Chapter 99
Under the night view of Konoha, the Third Hokage walked step by step toward Naruto's house.
Along the way, many people stopped to greet him when they saw the Third Hokage. It seemed his reputation in Konoha was still quite good.
Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived at Naruto's door, raised his hand, and knocked. There was no response from inside.
He quickly sensed something was wrong. When he entered the house, he found the lights were off and dust had already begun to settle inside.
It was obvious—no one had been here for at least three days.
Could Naruto have stayed outside to train or play after the competition ended and not returned?
Sarutobi Hiruzen took out the envelope containing ryō from his hand and placed it on Naruto's table. Speaking to the empty air, he said: "Come."
Swish~
An ANBU appeared: "Lord Hokage."
Sarutobi Hiruzen said to him: "Go to 'Moon' and get Uzumaki Naruto's intelligence report."
ANBU member: "Yes!"
…
Naruto and Sakyo sat around a table, slowly eating their meal.
Under the lamplight, this scene was a rare warmth that hadn't been seen in the Uchiha compound for years.
Naruto kept finding topics to chat with Sakyo about, while Sakyo responded with half-hearted "hmms" and "ahhs".
Worth noting: Sakyo was not disguised as Uchiha Sasuke.
She was wearing casual clothes, her freshly washed hair still wet and dripping. Especially for someone so young, her figure was already quite well-developed—truly a feast for Naruto's eyes.
What do you call this? This is called "a feast for the eyes"!
This scene was seen by Yūgao Uzuki perched on a tree. She was utterly shocked.
She began questioning her life: "I never expected… I never expected Uchiha Sasuke to actually be a girl?"
"No wonder! No wonder that pervert Uzumaki Naruto gave up pursuing Hyūga Hinata and turned to being all lovey-dovey with Uchiha Sasuke."
"No—this can't be. I don't know if the Third Hokage knows about this. I have to inform the Third Hokage!"
"Uh… wait, how could the Third Hokage possibly not know Uchiha Sasuke's real gender?"
As Konoha's highest representative, if the Third Hokage didn't even know this, he would be way too incompetent.
Looking at the warm scene of Naruto and Sakyo, Yūgao Uzuki inexplicably felt this ending was somewhat perfect.
So Uchiha Sasuke was a girl all along, and Uzumaki Naruto's pursuit of Uchiha Sasuke had finally been reciprocated.
After getting together, they were living a plain married life, while she, Yūgao Uzuki, was the secret peeping observer.
But… Yūgao Uzuki still felt something was off.
Yeah! If Uchiha Sasuke was a girl… then it wasn't stimulating anymore…
Sigh~ So boring~
Talking about love at such a young age… really, feeding me dog food. I miss Hayate so much… wonder what he's doing right now…
While Yūgao Uzuki was lost in fantasy, a rustling sound of someone moving through leaves came from behind her.
Rustle~
An ANBU appeared beside Yūgao Uzuki and said: "Moon, Lord Hokage sent me to get Uzumaki Naruto's intelligence report."
Yūgao Uzuki confirmed the ANBU's identity, then handed over the notebook she used for recording.
But after thinking for a moment, Yūgao Uzuki took the notebook back and added one line:
New discovery: Uchiha Sasuke is actually a girl.
After finishing, Yūgao Uzuki asked the ANBU: "When do you take over?"
That's right—monitoring the jinchūriki was basically a 24/7 job with no proper meals or sleep.
If one person had to do it all, they'd die of exhaustion.
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