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

Time goes back to the night before Sasuke and others returned.

Hongdou finished her daily work and prepared to return home. It made no difference to her whether she went home or not. She just felt that sleeping at home made her feel more at ease.

She grinned as she was almost at the door of her house when an unexpected figure appeared at her door.

"Isn't this Ye Lan? What do you want to do by looking for your sister in the middle of the night?"

Hongdou walked up to Ye Lan and hugged him without any hesitation.

But this time Ye Lan was not as nervous as usual. He just let Hong Dou hold him in his arms and listened to her story quietly.

"Why don't you know what to say when you see me? You should have just come back, and the Chunin Exams are over. Isn't it a bit boring without me as the examiner?"

Hongdou didn't notice anything unusual about Ye Lan and kept talking and Ye Lan listened.

"red beans."

Listening to Hongdou talking about some interesting things around her, Ye Lan knew that there was no time to waste and finally spoke the first sentence.

"You are now a ninja of the Root. I want to know if the Root has any information about the Uchiha clan."

Hongdou's arm around Ye Lan froze instantly. She looked at Ye Lan with a complicated expression and spoke slowly.

"I'm sorry, this is Konoha's secret, I can't tell you."

Ye Lan looked at Hongdou and smiled self-deprecatingly. He was not surprised by this answer. After all, Hongdou did not leave the village with Orochimaru, so how could he make her betray the village?

"It's me, not you, who should be sorry."

Ye Lan looked directly into Hong Dou's eyes, flashing a strange red light. Hong Dou didn't expect Ye Lan to attack as soon as he said so. She was completely unprepared and fell into Ye Lan's illusion in one move.

Even when he wanted to use the ability of the curse, there was no reaction at all. Using that little bit of natural energy in front of Ye Lan as a joke was like waving a sword in front of Guan Gong. Naturally, he was suppressed by Ye Lan, not to mention that the curse was sealed by Ye Lan.

Under Ye Lan's manipulation, Hongdou told Ye Lan everything she knew.

In fact, she didn't know much about it. She only knew that Danzo had destroyed a lot of information after he abdicated. The only thing left was probably in Danzo's residence.

However, she heard that many experimental bases had been abandoned and sealed by Danzo. Neither Mitomon En nor Danzo would allow her to explore.

After understanding the situation clearly, Ye Lan let Hongdou fall asleep and then he carried her into Hongdou's home.

Put Hongdou on the bed. This illusion can allow Hongdou to hide in the bed for two days. By then, the problem will probably be solved.

Ye Lan really didn't want to do this, as he felt a little guilty towards Hongdou. There were not many people he could trust in Konoha, and Hongdou was one of them. Even if her actions were against his, Ye Lan didn't want to hurt her.

"Is it really okay to do this? Ye Lan."

A figure appeared beside Ye Lan. He was about the same height as Ye Lan, with the iconic round nose on his face making people feel friendly, and there was some concern in his words.

"Any decision requires sacrifice, and compared to what you had before, my sacrifice is nothing, Shisui."

Ye Lan slowly placed Hongdou's head on the pillow and loosened her hair braids. Her long hair hanging down was totally inconsistent with her originally fierce appearance.

"No matter what decision you make, I will help you this time. It's because I always made you, my younger brother, worry about me."

The person behind him was none other than Uchiha Shisui, who was reborn through the Impure World Reincarnation of Ye Lan. Through Shisui, Ye Lan already knew everything about the night of the near genocide, including that Danzo still had one of Shisui's eyes in his hand.

"So, let the ninja world see the Uchiha's prestige again."

The Sharingan in Ye Lan and Shisui's eyes began to rotate, turning into a cross and a windmill shape respectively. This pair of brothers would show their fangs to their enemies in another way.

...

What exactly is this?

Sasuke picked up the scroll and frowned. He thought for a moment and then opened it with some confusion.

The scroll simply described an underground laboratory hidden in Konoha, indicating the location and position, as well as the method to break the seal.

