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

"Brother Ye Lan!" After watching Tsunade enter the operating room, a familiar voice came to his ears. Ye Lan turned around and saw that it was Naruto whom he had not seen for a long time.

"Naruto, long time no see. Have you learned the Rasengan?" Ye Lan asked, seeing that Naruto was still having the same carefree personality.

"I have completely mastered the Rasengan! I'll show you later!"

"Naruto! Now is not the time to talk about this!" Sakura interrupted Naruto's boasting and asked Ye Lan directly: "Brother Ye Lan, I saw your summoning beast, what happened?"

Although Sasuke, who was standing together, didn't say anything, there was doubt in his eyes.

Ye Lan: "We were attacked on the way to the mission. The Red Jonin and a Sunagakure Jonin were injured. I could only use the summoned beast to send them back quickly."

"Attack! I hope Kurenai's injury isn't too serious." Sakura didn't expect something like this to happen. Kurenai and the others had also met Hinata and her friends and they had a good impression of her.

Ye Lan: "Lady Tsunade has already entered the operating room. It's up to Lady Tsunade to take care of it..."

Sakura and the others were silent. There was nothing they could do now. Sasuke then asked, "Who attacked? How could an ordinary person attack Sunagakure and Konoha on a joint mission?"

Sasuke has been officially promoted to Chunin, along with Nara Shikamaru. They were the only two who became Chunin in this Chunin exam. When Naruto came back and heard the news, he was unhappy.

"They are from the Akatsuki organization, and their target is the One-Tail inside Gaara's body." Ye Lan did not hide it from Sasuke and said it directly.

"Is it Itachi?" After hearing this, Sasuke remembered Itachi whom he had met before. He was a member of this organization.

"No, the other party was a puppeteer and a traitorous ninja from Iwagakure. They were stronger than the average jonin. I captured the traitorous ninja from Iwagakure, and the other puppeteer withdrew immediately after seeing me."

"Where is the captured enemy now?" Sasuke was a little excited. He didn't expect that Ye Lan would have such a gain in this mission. If he could get more information about Akatsuki from Deidara, he would know where Itachi was.

"He is currently imprisoned in a cell in Sunagakure. I will bring him back when I return to Sunagakure."

"Well! I don't understand what you are talking about. Akatsuki and puppeteer. What on earth happened?" Naruto scratched his hair. The last time Itachi came to the village, he and Jiraiya had already left, so he had no idea about Akatsuki.

Ye Lan didn't say much. Naruto's identity was still too sensitive. As the Nine-Tails's Jinchūriki, he was also one of Akatsuki's targets.

...

"We already know Deidara's location." In a wasteland not far from the Sand Village, Black and White Zetsu slowly emerged from the ground and said to the air.

The air seemed to twist, and a man wearing a whirlpool mask gradually appeared. It was Obito.

"This guy Deidara is really troublesome. If his ability wasn't still useful, I wouldn't have saved him." Ever since he learned that Deidara was captured by Ye Lan, Pain found him. It would be most appropriate for Obito to do such a rescue.

At night, Maki looked at the hazy moonlight and felt that Ye Lan should have arrived in Konoha. He wondered if Tsunade could deal with this poison. Chiyo had praised Tsunade's abilities but was still a little worried.

Boom—

"Enemy attack!" Maki heard a sudden explosion in the village and saw a fire in the distance. It was bad that the enemy was coming to break into the prison, the rampant Akatsuki organization!

This was simply a disregard for the Sand Village, and Maki immediately led the team to the cell where Deidara was imprisoned.

When Maki arrived in front of the cell, he saw that many places were on fire. Several ninjas guarding Deidara had fallen to the ground. A man wearing a vortex mask was carrying Deidara and greeted Maki and others.

"Hello! Everyone! I'm going to evacuate here!" A funny voice came from the man's mouth.

"Don't run!" Maki yelled. He didn't believe that the other party could escape under the heavy siege of the Sand Village, but the next second he was stunned. He saw that the man in front of him seemed to be thrown into a blender. His body began to twist, and in an instant he and Deidara disappeared from everyone's sight.

