On the battlefield, not a single patch of ground remained intact. Everywhere lay shattered stone. There was no need for idle words, yet thinking back on it still felt hard to believe, as if waking from a nightmare only to find oneself back in the spring of eighteen years ago, out for a leisurely stroll together.
Naruto did not entirely grasp the bonds between them, though he had occasionally heard his older sister speak of the man called Uchiha Obito. After this battle, he actually felt a sense of relief that his older sister had already passed away—at least until her dying day she had only cherished memories, spared the agonizing torment Kakashi was enduring.
Sasuke, standing to one side, seemed to know something, but since Jiraiya had previously told him not to speak, he chose to remain silent. If that woman were to suddenly appear, it should prove quite interesting.
Chapter 351