Sakumo was overjoyed. He had never expected Hatake Ziyan to come out of seclusion so soon, and he hurried toward the house!
Yūichi was puzzled too. Hatake Ziyan usually stayed in seclusion for two or three months. Why had he come out so soon this time?
Still, he did not dare ask. Now that Hatake Ziyan had emerged, there was nothing left for him to do, so Yūichi turned and left!
"Uncle Ziyan!" After entering the house, Sakumo saw Hatake Ziyan sitting inside and hurried forward to bow in greeting.
Looking at Hatake Sakumo, whose face had aged considerably, Hatake Ziyan felt a pang of emotion. Sakumo was more than a decade younger than him, yet even he was beginning to show his age!
As for why he had come out of seclusion early this time, the system had woken him up!
Just over ten minutes earlier, when Sakumo and Yūichi arrived outside the Hatake Clan grounds, the system had triggered a choice!
Ding! Congratulations, host! A reward choice has been triggered! Option one: Accept the Allied Shinobi Forces' request, leave seclusion, and help them defeat Madara and the others! Reward: All restrictions from previous missions will be invalidated! Rewards will no longer be revoked for violating mission restrictions! Option two: Refuse the Allied Shinobi Forces' request, remain holed up in the Land of Iron, and protect everyone in the Land of Iron when Madara Uchiha activates Infinite Tsukuyomi! Reward: Advance one minor cultivation realm!
The appearance of those choices had awakened Hatake Ziyan and let him know how far events had progressed!
"Have a seat! What brings you here?" Hatake Ziyan gestured for Sakumo to sit, asking a question he already knew the answer to.
"Uncle Ziyan! I came here... I came here..." Sakumo suddenly found himself