Kitsuchi secretly followed Yakushi Nonou's trail to the town.
However, once he reached the town, he completely lost track of Yakushi Nonou.
Kitsuchi found the innkeeper and asked him if any strangers had recently come to town, but the innkeeper said no.
"Sir, five strangers arrived yesterday. Four of them looked like Ninja, and one looked like a young nobleman."
"Tell me their characteristics, and where are they now?"
The innkeeper seemed to be recalling, and after a while, he replied.
"The few people didn't have any obvious characteristics, but one person had white eyes, which looked a bit scary, and also that…"
"Where are they now? Speak quickly!"
Kitsuchi interrupted the innkeeper as soon as he heard "white eyes" and eagerly pressed for their whereabouts.
"Ah… let me think, they checked out in the morning, and it seems they went in that direction."
The innkeeper pointed in a direction and said, while also incessantly chattering.
"Sigh~ Everyone says Ninja are rich, but so many people staying in one room, so stingy…"
Kitsuchi ignored the innkeeper's chatter and led his subordinates in the direction the innkeeper pointed.
This direction was consistent with Kitsuchi's estimation, heading towards Konoha.
After Kitsuchi left, the innkeeper's expression became calm, and his eyes gazed blankly in another direction.
After Homura Mitokado and the others were driven out by the Raikage, with every step they took, numerous Cloud Ninja stared intently at them.
Fortunately, when they finally left the camp, no Cloud Ninja attacked them.
After Homura Mitokado and the others left.
Dodai came to the side of Fourth Raikage A and asked.
"Raikage-sama, are we really letting the Konoha envoys return just like that? Since we've decided to act, why let them go back and spread the news?"
Raikage A just stared motionlessly in the direction of the Land of Fire.
After waiting for a while, Dodai, who still hadn't heard a reply, thought his Raikage-sama wouldn't answer.
A's voice reached his ears.
"Dodai, how long do you think it will take for the Konoha envoys to return to their camp?"
Dodai pondered for a moment.
"At a normal pace, about half a day. If they rush, they can be back in three hours."
"Raikage-sama, are you thinking…"
Dodai, vaguely guessing the Raikage's intentions, cautiously spoke, wanting to confirm.
"That's right, Dodai, we will launch a surprise attack shortly after the Konoha Ninja return to their camp. Go prepare now!"
The Raikage directly affirmed Dodai's guess.
Tonight, Kumogakure will infiltrate the Land of Fire and launch a surprise attack!
Dodai turned to leave, intending to deploy the troops, and at this moment, an anomaly occurred.
"Hello! Everyone from Kumogakure, you want to attack…"
A white figure eerily emerged from underground, even with a greeting.
That's right, it was White Zetsu, the 'Hello Brother' who was unknown in the Ninja World at the time but would later become famous throughout the Ninja World!
The sudden change caught many Cloud Ninja off guard.
But it clearly did not include Fourth Raikage A.
The Raikage moved the moment White Zetsu appeared and before he could even finish his sentence!
"Lightning Release: Lariat!"
The Raikage instantly raised his right hand and charged towards White Zetsu with lightning speed.
Subsequently, a white head flew into the sky, and strangely, no blood flowed out.
"Raikage-sama!" × N
Countless shouts erupted almost simultaneously.
Everyone wasn't worried about the Raikage's safety; the Raikage, as the strongest person in Kumogakure.
He is the object of faith and reverence for all Ninja in Kumogakure.
In the hearts of the Cloud Ninja, the title 'A' is synonymous with 'God'.
'A' is the God of Kumogakure, the object of worship for all Ninja and civilians of Kumogakure.
No one in this world can defeat the Raikage!
Uh, apparently they forgot about the Third Raikage's death, but that's normal; this is the education of Kumogakure.
Each village in the Ninja World has its own unique circumstances!
The shouts echoing around were to seek specific information from the Raikage.
A was somewhat serious at this moment; he could confirm that this thing was not human. He looked at this strange creature he had never seen before.
