Naruto's Exam

Well, there is something.

By the way, the 32-year-old Sasuke, Kakashi and the masked man Obito are not here.

minutes ago.

The first person who wanted to help Naruto solve the problem was his uncle Sasuke.

"Do not."

Naruto simply refused.

He suggested to the thirty-two year old Sasuke, "Go check on Aunt Mikoto."

Uncle Sasuke: “!!”

Naruto glanced at the masked man behind Kakashi-sensei, "You can do it, send Sasuke home for once."

Masked man with soil: "..."

Inuzuka Kiba high-fived him: "Why not just send him back in time! He hasn't had time to stop the tragedy of killing his brother yet!"

Nara Shikamaru: "That would just create a divergent timeline. It would be hard to change what happened in his own world."

“…………”Everyone looked at their troubled uncle Sasuke with sympathy.

Seeing that he was still hesitant, Naruto encouraged him, "Just do it if you want to!"

He held out his fist.

Due to the height difference, he had to stretch his hand almost as high as possible to touch the chest of the thirty-two year old Sasuke.

"If it were me, I would speak my mind and keep my word."

"As you know, becoming Hokage has been my dream since I was a kid, so I made it happen."

"how about you?"

"Sasuke, what is your dream?"

Sasuke stared at the twelve year old Uzumaki Naruto, stunned.

"Protecting Konoha is the duty of every Konoha ninja. It cannot be considered your dream."

"Let's go meet Aunt Mikoto."

“Then find your next life goal!!”

Sasuke lowered his head. At the age of 32, he actually felt like crying.

"Um……"

Obito Masked Man: "Has anyone asked me what I meant?"

Kakashi pushed him and said, "Hurry up and act on Naruto's suggestion."

"..."

Otsutsuki Obito looked a little unhappy under the mask, but he still opened a black space crack and sent the 32-year-old Sasuke, himself and Kakashi back to their youth - Konoha Village.

……

"..."

Staring at the familiar figure that I haven't seen for twenty years.

Thirty-two-year-old Sasuke finally couldn't help himself.

He rushed over quickly, hugged the woman from behind with his only remaining arm, and whispered:

"Mother."

As he recalls, when he hugged his mother, his arms could only wrap around her thighs.

But now...

Before he knew it, the top of his mother's head was only barely touching his chest.

Mikoto was startled.

When she heard the voice "Mom", she immediately felt relieved.

Turning around, she stared at Uchiha Sasuke, who was trying hard to hold back his tears but whose face was covered with tear marks.

See the empty cuffs.

And a thin and upright figure.

Although she didn't know what had happened, as a mother, Uchiha Mikoto immediately recognized her childhood son.

"Sasuke...really?"

"Um……"

"You're still the same as when you were a kid." Mikoto's voice was a little hoarse, "When you're sad, your whole face wrinkles up, little Sasuke."

The man in front of me is a mature man of 32 years old.

In front of Mikoto, he is still the stubborn child who longs for the recognition of his father and brother.

"Mother……"

Sasuke found that he had a lot to say.

Yet I couldn't utter a word.

I could only hug my mother tightly with one hand again, my tears dripping on her shoulders with my trembling body.

Uchiha Mikoto's eyes softened.

She stroked Sasuke's back, slowly waiting for him to calm down.

"Grow up, Sasuke."

"eat……"

"It must have been a lot of hardship."

Before this was mentioned, Sasuke was still able to control himself.

But when Mikoto said this, the 32-year-old Uchiha Sasuke, who was known as "the other Hokage of Konoha", completely collapsed.

He burst into tears and sobbed loudly.

He vented all his emotions here, including the helplessness and grievance when facing his brother again, as well as the envy and jealousy after witnessing himself in this era.

After a long time, Uncle Sasuke gradually calmed down.

Sitting on his knees, he sipped the red bean soup handed to him by his mother.

Mikoto didn't ask why the arm was broken first.

Instead, he asked his son with a smile.

"Married?"

"Done."

"So you have a child too?"

"It's a girl."

Mikoto rubbed her son's head.

"Take good care of your family."

"Ah."

Mikoto smiled helplessly, "You are just like your father. It takes him a long time to say a word."

"..."

"I can't say a word this time." In response to Sasuke's ellipsis, Mikoto smiled helplessly.

Sasuke: "Mom..."

"what happened?"

"I'm Sasuke from another world."

“Is it the world in the video?”

"Ah."

Mikoto was very distressed and covered her son's hands with both palms, "You must have had a hard time."

"I killed my brother." These words suddenly popped out of his mind when his brain went blank.

Mikoto's hands, which were holding his, trembled noticeably.

Sasuke repeated it again: "I killed my brother."

"I killed Itachi."

He suddenly held his mother's hand tightly.

“That’s my goal.”

"At the time, I invested everything I had into gaining the power to escape Konoha and followed Orochimaru, who killed the First Hokage."

"I nearly killed Naruto many times..."

"I……"

"I almost went dark and became someone like Uchiha Madara."

Mikoto's eyes were filled with pain, and she looked at her son distressedly: "You really have a hard time, but..."

"You're here now, aren't you?" Mikoto asked.

"Ah."

"Was it Naru-kun who pulled you out of your loneliness?"