I just returned to Konoha and found that my entire clan was gone.

Temari was a little excited and stopped calling him the Fourth Hokage, directly addressing him as her father.

"Gaara, do you know that Father was there the day you became Kazekage? Yes, he definitely was. Uchiha Yoru was there too. Father probably broke free from his restraints and came to see us!"

Temari's imagination is indeed quite vivid; she became more and more excited as she spoke. If Rasa hadn't spoken to her before, Temari wouldn't have had this thought. But Rasa did speak to her in person that day.

"Are you serious? Temari?"

Gaara's expression changed for the first time. Gaara harbored mostly hatred towards his father, but now that he was in the position of Kazekage, he could understand his father's thoughts to some extent, although he was still very unhappy.

But now that he heard Temari say that Rasa witnessed him becoming the Kazekage that day, he began to hesitate again.

"Gaara, you're the Kazekage now! You can't just let your personal feelings get in the way!"

Seeing that things were not going well, Chiyo hesitated for a moment before speaking up.

Gaara's face showed a struggle, Temari looked at Gaara expectantly, and Maki and Kankuro were already sweating profusely.

Only Ebizo was leisurely drinking his tea, seemingly unconcerned.

"Temari, why don't you lead the team to Konoha and ask them what they think?"

Gaara made up his mind and said directly.

"Foolish!"

Chiyo was a little angry. Ignoring Temari's happy expression, she was about to walk out. She and her younger brother had finally managed to leave the mountain, and they were really annoyed to encounter such an emotional Kazekage.

"elder sister!"

Ebizo called out to Chiyo.

"Why are you so used to the glamorous life here that you don't want to go back and go fishing with me?"

When Chiyo is in a bad mood, she can snap at anyone.

"Sister, you weren't much better off when you found out Scorpion was still alive..."

Ebizo's long eyebrows obscured his gaze, and his leisurely demeanor made him stand out from the crowd.

Chiyo fell silent for a moment, then quietly returned to her seat.

Gaara and the others pretended not to see it and began discussing precautions for going to Konoha. Just as they were about to finish, Ebizo slowly said something again.

"Reports indicate that Uchiha Yelan has fled towards the Land of Rain..."

Chapter 116 Reactions from All Sides (Part Two)

"Did Uchiha Yelan also betray the village?"

Mei Terumi rested her chin on her hands, deep in thought. Her conversation with Yoran had piqued her interest in the boy, but she hadn't expected something like this to happen so soon after.

"As expected, there aren't many good people in the Uchiha clan. I noticed something was off about this guy back then; it turns out he's harboring rebellious intentions!"

Qing kept rambling on, saying that the Uchiha clan had really terrified him. First, he encountered Shisui on the battlefield, then the Fourth Mizukage was controlled by the Sharingan, and now Yelan had betrayed the village.

As expected, the Uchiha clan are all lunatics. Even knowing they are no match for them, they still have to have a good chatter.

"Okay, shut up."

Mei Terumi, feeling somewhat annoyed by Ao's antics, spoke directly.

Ao fell silent. Chojuro, who had been promoted to Chunin, trembled. Mei Terumi hadn't allowed him to participate in the Chunin Exams; it was the village that had promoted him to Chunin, which made the boy somewhat insecure.

"Let's send a letter of condolence to Konoha. Tsunade can handle these matters herself; we shouldn't interfere."

Mei Terumi is completely single and has no plans to do anything anymore. Kirigakure still needs to develop, and Uchiha Yoru's strength is beyond Kirigakure's current capabilities.

...

Rain Country

The architecture here is unlike anything in other countries. Most of the buildings are high-rises made of steel, and these buildings are strangely shaped, creating a unique aesthetic in the rain, somewhat like the steampunk style in science fiction.

The torrential rain made it impossible for pedestrians to go out, but several people wearing straw hats stepped into the tallest building in Yuyin without prior arrangement. The rain did not stop them but instead became a kind of cover.

"It's rare to see everyone here together like this, it's been a long time."

Kakuzu looked around and said, "Because everyone is acting separately, and all the members are in different countries, we usually hold online meetings. It's rare that the leader has gathered everyone together this time."

Itachi Uchiha's bounty was 50 million ryo, Kisame Hoshigaki's was 40 million ryo, and Sasori's was 60 million ryo...

Kakuzu couldn't help but sized up Itachi, Kisame, and the others, as they were the ones with the highest bounties among those present.

However, Sasori is in a bit of trouble; he needs to be captured alive by Sunagakure. Itachi and Kisame are both dead or alive. As for Deidara and Hidan, they are trash characters with little bounty, and Kakuzu wouldn't even consider them.

"Kakuzu, if you keep looking at me, I'll cut your head off!"

Kisame drew his greatsword with displeasure, knowing Kakuzu's personality, but the way he looked at the merchandise made him very uncomfortable.

"Heh, the Hidden Mist's underground bounty office isn't offering you a low price. If you can return the ninja sword, they'll add another 20 million ryo!"

Kakuzu remained completely calm, as he was no less powerful than Kisame.

Moreover, Kisame's price tag is outrageous. He wasn't as high as Itachi or Sasori, but a single sword from him could make Kirigakure spend another 20 million yen, making him almost half the price of Kisame.

