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As soon as the High-Level Meeting ended, Yichen began to prepare for leaving the village. The first thing Yichen had to do was to make arrangements for his six disciples.

The six disciples each possessed unique talents, and Yichen had not initially tailored his training to their individual talents. Instead, he focused on developing their fundamental skills.

Yichen now felt it was time to develop some training plans for the six people that would allow them to utilize their strengths.

Yichen plans to use the Light-Weight Rock Technique to fly with the strongest Uchiyama Takuhiro, several times a day, so that he can experience the changes in weightlessness and gravitational pull.

Unfortunately, the Light-Weight Rock Technique was a village Ninjutsu, and Yichen had no authority to teach it to his disciples.

As an advisor, if Yichen really wanted to give his disciples special training, he could find a reason to teach them one or two B-rank Ninjutsu techniques belonging to the village. Back then, Yichen applied for Kawakita, who was still Genin, to learn B-rank Sword Technique. The village, considering that Kawakita had miraculously learned to use Sword Qi at that time, readily agreed.

However, the Light-Weight Rock Technique is an A-rank Ninjutsu, which requires Yichen to seal it in his mind even after learning it. Therefore, even though Yichen is an advisor, he cannot teach it to his disciples at will.

Yichen could do was give Uchiyama Takuhiro some experience with gravity, but he couldn't directly teach him related Ninjutsu.

Kanako's origami talent is the most difficult to control, but Yichen has Konan as a cheat code. After taking on a disciple, Yichen wrote a letter to Konan.

Konan was thrilled to learn that Yichen had taken on a disciple with origami talent, and wished she could snatch Kanako away from Yichen. So she wrote a notebook about Paper Style Jutsu overnight and sent it to Iwagakure.

Therefore, Kanako was the easiest thing for Yichen. He only needed to hand over Konan's notes to Kanako and that was it. At most, he would answer some questions that Kanako didn't understand based on his own experience.

Kawazoe Yura's talent is related to Sealing Jutsu, and Yichen is an expert in this field. Yichen has a wealth of knowledge in sealing Sealing Jutsu, from C-rank to S-rank Sealing Jutsu, and can easily guide the young girl to the basics.

Arranging the three students in Team Four was easy, but arranging the three students in Team Three was more complicated.

Although Suda Himezuki has Ninja Cat named Shiro, Shiro is still just a kitten and can't even take care of itself, let alone fight. And Yichen isn't very good at guiding Ninja Beast in their training.

Finally, I had to ask the Shironeko and Dango for guidance. Luckily, Dango was still recovering from childbirth, so she had plenty of time.

In addition, Yichen also took Suda Himezuki to see the Giant Panda. Suda Himezuki was chosen by the Giant Panda, so the Giant Panda Suda Himezuki and was willing to teach the little girl some things related to Ninja Beast.

Katsuya's Genjutsu Talent surpasses that of ordinary people, but Iwagakure's collection of Genjutsu is not large. Previously, Iwagakure had almost no B-rank Genjutsu that could be used in actual combat; they only had some auxiliary ones.

Third Shinobi War, the Iwa ninja obtained two B-rank Genjutsu from Konoha: Mirror Heaven and Earth and Nirvana Abode Technique.

The former can be used in actual combat, but it requires a high level of skill from the user, and no Iwa ninja has yet been able to use this Genjutsu against an enemy.

The latter is almost only useful to ordinary people; learning it is completely useless.

Since the war, the village has been organizing people to develop new Genjutsu, but the results have been mediocre. They haven't even been able to create C-rank Genjutsu that can be used in combat, let alone B-rank Genjutsu.

Developing a complete system of Ninjutsu is too difficult. Iwagakure has too little foundation, and it will take a lot of time to achieve any results.

Fortunately, although Katsuya talent, his foundation is too weak. He has never been exposed to Genjutsu before, so he needs to start from the most basic theoretical knowledge. Yichen can still give him guidance in a short period of time.

In addition to teaching Katsuya the theory, Yichen also arranged his first Genjutsu: a training program in Interrogation. Since Yichen was the consultant in charge of interrogations, arranging for Katsuya to Interrogation enemy spies was a piece of cake.

With the opportunity for hands-on practice, Yichen believes that it will be easy for Katsuya to get started.

Finally, there's Yoshimura Kazumasa. Yichen himself is a master of Hand Seals, so instructing Yoshimura Kazumasa seems simple. However, the main reason Yichen Hand Seals quickly is his Chakra control, not his hand speed. Yichen's hand speed is the result of training.

Therefore, Yichen also learned by trial and error when receiving guidance from Yoshimura Kazumasa, and formulated a training plan that was as suitable as possible for him. The primary goal of the plan was to increase the speed of Hand Seals when performing Ninjutsu, and the secondary goal was to simplify the Hand Seals.

Considering Yoshimura Kazumasa's special circumstances, Yichen added another task: developing new handprints.

There are many Hand Seals in the Ninja World. Not to mention the common ones, there are many strange and unusual Hand Seals methods. For example, Jiraiya's method of Hand Seals with his feet.

Yichen only knows the twelve most basic hand Hand Seals. However, there are not many ready-made hand seals to refer to for practicing One-handed Hand Seals. Back then, Yichen developed them all on his own.

Therefore, Yichen has some experience in developing new hand seals and also has certain hopes for Yoshimura Kazumasa.

After arranging for his six disciples, Yichen then focused his attention on Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki. Yichen had high expectations for Han and spent a lot of time on him.

Before leaving the village, Yichen wanted to have a good talk with Han.

