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

"White Snake Immortal? Longdi Cave, one of the three holy places? What do they want to do with me?"

It seems that Hongdou's ability to control natural energy to this extent is closely related to the Ryuchi Cave.

Ye Lan wondered why the other party was looking for him.

"I don't know the specific situation. I'm just a messenger. Whether you want to go or not has nothing to do with me."

Hongdou opened another bottle of beer and drank it down with one gulp.

If you want to find me, I am too busy now. However, Ye Lan is indeed interested in the three holy places, so he can take a look at them when he has time.

"Then wait until the war in the Land of Earth is over. I'll go take a look with you later."

Seeing Hongdou drinking beer again, Ye Lan asked again.

"How is it? Is it nice to be a prisoner?"

"Ha, the prisoners here are the best treated I've ever seen."

Hongdou shook the beer can in his hand. If he was caught by other villages, he would not be treated like this.

"Just get used to it, but have you considered anything else?"

Hongdou paused briefly in drinking, she understood what Ye Lan meant.

She said after a moment's silence.

"My father sacrificed his life for Konoha. I will always be a ninja of Konoha."

"Understood. I won't bother you anymore."

Ye Lan did not continue asking questions, turned around and prepared to leave the room.

"Wait a moment."

"What else?"

When Hongdou saw Ye Lan was about to leave, she stopped him and asked with some hesitation.

"Can you tell me about the battlefield? From what you heard, the battle in the Land of Earth is almost over?"

"Logically, I can't tell you about this, but now it has affected the result, so I'll tell you."

Ye Lan chuckled twice, "After your mission failed, Ohnoki immediately led a large force to attack, probably wanting to rescue you. But he failed, and Iwagakure suffered heavy losses, and has now begun to shrink its defense line."

"You took action?"

In Hongdou's understanding, if Ōnoki takes action, the only way to fight back is to let Ye Lan take the field.

"No, I came back near the end, and by the time I arrived, Iwagakure had already suffered such a huge loss."

"how is this possible?"

Hongdou widened her eyes. If she didn’t know Ye Lan’s character, she would have thought he was joking.

"This is the truth. Iwagakure will soon become history."

Ye Lan did not explain further, leaving Hong Dou alone to think.

At the same time, in a prison cell in the mine.

Most of the prisoners here are Iwagakure ninjas who are unwilling to work. Their conditions are not as good as those of other prisoners. They eat from a big pot, sleep on a big bunk bed, and sit here all the time except for two hours of exercise time every day.

What surprised them the most was that the people from Yuyin did not interrogate them at all, but just left them alone.

Especially when they were allowed to go out for exercise every day, they saw other prisoners who were willing to work. Their lives were very different from theirs, and as a result, there were fewer and fewer people in the cell.

The ones left now are a bunch of diehards.

One of them was Ohnoki's son, Huang Tu. He adjusted his sitting posture as sitting for a long time made him very uncomfortable.

As for Heitu, he was assigned to the place where women were imprisoned. Apart from anything else, men and women were still separated.

"Huangtu, someone is visiting you!"

At this time, a Yuyin soldier appeared at the prison door.

Visits rarely happen but they do happen. The mine is built within the borders of the Land of Earth, and many of the Iwagakure ninjas actually have relatives. If they learn that one of their own is imprisoned here, some who are willing to help will come and look after them.

But he didn't expect that the person who came to visit this time was Huang Tu. You know, there is only one person left in his family, Oonoki, and even some of his good friends are all ninjas from Iwagakure. How could anyone come to see him?

"Are you going to come out or not? If you don't come out, I'll let you go!"

Yuyin's soldiers saw that Huangtu had not moved for a long time and their patience was about to run out. He had no good face for these prisoners of war who were unwilling to work, no matter how big the opponent's reputation was.

"Can I ask who it is, please?"

Huang Tu asked with his dry lips. The continuous failures made him feel discouraged. He seemed like a different person in just a few days.

"Why are you asking so many questions? Are you going or not?"

The soldier was about to leave after saying this, he didn't want to talk any more.

"Take me to see it."

Huang Tu couldn't help but sigh when he saw that the other party ignored him. Now he was suppressed by the sealing technique and couldn't even use his chakra.

People have to bow their heads under the eaves.

The soldier skillfully took out handcuffs and took Huang Tu out. They said they could visit, but these people had to wear handcuffs.

The soldier brought Huang Tu into a small house. When he walked to the front of the house, he took the initiative to unlock the handcuffs under his puzzled gaze, and then stood at the door without entering.

Seeing Huangtu was a little at a loss, he laughed.

"Why do you want me to invite you in? The person who wants to see you is inside the house."

Huang Tu moved his wrist. He didn't expect this man's attitude to change so suddenly. He suppressed his doubts and pushed open the door.

What he never expected was that there was an acquaintance waiting for him in the room.

His father's former student, Deidara.

"Hey, Brother Huangtu, long time no see. Hmm."

According to seniority, Deidara should call Kuroto Uncle. After all, he and Kuroto are fellow disciples. But how could Deidara be so obedient?

"Deidara, what are you doing here?"

Huang Tu's face was grim. He knew that he had contributed to the country of Earth becoming what it is today.

"Brother Huangtu, I came here just to tell you a piece of news. After your mission failed, the old man personally led a team to rescue you. He almost mobilized all the remaining forces of Iwagakure, but was defeated. Now it is only a matter of time before Iwagakure fails."

Seeing that Huangtu had no desire to talk, Deidara directly stated his purpose.

"how so..."

Huang Tu's eyes went dark and he almost fell down. He did not doubt whether Deidara was lying to him. This really seemed like something that Ohnoki would do.

"Not only that, on the same night, Ye Lan and I went to the capital of the Land of Earth. We killed almost all the daimyo and nobles in the capital, and distributed their property to the common people. Hmm."

Deidara revealed another piece of bombshell news.

Huang Tu's heart twitched. He didn't expect Ye Lan to be so cruel. Now Yan Yin's supply became a problem.

It took a long time for Huangtu to recover. Their actions this time actually caused such a chain reaction.

"What on earth do you want to do Deidara? These are all confidential information belonging to Amegakure, right? You're telling me this to a captive?"

Of course Deidara knew that what he did was actually against the rules, but in fact, these things were already out in the open, and he couldn't think of any possibility of Iwagakure turning the tables. Even if Ye Lan and he were gone, Goumigakure could still win with their current strength, it's just that the difficulty has increased a little.

So Deidara still took the risk and told Huangtu about this matter.

Deidara turned his head so that Huangtu couldn't see his gaze, and he took a deep breath and said.

"Brother Huangtu, please surrender, not only for yourself, but also for Heitu."