Cough cough, getting off track. That was just the worst-case scenario. She absolutely would not sit by and watch the other party fall into such danger.
Aside from this worry, as Shion trained day by day with Furina, she also felt a sense of nurturing joy.
After all, watching this high-potential orange card she had encountered by chance improve every day was quite interesting. Regardless of how Shion felt, at least Furina was enjoying it thoroughly, almost as if she found this place so delightful that she no longer thought of Konoha.
But in the current ninja world, a peaceful life was destined not to last long.
Not long after Shion left to rest, a slug appeared in front of Furina. Upon appearing, the slug said nothing, simply spat out a specially treated scroll, then turned into white mist and vanished again.
"???"
Watching the white mist slowly dissipate before her, Furina could not help but have several question marks pop up over her head. No way, right? The fluidity of that whole sequence of actions was as if it had been rehearsed beforehand.
Was she really that unwelcome? Wuwuwu (╥╯^╰╥).
After playing the drama queen for a bit, Furina summoned a ball of water to repeatedly wash the scroll on the ground, then reached out to pick it up and open it. The entire process was smooth and practiced, without a hint of extra thought.
"They're making moves this big already? Looks like this little butterfly of mine has finally caused quite a significant impact."
"It's rare to see you like this. Did something happen?"
Uchiha Hikari, who had just finished training and walked over from the side, had not caught Furina's mumbling clearly, but she still noticed the change in the other's expression, something she rarely saw on Furina's face.
"Some pretty big things have happened lately. The Two-Tails jinchūriki, Four-Tails jinchūriki, Five-Tails jinchūriki, Six-Tails jinchūriki, and even the Three-Tails in its wild state,
These tailed beasts were all attacked and captured by the Akatsuki organization one after another in the past month. Naturally, Kumogakure, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure are furious about it. After all, it's like getting slapped in the face repeatedly, first the left cheek, then the right."
"Hmph ha."
Hearing the laughter from the girl across from her, Furina knew the other definitely had not listened properly to what she said. She clearly did not care at all and had probably only heard the last two sentences.
But Furina was the same. What happened to those ninja villages had nothing to do with her, as long as Naruto, who she got along well with, was fine.
And as for Naruto's safety, Furina was not particularly worried. Although Jiraiya usually seemed a bit unserious, he was still reliable when it came to serious matters. Naruto was reasonably safe with him.
Even so, after multiple jinchūriki were killed one after another, Tsunade immediately ordered Jiraiya to hurry back to the village with Naruto.
Multiple jinchūriki falling victim in such a short time was clearly not something one or two people could accomplish. Plus, with all the chaos the Akatsuki had stirred up in the ninja world before, anyone with a functioning brain could guess that the Akatsuki definitely had multiple powerful ninja.
If they were really surrounded by those people, even someone as strong as Jiraiya would inevitably meet a tragic end, let alone with Naruto as dead weight dragging him down.
"Because of the Akatsuki's actions, my master also feels it's too unsafe for me to stay outside and demands that I return immediately, without delaying even a moment."
Actually, calling it a "demand" from Furina was already very polite. It was no different from an order. Though it was just words, Furina could still sense the resolute attitude behind them.