After the Five Kage Summit was disrupted, all kinds of rumors spread throughout the shinobi world.
Some said the Fourth Hokage had swept through all Four Kage, while others claimed he had been surrounded and killed...
The news that he had swept the Four Kage had mainly been spread by Konoha, while Kumogakure Village and Iwagakure Village were naturally fanning the rumors of his death.
And Wuye had indeed disappeared for quite some time afterward, throwing Konoha into panic.
No one wanted to lose their current lives, and no one wanted to see Konoha's promising future shattered. All of it rested on Wuye, the Fourth Hokage.
Thus, countless Konoha shinobi waited anxiously for news.
At the same time, reports arrived that Iwagakure and Kumogakure forces were massing at the borders, further heightening the tension.
The situation seemed to be moving further and further in a direction Konoha's shinobi did not want to see...
But one day, Wuye strolled through the village as if nothing had happened, with a new girl by his side.
Everyone was reassured once again.
Still the same lady-killer...
Iwagakure and Kumogakure once again sheepishly withdrew their shinobi forces. Even the rumors circulating through the shinobi world made it clear just how embarrassed the shinobi of those two villages were this time.
And so, the shinobi world returned to its superficial calm.
Konoha also resumed its days of rapid development, peace, and tranquility.
Yet quite a few shinobi clans suddenly began to feel uneasy, because the Uchiha Clan frequently contacted them in secret.
For Konoha's old-established shinobi clans, although they had been required to intermarry and surrender many secret techniques, the Hokage had not forced them. They had also received benefits, so they had no interest in causing trouble alongside the Uchiha Clan.
In the end, all