Ye Fan sat in his chair, looking at the Third Hokage. His demeanor changed in an instant, his face turning icy. He was like a completely different person.
Nara Shikaku and the others watched Ye Fan, their hearts sinking as they realized this was no ordinary matter.
They all had the same premonition: whatever Ye Fan was about to ask would be explosive news, and it might well change the balance of power in Konoha.
The Land of Fire's representative was on edge. What happened next could very well affect the future of Konoha—and the future of the Land of Fire!
The Third Hokage had ranged across the shinobi world for decades, fought in several wars, and witnessed countless bloody battles. Even he couldn't help feeling tense at that moment.
Facing this boy made him feel as though he were in the middle of a shinobi war, his nerves stretched taut.
With Ye Fan's words, the atmosphere in the Hokage's Office plunged into an icy chill, growing unbearably tense.
Ye Fan was only thirteen or fourteen, but no one present dared underestimate him.
It was the first time in history that they had treated a boy with such gravity.
Jiraiya stood to one side, his mind churning.
The matter of Ye Fan's parents had already been resolved. He truly couldn't think of what else Ye Fan might ask.
Was it about the Uchiha Clan's downfall?
That couldn't be it. Jiraiya had realized long ago that Ye Fan felt no real sense of belonging to the Uchiha Clan.
All these years, the only people Ye Fan had cared about were his parents, who happened to be Uchiha. He didn't care about the Uchiha as a whole!
Jiraiya had considered all sorts of possibilities, but ruled them out one by one.
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