Kisame's already pale face turned even paler, and he was about to make his move.

Hello everyone!

At that moment, a figure wearing an orange mask slipped in, patted the rain off his clothes, and comically greeted everyone.

"Isn't this Afei? What are you doing at the meeting, an intern like you? Hmm."

Deidara recognized Fei and said that he had met him once before.

Scorpion, however, revealed a wary look in his eyes. He felt that this Ah Fei was not such a simple person.

"Hey Fei, I heard we've got a bunch of pretty good interns. Have you been promoting my evil god title yet?"

Hidan's purple eyes held a hint of wickedness, and despite being fairly good-looking, he sported a slicked-back hairstyle.

"Hidan-senpai! I've been promoting your ideas, but unfortunately, hardly anyone cares."

Ah Fei twisted his two fingers repeatedly, making a comical gesture.

"Damn it, it seems they don't understand how powerful the Evil God is!"

Hidan said angrily, but Tobi's next words surprised him.

"As expected of Hidan-senpai. But among the trainees this time, there are also people from Yugakure. I heard they were Jonin in the village before, and also S-rank wanted criminals!"

Ah Fei spoke exaggeratedly, looking terrified.

"An S-rank rogue ninja? I wonder how much that's worth..."

Kakuzu's fight with Kisame was interrupted, but he wasn't angry at all and started thinking about the price of the new member.

"Everyone is here."

While the others were still occasionally chatting, Xiao Nan flapped her paper wings and landed from above. She looked around, paused only slightly when she saw A Fei, and then continued speaking.

"The leader has something to announce."

Everyone else stopped talking and looked ahead at a figure that was gradually becoming clearer.

Scorpion had been paying close attention to A-Fei's actions, including the way Xiao-Nan's gaze lingered on him. It was already somewhat improper for an intern like A-Fei to attend such a meeting, but Xiao-Nan hadn't chased him away. There was definitely something going on here.

The arrival of the Heavenly Dao made others afraid to look directly at it. Unlike the previous images, the face-to-face appearance of the Rinnegan put considerable pressure on them.

Few people in the organization have ever fought against the Heavenly Dao, but none of them doubt the Heavenly Dao's strength. Just that aura alone is enough to keep them in line.

"You've all heard about what's been happening in Konoha lately, right?"

After looking around, the Heavenly Dao fixed its gaze on Itachi.

"I heard they almost turned the whole of Konoha upside down, and then they swaggered away from the village. Compared to them, we were really pathetic when we left the village!"

Kisame said with a hint of self-deprecation, having personally witnessed Ye Lan's strength, he still believed some of the rumors about Konoha.

He was somewhat surprised that both Ye Lan and Sasuke had defected from Konoha. The last time he saw Ye Lan, he thought he had a good relationship with the other ninjas in Konoha, unlike the Akatsuki members, who were mostly solitary ninjas in the village.

"Uchiha Yelan, a very strong opponent. He is the only person in Konoha with a bounty of 100 million ryo that can reach the Kage level in the underground bounty office."

Kakuzu remembered very clearly that Ye Lan's bounty was not nonexistent before, but it was only thirty million taels. Now it had soared to one hundred million taels, making Kakuzu somewhat want to give it a try.

"I remember that guy, he came up and chopped me into pieces. I'll never let him get away with this next time we meet."

Hidan said bitterly, he had a very bad impression of Ye Lan.

"Uchiha Yelan is indeed very strong, and he lives up to his reputation in the ninja world."

Although Sasori did not directly fight Ye Lan, Deidara was brutally attacked that time, and his fate was not much better than Hidan's.

"Actually, I also fought Uchiha Yelan once, back in the Land of Water."

The members of Tiandao and Xiaozhi all remembered Yelan, so there was no need for Tiandao to say more. They had all dealt with each other before, and they could tell at a glance what level a ninja was.

No one else knew about this, and they never expected that Ye Lan and Tian Dao had fought each other.

"Ye Lan's strength is indeed quite good, but unfortunately he was a Konoha ninja back then. Now he is a rogue ninja. I plan to recruit Ye Lan."

Tiandao directly stated the purpose of his gathering: to recruit Yelan. Due to his physical condition, he did not want to take action himself, and one or two members might not be a match for him, so he gathered everyone together.

Afei seemed to change at this moment, wanting to say something but unable to speak, while Obito's face beneath the mask gleamed coldly. The reason he attended this meeting was because he knew about Ye Lan; he had personally witnessed Tiandao extend an invitation to Ye Lan, which Ye Lan had refused.

Obito just wanted to know what Nagato's attitude was towards Ye Lan now, but he didn't expect...

This time, Ye Lan led Sasuke to betray Konoha, and he was afraid that Pain had the same plan. He didn't expect that he would guess it right.

"Chief, I don't think this suggestion is good!"

Fortunately, there was still someone who opposed this, and that person was none other than Itachi Uchiha.

Chapter 117 The Bizarre Chase

"Someone is chasing us."

Sasuke looked behind him. After evolving into the Mangekyou Sharingan, Sasuke's senses were further enhanced. He clearly sensed that an enemy was rapidly approaching from behind.

"They're just clowns, don't bother with them."

Ye Lan maintained her original speed without showing any sign of panic.

Not far from the two, Temari and the others who were with Konoha were following closely.