I just returned to Konoha and found that all my clan members were gone.

"Are you kidding me?"

Naruto came to Tsunade's office and looked at Shikamaru in shock. Looking around, everyone was silent in response to Naruto's surprise.

"Did something go wrong? Why did Brother Ye Lan and Sasuke do this? Why did they leave the village?!"

Shikamaru's explanation to Naruto was still to try to smooth over Konoha's scandal. He just said that Ye Lan and Danzo had a conflict, and Ye Lan was killed by Danzo in a rage. As for the overly secretive things in it, he chose not to tell Naruto.

"Can't we talk it out calmly? We are all from the same village, why did Big Brother Ye Lan resort to violence? And why did Sasuke just follow Big Brother Ye Lan? Didn't he become an ANBU?"

Seeing Naruto becoming more and more agitated, Jiraiya took action. He walked forward and held Naruto's shoulder.

"Calm down, Naruto! You have to understand that everyone has their own choices, and this is their choice..."

When Jiraiya said this, he was actually telling himself that he had foolishly pursued Orochimaru in the beginning, but now he felt a little relieved.

"But I just don't understand. I still want to compare myself with Sasuke, and I also want to ask Brother Ye Lan for advice. Now..."

Naruto looked unwilling. He had been very happy to return to the village, but now he couldn't accept this news.

"Naruto! They are no longer our companions. You must remember that they are our enemies now. Moreover, they joined a terrorist organization after leaving the village..."

Kakashi, Naruto's teacher, also showed up at this moment. As soon as he heard that Naruto had returned, he immediately rushed to Tsunade.

"Kakashi-sensei, your eyes..."

Naruto hadn't thought about Kakashi's words yet. As soon as he saw Kakashi, he felt strange that his pupils had returned to black.

Kakashi said nonchalantly.

"A lot of things have happened in the past few years. My situation is not a big problem now. The most important thing is the organization that Ye Lan and the others have joined."

"You haven't encountered the organization called Akatsuki yet. Uchiha Itachi, who Sasuke had always wanted to kill, is one of them. And what we know now is that the organization may have the purpose of capturing the tailed beasts."

"And you, Naruto, are their target. Once the Jinchūriki of a tailed beast is extracted, you will die!"

Kakashi must make Naruto understand the seriousness of the matter. There is absolutely no possibility of reconciliation between them and Akatsuki. If Naruto faces Sasuke again, he must not be merciful.

Naruto felt dizzy and almost lost his balance. Even though he hadn't done much exercise, sweat was streaming down his cheeks as he muttered to himself.

"No, Brother Ye Lan and Sasuke would never do that. Obviously, we..."

"Wake up, Naruto. Ye Lan is no longer your elder brother. When he left the village, he fought with Lady Tsunade."

Although Shikamaru didn't feel that Ye Lan and Sasuke would be likely to attack Naruto directly, he still wanted to remind Naruto.

"Granny Tsunade has also taken action?"

Naruto was shocked. Even if he was stupid, he knew what the Hokage's move meant.

Tsunade, who was sitting in the office chair, nodded silently and then spoke.

"I am ashamed that as the Hokage I didn't stop this. At that time, Konoha sent out most of the ninjas but still failed to stop it. It was really embarrassing."

As Tsunade said this, she glanced at Kakashi obliquely.

Kakashi laughed and said, "There's nothing we can do. Ye Lan's summoning beast is too convenient. In terms of speed, none of us can catch up with him."

Tsunade didn't grab Kakashi's pigtail, but snorted and stopped talking about this topic.

"Anyway, Naruto, I'm going to hand him over to you now. I still have to investigate the Akatsuki matter. They have been very inactive recently and I have no intelligence on them at all. Judging from the time, they are likely to take action soon."

Jiraiya looked serious, he could guess the reason why Akatsuki stopped its activities, and now that the Three-Tails was about to be resurrected, he had a premonition that Akatsuki would make a big move.

"And Naruto, don't fall behind in your natural energy training while I'm gone. I've already told Master Fukasaku about it."

Before leaving, Jiraiya looked at Naruto who seemed a little absent-minded and gave him one more instruction, hoping that this time he could help Naruto grow a little more.

Boom—

The door of the Hokage's office was suddenly opened. Since the death of Danzo, the office door had rarely been opened so roughly. Even the two consultants before had restrained themselves a lot.

"Hokage...Hokage-sama!"

Yamashiro Aoba entered the room breathlessly, and his words were barely complete.

"What's the matter? Why are you so flustered? You are a jonin of Konoha after all!"

Tsunade said with dissatisfaction. There are many people in the office now, and his appearance will damage his image.

"Something bad has happened! The Rain Country...has declared an official war against the Grass Country!"

Yamashiro Aoba didn't care that there were many people here and just told the information directly.

As soon as this matter was mentioned, everyone's expression suddenly changed, except for the young people of Naruto's generation. They had all experienced war and knew what these two words meant.

"Is Hanzo crazy? Starting a war at this time! Why are they doing this!?"

Tsunade was no longer calm now and stood up from her office chair.

Yamashiro Aoba finally calmed down and stopped stuttering.

"The reason given by the Rain Country is that the harassment by the Grass Country on the border caused many civilians to die. After repeated condemnation to no avail, they decided to launch a formal war!"

"Just for this reason? What is Hanzo's purpose?"

Of course Tsunade couldn't believe the reason why the Rain Country started a war. In her opinion, it was just a random excuse to start a war, but she really couldn't guess what the purpose was.

"Hokage, the most important thing now is to pass this information to Sunagakure and Kirigakure. If possible, it would be best to tell the Tsuchikage about this. We have to prevent the war from expanding further."

After being surprised at first, Shikamaru analyzed the solution. No matter what, the influence of several big countries is still there. The Rain Country and the Grass Country are adjacent to the Earth Country and the Fire Country. If these two big countries intervene, the war may be suppressed.

"Just do as you say, Shikamaru, contact Ōnoki immediately!"

After listening to Shikamaru's analysis, Tsunade made a decision instantly.

"And Kakashi, keep an eye on the movements of other Rain Village people during this time, and arrest them immediately if they show any abnormality!"

"learn!"

Kakashi immediately responded that Konoha must not be in chaos at this time.

"Something terrible has happened! The Kazekage has been attacked! The Sand Village has sent a call for help! According to the intelligence, it's the Akatsuki people who have taken action!"

Just when everyone thought that the matter was handled, another even more important piece of news came. Someone from the Secret Code Department ran in with a letter for help from Sunagakure.