Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

"Oh dear, Lord Hokage, you've really wronged Sasuke."

Just then, a mocking voice suddenly rang out from the shadows.

Orochimaru slowly walked out, a smile of anticipation on his face, and said in an extremely regretful tone.

"You just killed the advisor with your own hands, how come you don't remember him so quickly?"

Kakashi suddenly turned his head and stared intently at Orochimaru, his face full of disbelief.

"......What did you say?"

"Yeah, I really didn't expect that..."

Kabuto followed closely behind, adjusting his glasses at the opportune moment, a pained expression on his face, and shaking his head as he added.

"In order to seize power, you have gone so far as to murder your own comrades at this critical moment! It is truly disheartening!"

"How could that be?! When did I...?"

Kakashi was completely stunned. He subconsciously looked around at the Anbu members, and his explanation came to an abrupt halt.

Those spies remained frozen in place, but were staring at him with hostile eyes.

Beneath each mask, faint, crimson lines, like the reflection of the Sharingan, had appeared in the eye sockets of each mask, slowly rotating.

"..."

Kakashi's heart sank to the bottom at that moment.

A sense of powerlessness swept over my entire body.

"Sasuke."

The light in Kakashi's eyes dimmed completely, and his voice was hoarse, "What exactly are you planning to do?"

"Now I only intend to kill the people who made that decision back then."

"For the time being, I don't have any plans for Konoha."

Is it temporary?

Kakashi smiled bitterly to himself.

He knew he had no other choice.

He would either become Sasuke's enemy and then bear the crime of "killing his comrade".

The only option is to compromise.

"I understand." Kakashi slowly closed his eyes.

Sasuke nodded slightly, no longer looking at him, and half of a pale, bony mask with magatama quietly appeared on his face.

Raise your hand and make a flat sweeping motion in the air in front of you.

A pitch-black crack appeared out of nowhere without warning.

"That is......"

Even Kakashi's pupils contracted sharply upon seeing this. He stared at Sasuke in horror, "Space-time ninjutsu?!"

Sasuke didn't explain, but simply turned his head to look at the man whose face was full of shock.

"Kakashi, until next time we meet..."

"What I hope to see is you picking up 'White Teeth' again."

After saying that, Sasuke turned around and stepped into the bottomless darkness.

Orochimaru and Kabuto exchanged a glance, then followed suit and disappeared into the rift.

The crack slowly closed.

Kakashi was left standing there, lost and confused about the future.

.........

A dark crack silently opened at the end of a secluded alley in Konoha Village, and quietly closed after three figures walked out of it, without attracting anyone's attention.

Sasuke walked at the very front, his steps steady.

Orochimaru and Kabuto, who were following behind him, remained silent, but their inner thoughts were far from calm.

"Lord Orochimaru..."

Finally, it was Kabuto Yakushi who broke the silence first. He pushed up his glasses, his voice low and filled with barely suppressed curiosity, "Was that... some kind of unknown space-time ninjutsu?"

"Who knows?"

Orochimaru's snake eyes also gleamed with an unusual light. He looked at the back of the black-haired boy in front of him and laughed hoarsely, "Sasuke-kun has more interesting secrets than we imagined."

The two exchanged a knowing glance, both seeing a hint of seriousness in each other's eyes.

Just then, Sasuke, who was walking at the front, stopped abruptly without warning.

He calmly raised his head, gazing up at a brightly lit mansion not far away, his voice icy.

"next."

The word was light, yet it made Orochimaru's smile grow even more delightful.

"Oh my? Is the next 'hunt' about to begin so soon?"

Sasuke didn't answer, but simply raised his hand and pulled out half an inch of the black "Indra" sword from his waist.

He could sense that Indra was yearning for something.

"gone."

Sasuke's voice was utterly unwavering, and with a flicker of his figure, he vanished from the spot.

...........

The mansion of Mitokado Homura was brightly lit at this moment.

As one of the highest advisors and elders of Konoha, the security of his residence was far more stringent than that of an ordinary Jonin.

Several ANBU ninjas were silently positioned in every corner of the mansion.

Inside the study, Mitokado Yano paced back and forth happily.

The Third Hokage died, and Danzo also "sacrificed" himself.

Now, the entire Hidden Leaf Village is nominally under Kakashi's control, but the real core of power has fallen into the hands of him and Koharu Utatane.

Just as he was pondering, a faint chirping of an insect suddenly rang out outside the window, only to abruptly stop a moment later.

"Ok?"

Mitokado Yan stopped abruptly, instantly becoming alert. He turned around sharply and shouted, "Who?!"

The only answers he received were the swaying shadows of the trees outside the window and the mournful sound of the wind passing through the courtyard.

"..."

Is it just my imagination?

He frowned, walked slowly to the window, and cautiously peered outside.

The courtyard was deserted.

His secret guards remained standing at their posts like statues, showing no signs of anything amiss.

Mitokado Homura felt a little relieved; perhaps he had really been too suspicious.

However, the instant he turned around, his pupils suddenly contracted into the most dangerous needle-like shapes.

A figure had silently appeared in his study without him even noticing.

He just sat casually in his chair, holding a cup of tea that had been poured from somewhere.

"The tea is good."

The boy took a sip and calmly commented.

"Uchiha Sasuke!"

Mitokado Homura's voice was hoarse. He instinctively wanted to back away and call for the guards outside.

But his body felt as heavy as if it were filled with lead, and he couldn't move.

An invisible pressure had already completely enveloped the entire study.

"No need to waste your energy."

Sasuke put down his teacup, looked up, and stared at him indifferently with his Sharingan.

Mitokado Yan's body froze completely at that moment.

He looked at Sasuke, and genuine fear appeared on his wrinkled face.

"What...what do you want to do?!"

"doing what?"

Sasuke seemed to have heard an interesting question, stood up from his chair, and walked towards him step by step.

"I'm just here to pick up something," Sasuke said softly.

"thing?"

"Your life."

The moment the words left his mouth, Mitokado Homura could no longer maintain his composure. His chakra exploded, and he forcibly broke free of his restraints, letting out a hoarse roar.

Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!

Three ferocious dragon heads made of flames roared out, turning the already small study into a sea of ​​fire.

However, Sasuke simply raised his right hand calmly.

"The eighty-first of the Path of Binding: Severing Emptiness."

There was no chanting.

An impenetrable, transparent barrier of light silently blocked his path.

The fire dragon crashed into the light barrier and swirled wildly to both sides.