Menma: Sasuke, has your era achieved peace?

Young Sasuke raised his head and met Menma's gaze.

Menma spoke directly. "I know you have many questions."

Young Sasuke's body tensed for an instant. Beneath his slanted bangs, purple light flowed through his Rinnegan, and his gaze crossed Menma's in midair.

He could feel that the way the other looked at him was completely different from the way he looked at everyone else.

"Let's talk alone," Menma invited.

Young Sasuke was silent for a second. It was a proposal he found hard to refuse.

"That was exactly what I had in mind." Young Sasuke was also very curious about how the variables in this time and space had come about.

"Good." Menma chuckled softly. No longer looking at the crowd below with their varying expressions, he turned to Yukimi, Idasuke, and the others at the edge of the sinkhole and gave his orders.

"Your mission is complete. Return home according to the established plan."

Hearing this, Yukimi, Idasuke, Neji, Gaara, Karin, and the others immediately grew respectful. They all bowed slightly to Menma in the air in unison, their movements neat and uniform, showing an extremely high degree of discipline.

"Yes, sir!" Their reply was crisp and clean, without the slightest hesitation.

Long before everyone had set out from the Land of Stars for Konoha, multiple detailed retreat plans had already been decided.

After the Konoha Crush Plan began, their mission was to tie down some of Konoha's ninja at the tournament venue and coordinate with the other squads.

Meanwhile, Shisui led a squad made up of Kimimaro, Haku, Toneri, and others, taking advantage of the chaos to collect the classics and secret technique scrolls that belonged to the Uchiha clan but had been taken by Konoha as village property.

To guard against any other unexpected situations, after each