"Urgent intelligence from the Land of Water; the entire country has been submerged by a tsunami, casualties unknown..."
Inside the Hokage Office, Uzumaki Naruto immediately relayed this horrifying news to Kakashi and the recently returned Sasuke after calling them over. Uzumaki Naruto and Nara Shikamaru had just exchanged views via remote video conference with the other four Kage.
But before they could get useful intelligence from the Mizukage, communication with the Land of Water was cut off.
Witnessing this situation, Uzumaki Naruto and Nara Shikamaru couldn't help but feel worried. They couldn't even maintain a normal video meeting and couldn't imagine how the Hidden Mist Village had transformed.
"....That's the situation for now; we only know a massive tsunami happened in the Land of Water. In fact, it's not just the Land of Water; even the borders of the Land of Fire have been hit by a tsunami, already submerging several areas."
Fortunately, the communication methods within the Land of Fire are still decent, so by the next morning, Konoha Village was aware of the situation.
This tsunami has been terrifying; the Land of Water, Land of Waves, Land of Whirlpools, Land of Tea, and Land of Rainbow are nearly all submerged, and even the coastal counties of the Land of Fire have encountered an unprecedented tsunami.
"What exactly is the situation?"
Uchiha Sasuke asked, having rushed back after receiving a transmission from the village, arriving in Konoha just this morning and hearing the news.
Luckily, he heard the reason for calling him back from Sakura upon his arrival and understood the situation from the day before.
"Did you ask that Yin Yang Master?"
Uzumaki Naruto shook his head and said, "He could only foresee a disaster happening, but what kind of disaster and where it would happen, Mr. Yoichi had no idea."
Nara Shikamaru spoke up, "I've already sent Anbu to the Land of Water; hopefully, intelligence will be returned soon...."
"Too slow; I should go myself."
Uchiha Sasuke said calmly, "Destroying a large nation overnight, ordinary ninjas won't be able to gather useful intelligence."
Uzumaki Naruto sighed, "But you just got back and haven't gone home yet; I can send..."
"This is not a time to hesitate, Naruto."
Uchiha Sasuke interrupted Naruto, continuing, "Hesitating now will only mean more victims; now is not the time to be indecisive, Naruto."
"I understand, then I'll leave this matter to you."
"Before departing, I have something to discuss about the Otsutsuki matter."
Then Uchiha Sasuke shared the intelligence he recently gathered with Uzumaki Naruto and the others in the room. This time, the room only held Uzumaki Naruto, Kakashi, Nara Shikamaru, and Uchiha Sasuke, so discussing the Otsutsuki was no issue.
Uchiha Sasuke had traveled many places within the Ninja World and had indeed found some information about the Otsutsuki. After exchanging mutual intelligence, the events of a thousand years ago became clearer.
Now Uzumaki Naruto was also convinced that Uchiha Yoichi's statements were true; the Otsutsuki posed a danger that could erupt at any time, but they now had to face the immediate threat, investigating the issue in the Land of Water.
"Sasuke, before you leave, take the Secret Medicine with you; the village bought it for you."
Uzumaki Naruto said with a smile, signaling to Sakura, who immediately said, "Mr. Sasuke, this Secret Medicine will be very helpful for you; if you accidentally get injured, it'll help you recover quickly...."
Sasuke glanced at Naruto and Sakura and then said, "Alright, let's go then."
After picking up the Secret Medicine from Konoha Hospital, Uchiha Sasuke planned to leave immediately.
Uzumaki Naruto also quickly dispatched someone to seek out Uchiha Yoichi, as the prophecy had come true, but they hoped to gather more information.
However, at this moment, Uchiha Yoichi was engaging in alchemy. He discovered that using fresh blood was also a kind of potent medicinal material, especially when the blood contained Natural Energy, which combined well with the energy within the Stone of Nature.
There was a high success rate when brewing Elixirs.
Bang! Bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
The energy within the Pill Furnace was fierce, continuously pounding the furnace, emitting endless muffled sounds.
After a while, the sounds stopped, and Uchiha Yoichi opened the Pill Furnace to take out the Dragon Power Pill.
Even though it was called Dragon Power Pill, it could totally be called Yoichi Pill, because the most essential two medicinal materials were his blood and the Stone of Nature containing pure energy.
Without these two 'precious medicinal materials,' the Dragon Power Pill couldn't be brewed.
Thump thump thump!
Uchiha Yoichi had just come out of the Alchemy Room on the second floor when he heard vigorous knocking downstairs, causing him to frown and walk downstairs.
On reaching the first floor, Uchiha Yoichi saw two Konoha Ninja pounding on his door forcefully, making him moodily walk over to open the door.
Before Uchiha Yoichi could speak, one of the Konoha Ninja said, "Lord Hokage requests to see you, please come with us."
"No time, don't knock on my door again in the future."
After Uchiha Yoichi finished speaking, he closed the door directly. Due to these two's attitude, he had no desire to deal with Konoha right now, plus he just found a feeling for alchemy and wanted to continue.
As for the reason Konoha people sought him, Uchiha Yoichi could roughly guess.
The first wave of Otherworldly Beasts descended on the Ninja World at midnight last night; now Konoha likely discovered it, so they want him to discuss countermeasures.