At first Sasuke didn't care until something was written on it.

If you want to know the real truth, go to this laboratory and all the answers will be revealed.

And Ye Lan's name was attached, which made Sasuke suddenly serious. At this time, there was a knock on the door of Sasuke's house.

Sasuke calmly put the scroll away, opened the door and saw that it was his classmate from school.

"Sasuke, to celebrate our becoming Chunin, and you and Neji becoming Jonin, the teacher decided to treat us to a big meal, you should come too!"

Sakura walked forward and explained her purpose directly. Ino, who was standing by, looked at Sakura with disdain, dissatisfied with her best friend's advance.

"Sasuke's companions can come, after all, it will be more lively with more people."

Shikamaru said seemingly nonchalantly, I didn't expect him to say something like that.

Sasuke looked around at the classmates around him, put a smile back on his face and said, "Sorry, I have some things to do in the Anbu, so I won't accompany you this time."

Sakura was disappointed after hearing this, but she didn't dare to ask Sasuke to let go of the Anbu affairs, so she could only leave Sasuke's house in frustration.

After Sasuke sent his classmates away with a smile, his face returned to its cold expression.

He returned to the room, put on all the Anbu equipment, and put the ninja sword given to him by Ye Lan on his back.

After getting dressed, he left home alone.

"Takashi, where are you going? The ANBU don't have any missions for us right now."

Not long after Sasuke went out, he was stopped by the antelope and the gray wolf. They heard what Sasuke said just now.

His instincts told Antelope that something was wrong with Sasuke.

"Monitor, whether you go home or attend the party now, we will pretend that this incident never happened."

Gray Wolf said in a steady voice, still retaining the name he had called Sasuke when he was leading the team.

"Are you guys sent by Konoha to monitor me?"

Sasuke also noticed something was wrong. Everything became abnormal after Ye Lan did not return to the village. Antelope and the others would never have been so close to him before.

"Squad leader, please don't make things difficult for us..."

Gray Wolf said bitterly.

"If you can follow, then just follow and watch."

Sasuke didn't want to fight with these two colleagues, so he used his natural energy to increase his speed and passed the two of them in an instant.

"Squad leader!" Gray Wolf didn't expect Sasuke to be so stubborn this time. Even after they said that, he still did his own thing. What on earth happened?

"What should we do? Should we report to Lady Tsunade?" Gray Wolf asked Antelope at a loss.

Antelope looked a little embarrassed under the mask, and said through gritted teeth.

"Let's follow the eagle first and see what's going on!"

Sasuke didn't want to make too much noise, so he relied on his memory of the village to go around in circles, trying to get rid of them.

But these two companions were too familiar with Sasuke and kept chasing him closely. Sasuke had no choice but to speed up and reach the place Ye Lan told him.

This is a root stronghold hidden in the Konoha Forest. According to what Ye Lan said on the scroll, the entrance is a huge tree hole, which is now covered by an illusion barrier.

When Sasuke arrived nearby, he opened his Sharingan directly. With the prompt, he easily found the target, broke the barrier directly, and walked towards the abandoned laboratory.

After seeing Sasuke's actions, Antelope and others felt something was wrong. Although they didn't know where this place was, they knew it was a secret hidden by Konoha as soon as they saw the situation.

"Gray Wolf, go report to Lady Tsunade, I will continue to follow Sasuke!"

Antelope understood that the current situation was no longer something she and Gray Wolf could handle, so she could only let Gray Wolf tell Tsunade.

Danzo, who was resting at home at the moment, was in a very good mood today. He scolded Ye Lan in front of those children who had just become Chunin. Presumably, these children would also have opinions about Ye Lan.

Even if not, Ye Lan will become the target of public criticism due to his constant publicity in the future. This will make it much easier for him to deal with Ye Lan in the future. After all, he is a consultant and can say whatever he wants.

The moment Sasuke broke the barrier, Danzo, who had been leisurely, stood up and said with a gloomy face.

"Who moved the barrier?"