Pakura's Mission to the Mist Ninja

Sunagakure, Kazekage Building.

"A mission to the Mist Ninja... Are you sure you want me to go?"

"Yes, we Sand Ninja have signed an alliance agreement with Mist Ninja. To show our sincerity, it is necessary for you, as a hero of our Sand Ninja, to go in person," Rasa said solemnly.

Upon hearing this, Pakura's face showed a strange expression, and he hesitated before saying, "In the last war, I killed so many Mist Ninja. It's not appropriate for me to be an envoy, is it?"

"How could that be? There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies between nations. Back then, the Sand Ninja and the Mist Ninja were enemies, but now we are allies." Rasa said calmly without batting an eye.

Pakura frowned slightly. Although Rasa was right, everyone understands the big picture, but in reality, the hatred between Jonin is not so easy to resolve. Besides, it was Rasa who gave the order to attack the Mist Ninja, and now he's talking about forming an alliance? His attitude has changed far too quickly, hasn't it?

"Fourth Hokage... you're not trying to trick me again, are you?" Pakura had a feeling there was something strange about this mission. If both sides had already reached an agreement, what was the point of her mission this time?

Upon hearing this, Rasa's expression immediately turned solemn, and he said righteously, "Pakura, you know you have many misunderstandings about me. But you must know that I am the Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure, and everything I have done is for the sake of the village. I would never do anything so despicable as to frame my comrades!"

"..." Pakura stared intently at the latter for a long while, a hint of struggle flashing in her eyes. However, in the end, she nodded rather reluctantly and said in a deep voice, "This is the last mission I will perform for the village. After this, I will retire to the sidelines. Fourth Hokage, you must keep your promise..."

Rasa readily agreed, "Don't worry, Pakura, you've made Sand Ninja over the years, the village will remember you. I remember your dream was to be a teacher, right? No problem, I agree in the name of the Fourth Hokage!"

Hearing Rasa's repeated promises, Pakura's tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly, and she said, "Alright, then I'll go say goodbye to Maki first, and then..."

"No," Rasa said firmly. "Your mission is top secret. The outside world must not learn that we, the Sand Ninja, are going to join forces with the Mist Ninja!"

"Maki is my disciple."

"That won't do!" Rasa said firmly. "Knowing these secrets won't do that child any good, Pakura, you should understand that! Or do you want me to send the Anbu to monitor that child?"

"You!" Pakura's eyebrows furrowed, about to erupt in anger, but in the end, she gritted her teeth and said coldly, "Fine, fine! I'll go then, let's set off now!"

Rasa's threat completely enraged Pakura. She vowed that once she returned from this final mission, no matter how much the other party begged her to stay, she would resolutely quit!

However, what Pakura didn't know was that after she angrily turned away, Rasa revealed a sinister smile filled with absolute malice.

"It's truly a pity. From the moment you took your first step out of Sunagakure today, you will never return. However, the village will remember your contributions; I wasn't lying to you..." Rasa turned his gaze to the stone monument standing in front of the Kazekage Building outside the window, "Scorch Release user, Pakura, your name will be engraved on the Memorial Stone, making you an eternal hero of Sand Ninja!"

Konoha Ninja Village, Hokage Building.

"Hiruzen, an emergency!" Danzo's style of doing things was always swift and decisive; he came in and immediately began discussing battle strategy.

"Speak," the Third said with a hint of exasperation, tossing aside the pipe he had just lit.

Danzo has been quite active lately. Yesterday he tricked the Stone Ninja, today he smeared Cloud Ninja Kumo ninja, and tomorrow he's planning to massacre the Mist Ninja islanders. He's using every dirty trick in the book, it's outrageous! The Third himself admitted he couldn't do something so heinous. But since someone's willing to do it, let them do it, after all, it's Danzo's specialty. Danzo's face twitched, thinking, when has this damned Hiruzen ever been so compliant? It's only when someone needs to take the blame that Hiruzen becomes so obedient to him!

"I've received intelligence that the Sand Ninja are preparing to join forces with the Mist Ninja."

"That guy Rasa, he really did take this step." The Third seemed unsurprised, then said, "So, what did Rasa offer?"

"The details of their secret deal are still unclear. But the Sand Ninja has shown their sincerity first..."

The Third astutely grasped the crux of the matter and immediately asked, "Then who from the Sand Ninja was in charge of the mission?"

Danzo him a deep look, thinking to himself that the old man was as sharp as ever, immediately seeing through the Sand Ninja's plan to "sell people out." "Scorch Release user, Pakura."

"Heh~ Rasa's got some clever plans." The Third shook his head and said calmly, "This woman is quite strong, but she's still some distance from being a top-tier fighter. I noticed something was off when the Sand Ninja were praising Pakura so much. I initially thought it was just a bluff, but it turns out they pulled this trick."

"By sacrificing a Scorch Release user, the Sand Ninja Village quelled the war with the Mist Ninja. Although the Mist Ninja had its own plans, their alliance was unexpected," Danzo a deep voice. "So, what do we plan to do now?"

"We absolutely cannot allow the Sand Ninja and the Mist Ninja to join forces," the Third said firmly.

"As for the specific actions..." Danzo paused here, then looked at the Third, "Hiruzen, what do you think?"

"You do it, after all, this is what you're good at." The Third, as always, passed the buck back to the family.

Danzo snorted inwardly, "I'm good at it! I'm good at it! You make it sound so nice, why don't you just give me the Hokage position!"

"Find a way to get Pakura out of Mist Ninja alive. That way, Mist Ninja won't be able to explain themselves to the village's powerful clans, since Pakura killed the head of the Yuki Clan. In the end, the alliance between Sand Ninja and Mist Ninja will fall apart, and Pakura will definitely betray Sand Ninja after learning the truth." Danzo was indeed very capable in behind-the-scenes planning, finding a solution to break the alliance in just a few words.

The Third pondered for a moment, then nodded, agreeing to Danzo's plan. He quickly seemed to remember something, his eyes lighting up, but he maintained a nonchalant tone as he asked, "So, who will carry out this S-rank mission to infiltrate the Mist Ninja?"

"Of course he has the fighting power, and he's very suited to die... no! In your words, he should be called sacrificed." Danzo said meaningfully, "Hiruzen, you know what I mean."

The Third sighed, "Uchiha Shunren, he's still just a child..."

That's why we shouldn't let him get away with it!