Another day had passed.
They could have set out yesterday to conquer the other four great ninja villages.
But
Uchiha Madara was concerned about his younger brother, Izuna, so he planned to delay their departure by a few more days.
Chen Yiban wasn't in any particular hurry.
And because of his special memories, Chen Yiban was willing to give Izuna time to recover to a better state.
The only pity was
Izuna's Mangekyō Sharingan was gone for good!
Now he could only use the Three Tomoe Sharingan that had been transplanted into him and whose chakra pathways Tsunade Hime had corrected.
Without the Mangekyō Sharingan, Izuna's strength inevitably fell short of what it had been during the Warring States Period.
Chen Yiban planned to see if he could draw something from the system that might help Izuna awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan again.
For now, though, Izuna would have to make do with the Three Tomoe Sharingan Chen Yiban had given him!
Besides,
Izuna had spent just one day resting in the hospital after the surgery before insisting on being discharged.
By now, it was already the afternoon of the following day!
The location was once again the wooded hills behind Konoha.
The hills behind Konoha were lively again today.
Besides Chen Yiban, Uchiha Madara, and the members of the Akatsuki Organization,
Izuna had also removed the bandages from his eyes and followed his two older brothers here.
In addition,
Tsunade Hime, Jiraiya, Shikaku Nara, Kakashi, Kurenai Yuhi, Mitaraishi Anko, and many other Konoha Jonin had caught wind of the news and gathered here.
The reason was:
"So this is your younger brother's coffin?"
Chen Yiban looked at the coffin in front of him and murmured calmly.
"Yes." Beside him, Tsunade Hime stared intently at the coffin she had spent the