Half a year flew by.
During that time, Kahn's main task had been studying Spiritbending, hoping to gain enough ability to find the Mother of Faces as soon as possible, then discover Yin Shu's whereabouts.
Even so, because he occasionally had to carry out Ozai's assignments, his intermittent studies still took half a year.
After settling on their strategy for dealing with Ozai, they had more things to keep in mind during their missions. Not only did they work hard to expand their own faction's influence, they occasionally even selected some "talent" for Ozai, just like Youdan, whom Azula had selected.
As for those they could not use, and who were certain to become their enemies in the future, they naturally spared no effort in suppressing them, snuffing them out in the cradle.
In addition, after Mai and Ty Lee joined their mission team, the assignments became increasingly easy. Kahn could even occasionally slack off during missions and squeeze out some time to keep practicing Spiritbending.
East, South, West, and North had now grown accustomed to the colorful life of the Human World and expressed their willingness to stay by Kahn's side, declaring that they had become his Pokémon through and through!
There was little to say about Iroh and Zuko's journey to find the Avatar. They had found nothing so far and were still wandering abroad.
According to Zuko, however, he had gained a great deal over these years and given more things thought. Only now had he realized how immature his past thinking had been.
Moreover, seemingly influenced by Iroh, he had also become an opponent of the war, believing that the Fire Nation's current actions were extremely dangerous and that many of Ozai's decisions were undoubtedly wrong.
Kahn offered no opinion on this. He merely marveled that