Hyuga Sho was thirteen years old.
Pakura, the Hero of the Sand, also spent her first New Year in Konoha.
Her unyielding will was deeply admirable.
Therefore.
Hyuga Sho tried his best to persuade her every day.
A new year, a new beginning.
He casually captured another subordinate of Shimura Danzō and confirmed that Yakushi Nonō was still infiltrating Iwagakure.
He also continued replacing Yakushi Kabuto's photographs, striving to make sure he could no longer recognize his former adopted son.
The conspiracy was still underway.
In the latter half of the same year.
Kirigakure sent good news to all the nations of the Shinobi World.
The Third Mizukage had died of old age.
The new Mizukage... Karatachi Yagura, the previous Mizukage's disciple, had taken the position.
He not only became the Fourth Mizukage.
To strengthen the village's rule, he also sealed the Three-Tails inside himself, leading by example.
Thus, he became Karatachi Yagura, the Three-Tails Jinchuriki.
He was also the first Kage in the history of the Shinobi World to become a Jinchuriki himself.
Such boldness...
Or perhaps such ruthlessness toward himself was beyond what ordinary shinobi could match.
When Hyuga Sho and Nohara Rin were having another spar...
His subordinate... Gui.
Brought some bad news.
At an Underground Exchange on the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Hot Water.
Someone had posted a mission.
And this person... was named Miyashiro En.
The mission he posted was practically written in blood and tears, making people extremely worried about what had happened.
After learning of this, Hyuga Sho set out.
He immediately went to meet Miyashiro En, the great merchant.
When it came to finances, he had provided Hyuga Sho with many useful avenues, helping him make quite a lot of money.
Now that something had happened