Without exposing his strength, he couldn't achieve much, nor did he want to do anything, so he had no plans to go.
"Hey..."
Bang Bang Bang!
The two Konoha ninjas outside saw Uchiha Yoichi turn back indoors, and immediately began knocking on the door urgently, wanting Uchiha Yoichi to come out right away.
"This is so annoying. By the order of the jutsu!"
Uchiha Yoichi frowned and turned around, writing two Control Command Spells in the air and directly embedding them into the heads of these two ninjas.
After being hit by Uchiha Yoichi's Puppet Command Spell, the two Konoha ninjas immediately became motionless, then turned and walked towards the Hokage Building.
On their way to the Hokage Building, the two Konoha ninjas ran into Uchiha Sasuke and Sakura who were about to leave.
Sakura noticed something was off about these two ninjas, so she greeted them, "Aomizu, Nitta, where are you going?"
"...."
Neither responded, their eyes fixed forward, continuing to walk step by step.
"You two..."
"Don't bother shouting, they're under the illusion technique."
Uchiha Sasuke spoke up and then walked towards Aomizu and Nitta, his right eye transforming into a Sharingan as he placed a hand on Aomizu's body: "Undo!"
But it had no effect, Aomizu and Nitta pushed Sasuke aside and continued walking forward.
Uchiha Sasuke frowned in confusion, "Not under an illusion? Then why are they..."
"Let me take a look."
Sakura placed a hand on Aomizu's body and carefully examined with medical ninjutsu, keeping up with Aomizu's steps as she did so.
Soon, Sakura found the reason and said to Sasuke, "I found the reason, Sasuke. Their minds have been influenced."
Inside the two's brains, Sakura found a strange energy affecting Aomizu, so she used Mystical Palm Jutsu to push out the unusual mental influence, quickly restoring Aomizu to normal.
Then Sakura used the same method to push out the mental influence from Nitta's brain and then asked, "What were you two doing just now? You've been controlled. Luckily, the person had no malice, or you two would be in danger."
"That guy...."
Aomizu and Nitta gritted their teeth and explained what happened earlier.
After listening, Sakura rubbed her forehead and said, "You guys should be more courteous when inviting someone. That guy doesn't have a nice temper and doesn't need to rely on the village..."
Uchiha Sasuke spoke up, "Should I help?"
"Hmm~" Sakura shook her head and smiled at Sasuke, "Mr. Sasuke, go ahead with your tasks. I'll talk to Mr. Yoichi. He's a bit cold..."
Sakura knew Sasuke had urgent matters and didn't want to burden him; besides, she felt their personalities were somewhat alike. If Sasuke went, it might have an adverse effect, so she decided against it.
After sending Sasuke off, Sakura headed to Yoichi Pharmacy. Unlike Nitta and Aomizu, she wasn't rude. She knocked on the door and waited at the entrance. Uchiha Yoichi, coincidentally not engaged in alchemy, heard the knock and came downstairs.
Uchiha Yoichi questioned with a click of his tongue, "It's you Konoha ninjas again. The two before came to bang on my door, what's your reason?"
"Ahahaha, sorry for that. I'm here on behalf of Aomizu and Nitta to apologize for their urgency. Something major happened, and Naruto wants to consult you, so they were anxious..."
Sakura awkwardly laughed and apologized. She smelled the rich medicinal aroma from Uchiha Yoichi, guessing he had been engaged in alchemy, disturbed by Aomizu and Nitta's 'knocking.'
The mental control had no malice, and the power was steadily fading. Even without her intervention, they would return to normal within ten minutes.
Thus, Sakura felt Uchiha Yoichi bore no malice, and Aomizu and Nitta had downplayed their door banging.
Then Sakura clasped her hands and pleaded, "I'm very sorry about earlier, Naruto really wishes to see you to discuss some matters. Could I trouble you to come to the Hokage Building?"
"Is it about the prophecy? I've already told you everything I know. If a disaster really comes, I won't be of much help. Searching me out seems pointless, right?"
Uchiha Yoichi shook his head unwillingly.
"Please, Mr. Yoichi, the disaster is dire. Several countries were affected overnight, including the Land of Fire... Could you help us, for Ino's sake?"
Sakura suddenly thought of Ino and tentatively brought her up, instantly noticing Mr. Yoichi's expression softened, and his demeanor seemed odd.
"Even if I go, I can't do much. I don't even know what the disaster is. Asking me won't be very useful..."
"Just for asking a few questions, please, Mr. Yoichi."
Sakura persisted, clasping her hands, while internally growing increasingly puzzled and curious; Yoichi had initially been unwilling, yet mentioning Ino softened his attitude. When had they gotten so close?
'There must be something I don't know...'
As Ino's closest friend, Sakura instinctively sensed something amiss but couldn't understand why Uchiha Yoichi was partial towards Ino.
"Are you ready to go?"
Uchiha Yoichi turned to close the shop door, seeing Sakura still dazed, prompting him to ask; He naturally understood why Sakura was puzzled, intentionally behaving that way. If this was unnoticed, Haruno Sakura as a Jonin was unreliable.
"Ah, let's go."
Sakura snapped back to reality and hurriedly moved forward, internally deciding to investigate this matter later, ensuring Ino wasn't harmed!