Konoha Village basked in brilliant sunshine.
Ye Fan walked down the street with Hanabi.
The two had not returned to Konoha Village for nearly a year, mainly because they had been in seclusion training.
Unexpectedly, Konoha Village had changed quite a bit over the past year. Several interesting shops had opened along both sides of the street.
After asking around, Ye Fan gained a general understanding of Konoha Village's situation over the past year.
During that year, Konoha Village had developed steadily and had not suffered any further harassment from outside forces.
Worth mentioning was that Jiraiya, one of the Three Ninja, had taken Naruto Uzumaki away for training a year ago, while Sasuke Uchiha, who had defected to Orochimaru, had yet to return.
For this year's Chunin Ninja Exams, the only remaining member of Team 7, Sakura Haruno, could only team up with Choji Akimichi and Ino Yamanaka to qualify.
Unfortunately, this year's Chunin Ninja Exams had suddenly been moved to Sand Village. Ye Fan and Hanabi had wanted to watch the excitement, but their plans had come to nothing.
There was no need to make a special trip into the desert just to watch an exam, so Ye Fan and Hanabi remained in Konoha Village.
Whoosh!
Just as Ye Fan and Hanabi were about to enter a general store, an ANBU suddenly appeared before them.
"Lord Ye Fan, the Hokage requests your presence."
"Do you know what it's about?" Ye Fan did not particularly want to get involved in Konoha Village's affairs.
"It is an extremely important matter. Please come with me."
The ANBU kept a very low posture, clearly aware that the man before him was not someone he could afford to offend.
"Fine!"
Ye Fan and Hanabi arrived at the Hokage's Office.
The moment they entered,