The Sage of Six Paths' Lucky Number

Ten hours ago, at the Cloud Village Hidden Cloud Village in the Land of Land of Lightning.

"What is Lord Raikage thinking? There's no point in keeping us at the border any longer."

As the right-hand man of the Third Raikage, Dodai kept a low profile after the Fourth Raikage took office, but his prestige in the village remained as strong as ever.

Kumogakure is a village of Martial Combat arts, and its successive Raikage have all been physically strong but intellectually weak, spending far more time on physical actions than on thinking. Therefore, each Raikage needs a strategist-type ninja to assist him; otherwise, Kumogakure would have been destroyed long ago by the successive Raikage.

Darui scratched his head and said listlessly, "This may seem meaningless, but Lord Raikage must have his own reasons!"

Upon hearing this, Dodai couldn't help but roll his eyes.

The Raikage certainly had his own considerations, but Raikage considerations were conceived with muscles, not with a brain.

Actually, Dodai was just complaining; he was very clear about the Dodai's thoughts.

Konoha!

Hinata Hyuga alone has already made the entire Shinobi World uneasy.

Not to mention that Konoha also has veteran powerhouses like Danzo, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the previous generation's core members like Kakashi and Might Guy have also fully matured.

And Might Guy is a man who is said to have inherited some kind of forbidden technique.

In addition, there were the heads of the various ninja clans, and the true Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Konoha has fully recovered its power to its peak, rivaling even Hashirama Senju's power during his lifetime.

In contrast, although the Kumogakure also has high-level forces, they are far inferior to the Konoha in both quality and quantity.

Therefore, even though the Akatsuki had become a huge threat to the Shinobi World, and even though the legendary Rinnegan had appeared, the Kumogakure and the Iwagakure still turned their attention to the Konoha.

Although Konoha intends to unite the Five Great Shinobi Villages to fight against Akatsuki, what happens after Akatsuki is wiped out?

With such power, will Konoha still be as law-abiding as it is now?

Not necessarily!

As a major enemy of the Shinobi World, Akatsuki would be the first to be Konoha if the Akatsuki any action.

It was with this thought in mind that the Raikage took such action.

As a veteran ninja of Kumogakure, Dodai had a relatively good understanding of Konoha's ideology.

Konoha is indeed very strong now, but it's hard to say Konoha poses any threat to the Shinobi World.

Just like the 'Martial Combat' ideology passed down through generations in Kumogakure, Konoha's advocacy of peace originated from the generation of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju.

However, it is not the way of the strong to place their hopes for peace on others.

This is also a major reason why Dodai has never openly opposed Raikage.

After a moment of silence in the tent, Dodai continued, "Just now, the Raikage once again rejected our request to retreat and ordered us to continue guarding the border..."

Hearing this, even Yugito couldn't help but complain, "If there's no war, there's really no need to stay here any longer."

"Could it be that Lord Raikage is preventing us from retreating because he's too proud to admit it?"

Darui was about to speak, a gust of wind blew through the tent, and Anbu wearing a patterned mask Body Flicker Technique entered the tent and reported, "Dodai, Killer B is missing!"

"What!?"

Dodai, Darui, Yugito all looked at the Anbu at the same time. Dodai asked with a shocked expression, "When did this happen?"

The Anbu reported, "Just recently, when the Anbu squad was returning from a mission, they passed by Killer B Bee's training grounds and discovered that Lord Killer B had been missing for quite some time."

Yugito a displeased look, "That guy probably sneaked out to play, didn't he?"

Dodai said in a deep voice, "Absolutely not! Although he may seem a bit unreliable, he is not ambiguous when it comes to important matters."

When the Fourth Raikage A chose Bee as his partner, the examiner who tested Bee's ability to use the "Double Lariat" was Dodai.

Killer B practically grew up under Dodai's watchful eye. Dodai knew Killer B's personality very well, and Killer B would never be so immature.

Just then, another member of the Anbu Body Flicker Technique into the camp.

"Dodai, we found traces left by Lord Killer B in the southwest direction of the camp. If we are not mistaken, Lord Bee should have gone to the Land of Fire!"

Upon hearing this, Dodai's expression changed drastically. "This is bad! This is too reckless!"

At this moment, even the usually calm and collected Darui became serious. "Dodai, what should we do now?"

Dodai's expression turned solemn as he said sternly, "Darui, Yugito! You two take two squads of Anbu and come with me. Make sure you stop Killer B before he enters the Land of Fire."

Yugito revealed a murderous intent, and she said in a cold voice, "If anyone from Konoha dares to harm a single hair on that guy's head, I'll kill them all."

Dodai said solemnly, "Judging from Konoha's previous attitude, they probably won't kill people easily, but what we fear most is..."

What I fear most is that Killer B will become a prisoner of Konoha, at which point Kumogakure will be at a complete disadvantage.

Unless the Kumogakure can win over the Kirigakure to its side, the only thing the Kumogakure can do is compromise.

With the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Konoha, it's anyone's guess what conditions Konoha will offer.

"Without further ado, let's set off immediately!"

The battlefield on the border of the Land of Fire.

'Bang bang bang—'

Hinata and Killer B the end of time.

Hinata possesses an extremely large amount of chakra, and her chakra refining speed can completely compensate for its consumption in a short period of time. The Eight-Tails, on the other hand, is itself a massive Body Integration of chakra, but its chakra refining speed is relatively slow, even slower than Eight-Tails 'Hinata.

The Sage of Sage of Six Paths' lucky number must be nine. When he divided the Tailed Beasts, he gave the Nine-Tails the best of everything.

The Eight-Tails once fought the Third Raikage hand-to-hand, and both of them eventually lost their fighting ability.

After exhausting its chakra, Nine-Tails can revive at full strength in just a few minutes. Although its chakra is not infinite, the speed at which it refines chakra is just as fast as the speed at which it consumes it.

Sensing how formidable her opponent was, Hinata no longer held back.

When Hinata deliberately channeled Natural Energy to stagnate around Killer B's speed visibly slowed down.

However, the Tailed Beasts are like incredibly tough punching bags. Even when Hinata used her 'Makankosappo' to pierce Killer B's chest, the Eight-Tails' regenerative power instantly healed her.

In this situation, unless Hinata targets Killer B's brain, heart, or other vital organs, they will have no choice but to fight a war of attrition.

'Whoosh!'

A scarlet chakra tail slammed down towards Hinata's head. Hinata hands high, and two large hands formed from azure chakra, grabbing Killer B's chakra tail.

'Bang bang bang—'

Hinata may be petite compared to Killer B, but Hinata strength is no less.

Killer B's tall and strong body was now like a rag doll, being tossed and slammed back and forth by Hinata more than ten times, then swung around a few times before being thrown far away.