A Lone Blade Meets the Assembly

It took Uchiha Yue a full ten days to reach Mandarin Fish Town.

It wasn't that Uchiha Yue's progress was too slow; it was simply that the Kirigakure ninja had laid out too many sentries, and the defenses were too tight, which greatly slowed down Uchiha Yue's journey to Mandarin Fish Town. During these ten days, Uchiha Yue seemed to have disappeared into the Land of Water. What Uchiha Yue never expected was that during his ten-day absence, the Shinobi World was once again abuzz with his title of "Asura."

Back then, Uchiha Yue's challenge to the entire Kirigakure using his "Asura" title from the Underground Exchange caused a sensation throughout the Shinobi World.

At that time, Uchiha Yue almost always hunted down Kirigakure teams. Any Kirigakure out on a mission had to be extremely wary of Kirigakure Uchiha Yue's appearance. After all, when Uchiha Yue first declared his challenge to Kirigakure, many Kirigakure had already died. Kirigakure, already known as the "Bloody Mist Kirigakure," had the fewest ninja among the Five Great Shinobi Villages. With so many Kirigakure ninja slaughtered by Uchiha Yue, the Kirigakure naturally warned all Kirigakure ninja to be wary of the legendary "Asura."

However, while Uchiha Yue's rampage against Kirigakure greatly displeased Kirigakure internally, other ninja villages with grudges against Kirigakure were actually overjoyed. True peace never truly existed in the Shinobi World; the darkness hidden beneath the surface was unimaginable to ordinary people. Therefore, during the period when Kirigakure was challenged by "Asura," with news of Kirigakure ninja deaths circulating daily, even the ninja villages affiliated with Kirigakure couldn't help but secretly stir up trouble.

Those ninja villages that allied with Kirigakure were already dependent on it Kirigakure even slightly, those villages that were originally dependent on it might switch sides. Therefore, if even the Kirigakure like this, it goes without saying that the other Four Great Shinobi Villages, which had direct interests with Kirigakure, were even more likely to act. Leaving aside Sunagakure, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, even Konoha itself had begun to take action.

Especially after the special team consisting of Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, Choza Akimichi, and Inoichi Yamanaka returned to Konoha and conveyed Uchiha Yue's intentions, the Third Hokage, who held power in Konoha, overruled objections and prepared to put pressure on Kirigakure. Remember that meeting room where this matter was discussed? When the Third Hokage first expressed his Jiraiya to help Uchiha Yue, representatives of the Uchiha Clan —Uchiha Fugaku, Jiraiya (one of the Sannin), Tsunade, Orochimaru —all surprisingly supported the Third Hokage's proposal, giving him even more confidence.

In this way, even if Council of Elders of Konoha, led by Shimura Danzō, disagreed, and many Konoha disagreed, the Third Hokage would still have the confidence to make a decision unilaterally. However, even those who supported Uchiha Yue, including the Third Hokage, never expected that just as they were about to help Uchiha Yue put pressure on Kirigakure, Uchiha Yue would disappear for a full ten days!

Within these ten days, those ninja villages that originally intended to Kirigakure felt disgusted, as if they had swallowed a fly.

Originally, those ninja villages thought that by using the "Asura" incident to challenge the Kirigakure, they could finally give the Kirigakure a good beating.

To their surprise, just as they were about to take action, "Asura" vanished!

Thus, the challenge of "Asura" to Kirigakure once again became a craze, making the name "Asura" resound throughout the entire Shinobi World once more.

However, this time, most ninja villages were secretly criticizing "Asura," cursing Asura for starting things but not finishing them. Otherwise, these ninja villages, combined with the couple's strength, would have been fully capable of suppressing Kirigakure and causing one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages Kirigakure to decline. Subsequently, due to the escalation of the "Asura" incident, many Asura villages gradually began searching for "Asura," hoping that he could fulfill his promise.

This naturally includes Konoha, which knows the identity of "Asura".

Konoha was in complete chaos, as Uchiha Yue had disappeared within the Land of Land of Water, most likely perishing there. Therefore, almost everyone connected to Uchiha Yue was using all their resources to search for him. However, the person most concerned about Uchiha Yue's safety wasn't his Tsunade, or his Uchiha Yue. Surprisingly, it was the current head of the Uchiha Yue Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Fugaku Uchiha Yue.

Of course, what Uchiha Fugaku was most concerned about was not Uchiha Yue, but Uchiha Yue's Mangekyō Sharingan.

Uchiha Fugaku didn't want his valuable Mangekyō Sharingan to disappear within the Land of Water!

While everyone was worried about "Asura," what was "Asura" doing?

The answer is: cultivation!

That's right, at this very moment, Uchiha Yue, who was hiding outside the Mandarin Fish Town, was training.

When Uchiha Yue first arrived in Mandarin Fish Town, he discovered that it was like a den of dragons and tigers, making it impossible to infiltrate. Moreover, Uchiha Yue had no confidence whatsoever in rescuing his mother, Minako, from Mandarin Fish Town, which was like a den of dragons and tigers. However, in his most troubled moment, Uchiha Yue came up with a plan.

To complete the plan in his mind, Uchiha Yue needs to stop and train properly.

This resulted in Uchiha Yue staying outside Mandarin Fish Town for a full half month.

During the past two weeks, Uchiha Yue has been using "Star" to train every day, further improving his strength and bringing himself to his peak condition.

Immediately afterwards...

When Uchiha Yue finally finished his training and slowly opened his eyes, it was clear that he had maintained the Uchiha Yue Mangekyō Sharingan the activated state.

Then, feeling that he was in good condition, Uchiha Yue stopped hiding and headed straight for the direction of Mandarin Fish Town.

Along the way, countless Kirigakure naturally discovered Uchiha Yue's whereabouts. However, because Uchiha Yue made no attempt to conceal his tracks, the Kirigakure ninjas suspected him of having some kind of scheme. Subsequently, the Kirigakure ninjas sought instructions from their superiors on how to deal with Uchiha Yue. Even some of the more reckless Kirigakure ninjas, intending to kill the arrogant Uchiha Yue the spot, were prevented from causing Uchiha Yue for him by the majority of the Kirigakure Mandarin Fish Town.

But...

The ninjas from Kirigakure had no idea that their every move had been observed by Uchiha Yue using his Purple Eye.

When he saw that all the Kirigakure ninjas were watching him intently, a slight smile couldn't help but appear on Uchiha Yue's lips!

"Uchiha Madara, you probably didn't expect this!"

"I, Uchiha Yue, dare to attend this meeting alone!"