C158 Return to the Village! the Anger of Uzumaki Naruto!

The Valley of the End, mission concluded.

Uchiha Sasuke has successfully fled, turning traitor and siding with Orochimaru.

Upon the kunoichi's return to the village with this news, a heavy silence ensued.

The death of the Third Hokage had left a significant gap in the village's mission protocol, a problem Jitsuzai and Tsunade had raised and sought to address