The ceasefire agreement between the two great nations was signed on the battlefield between Sunagakure and Konoha.
Sunagakure sent a clerk accompanied by several tightly clustered shinobi, while Konoha dispatched only two people.
One was Dan Katō, who was specifically responsible for signing the agreement, while the other was Hyuga Shinichi, serving as his guard.
At that moment, people from both camps gathered around, watching the scene from afar.
Among the Sunagakure crowd, Pakura watched Hyuga Shinichi, Konoha's escort, from a distance. A strange sense of familiarity rose within her, yet no matter how hard she tried, she could not remember where she had seen him before.
In truth, it was understandable that Pakura could not recognize Hyuga Shinichi. When Shinichi and the others had infiltrated the Land of Wind to gather intelligence, their disguises had been completely different from how they looked now. They might as well have been entirely different people.
Dan Katō and Sunagakure's representative completed the signing of the agreement, and their handshake brought this battlefield to a close.
Hyuga Shinichi returned to the camp with Dan Katō, where Yuhi Shinku summoned everyone for a meeting.
"Mm, the battlefield between Sunagakure and Konoha is over. Konoha wants us to send a group of people into the Land of Rain to support Orochimaru and the others..."
Yuhi Shinku laid out all the arrangements made by Konoha's higher-ups. Hyuga Shinichi was not on the list of those heading to the Land of Rain battlefield, which meant he would be returning to Konoha.
After the meeting, Hyuga Shinichi returned to his resting tent. Nawaki and the other two were all waiting for him. Before the meeting, someone had already informed everyone in the camp, and the three of them were also on the list to return to the village.