"What happened to you two?" Uchiha Chiba came over to Uchiha Yoru and Uchiha Hana.
"Lord Chiba, we're fine, but how did you suddenly gain such incredible power? Yesterday, you couldn't even break that guy's Iron Sand, so how did you... Oh, and the markings on your face..." Uchiha Yoru said.
Bzzzz!!!!
The markings on Uchiha Chiba's face vanished instantly. He absolutely could not remain in Sage Mode for too long. If he output too much natural energy, he would absorb even more in turn. Once it exceeded a certain threshold, he would turn into a stone statue.
"I used a secret technique. I traded away some of my lifespan, and the price was my memories... So, what happened over the past year?" Uchiha Chiba closed his eyes and withdrew his vitality before looking at the two of them. Yoru and Hana naturally believed him. After all, Lord Chiba had still been at Kage Level yesterday, yet today he had reached the peak of Kage Level.
Then—
The two of them began recounting everything that had happened over the past year without holding anything back...
It turned out that during the year Uchiha Chiba had Uchiha Lingluo take his place, they had infiltrated Sunagakure and secretly established a small intelligence unit consisting of only a few people. On the surface, they ran an inn. They sent important intelligence back to Konoha through carrier pigeons, including several strong candidates for the Fourth Kazekage, as well as various diplomatic dealings with other nations. Incidentally, the Third Kazekage had been so furious not only because his arm had been severed, but also because Uchiha Naraku and the others had obstructed much of the Land of Wind's trade.
Because there were so few of them, the Third Kazekage had never managed to track them