Since taking on three disciples, Han's life has been completely different. He spends his days either teaching the three novice genin Genin figuring out how to teach them.

It just so happened that Han's three disciples were not there when Yichen came to see him; otherwise, Yichen seriously suspected that he might not have been able to get a word in edgewise.

Even so, Han would occasionally steer their conversation off course, eventually bringing up the topic of their three disciples.

Han either asked Yichen for advice on the details of teaching disciples or described the cultivation progress of his three disciples to Yichen.

Yichen had originally planned to wait until he finished asking his questions before starting the conversation. But judging from the way things were going, he figured the topic wouldn't get back to normal by the time his disciples returned.

So Yichen eventually found an opportunity to bring up the topic of Tailed Beast.

"Senior Han, how have you been getting along with the Five-Tails lately?"

Han was visibly taken aback by the question, then seemed to wake from a dream, his excitement cooling down considerably.

After hesitating for a moment, Han said, "I've almost forgotten my Jinchuriki lately. I haven't had any conflict with the Five-Tails recently."

Han scratched his head and said, "This is a bit strange. The Five-Tails used to frequently try to break the seal, but now it seems much calmer."

Yichen smiled and said, "Senior Han, I've wanted to talk to you about the Tailed Beast for a while, but you weren't feeling well before, so it wasn't a good time to bring it up."

"But since you took on three disciples, your mental state has changed dramatically. And in my opinion, this change is very positive, and it's also very suitable for getting along with Tailed Beast."

"So today I'm going to tell you something about the Tailed Beast."

Han was somewhat surprised and looked at Yichen speechlessly.

Yichen stood up and said, "Let's go to the top of the valley. The view is more open there, and we can chat more comfortably."

After saying that, Yichen got up and went to the top of the valley without looking back. Han hesitated for a moment, but still followed.

The two sat atop the valley, gazing into the distance, neither speaking.

After a long while, Yichen finally spoke, "Senior Han, do you know the name of the Five-Tails?"

Han's body stiffened, and he turned to look at Yichen in astonishment, tentatively asking, "Tailed Beast have names?"

Inside Han's body, within the seal unseen by Yichen, the Five-Tails, who was sleeping, suddenly opened its eyes.

Yichen didn't turn to look at Han, but continued gazing into the distance, saying, "The villagers treat Senior Han like a monster and dare not get close to you. But I know you are a hero, a hero who sacrificed for the village."

"But, Senior Han, you treat the Five-Tails as a monster. Have you ever considered that the Five-Tails is also a living being? It has its own thoughts and feelings, and it has its own name."

Han was stunned after hearing Yichen's words, but Yichen ignored him and continued, "From the perspective of the Five-Tails, it did nothing, yet it was sealed inside a ninja's body, losing its freedom and being used as a weapon by us."

"So from the Five-Tails' perspective, we Iwa ninja are the bad guys, and it is the victim."

Han had never heard anyone say such a thing before. His understanding of Tailed Beast had always been how terrifying they were and how much of a threat they posed to the village, but he had never thought about this kind of thing.

Han instinctively wanted to refute, but remembering what Yichen had just said—that the villagers treated him like a monster—Han wavered. Perhaps he, too, had misunderstood the Five-Tails just as the villagers had misunderstood him.

But is what Yichen said true?

Yichen didn't give Han time to think it over and said directly, "Han, try to become friends with the Five-Tails. It's just like you used to be, very lonely."

"You still have friends, Tajima, me, and now you have a disciple. But what about the Five-Tails?"

"It's still all alone. You used to be just like it, sharing its loneliness, but now you're suddenly not lonely anymore. What will it think?"

"So, Han, give Five-Tails a friend."

Han lowered his head and remained silent for a long time before asking, "Advisor Yichen, do you know what the Five-Tails' name is?"

Yichen nodded and said, "Of course I know, but I won't tell you. You'll have to communicate with the Five-Tails yourself. Let's start by knowing its name to become friends."

The man, who had been looking down, paused for a moment before slowly raising his head. He glanced at Yichen, then, like Yichen, turned his gaze into the distance. He then smiled and said, "I understand. I will become friends with Five-Tails."

Yichen didn't turn his head, but his Mind's Eye could sense that Han's Chakra fluctuated significantly at this moment. The fluctuation was very brief and quickly returned to calm.

But Yichen knew that Han's mindset had changed. Yichen didn't know if his words today would have a positive impact on Han, but Yichen knew that Han was in a very good mood at this moment.

So Yichen also dropped his serious expression and smiled.

The two gazed into the distance until Han's three disciples called out to him from below, at which point their brief but pleasant conversation ended.

Han Yichen nodded, then got up and returned to the valley.

Yichen glanced at Han's retreating figure, smiled, stood up, stretched, and thought, "The most important thing is done. It's time to leave the village."

Five days later, news from Konoha reached Yichen. The scouts reported that Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya of Konoha had disappeared together.

When the scouts received the news, the two had not made a public appearance for at least three days. This would be normal for Orochimaru, but it was not normal for Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze.

Minato Namikaze is alright, he's often out on missions, but Jiraiya's life seems incomplete if he's not chased around in the women's bathhouse two or three times a day.

After observing for a while, the scouts discovered that, in addition to these two, several other well-known elite Elite Jonin from the village had also disappeared.

Konoha's response was thus quite obvious: once again, Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze led the team.

However, Yichen was still unsure of who Hiruzen Sarutobi was specifically targeting this time.

After receiving the news, Yichen entrusted his six disciples to Tomoko's care and then left the village.