Root's dissolution and Jiraiya's departure.
Returned Konoha to the Konoha it once was.
Without the Uchiha Clan's Police Force, things were still managed very well by the Hyuga Clan.
Yet many people failed to notice that the Uchiha Clan on Konoha Eight Streets—
As long as they ran a small food business, they had quietly closed up and begun renovations.
Meanwhile, scattered news arrived from the Land of Water: the Yuki Clan, the largest ninja clan in the Land of Water and a bearer of Kekkei Genkai,
Was dissatisfied with Fourth Mizukage Yagura taking the position of Mizukage and attempted to assassinate him.
After the assassination failed, Yagura was grievously wounded and withdrew behind the scenes. After that, he began a brutal purge of the major Kekkei Genkai Clans in the Land of Water.
Many Kirigakure ninja began fleeing abroad.
Because the Land of Water was distant and had closed its borders, news became increasingly scarce.
As for what exactly had happened in Kirigakure, the other forces were not very clear on it.
Fourth Kazekage Rasa of Sunagakure had assumed office in haste during the Third Shinobi World War, so his foundation had originally been unstable.
But after the Third Shinobi World War ended, he stabilized his position through his own abilities and worked hard to develop the village's economy.
He also used his Kekkei Genkai, Magnet Release Gold Dust, to pan for gold in the desert.
This brought Sunagakure a considerable financial subsidy, and the village entered a period of steady development.
In Amegakure, located at the intersection of several countries, Ibuse had grown old, lost his fighting spirit, and become greedy for pleasure.
Nagato had already taken him out, and Amegakure next entered the era of Nagato's rule.
Iwagakure's genius youth Deidara ultimately left Iwagakure and became a