In Konoha: Three Choices at the Start

"No. Since the Cloud Ninja have declared a ceasefire, I'll be going!" Liuyun shook his head.

With a thought, he rose into the air before everyone's eyes once more and flew toward the sky until he vanished.

"Lord Raikage! Perhaps we could..." Mabui Jin's eyes gleamed.

"We'll talk when we get back to the village!" The Fourth Raikage waved him off.

Mabui Jin had been thinking exactly what he was thinking. Whatever it took, they had to bring someone as powerful as Liuyun over to their side.

"L-Liuyun just left? He didn't even come over to catch up with an old friend?" Jiraiya stared at the sky in disbelief.

"Little Jiraiya, Konoha must have done something bad to Little Liuyun, haven't they?"

"I know his temper a little. He wouldn't be this rude otherwise. This time, he's truly angry!"

Sage Fukasaku sighed at Jiraiya and exchanged a glance with Sage Shima. The two vanished on the spot.

Konoha did something bad to Liuyun?

Jiraiya fell silent. It had to be those rumors going around.

"Old man, you're playing with fire!"

Jiraiya didn't know what to say, much less how to talk him out of it.

Petty tricks like that no longer worked on someone who had reached Liuyun's level.

"Konoha... Hah."

Jiraiya sighed. He could almost see the fury Liuyun would unleash when he returned to Konoha.

Half a day later, Liuyun appeared near the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools.

"Who goes there?" a Hyuga Clan ninja on guard shouted at him.

"Liuyun! What are you doing here?" Surprise flashed across Hyuga Hiashi's face.

"Long time no see, Hiashi! Hizashi!" Liuyun greeted them.

"It has been a while. Are you here to see Clan Leader Fugaku?" Hizashi asked.

"Yeah. Go get Fugaku."

"You're not coming in?" Hiashi