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

Ye Lan returned to the village. After Orochimaru fled, the Sand Village was defeated step by step. The village had stabilized the situation. Only then did he learn that the Third Hokage had died in the battle.

Did he die as a ninja in the end... Ye Lan still felt a little regretful when seeing the death of Sarutobi Hiruzen. After all, as the Hokage, he knew best what happened to the Uchiha clan. He died without knowing a lot of information. Fortunately, he had already obtained the Impure World Reincarnation.

After Ye Lan returned to his residence and rested for a few days, a ninja informed him to attend the funeral of the Sandaime Hokage and other ninjas who died in the battle.

A fine drizzle gradually began to fall from the sky, falling softly on the ground like silk. Ye Lan walked quietly on the road leading to the funeral. He was wearing a plain black suit, which matched the attire of most people around him, making the whole scene seem even more solemn and dignified.

There was a solemn atmosphere at the funeral as people stood silently in the rain, expressions of grief and sorrow on their faces.

Kakashi saw Ye Lan coming and quietly walked to his side. "The three Genin from Sunagakure have been detained. We don't know what the attitude of Sunagakure is yet, but the war should not start. According to the news from the Anbu, Orochimaru killed the Fourth Kazekage before the game."

After hearing that Orochimaru had already dealt with the Kazekage, Ye Lan realized that the show was completely over. He remained silent as he was thinking about who could take on the position of Hokage.

"The village will probably be very busy in the future. I don't have time to teach Sasuke and the other three. I ask you to take care of them for me. Both Naruto and Sasuke are now protected by the village. The village cannot allow any more mistakes to happen." Kakashi said.

He has not been assigned any new tasks since the death of Sarutobi Hiruzen, and the two consultants have no intention of summoning him, so Ye Lan has become idle.

"Kakashi, you are Naruto and the others' teacher. It's too irresponsible of you to let me lead the students every time." Although Ye Lan understood, he still complained.

Kakashi smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Well, this is not a special situation. Besides, your official appointment as a jonin should be coming soon. You will inevitably lead other ninjas to carry out missions in the future. Just treat it as early adaptation."

He blocked Orochimaru and personally captured the Sand Village's Jinchuriki and brought him back to the village. It is not an exaggeration to call Ye Lan a hero of Konoha in this attack. The top leaders did not specifically promote him, but the title of special jonin is no longer suitable for Ye Lan.

"It's easy for you to say..." Ye Lan really didn't want to cause trouble for himself, and finally did not refuse Kakashi's request.

After leaving the funeral, Ye Lan met an acquaintance, Hongdou.

"Captain." Ye Lan greeted.

"No need to call me captain. The Chunin Exam is over and we are no longer a team. Just call me Hongdou." Hongdou patted Ye Lan's shoulder.

Sure enough, it's still the same. Ye Lan silently distanced himself from Hongdou.

But this person stepped forward as if he had no vision and continued, "Ye Lan, remember we agreed to have a drink after the Chunin Exam. Are you free tonight?"

"Captain... Hongdou, I'm not an adult yet so I can't drink it..." Ye Lan was interrupted by Hongdou before he could finish, "It's enough to know that you are not an adult yet so you can drink the juice."

Ye Lan agreed to Hongdou's request and came to the barbecue restaurant Hongdou mentioned at night. He heard that this restaurant was very popular in Konoha and there was no room without advance reservation. Maybe because the village had just experienced a battle, not many people came to eat barbecue tonight.

"Here!" As Ye Lan entered the store, he saw Hongdou waving to him to come over. He went forward and found that there was not only Hongdou, but also Shiranui Genma, Yamashiro Aoba, Diewashi, Kamijou Izumo and others.

"You were called by Hongdou too." Xuanjian greeted.

Ye Lan nodded, looked around, said hello and sat down. This group of people were at least a generation older than him and he was not very familiar with them so there was no conversation. Also, Ye Lan was the only one with Juice, so he did not take the initiative to talk to anyone.

"By the way, now that the Sandaime is gone, I don't know who can be the Hokage..." said the drunk Yamashiro Aoba.

"This is not something you and I can worry about. The village still needs to operate, and it's time for us to get busy next." Shen Yue Chu Yun also interjected.

"I heard that the advisors wanted Lord Jiraiya to be the Hokage, but he refused. I really don't know who can take on this responsibility." Xuanjian, as the Hokage's bodyguard, is more informed, and he said this.

"Lord Jiraiya, who is also one of the Three Ninjas, is unwilling to be the Hokage. I wonder who can do it." Gang Zitie was also drunk.

"Lord Jiraiya may want to bring Lady Tsunade back to the village. Lady Tsunade is fully capable of being the Hokage." Anko's face flushed.

Kamatsuki Izumo, "Lady Tsunade has been away from the village for a long time. No one knows how her whereabouts are so easy to find."

Listening to the conversation of his colleagues, Ye Lan did not interrupt until everyone had almost finished drinking and the party ended.

In the following days, Ye Lan took Naruto and the other two to do some D-level or C-level missions issued by the village. They were all carried out around the village and they did not leave the village too far. In their spare time, he led them to practice in the training ground.

Sakura's strength surprised Naruto and Sasuke. In close combat, neither of them could withstand a few punches from Sakura. Usually, Sakura continued to practice the ninjutsu taught by Ye Lan, while Sasuke perfected the use of Chidori. At this time, Naruto began to become unhappy.

"Brother Ye Lan! Can you teach me some powerful ninjutsu?" Seeing Sakura becoming stronger under Ye Lan's guidance, Naruto also wanted to learn new ninjutsu.

"Haven't you already mastered the use of the Nine-Tails Chakra? Why do you still need to learn ninjutsu? Just continue to train your control." Ye Lan said boredly.

"But I also want to learn Chidori-like ninjutsu!" Although he didn't want to admit it, Sasuke's Chidori looked much more handsome.

"The key is that I don't know how to use Chidori either." Chidori Ye Lan could use it barely, but he had no right to teach Kakashi a ninjutsu that was not his own, and this jutsu was not as good as using a ninja sword for him.

"Then teach me some other cool ninjutsu!" Naruto kept shaking Ye Lan's arm like a little child.

"Naruto! Stop bothering Brother Ye Lan!" Sakura couldn't help but say when she saw Naruto's look.

"Tsk, so biased, he teaches Sasuke and Sakura but not me." Naruto curled his lips and said in a low voice.

"Hey, take this." Ye Lan had no way to deal with Naruto and handed him a piece of chakra paper.

"What is this for?" Naruto asked in confusion.

"This is chakra paper, idiot. Brother Ye Lan is testing what kind of chakra you have and then teaching you something!" Sakura explained.

When Sasuke saw Naruto take the chakra paper, he stopped practicing and looked over. He was also curious about what kind of talent Naruto had.

After Naruto injected chakra, the paper split into two halves.

"Hey, what's going on?" Naruto stared at the paper in his hand in a daze.

"It's the wind. You actually have chakra similar to mine." Ye Lan said when he saw the chakra paper split in half. "Wind escape is the most powerful ninjutsu, and it's also a very difficult attribute to master. I'm quite good at wind escape, Naruto, do you want to learn it?"