This creature was not powerful, but what was terrifying was that something had infiltrated the Raikage's main camp, yet the sensory Ninja of the entire unit couldn't detect it.
The Raikage turned to look at C, who was not far away. C was extremely self-reproachful at this moment, even doubting his own sensory abilities.
But the next second, his doubts grew even stronger.
"Oh dear! You Kumogakure people are truly barbaric, hello there! Everyone from Kumogakure!"
Another White Zetsu emerged from the ground, complaining about the Cloud Ninja with a very cheeky expression and greeting them.
"What! There's more!!!"
"Brothers, take him down! We can't always trouble Raikage-sama!"
At this point, the surrounding Cloud Ninja were not as indifferent as the first time. With the Raikage's example, various Ninjutsu immediately began to target White Zetsu.
Soon, this White Zetsu turned into Black Zetsu, charred all over, deader than dead.
The Raikage looked at C and the sensory squad behind him with extreme anger.
C shook his head in extreme guilt, indicating that he had not detected anything.
At this moment, another White Zetsu emerged. Clearly, the deaths of the previous two White Zetsu had scared this fellow.
Even 'Hello Brother' didn't say hello; this White Zetsu directly said.
"Don't kill me, I'm here to discuss cooperation!"
The Cloud Ninja temporarily stopped their actions, but the Raikage clearly had no intention of listening.
"Lightning Release: Lariat!"
The Lariat was performed again, and another white head flew up.
"Raikage-sama?"
Dodai's voice carried a hint of confusion.
A, who knew him well, naturally knew what Dodai wanted to ask.
For his own brother, the Raikage was not like he was with outsiders, but patiently explained.
"Dodai, you must understand, we are Kumogakure! One of the Five Great Shinobi Villages of the Ninja World."
"And, soon, we will become the number one Ninja Village in the Ninja World!"
"We just rejected Konoha. Now, some random cat or dog shows up, without even a headband, and wants to talk about cooperation with Kumogakure?"
"What right do they have to talk about cooperation?!"
The Raikage stated part of the reason, which was indeed the current state of the Ninja World.
The Five Great Nations and the Five Great Shinobi Villages controlled the entire situation of the Ninja World. In their eyes, there were only other Ninja Villages that were also among the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
This was also one of the reasons why the Akatsuki Organization could easily capture the Eight Tailed Beasts in the original story.
A mere Akatsuki Organization, a group of guys no one had ever heard of, what was there to take seriously?
It wasn't until they truly lost their Jinchuriki, and Konoha was also destroyed.
Only then did the Kage of the Five Great Shinobi Villages truly begin to take the Akatsuki Organization seriously.
Before this, even Ōnoki, who had cooperated with the Akatsuki Organization multiple times, had never taken the Akatsuki Organization seriously.
And the same logic applied to Obito. At the Five Kage Summit, if it weren't for Obito's Kamui intangibility.
Obito wouldn't have been able to shout, 'I am Uchiha Madara!'
He would have been directly eliminated by the Tsuchikage or the Raikage. How dare a mere Akatsuki Organization speak at the Five Kage Summit!
Obito used Kamui intangibility to make it impossible for anyone to touch him, and then he spoke Uchiha Madara's name.
Only then did the Kage of the various villages have the patience to listen to him talk about the Eye of the Moon Plan, and only then did they believe in the coming of the Fourth Shinobi World War.
This was the first reason. Although White Zetsu was strange, its strength was weak.
And it didn't even have a headband; the Raikage would be crazy to cooperate with it!
The second reason was that, although the Raikage seemed hot-headed, he knew there was no such thing as a free lunch!
Whatever he or Kumogakure might gain, he or Kumogakure definitely had something the other party needed.
Before the surprise attack on the Konoha camp, the Raikage didn't want any accidents and didn't want his judgment to be interfered with by any other matters.
This is the Fourth Raikage of Kumogakure, A!!
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