Before long, Pain left with Konan, and Genji withdrew with the Kirigakure Ninja, leaving only those from Konoha.
Uchiha Yan swept his gaze over the Konoha Ninja, his face brimming with excitement:
"Hahahahaha! Are you torn over what to do with me? Whether to kill me or pretend you never saw me?
"There's no need to agonize! Once I return to Konoha, just follow the Third Hokage's orders.
"If I survive, I will lead Konoha to true strength and prosperity and fulfill the First Hokage's ideals.
"Open your eyes and watch. Watch how I resolve the problems left over from the Warring States Period, the problem of children going to war, and the problems within each clan.
"Starting today, Konoha's decaying windmill will begin turning again. I will bring Konoha new life, and the Will of Fire will truly be carried through to the end, no longer empty words.
"Everyone, Konoha belongs to us all, not to one family or one person. We should work for our Konoha.
"As the great river surges on, the world drifts with the current. Yet there are always those willing to go against everyone's mockery, against the prejudices of their age, against everything that can and cannot be resisted, to pursue their ambitions.
"A single current flowing upstream may be swallowed, but it may also change the river's course. For it knows that although its rebellion finds no acceptance among its contemporaries, as long as it blazes its own trail, kindred spirits hundreds and thousands of years later will come flocking after it.
"Starting today, I will open the Uchiha Clan's entire collection of books to you, except for forbidden jutsu.
"I want you to work alongside the Uchiha to make the ideals left by the First Hokage a reality in Konoha. Fate is