Kusagakure.
A year had passed, but for Uchiha Sora, it had only been a little over three months.
Yet during his time in the Warring States period, he had experienced more than he had in that entire year.
When he returned to his familiar mansion with the Flying Thunder God Technique, he found it empty.
In the courtyard, only a cherry tree stood quietly in bloom.
Izumi, her mother, and Haku were all absent.
He had sensed earlier that they were all safe, but they all seemed to be busy.
Now, he needed to get up to speed on the current situation as quickly as possible.
After a moment's thought, he reached out with his mind, trying to contact the Impure World Elites he had summoned back then.
Once someone had been summoned through Impure World Reincarnation, they would not disappear even if the caster died. Uchiha Sora had merely spent some time in another world, which had no effect whatsoever on those he had reincarnated.
Besides, with Uchiha Sora's orders in place, they would not readily betray him.
As Uchiha Sora sensed them, several locations immediately appeared in his mind.
The closest among them was Pakura.
"Pakura, come to the Leader's Mansion!" Uchiha Sora sent the message directly to her mind.
Pakura was instructing several genin when she heard that familiar voice for the first time in so long, and her body gave an involuntary shudder.
She then left the genin behind and dashed toward the Leader's Mansion.
Moments later, Pakura arrived in the courtyard of the Leader's Mansion and saw that familiar figure.
"Leader! You're back!" Pakura dropped to one knee and saluted.
Although her reincarnated body was merely a dead vessel, it could not hide the emotions stirring in her eyes.
"Get up, Pakura. Tell me what's