"Sometimes, making the right choice is more important than working hard."
The words Hyuga Sho had once spoken while teaching his disciples echoed in Uchiha Izumi's mind.
After a day of consideration.
That afternoon, at dusk.
Uchiha Izumi finally made a decision.
She would confess to her master.
The decision seemed both bold and impulsive.
But...
Uchiha Izumi knew.
Sometimes, if you failed to seize certain opportunities, you would miss them forever.
Or perhaps it was the pressure placed on her by Naruko, Gui, Mei Terumi... and the others.
It had forced Uchiha Izumi to make the choice she had interrupted in the Land of Snow.
She took a deep breath and tidied her appearance.
After making sure there was nothing wrong with her outfit.
Uchiha Izumi left the dormitory room in the Underground Base.
She went to look for her master.
But...
Uchiha Izumi did not see him in the Underground Base's main hall, where her master often stayed.
"Could he have gone to the Sky Fortress?"
Just then, Yakushi Kabuto hurried over.
He clearly looked as though he had returned from the Sky Fortress to retrieve something.
So.
Uchiha Izumi asked Yakushi Kabuto.
The answer she received was, "The lord did not go to the Sky Fortress."
Then...
"Where did Master go?"
With this question weighing on her mind.
She began searching throughout Konoha.
Finally...
At sunset...
Uchiha Izumi saw her master in front of the Hokage Building.
"Lord Mizukage, I shall see you no further..."
The wrinkles on the forehead of Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi had deepened a little more.
But the relaxed expression between his brows today proved that he had finally set down one great burden.
The Ceasefire Agreement with Kirigakure had been settled.
Both sides had reached peace.
A closer alliance was not