"What are you going to Amegakure for?" Yan asked curiously. "Are you planning to meet those people from the Akatsuki?"
"Obviously. Don't you know I have some ties with the Akatsuki? This time, just like what happened with you last time, they said the Akatsuki was in danger and asked me to come save them! I was afraid it was another ploy to lure me away, so I didn't go! Now that I've dealt with things here, I should head over and take a look!" Hatake Ziyan said with a casual smile.
"Oh, right! Let's go! I want to see what's so special about the legendary Rinnegan that makes you care so much!" Seeing Hatake Ziyan's expression, Yan grew interested too and followed him toward Amegakure!
A day later, two figures appeared outside Amegakure!
"Hey, is this rundown place really the base you were talking about?" Yan asked Hatake Ziyan beside him, looking at the chairs and benches scattered across the ground and the thick layer of fallen leaves.
Hatake Ziyan frowned too. What happened here? How did it end up like this?
"This is the place! But it looks like they've moved! It seems no one's lived here for a long time!" Hatake Ziyan said. "Come on! Let's go to Amegakure and ask that old Demigod!"
"All right!" Yan shrugged, not particularly concerned.
The two turned and headed for Amegakure.
But when they reached the outskirts of Amegakure, Hatake Ziyan had a bad feeling. No matter how he looked at the village before him, where rain fell without pause, something seemed wrong!
"Hey, Hatake Ziyan!" Yan activated his Byakugan and looked at the village ahead. "There are quite a few powerful people in this village. Don't tell me those young friends of yours took it over? And this