Snowflakes fell from the sky of the country of vortexes for the first time in a long time, and Xue Hui, who was playing with a scroll in his right hand, looked at the familiar village in front of him and showed a warm smile.

"Welcome home, Xue Hui!" Uzumaki Ashina, who was standing beside Xue Hui, looked at one of the clansmen who had entered the village in advance to inform the news, and said to Xue Hui.

"Well, I'm back, Vortex Village." Xue Hui nodded vigorously, then put away the scroll given by the door, straightened out the clothes that had become a little wrinkled from the journey, and followed them into the village.

"Master Xuehui! You're back! ”

"Young Master Xuehui has grown taller again!"

Walking into the village, Xuehui was moved and surprised that the free clansmen came to both sides of the street to welcome the return of the patriarch and Xuehui, and the fine snow falling from the sky let them know in advance when a few people would come back, compared to the skillful response of Uzumaki Ashina, Xuehui seemed a little overwhelmed, and had to respond to the enthusiasm of the clansmen one by one.

"It's still comfortable in the clan, but everyone is a little too welcoming." Entering the room, Xue Hui sat on the cushion and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Haha, that means everyone likes you very much!"

The two elders laughed and teased Xue Hui here, and when they saw Xue Hui, who had changed a lot, they all showed a smile of relief.

"Very good, it seems that Thousand Hands didn't deal with it casually, they still value our Vortex clan as an ally." Uzumaki nodded slightly.

"That's why Xuehui's own potential has been recognized by them." Uzumaki Ashina said.

"Okay, okay, let's all sit down." Seeing Xue Hui's helpless expression and not knowing how to answer the two elders, Uzumaki Ashina interrupted.

The three old men sat down one after another, and suddenly, the smiling look on their faces disappeared, and Xue Hui also realized that what he was going to talk about next was the real reason for suddenly calling him back this time, and he involuntarily sat up.

Sure enough, Uzumaki Ashina opened his mouth and said:

"Xuehui, there is only one thing for you to come back this time."

Xue Hui listened carefully.

"The three of us are too old, and we originally wanted to wait for you to grow stronger, but in the past year, we have decided to familiarize you with the affairs of managing the Vortex Clan in advance, and we have deeply felt that the decline of strength has accelerated."

"Me? Please wait a moment! Xue Hui hurriedly asked.

"Aren't there uncles?"

"They, their talents are limited, it's okay to let them do their daily work, and the best result for them to be at the helm of the Vortex Country is to stay as it is, this is what we want you to learn during this time."

Uzumaki Ashina said unceremoniously.

"Besides, don't deny that you haven't thought about it in private." Uzumaki Ashina smiled slightly.

"That's right, you kid has tested our views on the future of the Vortex Country more than once, and although the question is very vague, it is still too tender to keep us from realizing." The whirlpool is ruthlessly debunked.

Looking at the somewhat embarrassed Xue Hui, Uzumaki Ashina comforted: "We really don't know what the future of the Vortex Country will be, but we can still see some of it with experience, but we can't see this future with our own eyes." ”

"So, what will happen to the future of our clan should be decided by your generation."

"We know that now is the golden period for your strength to improve, so it won't take too much of your time, we have arranged for your uncles to take over the following affairs, and what you have to learn is mainly about the decisions of big affairs."

"This ......" Xue Hui subconsciously wanted to refuse in the face of this sudden huge burden, but before the words could be spoken, he recalled the bits and pieces of life here in his mind, as well as the warm welcome of the clansmen when he just entered the village, in contrast to the plot of the destruction of the vortex country in Xue Hui's memory, and swallowed back the words of refusal.

"Well, I'm willing to be...... The future patriarch (village chief). If you decide, you won't regret it, Xue Hui stood up, revealing determination in a firm tone.

"If I can't save my people with the advantage of knowing the plot well, then I will come to this world in vain, and my ambition is not only this, this is only the first step!" Xue Hui seemed to have matured a lot at this moment.

"Good! This is the performance that our optimistic brat should have! Uzumaki said loudly with satisfaction.

Uzumaki Ashina also looked at Xue Hui and smiled at his beard.

"Then this matter is decided, and in the future, you can take time to come here every day to deal with our official business! Although you don't have to do these tasks later, you need to at least understand them. "Uzumaki Ashina clapper.

Now, tell me what you think! A few of us don't believe that you kid hasn't thought about these issues, besides, after two years of following the pillars, you should not only have grown in strength, but you must know that those teammates of yours have been cultivated as Hokage candidates. ”

"Whew~" Xue Hui took a deep breath, calmed down his somewhat excited mood, and slowly spoke:

"There are indeed a lot of ideas, I do feel worried about the future of our clan, and after seeing all aspects of Konoha this feeling is even better, in the face of the real Great Ninja Village, we are still a lot worse."

Seeing that the three old men were all nodding, Xue Hui had more confidence and continued.

"Originally, I was still having a headache about how to make us stronger, but after all the things I have encountered in the past few years, I have slowly had a plan that is not very mature......"

After chatting like this, we talked about the third watch of the month, and returned to the silent country of the vortex, and this brightly lit room was particularly prominent. No one knew what they had said during this long conversation, but after this exchange, the three old men silently deleted some of the training plans they had made before, and often said things like "young people are really terrible" and "we feel like we are really old".

And at this time, Xue Hui had a rare sleep the next day, Uzumaki Ashina told him last night that Xue Hui would have little free time in the future, so this day would be Xue Hui's only day off, until Xue Hui was recalled by Konoha again.

In order to ensure the physical development of Xue Hui, or slept enough time, last night back home to lie down to sleep, after getting up Xue Hui hastily cleaned the house with wind and water escape, touched a somewhat empty belly, changed into ordinary clothes that should have a whirlpool logo and was ready to go out to find a place to buy some food and then walk around the village, to meet the elders and friends who have not been seen for a long time.