In the Shinobi World without Shang Qi, time quietly slipped by. Beneath the surface of outward tranquility, undercurrents surged. For a full decade, this peace was merely the calm before the storm.
The eyes of the various nations remained fixed firmly on Sunagakure in the Wind Country. That was the last place the strongest man of the current era, Shang Qi, had been seen. Even though he had retired from the public eye, the residual awe and the mysteries he left behind still kept the entire Shinobi World in a state of apprehension.
Even Konoha Village, a ninja village that had always prided itself on justice and peace, quietly dispatched spies, attempting to pry into Shang Qi's secrets from every move Sunagakure made, or to discover the power he had left behind that was capable of altering the balance of the Shinobi World.
Chapter 183