Three days later, the Raikage arrived as scheduled.
This time, the Fourth Raikage's entourage was far grander than when his father, the Third Raikage, had come to Konoha.
Perhaps it was also because the Fourth Raikage's injuries were far from light, and they feared some accident might occur along the way?
Ye Ning smacked his lips and shook his head dismissively.
No matter how many men the Raikage had brought, or how many elite subordinates he commanded, they would not be able to stir up any trouble.
Orochimaru had not been idle these past three days.
Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto had both successfully awakened their Mangekyo Sharingan.
This had greatly exceeded Ye Ning's expectations.
Ye Ning had not been surprised that Uchiha Fugaku could evolve his Three-Tomoe Sharingan into a Mangekyo Sharingan. But the fact that Mikoto could awaken one as well truly astonished him.
He had not expected that someone who, in the original story, had always appeared as a gentle woman devoted to her husband and children would also possess the potential to awaken a Mangekyo Sharingan.
That meant the Uchiha clan now had three pairs of Mangekyo Sharingan.
And they were Mangekyo Sharingan that would never go blind!
They were another step closer to building a Gundam squadron.
The only regrettable thing was that the fusion of Tailed Beast chakra... was indeed progressing less than ideally.
At this rate, even a conservative estimate put it at a year before the fusion would be complete.
"Ye Ning... Ye Ning!"
Tsunade called out twice in succession, rousing Ye Ning from his thoughts. "The Fourth Raikage and his subordinates have all settled in. Negotiations will probably begin soon. This time... how should we handle them?"
Negotiations?
Ye Ning curled his lips in amusement, tilting his head with an unreadable