Under the cover of night, Konoha was steeped in a tense atmosphere.
Recently, Konoha had seemed to enter a troubled period, with one incident following another.
For Tsunade, the newly appointed Fifth Hokage, every decision she made was tied to Konoha's future.
Inside a room, Tsunade wore a solemn expression.
Standing before her were over twenty ANBU members wearing white masks.
"Your mission is to launch a surprise attack on the Thunder Ridge Tribe. You may harass them, but do not go too deep. Every one of you had better come back alive."
The imposing Tsunade began assigning missions.
As the saying went, strike first to prevent a hundred strikes later.
Since they knew the Thunder Ridge Tribe had been repeatedly harassing territory under Konoha's jurisdiction, they had to teach them a lesson. If they failed to retaliate, they might attract even more enemies.
Thus, Tsunade decided to return the favor in kind!
"Lord Hokage!"
An ANBU member suddenly rushed in from outside. Judging solely from his tone, it was clearly an urgent matter.
"What is it?" Tsunade asked.
"Ye Fan, Hanabi Hyuga, and Neji Hyuga have returned to the village. They also brought back two people."
"They came back so quickly?" Tsunade froze.
"Lord Hokage, it seems Ye Fan and the other two have already wiped out the Thunder Ridge Tribe," the ANBU said again.
The entire room was shocked by those words.
"What did you say?" Tsunade demanded loudly, unable to believe it.
She had been planning to send these ANBU to harass the Thunder Ridge Tribe. Who could have imagined that three children would go out and wipe out the entire Thunder Ridge Tribe?
Was that even possible?
Before this, Tsunade definitely would not have believed it.
But ever since she had witnessed Ye Fan's methods and