In the Konoha Anbu office, Xia Yan stood quietly by the window, looking outside.
The sun had only just risen, and all of Konoha was already beginning to come alive.
That vitality had yet to fully unfold, however, because it was still a little too early.
Ever since becoming a Captain, Xia Yan had rarely come to work this early.
He had long since left frontline duties for management, so naturally, he could no longer work himself as hard or treat himself as poorly as those carrying out missions.
Today was a little different, however. Xia Yan had no choice but to come to the office early to wait and prepare. He had to keep a constant eye on the current situation.
"I wonder how things will turn out today."
Xia Yan murmured softly, then stopped dwelling on it. Once the results came in, everything would have its answer.
Quite some time had passed since Xia Yan defeated Nagato, and both the impact of his actions and his personal gains had been considerable.
Actually, Xia Yan had not wanted to cause such a huge commotion, but there had been no helping it. He really had gone a little overboard that time, and Nagato's response had played along a little too well.
Super Shinra Tensei against Xia Yan's Advent of a World of Trees, enhanced by his Jōgan Chakra Mode and senjutsu-it had essentially been a collision between two techniques capable of destroying an enormous shinobi village. The resulting tremors had been unimaginable.
Although neither technique had caused any trouble or damage to any cities or towns, their effects had still spread to many places.
With their battlefield at the center, both the Land of Fire's capital and Konoha had felt violent tremors.
Beyond that, the Land of Rivers, Sunagakure, and