Upon hearing the shinobi's words, everyone present was greatly surprised. Except for the Raikage, who was expressionless at the moment, slowly sipping a hot tea.
"Raikage-sama, we..." Someone wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the Raikage before he could finish.
"No need to say anything, A, I understand. Now we only have one choice, and that is to fight to the death with Iwagakure and that group of bastards from Konohagakure," the Raikage said blandly.
Hearing the Raikage's words, everyone immediately fell silent. They knew the Raikage was right. Facing the current situation, they had no other choice, because the enemy was already at their doorstep.
"Damn it, Konohagakure and Iwagakure probably planned this long ago, and they're even so ambitious as to want to devour our Land of Lightning!!!!" A gritted his teeth and said.
"Hmph!!!! Devour us? They don't even have the strength for that!!!!" The Raikage said coldly, then he turned to Darui and said, "Darui, Killer B and Yugito Nii are fine now, right?"
"Don't worry, Raikage-sama. Killer B and Yugito Nii are both very safe now. Killer B is still training in the Cloud Gorge like before," Darui said quietly.
"Mm." The Raikage was silent for a moment, then said to Darui, "Darui, immediately call Killer B and Yugito Nii to me. I have something to tell them." "Yes, Raikage-sama." Darui replied respectfully, then turned and left.
Watching Darui leave, a chilling glint flashed in the Raikage's eyes. "Hmph!!! Uchiha Itachi, Onoki, if you've got guts, come here! I'm absolutely not letting this debt go!!!!"
At this moment, Iwagakure had already rendezvoused with the main Konohagakure forces. All Iwagakure ninjas were stationed in the valley, while Konohagakure ninjas, being later arrivals, were all stationed on the plain outside the valley. Next to them was a dense forest and a clear river. The environment was quite good.
In the middle of Iwagakure's encampment, in a huge tent, the Tsuchikage Onoki was sitting leisurely on a wooden chair in the center, his face full of smiles, clearly in a good mood.
At this time, quite a few people stood on both sides of him. On his left were Akatsuchi, Kurotsuchi, and Kitsuchi, as well as an elite Iwagakure ninja. Although Onoki's expression seemed very natural, their faces were solemn, staring intently at the few people opposite them. It was clear that they seemed very wary of the guys opposite.
And the objects of their gaze were the few people standing on Onoki's right. Although their numbers were few, no one here dared to underestimate them.
They wore unified high-collared coats with black backgrounds and red clouds, and all wore headbands representing rogue ninjas, with horizontal scratches. Although they were all rogue ninjas, they were all S-rank rogue ninjas.
These people were Onoki's targets for mercenary work this time: members of the Akatsuki organization: Sasori, Uchiha Itachi, Hoshigaki Kisame, Kakuzu, Hidan all rogue ninjas.
Sasori was kneeling on the ground, staring calmly at Iwagakure opposite him. Hoshigaki Kisame, carrying a large sword, had a half-smile on his face. Uchiha Itachi stood silently in place with his eyes closed. Kakuzu, on the other hand, looked impatient, and his target was Hidan, who was chattering endlessly beside him.
"These guys, except for Uchiha Itachi, feel like none of them are quite normal." Kurotsuchi whispered to Akatsuchi beside her.
"Heh heh, otherwise why would they be rogue ninjas? You can't be careless at all when facing these guys." Akatsuchi said with a smile. Although he said it with a smile, his eyes flashed with an incomparably solemn look, clearly showing extreme fear of Akatsuki, and he didn't have any goodwill towards them.
"Sigh, this organization is too bizarre and dangerous. I truly don't know if cooperating with this organization is good or bad, but I just hope the old man isn't blinded by profit." Akatsuchi secretly sighed in his heart.
Just at this moment, a patch of ground in the tent suddenly began to squirm. A figure, also wearing a black coat with red clouds, slowly rose from the ground. Two large leaves wrapped around its head. Half of its face was black, and half was white. It was Zetsu, Akatsuki's intelligence officer.
Looking at Zetsu rising from the ground, a hint of solemnity suddenly flashed across Onoki's smug face. "Zetsu? This guy is still so elusive. I didn't even notice when he got here. What kind of ability is this?
I'm afraid the defenses of all the great ninja villages are just hollow setups in front of this guy. Even our village is probably the same. If he infiltrated our village..." Thinking of this, a hint of killing intent flashed in Onoki's round eyes.
"Heh heh, Zetsu, huh?" Kisame looked at Zetsu, who appeared incomparably strange in front of him. A sharp glint flashed in his murderous little eyes, and Uchiha Itachi slowly opened his eyes, revealing his fiery red Sharingan.
"Mm, I've already investigated clearly. That guy Raikage returned to Kumogakure yesterday, and both Killer B and Yugito Nii are in Kumogakure." White Zetsu's light voice sounded, his face full of playful smiles.
"How disgusting!!!!" Kurotsuchi's face flashed with a hint of disgust when she saw Zetsu. "Heh heh, so that's how it is. However, this was all within expectations. Next, we'll discuss launching a full-scale attack on Kumogakure." Onoki's lips curved into a joyful smile, and he spoke.
He was naturally very happy. This war against Kumogakure could be said to be very successful, greatly weakening Kumogakure's power. Not only their side, but Konohagakure's side also achieved a great victory.
Although both sides suffered considerable losses, Kumogakure's losses were even greater!!! This was enough. Creating a diversion and dividing Kumogakure's combat power was a complete success.
"Report, Tsuchikage-sama, people from Leaf Village have arrived." At this moment, a ninja walked into the tent and said respectfully to the Tsuchikage.
"Hmm?" Upon hearing Iwagakure's words, a gleam of light flashed in everyone's eyes.
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