longer wanted to have anything to do with that place that had witnessed so many deaths and separations.

He turned around and pulled up the silent girl beside him who was already at a loss.

"Silence, let's go!"

The moment she finished speaking, she leaped silently toward the roof of the casino without a second thought.

"Hey! Tsunade!"

Seeing this, Jiraiya's face instantly showed anxiety, and he suddenly exerted force with his feet, about to catch up in a flash.

However, just as he leaped up, a dark figure appeared silently in front of him.

It's Uchiha Sasuke.

He didn't draw his sword, but simply held the center of the scabbard with one hand, holding the black "Indra" horizontally in front of his chest, blocking Jiraiya's path without veering off course, and calmly watching him.

It clearly conveyed a message to Jiraiya.

This road is blocked.

"Kid, you..." Jiraiya's movements suddenly stopped, his brows furrowing.

Sasuke ignored him, calmly turned his head to the black cat on his shoulder that was also watching the direction Tsunade had left, and spoke softly.

"Yoruichi, thank you for your help."

"Ah."

Yoruichi, perched on Sasuke's shoulder, lazily responded. Her petite figure vanished from Sasuke's shoulder, leaving only a fleeting afterimage, before disappearing together from the rooftop.

The whole process was smooth and seamless.

Jiraiya's pupils contracted sharply. He could clearly feel that the speed the black cat moved with was even greater than his own!

"You little rascal..."

His gaze refocused on the black-haired boy before him, and this time, the oppressive aura of the Three Ninja was released without reservation. "What exactly do you want?!"

Sasuke slowly raised his head and calmly looked at Jiraiya.

"I'm just asking you to stop here."

.........

At the other end of Tansaburo Street, on a relatively quiet street.

Tsunade was pulling Shizune away quickly, while wondering why Jiraiya hadn't caught up.

However, just as she turned the corner, her foot, which was about to step out, stopped abruptly in place.

Her pupils contracted slightly, her gaze froze, and she stared intently ahead.

At the end of the alley, in the shadows where moonlight and lantern light intertwined, a completely black cat sat silently, as if it had been waiting for a long time.

"Lady Tsunade..." Shizune's voice trembled, and the pig in her arms let out a soft "plop" sound in nervousness.

Tsunade's eyes narrowed. Wasn't that... the black cat on that Uchiha brat's shoulder just now?

How could it suddenly appear in front of me?!

She subtly shielded Shine with her hand behind her, slowly releasing her aura of power, her voice low and wary: "What do you want with us?"

Given this situation, she could no longer believe that the black cat in front of her was just an ordinary ninja cat.

Faced with Tsunade's questioning, the black cat merely tilted its head, a mischievous glint in its eyes.

"Oh!"

With a soft thud, the black cat's figure was completely enveloped in a cloud of white smoke.

As the smoke cleared, the black cat had vanished from the spot.

Instead, there was a tall woman with long hair and a healthy wheat-colored complexion.

She snapped her fingers, and a black, tight-fitting combat suit with two huge bow-shaped openings on the back appeared out of thin air like a stream of light, perfectly wrapping around her explosive and agile body.

The moment Tsunade saw this scene, her heart sank.

She could clearly sense that the woman in front of her was exuding a powerful yet dangerous aura.

"Oh dear, don't be so nervous."

Yoruichi cracked her knuckles and gave a wild smile. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Yoruichi Shihouin."

She turned her head, her eyes sweeping over Tsunade's face, and said casually, "As for what I want to do..."