Chapter 2 Are you kidding?

It wasn't long before the door to the Hokage's office rang.

"Come in." Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the young man who entered the room. Although his appearance had changed a little, he would not make a mistake.

"Ye Lan, thank you for your hard work. I didn't expect that this mission would result in such a heavy loss." Sarutobi Hiruzen's originally stiff face became gentle.

"You are too polite, Hokage. Uchiha is also a member of Konoha. It is my responsibility to complete the mission." Ye Lan said as he took out a scroll from his arms. "Maybe the information is a little outdated, but I have tried my best to complete the mission assigned by Hokage."

"Hmm?" Sarutobi Hiruzen took the scroll with some curiosity. The Hidden Mist Village had been closed off for several years, so other ninja villages could not get any useful information. This time, Ye Lan was able to bring back the information, which was considered a mission accomplished.

The major events that happened in Kirigakure in recent years were Zabuza's failed assassination attempt on Mizukage and his becoming a traitor, and now his death at the hands of Kakashi. Konoha actually didn't know much about Kirigakure's current situation. The information that Ye Lan brought was actually more important than he thought.

Sarutobi Hiruzen quickly browsed through the contents of the intelligence. He didn't take it seriously at first and was still looking at Ye Lan's situation. However, the more he read, the more surprised he became.

"Is this information true?" Sarutobi Hiruzen still couldn't believe the information submitted by Ye Lan. The Hidden Mist Village actually massacred the families with bloodline boundaries, and civil strife broke out. And Yagura, the fourth generation Mizukage, was the one who implemented this policy personally.

"This is indeed true. The Kirigakure was in chaos at the time, and the Kirigakure also promoted that people from the Bloodline were evil and monsters. Except for the jonin who resisted at the beginning, the rest were orphans wandering the streets." Ye Lan said solemnly. In the final analysis, this was a conflict between the family and the village. He didn't expect the Fourth Mizukage to be so extreme. Thinking of the relationship between the Uchiha and the village, Ye Lan was most afraid of this happening.

"Resistance..." Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Ye Lan with a gloomy expression, "This information is very valuable to the village. Ye Lan, is there anything you need? This village will definitely reward you."

"I... haven't thought about these. I've been away from home for a long time. Lord Hokage, I just want to go home and have a rest and see other clan members. After all, I haven't seen them for a long time." Ye Lan thought for a while and half-truthfully expressed his thoughts.

"Don't be so polite. The village will need young people like you in the future. I remember that in addition to fire, you also have water and wind attribute chakra. That's right, when we were on a mission, Shisui asked me to teach you some water jutsu, after all, we were going to the Hidden Mist Village to carry out a mission..."

As he spoke, Sarutobi Hiruzen took out a sealed scroll from the bookshelf beside him. Without avoiding Ye Lan, he directly unsealed it and threw it directly to Ye Lan.

"Open it and take a look."

Ye Lan was a little confused by the Hokage's enthusiasm, but he opened the scroll calmly.

The scroll shows a series of water-style ninjutsu, including Water Style Water Impact Wave, Water Style Water Dragon Bullet, Water Style Wave Riding Strike, and Water Style Water Cutting Wave.

In fact, Ye Lan had already learned most of these ninjutsu during his mission in the Hidden Mist Village, but Ye Lan did not show any dissatisfaction. It was just that the attitude of the Hokage had given him a bad feeling.

"Hiruzen! What did you call us here for?!"

With a bang, the door of the office was opened and an old man walked towards him. He was leaning on a cane, had a cross scar on his chin and one of his eyes was bandaged.

The old man that Ye Lan recognized was Danzo Shimura, and Shisui used to be his subordinate.

The two men and women who look about the same age as Shimura Danzo should be the Hokage advisors, Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu.

"Remember to knock on the door next time!" Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Danzo Shimura unhappily, then picked up the scroll that Ye Lan had given him and said.

"Remember the S-rank mission five years ago, the one where we went to gather intelligence on the Hidden Mist Village?"

When Danzo heard Sarutobi Hiruzen bring up the old story again, he was a little confused. The two advisors also listened to Sarutobi Hiruzen's story patiently.

