After Gekko Chizan had already left for a long time.
Motoi, who had been buried by the beach sand, slowly woke up. The crashing waves made his head ache as if it were about to split.
Still, he forced himself to stand up, but the moment he did, he failed to steady himself and fell back onto the beach.
"Damn... Mist ninja..."
The opponent's strength had completely exceeded Motoi's expectations. Even if the other side had taken advantage of the terrain, that water release ninjutsu that seemed capable of swallowing the sky and blotting out the sun still left lingering fear in his heart.
"B?"
"Samui, Mabui!"
Once his mind cleared up a little, he hurriedly began searching for his teammates.
Because of the aftermath of the battle between both sides, more than half of the coastal village had already been destroyed.
Seeing this, Motoi didn't dare waste any time and immediately searched along the beach.
But after making a full round, he still couldn't find any trace of his two teammates. With no other choice, he rushed toward the sea, intending to search there.
After all, before he lost consciousness, Killer B had still been fighting the sea serpent in the ocean. Even facing Mist ninja, nothing should happen to him.
He was the Eight-Tails' jinchūriki, and one close to a perfect jinchūriki at that.
"B!"
"How is this possible!"
After a long while, he did find Killer B—but at this moment, Killer B was floating in the sea. Fortunately, his face was turned upward; otherwise, he might have drowned.
That wasn't the key point. The key point was his current condition—his entire body was covered in wounds. It was hard to imagine that a jinchūriki could end up in such a miserable state.
Especially on his right chest, there was a pitch-black wound that looked extremely severe.
Motoi didn't dare delay. He immediately hoisted Killer B up and ran toward the shore.
No—he was going to run all the way to the hospital, because Killer B's condition was simply far too terrible.
"What exactly happened..."
"B..."
"And Samui, Mabui, sigh..."
Motoi felt like his brain wasn't enough anymore. It was all because he had been unconscious. What had happened during that time—he couldn't remember any of it at all.
Gekko Chizan: Hehehe, that's exactly what I wanted. If you remembered, that would've been troublesome.
And at this moment, Gekko Chizan also received his reward.
[Ding! Detected that the host abducted the young strength users Samui and Mabui from Kumogakure, causing significant losses to Kumogakure. Special reward: taijutsu +5!]
[Ding! Detected that the host directly defeated the Eight-Tails' jinchūriki Killer B and shifted all responsibility onto the Mist Village's Kisame Hoshigaki. Ruthless! Too ruthless! Special reward: taijutsu +5!]
As for these rewards—how should one put it? Gekko Chizan felt they were a bit little, but still, getting something was better than nothing.
...
Outside Kumogakure.
"Ho, you grabbed quite a lot."
"Rin, your execution ability has already surpassed the other three."
"But next, the mission changes. Several days have already passed. I estimate Kumogakure won't be able to hold back much longer."
"You immediately take these goods to the city closest to Kumogakure, rent a shop, and start selling."
"Once Kumogakure ninja come to buy, you understand, right?"
When he reached the end, Gekko Chizan smiled—but it was a very bad, very nasty smile.
As his direct disciple, Nohara Rin also laughed when she heard this, because she already understood Gekko Chizan's intent.
Snatch the enemy's supplies and then sell them back to the enemy! As for the price—hehe.
The other three also successively received Gekko Chizan's new mission.
Kakashi and Shisui reacted a bit slower, but they quickly understood Gekko Chizan's meaning as well.
As for Uchiha Obito, he was overjoyed. Robbery was one thing—whether they could make even more money was the real key.
The four relocated at astonishing speed. From the very beginning, Gekko Chizan had been aiming for this plan, so he had prepared a large number of storage scrolls in advance and distributed them to the four.
The four directions—east, west, south, and north—around Kumogakure. One person to each direction, starting to sell all kinds of goods.
During this period, it wasn't that Kumogakure made no corresponding response. But no matter how many squads they sent out, none returned to their village.
"Damn it! I can't take it anymore!"
"I'm going out personally to take a look! Just who exactly is opposing our Kumogakure!"
After several consecutive days without any response, the Fourth Raikage completely went berserk.
Dodai, standing to the side, didn't try to persuade him anymore—because even he had already grown restless.
With a severe shortage of supplies, if this continued, the village would run out of food.
"Dodai, you take a team to the west. I'll go south!"
"Move out now!"
"Crash!"
Another window suffered a tragic fate, shattering into pieces all over the ground.
Seeing this, Dodai shook his head, but he also chose to rush out through the window direction. After all, that was much faster than taking the stairs.
However, the actions of the two were destined to fail, because long before they made their move, the four had already relocated.
"Damn it! No one here?"
"These damn bandit bastards—could it be there are their informants inside the village?"
The last shred of the Fourth Raikage's rationality was engaged in thinking. To be fair, the direction he chose was generally not wrong.
But calling them informants wasn't quite accurate, because Gekko Chizan had never stopped observing Kumogakure.
Naturally, he had also fully grasped Kumogakure's movements.
He had already made corresponding countermeasures in advance.
As for those Kumogakure ninja who had been hypnotized by Genjutsu and tied up, Gekko Chizan had simply dumped them all onto a mountain not far from Kumogakure.
What happened afterward no longer required any action from him.
Watching the spectacle from the sky, Gekko Chizan nearly laughed himself to death as he saw the Fourth Raikage search fruitlessly before returning to his village.
"Hehehehe, this Fourth Raikage—no matter how exhausted he gets, he'll never find us."
"But those ninja should have broken free of the Genjutsu by now."
"Next comes the economic blow to Kumogakure."
Gekko Chizan's objective was to strike Kumogakure's economy. Once the economy collapsed, the village's situation would be finished.
As for killing people to vent anger, it was far less satisfying than disgusting others.
After returning to the village, the Fourth Raikage couldn't figure it out no matter how he thought about it. Soon, Dodai also returned with his team.
The situation was exactly the same as his.
"These bandits absolutely have informants inside the village. Dodai, take people and inspect every corner of the village!"
"Anyone suspicious—arrest them all!"
Dodai nodded. Just as he was about to speak, a voice sounded from outside the door.
"Raikage-sama! They're back!"
"Bastard! What do you mean back! I've already been back for a long time!"
Already boiling with rage, the Fourth Raikage completely erupted. But the ninja who entered from outside was panting heavily and blurted out everything he wanted to say in one breath.
"No—Raikage-sama, they're all back."
"The ninja squads previously sent out to investigate—all of them have returned!"
What? Returned?
The Fourth Raikage's rage instantly dissipated, and his massive body rushed out like lightning.
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