Maki had never seen this kind of jutsu before, and he looked around but couldn't find any trace of the man.

"Scorpion-senpai, I've brought Deidara-senpai!" Scorpion, who was hiding in the cave, heard Obito's voice and saw him walking in with Deidara on his shoulders.

"The intern did a good job. You should be able to become a full-time employee." Scorpion whispered as he looked at Obito's mask. Even if he wanted to rescue Deidara, it would take some effort. He didn't expect that the intern brought Deidara back unharmed.

"Hahaha, thank you for your praise, senior. I'll leave first if nothing else." Obito laughed in that funny voice of Afei, then threw the unconscious Deidara next to Scorpion and left.

Before Obito took action, he used illusion to make Deidara unconscious. He didn't want Deidara to know his trump card.

Scorpion did not stop him, and after waiting for a while, Deidara finally woke up.

"Well, Brother Sasori, you saved me?" After waking up, Deidara found that he was no longer in the Sunagakure prison cell. He breathed a sigh of relief unexpectedly. Being imprisoned was not a pleasant feeling.

"It's not me, it's an intern named Afei." Scorpion didn't take the blame for saving Deidara on himself, "And your severed hand is here with me. The angle is not far away. Let's go and reattach your hand."

A ninja cannot make hand seals without arms. Unless he can make hand seals with one hand or perform ninjutsu without making hand seals, his strength will basically be reduced by more than half. Deidara understood that he owed a great favor in this matter.

"Thank you, Brother Scorpion, then." Deidara felt relieved knowing that his arm could be reattached. He rested for a while with Scorpion and then left the cave.

Several days had passed since Ye Lan left, and Maki's already bad face became even worse. He had been thinking about how to explain to Ye Lan that Deidara, who he had finally caught, had just run away. He had people search around the cell but couldn't find him, and there was no trace left. He just disappeared completely. And this time he kidnapped an accomplice. If the other party used the same method to attack Gaara next time, what would Sand Village do? Just thinking about it made Maki's head hurt.

"Master Maki, Konoha's Yolan Jonin, Hong Jonin, and Juan Jonin have returned." A Chunin from Sunagakure came to Maki's office to report.

Maki's face lit up after hearing this. After hearing this report, he was sure that Tsunade had cured Hong and Juan.

Ye Lan looked at Hong who was still a little tired beside him and didn't say much. After Tsunade completed the treatment, Hong only rested for one day and rushed back to Sand Village with Ye Lan. Tsunade originally advised her to rest for a few more days and leave the affairs of Sand Village to other people. However, Hong said that her students were there and it was her mission and she had to complete it. So she rushed back to Sand Village with Ye Lan. There was no Summoning Pojun on the way back, so it was better to walk on foot for this kind of journey which was not particularly urgent.

After the female ninja from Sunagakure knew that she was rescued by the people of Konoha, she expressed her gratitude to Ye Lan and Tsunade, and returned to Sunagakure with them.

After seeing Maki's not particularly good expression, Ye Lan had some questions. Maki's next words made him feel helpless. He didn't expect that Deidara was kidnapped, and no one in the Sand Village could stop him. The other party disappeared right in front of him.

Ye Lan had no choice but to listen to the news. He was not in Sand Village at that time. However, even if Ye Lan was in Sand Village, he would have no good way to deal with Obito who was determined to leave.

Hinata and the others were relieved to see Kurenai again. Then Kurenai discussed some details of the alliance with the top leaders of Sunagakure and signed them. On this basis, both sides added a clause to share intelligence on Akatsuki. After these things, both sides realized that Akatsuki was an organization that was not easy to deal with. Their target was still the jinchūriki of their respective ninja villages, so they had to share intelligence to get a more detailed understanding of this organization.

Ye Lan, who didn't care much about such things, started strolling around the Sand Village. What he didn't expect was that an unexpected person stopped him directly.