"Lord Yan!"
Kyudai led a group of Uchiha ninja over to Yan's side. He glanced at the departing Cloud Village Delegation and paid them no mind.
Hearing the call, Yan turned around. When he saw Kyudai, a sincere smile appeared on his face.
After a year apart, Kyudai looked far more composed.
"Kyudai! It's only been a year, but you've changed quite a bit!"
Kyudai chuckled sheepishly and scratched the back of his head.
"It's been a whole year. If I hadn't improved at all, wouldn't I have been wasting my time in such a high position?"
"You've got a good attitude!"
"Come on, tell me about the changes in Konoha and the Uchiha Special Zone over the past year!"
"..."
As he spoke, Yan slung an arm around Kyudai's shoulders, waved to Tsunade, Kana, Itachi, and the others, and walked through Konoha's gates.
Kana and Karin hurried after him.
Tsunade, meanwhile, merely snorted and entered with Shizune, her arms folded over her chest.
However, rather than following Yan to the Special Zone, they planned to visit the Hokage Building first to see Tsunade's teacher.
Along the way, Kyudai continuously told Yan about the changes over the past year.
Some concerned Konoha, while others concerned the Special Zone.
Konoha had not changed much over the past year and was largely the same as before. However, in terms of public opinion, it had constantly cooperated with the Uchiha Clan, shifting all the blame onto Danzō.
That included the Nine-Tails Rebellion.
The general story was that Shimura Danzō had been persecuting the Uchiha Clan ever since becoming the leader of Root, seizing their Sharingan in an attempt to replicate Uchiha Madara's control over the Nine-Tails.
As a result, the Nine-Tails had gone berserk during his research, triggering the Nine-Tails Rebellion. The