"I originally thought that the mission had failed. The search and rescue team that was sent at the time also found the wreckage of the ship destroyed by the storm, and I thought that all the personnel involved in the mission had died."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at his old friends with an intriguing look, "But today, a survivor returned to the village and brought information about Kirigakure to Konoha."

Danzo and the two advisors also understood why the Hokage left a young man here. It was probably because of the survivor.

Danzo couldn't help but look at the young man twice. He felt that he looked somewhat familiar, and there was an inexplicable irritation in his heart.

"This survivor is the one next to me. He was only 10 years old when he participated in this mission, breaking the age limit for participating in S-level missions, and he successfully completed the mission."

When they heard that this survivor was only 10 years old when he participated in the mission, Danzo and the advisors seemed to have thought of something and stared at the handsome face of the black-haired boy.

"I have already given him the reward for this mission. I hope you will keep up the good work, Uchiha Ye Lan." Sarutobi Hiruzen turned around and said to Ye Lan.

Just looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen's complicated eyes, Ye Lan felt something was wrong. Especially after hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen's words, the entire Hokage office was as quiet as if these five people were not there.

"Thank you, Lord Hokage. If there is nothing else, I will go back to my clan first." Finally, Ye Lan took the initiative to break the silence.

"Wait!" Just as Ye Lan said this and was about to leave, the four Hokages called out to him at the same time.

Ye Lan turned around with some confusion, wanting to ask if there was anything else, but the four people remained silent again.

Just when Sarutobi Hiruzen was cursing his old classmate in his heart for not being able to help at the critical moment, Shimura Danzo spoke.

"If I remember correctly, you are Shisui's younger brother, right?"

Ye Lan nodded.

"So many years have passed, and many things have actually changed, especially your Uchiha clan..."

Upon hearing that there was a problem within his own clan, Ye Lan suddenly became nervous. He had been away for not too long, so he was curious about what had happened.

"Let me tell you." Sarutobi Hiruzen saw that his friend had already started and he could leave the rest to him. "In fact, not long after you went on the mission, Shisui disappeared."

“Missing? Where?” Ye Lan felt something was wrong.

"In the village, but we searched for a long time and still couldn't find him. There's no body, no information. It's like he disappeared from the face of the earth." Sarutobi Hiruzen said seriously, "But there was an eyewitness from your clan who said that the last person Shisui saw was Uchiha Itachi."

"Itachi?" Ye Lan thought of the child who was two or three years older than him. He was taciturn and looked like he had a lot on his mind. He was called a genius and was the son of the clan leader. However, he did not get along well with the people in the clan. Only Zhi Ping would look for him when he had nothing to do.

"So if you want to know Shisui's whereabouts, do you need to find Itachi?" Ye Lan suppressed the discomfort in his heart and asked patiently.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult." At this time, Mitomon En said, "Itachi is now an S-rank rebel ninja in Konoha."

"What did he do?" Ye Lan knew that the S-rank rebel ninja must have done something that caused serious damage to the village. This seemingly depressed man seemed to have a lot of thoughts in his mind.

"Let me continue with the story of your brother's disappearance." Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at Mito Kado En with dissatisfaction, "After your brother disappeared, the police department also found Uchiha Itachi, and the two sides fought at that time. In the end, Uchiha Itachi apologized, but he never said that Uchiha Shisui's disappearance had anything to do with him."

After hearing this, Ye Lan probably understood that Shisui was probably no longer alive, and the murderer was most likely Uchiha Itachi. If that was the case, then Itachi most likely had those eyes.

"Then..." Ye Lan's voice became dull. He knew that this alone was not enough to judge Uchiha Itachi as an S-level traitor. There must be something else happening later.

"Uchiha Itachi may have resentment towards the Uchiha clan. He teamed up with a mysterious man to slaughter the entire Uchiha clan overnight." Sarutobi Hiruzen said with his last breath.

"Are you kidding me?"

The rage in his heart could no longer be suppressed, and he had lost respect for the Hokage. Cold and biting black chakra burst out from Uchiha Ye Lan's body. The bangs on his forehead were constantly blown by the air flow, and the three magatama in his pupils slowly rotated as if they could change into other appearances at any time.